Bei Fan
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering (ME), College of Engineering
Engineering Bldg, 428 S Shaw Ln Room 2465
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
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and micro/nano fabrication.
A complete list of research interests:
Thermofluids, Interface engineering, Electrokinetics, Micro/nanofluidics, Fluid mechanics, Multiphase flow, Energy conversion and storage, Colloid science, Thermal transport, Desalination, Biomedical devices, and Droplet dynamics.
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
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
Publications
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.
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.
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.
Fan, B., Bhattacharya, Anindita., and Bandaru, P. R., Enhanced voltage generation through electrolyte on liquid filled surfaces. Nature Communications, 9, 4050 (2018).
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