Prof. Dr. Gang Chen

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTechnical Thermodynamics,Thermodynamics and Kinetics as well as Properties of Phases and Microstructure of Materials
Keywordsnanotechnology, Heat transfer, clean water, energy
Honours and awards

2025: Foreign member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2025: Honorary doctor of science, Hong Kong University

2025: Special Issue JHMT: Celebration Professor Gang Chen's 60th Birthday

2024: American Courage Award by Asian American Advancing Justice

2024: Beacon Award, Chinese-American Professors’ Association – Connecticut (CAPA-CT)

2024: Steven Chu Medal, Asian American Academy of Science and Engineering

2023: Member, National Academy of Sciences

2022: Physics World Top 10 Breakthrough of the Year: c-BAs as the Best Semiconductor

2019: ASME Frank Kreith Energy Award

2018: Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

2018: Honorary Professor, Tsinghua University

2017: C2C Award (Committed to Caring), MIT ODGE

2016: Eringen Medal, Society of Engineering Science

2015: World Technology Award in Energy

2014: Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

2014: Batteries that Capture Low-Grade Waste Heat named by Scientific America Magazine as one of 10 World Changing Ideas

2014: Nukiyama Memorial Award, Heat Transfer Society of Japan

2014: Outstanding Alumni Award, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

2013: 75th Anniversary Medal of the ASME Heat Transfer Division

2012: Directional Solvent Extraction Technology Named by Scientific America Magazine as one of 10 World Changing Ideas

2012: Fellow, American Physical Society

2011: Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellences in Mentoring and Advising, MIT School of Engineering

2010: Member, National Academy of Engineering

2008: ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award, Science Category

2002: Guggenheim Fellowship

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityCambridge City
InstitutionMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InstituteDepartment of Mechanical Engineering
Homepagehttps://web.mit.edu/nanoengineering/

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dongsheng WenTechnische Universität München, München

Programme(s)

2025Humboldt Research Award Programme (Global Minds Initiative Germany)