Q. Jane Wang

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Q. Jane Wang
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Q. Jane Wang at the 2022 Tribology GRC (Lewiston, Maine)
Citizenship US
Alma mater
Known for
Pioneering theories and methods in computational contact mechanics and tribology.
Awards
  • 2009 ASME Fellow
  • 2015 STLE International Award
Scientific career
Fields mechanical engineering, materials science
Institutions
Doctoral advisor Herbert S. Cheng

Qian Jane Wang is an American professor of mechanical engineering and the Executive Director for the Center for Surface Engineering and Tribology at Northwestern University. She is a tribologist whose research includes work on contact mechanics, lubrication, micromechanics, and solid-state batteries. [1]

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Education

Wang studied mechanical engineering at the Xi'an University of Technology, graduating in 1982. She went to Northern Illinois University for graduate study in mechanical engineering, and earned a master's degree there in 1989. She completed her Ph.D. in 1993 at Northwestern University. [2] Her doctoral advisor was Herbert S. Cheng. [3]

Research

Wang’s group has developed theories, models, and methods for understanding and simulation of tribological interfaces and for industrial research and development. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] The scope of the work includes novel design of tribological surfaces, establishment of unified computational methodologies with a focus on efficient computing, establishment of accurate modeling of transient and steady state tribological responses in polymers, and pioneering methods for the tribological response of materials under strain.

Recognition

Wang was named a Fellow of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) in 2007, [2] and an ASME Fellow in 2009. [14] She won the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award in 2000 [1] and in 2015 the STLE awarded her the STLE International Award, which is considered their highest technical award. [2] She has also won numerous best-paper awards, [1] and her research publications have been cited more than 12,000 times as of September 2022. [15]

Professional service

Wang's service with STLE includes Chief Editor for the Encyclopedia of Tribology, [16] Chair, 2011-2012, STLE Fellows Committee, Chair, 2011 ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference, and Chair, 2008 STLE Annual Meeting Program Committee.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Q. Jane Wang", Faculty directory, Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering, retrieved 2022-08-23
  2. 1 2 3 "STLE honors Northwestern's Wang and Shell's Gunsel with STLE International Award", F+L Daily, May 19, 2015, retrieved 2022-08-23
  3. ↑ "Qian Jane Wang", E-tree, retrieved 2022-08-23
  4. ↑ Liu, Shuangbiao; Wang, Qian; Liu, Geng (August 2000). "A versatile method of discrete convolution and FFT (DC-FFT) for contact analyses". Wear. 243 (1–2): 101–111. doi:10.1016/S0043-1648(00)00427-0.
  5. ↑ Liu, Yuchuan; Wang, Q. Jane; Wang, Wenzhong; Hu, Yuanzhong; Zhu, Dong (July 1, 2006). "Effects of Differential Scheme and Mesh Density on EHL Film Thickness in Point Contacts". Journal of Tribology. 128 (3): 641–653. doi:10.1115/1.2194916. ISSN   0742-4787.
  6. ↑ Wang, Qian (2020). Interfacial mechanics : theories and methods for contact and lubrication. Dong Zhu. Boca Raton, FL. ISBN   978-0-429-13101-1. OCLC   1108788672.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ↑ Liu, Shuangbiao; Jin, Xiaoqing; Wang, Zhanjiang; Keer, Leon M.; Wang, Qian (August 2012). "Analytical solution for elastic fields caused by eigenstrains in a half-space and numerical implementation based on FFT". International Journal of Plasticity. 35: 135–154. doi:10.1016/j.ijplas.2012.03.002.
  8. ↑ Wang, Q. Jane; Sun, Linlin; Zhang, Xin; Liu, Shuangbiao; Zhu, Dong (August 28, 2020). "FFT-Based Methods for Computational Contact Mechanics". Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering. 6: 61. doi: 10.3389/fmech.2020.00061 . ISSN   2297-3079.
  9. ↑ Wu, Hongxing; Khan, Arman Mohammad; Johnson, Blake; Sasikumar, Kiran; Chung, Yip-Wah; Wang, Q. Jane (May 1, 2019). "Formation and Nature of Carbon-Containing Tribofilms" . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11 (17): 16139–16146. doi:10.1021/acsami.8b22496. ISSN   1944-8244. PMID   30951286. S2CID   96448232.
  10. ↑ He, Tao; Wang, Q. Jane; Zhang, Xin; Liu, Yuchuan; Li, Zhe; Kim, Hun June; Pack, Seongchan (February 2021). "Modeling thermal-visco-elastohydrodynamic lubrication (TVEHL) interfaces of polymer-based materials". Tribology International. 154: 106691. doi:10.1016/j.triboint.2020.106691. S2CID   224964967.
  11. ↑ Zhang, Xin; Wang, Q. Jane; Harrison, Katharine L.; Roberts, Scott A.; Harris, Stephen J. (February 26, 2020). "Pressure-Driven Interface Evolution in Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries". Cell Reports Physical Science. 1 (2): 100012. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2019.100012 . ISSN   2666-3864. S2CID   213555866.
  12. ↑ Liu, Shuangbiao; Wang, Q. Jane; Chung, Yip-Wah; Berkebile, Stephen (November 11, 2021). "Lubrication–Contact Interface Conditions and Novel Mixed/Boundary Lubrication Modeling Methodology". Tribology Letters. 69 (4): 164. doi: 10.1007/s11249-021-01515-w . ISSN   1573-2711. S2CID   243944618.
  13. ↑ Zhang, Xin; Wang, Q. Jane (January 1, 2022). "A Unified Analogy-Based Computation Methodology From Elasticity to Electromagnetic-Chemical-Thermal Fields and a Concept of Multifield Sensing". ASME Open Journal of Engineering. 1. doi:10.1115/1.4053910. ISSN   2770-3495. S2CID   247248033.
  14. ↑ ASME Fellows List (PDF), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, retrieved 2022-08-23
  15. ↑ "Q. Jane Wang". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  16. ↑ Wang, Q. Jane; Chung, Yip-Wah, eds. (2013). Encyclopedia of Tribology. Boston, MA: Springer US. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-92897-5. ISBN   978-0-387-92896-8.
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