Before then, she was a postdoc research fellow at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan (2012 - 2013). She received her doctorate (2007 – 2012) in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech under the supervision of Professor Daniel J. Inman. Wang is active in research involving smart materials and structures as applied to sensing, energy harvesting and control. Her work has been sponsored by AFOSR, DOE-ARPA-E, ONR, UTRC, NY State and local industrials. She was awarded Special Congressional Recognition in 2015. Wang has authored one book chapter, 18 journal papers and 22 conference proceeding papers and is an editorial board member for the International Journal of Mechanical Systems Engineering.