Bei Fan

Contact Information

Engineering Bldg.
428 S Shaw Ln
Room: 2465
East Lansing , MI 48824

fanbei1@msu.edu

Assistant Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Dr. Bei Fan received her B.S. and Ph. D in Mechanical Engineering at University of Science and Technology of China in 2015 and University of California San Diego in 2019, respectively. She joins MSU as an Assistant Professor in August 2021. Her research interests cover broad areas including thermal fluid science, electrokinetics, experimental fluid mechanics, energy conversion, desalination, microfluidics and micro/nano fabrication.

Education

  • Ph.D. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego
  • B.S. Precision Machinery and Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China

Research Interests

  • Thermofluids
  • Interface Engineering
  • Electrokinetics
  • Micro and Nanofluidics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Multiphase Flow
  • Energy Conversion and Storage
  • Colloid Science
  • Thermal Transport
  • Desalination
  • Biomedical Devices
  • Droplet Dynamics

Selected Publications

  1. Fan, B., and Bandaru, P. R., Possibility of obtaining two orders of magnitude larger electrokinetic streaming potentials, through liquid infiltrated surfaces. Langmuir, 2020, 36 (34), pp 10238 - 10243.
  2. Fan, B., and Bandaru, P. R., Tensorial modulation of electrokinetic streaming potentials on air and liquid filled surfaces. Langmuir, 2019, 35 (46), pp 14812 - 14817.
  3. Fan, B., and Bandaru, P. R., Modulation of the streaming potential and slip characteristics in electrolyte flow over liquid filled surfaces. Langmuir, 2019, 35 (18), pp 6203 - 6210.
  4. Fan, B., Bhattacharya, Anindita., and Bandaru, P. R., Enhanced voltage generation through electrolyte on liquid filled surfaces. Nature Communications, 9, 4050 (2018).
  5. Canbazoglu, F. M., Fan, B., Vemuri, K., and Bandaru, P. R., Enhanced solar thermal evaporation of ethanol-water mixtures, through the use of porous media. Langmuir, 2018, 34 (36), pp 10523 - 10528.
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Awards

  • MAE Outstanding Graduate Student Award (for best graduate student in MAE department), 2019, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
  • GSA Travel Grant, 2018, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
  • MAE Travel Award, 2018, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
  • MAE Department Fellowship, 2015, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA