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Yang, Bao

Yang, Bao

Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
Center for Environmental Energy Engineering
4164D Glenn L. Martin Hall, Building 088

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., (Mechanical Engineering) University of California, Los Angles, 2003
  • Ph.D., (Physics) University of Science and Technology of China, 1998

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Member - American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Materials Research Society, American Physical Society, International Thermoelectrics Society

UMD Team Develops More Efficient Heat Pump for Wood Drying

New heat pump design could help decarbonize industrial wood drying.

How Much Wood Could a Heat Pump Dry?

A CEEE paper makes the case for heat pumps as an eco-friendly alternative for drying loads of lumber throughout the world.

Doyenne Reliability Engineering Program

A fellowship for Mozambican women to pursue graduate education in Reliability Engineering at UMD

New, superfast method for ceramic manufacturing could open door to AI-driven materials discovery

UMD engineers have reinvented a 26,000-year-old manufacturing process into an innovative approach to fabricating ceramic materials.

Spacecraft carrying Adomaitis thin film experiment docks with the International Space Station

The experiment will travel on the ISS for a year, exposing samples to the environment of low earth orbit.

UMD has Largest University Showing at 2016 ARPA-E Summit

UMD researchers showcase transformative energy research at ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit

UMD Team Takes Top Honor in DARPA RevCon Competition

UMD team beats out six other schools with their winning thermal connector prototype.

University of Maryland No. 1 in ARPA-E Awards

UMD has most active ARPA-E awards among all U.S. universities.

Ohadi Receives ASHRAE E.K. Campbell Award of Merit

Mechanical Engineering Professor Michael Ohadi recently received the ASHRAE E.K. Campbell Award of Merit.

Team Wins UMD Sustainability Grant to Improve Cell Phone Battery Life

Student team led by Associate Professor Bao Yang wins UMD Sustainability Grant.

UMD Teams Awarded Over $5 Million to Improve Power Plant Cooling Technologies

The U.S. Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) funds two UMD teams to improve power plant cooling efficiency.

UMD Team Wins in RevCon Competition for Second Year Straight

Student and alumni team designs winning concept for DARPA’s 2015 International Field-Reversible Thermal Connector (RevCon) Challenge.

Saving Energy with ‘Personal HVAC Systems’

UMD awarded more than $5 million by ARPA-E to fund potentially transformational research.

UMD Team Receives RevCon Award

Student team wins award for "Low-Resistance Seamless Wedge Thermal Connectors."