Dr. Shi obtained his B.Sc in 2003, and his Ph.D. in 2008 from Tsinghua University, respectively. His Ph.D. research is in the area of high temperature fuel cells. During 2007-2008, he worked at University of California, Irvine a jointly educated Ph.D. candidate. After obtaining his Ph.D., he worked as a postdoctoral associate researcher in Mechanical Engineering Department at MIT during 2008-2009. Dr. Shi currently serves as the Deputy Secretary of Department of Thermal Engineering at Tsinghua University, Director Assistant of Key Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education.