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Wang, Chunsheng

Wang, Chunsheng

Professor
Distinguished University Professor
R.F. and F.R. Wright Distinguished Chair
UMD Director of Center for Research in Extreme Batteries (CREB)
Affiliate Fellow (REFI)
Fellow, Electrochemical Society
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices
3236 Kim Engineering Building (KEB)
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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Zhejiang University, China, 1995

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Distinguished University Professor, 2025

  • Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1%) in Chemistry and Materials, Clarivate Web of Science, 2018-2024,

  • Exemplary Research Recognition, 2024

  • A. James Clark School of Engineering Senior Faculty Outstanding Research Award, University of Maryland, 2024

  • Fellow, The Electrochemical Society, 2023
  • Battery Division Research Award, 2021, The Electrochemical Society
  • UMD’s Invention of the Year, 2015, 2021
  • 2020: Top 10 Battery Researchers to Watch, The Electrochemical Society
  • Robert Franklin and Frances Riggs Wright Distinguished Chair, 2018
  • Junior Faculty Outstanding Research Award, 2013 
  • Sigma Xi (Tennessee Technological University Chapter) Research Award, 2006
  • NASA Technology Brief Patent Application and Software Release Award, 2004

 

 

Professor Wang currently teaches or has taught the following courses:

  • CHBE 301; Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I
  • ENCH 473: Electrochemical Energy Engineering
  • ENCH 437: Chemical Engineering Laboratory
  • ENCH 808/ENPM 808/ENCH648k: Advanced Fuel Cells and Batteries

Professor Wang also advises the department's  undergraduate Chem-E Car team, which took first place at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) mid-Atlantic Regional Conference's Chem-E Car Competition in 2011, and second place at the regional competition in 2012.

Three Nature Journal Studies in Electrochemistry Offer New Insights on Next-Generation Batteries

Distinguished University Professor Chunsheng Wang's research team revealed new insights on faster-charging, more efficient, and durable batteries.

University of Maryland Engineers Design New Electrolytes for Aqueous Zinc Batteries

Distinguished University Professor Chunsheng Wang reveals new insights in a Nature Nanotechnology study published today.

UMD Battery Study Addresses Key Barrier to Electrifying Transportation

Chemical engineers design solution to fast-charge lithium-ion batteries for EVs.

Maryland Engineers Recognized with Faculty Honors

Annual Convocation event celebrates academic and service excellence and achievement.

Chemical Engineers Reveal Progress Towards Sodium Batteries for Grid Energy

Researchers involved with SAGES present results for solid-state batteries in Nature Nanotechnology. 

Researchers’ Solid-State Battery Milestone Reaches New Heights

UMD researchers introduce new solid-state battery chemistry for safer and high energy EVs.

UMD Joins $50M Sodium-Ion Battery Innovation Partnership

New research consortium led by Argonne National Laboratory seeks to accelerate sustainable solutions for electric vehicle energy storage.

UMD Joins Sodium-Ion Battery Alliance for Renewable Grid Energy Storage

Battery research partnership could advance sustainable solutions for growing energy demand.

Next-Generation Batteries Could Come with Lower Production Costs, Less Environmental Impact

New technologies could replace conventional batteries to power electric vehicles and enable long-distance transportation.

Maryland Researchers Awarded $1.5 Million to Pioneer Batteries for Electric Rail and Maritime Transportation

New technologies could reduce the carbon footprint attributed to the freight transportation sector.

Lighter, Safer and Stronger Batteries Could Power the Smart Devices of Tomorrow

Chemical engineers develop a new technology that could increase energy density and safety of consumer electronics.

Safer Electric Vehicles Could Come Soon After this Recent Breakthrough in Battery Research

Study shows how lithium dendrites forms in solid-state batteries to unveil new design solution. 

Wang Develops New Battery Technology That Could Lead to Safer, High-Energy Electric Vehicles

Researchers Develop Way to Prevent Damage That Plagues Next-Generation Lithium Batteries

Safe Lithium Batteries Get a Boost

UMD researchers have developed lithium dendrite suppression parameters and electrolytes for longer-lasting batteries that can operate under extreme conditions.

New Electrolyte Design Could be the Answer for Safer Rechargeable Batteries even in Extreme Cold

UMD published in Nature paper on electrolyte design for high energy batteries capable of operating under extreme temperature conditions.

Novel engineering method enables low-temp sodium metal battery

Study, led by University of Maryland research team, published in Nature Nanotechnology.

Nine Maryland Engineers Recognized as Being "One in 1,000"

Clark School researchers among the "who's who" of influential researchers, according to Clarivate.

Student Researchers Recognized with Wylie Dissertation Fellowships

Fourteen Clark School students pursuing their Ph.D.s in engineering have been awarded Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowships by the University of Maryland Graduate School.

'Fluorinated interphase' bolsters water-based zinc battery chemistry

Wang Research Group collaborating with ARL publishes study in Nature Nanotechnology.

Seven UMD Engineers Recognized as Highly Cited Researchers

Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers have published multiple papers frequently cited by their peers over the last decade.

MEI² Scientists Named Highly Cited Researchers in 2019

Hu and Wang identified by Web of Science

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