Mechanical engineering professor named Highly Cited Researcher

February 5, 2019

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Donghai Wang, professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State, has been named a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters) for 2018.

The Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list is an elite group of authors with leading peer-reviewed papers. Researchers given this honor were in the top 1 percent of citations for their field of study and publication year in the last decade.

“I am delighted to see the work of my group at Penn State had been recognized worldwide by researchers in the last decade,” Wang said. “This recognition reflects the talent and hard work of graduate students and post-doctoral researchers from my group.”

His research in the Energy Nanostructure Laboratory (E-Nano) focuses on developing nanomaterials for clean energy technologies, such as batteries, solar cells, fuel cells, and environmental remediation.

Wang said he was pleased to know that researchers spanning many subjects are building upon his work. He said, “I believe the interdisciplinary and collaborative research across fields is important to generate original work, gain deep understanding and promote new energy technology development.”

Wang, who joined Penn State as a faculty member in 2009, has published more than 100 journal articles during his career. 

 

Share this story:

facebook linked in twitter email

MEDIA CONTACT:

 

Erin Cassidy Hendrick, emc5045@psu.edu

Donghai Wang

Donghai Wang, professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State

 
 

About

With more than 60 faculty members, 330 graduate students, and 1,000 undergraduate students, the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering embraces a culture that welcomes individuals with a diversity of backgrounds and expertise. Our faculty and students are innovating today what will impact tomorrow’s solutions to meeting our energy needs, homeland security, biomedical devices, and transportation systems. We offer B.S. degrees in mechanical engineering as well as resident (M.S., Ph.D.) and online (M.S.) graduate degrees in mechanical engineering. See how we’re inspiring change and impacting tomorrow at me.psu.edu.

Department of Mechanical Engineering

137 Reber Building

The Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802-4400

Phone: 814-865-2519