Qing Hao

Associate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Qing Hao received his B.E. degree in thermal engineering from Tsinghua University, China, in 2001.  He then obtained his MS degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004, and his PhD degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2010, both in mechanical engineering.  Under the supervision of Prof. Gang Chen, his PhD thesis focused on developing nanostructured thermoelectric materials for applications in refrigeration and electric power generation. His work on high-performance nanostructured bismuth antimony telluride bulk alloys not only produced a co-first authored Science paper but also won him the 2008 R&D 100 Award as a team member.  After his PhD, he spent a year as a postdoctoral research associate in Prof. Gerbrand Ceder's group at MIT, primarily working on novel Na-ion batteries.  From Aug. 2011, he became an Assistant Professor in aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Arizona. His research interest is nanoscale energy transport and its applications in advanced materials and nano-electronic devices. His current research efforts include heat transport inside Li-ion batteries, high-power electronics, boiling and condensation, thermal insulation materials, thermoelectrics, measurements and engineering applications of graphene and other two-dimensional materials. In 2015, he received the AFOSR YIP Award for graphene research. In 2017, he received NSF CAREER Award for thermal studies of grain boundaries. He was promoted to Associate Professor in May 2017. In 2020, he was awarded the Dean's Fellow from the College of Engineering.

Degrees

  • PhD Mechanical Engineering
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
    • Nanocomposites as Thermoelectric Materials
  • MS Mechanical Engineering
    • University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
    • Thermal Investigation of Silicon-on-Insulator Devices and Tin Dioxide Nanobelts
  • Bachelor of Engineering Thermal Engineering
    • Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Work Experience

  • Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona (2017 - Ongoing)
  • Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona (2011 - 2017)
  • Computational and Experimental Design of Emerging Materials Research Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2010 - 2011)
  • W.M. Rohsenow Heat and Mass Transfer Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2004 - 2010)
  • Nanomaterials and Thermo-Fluids Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin (2002 - 2004)
  • Department of Building Science, Tsinghua University (2001 - 2001)

Interests

Teaching

Heat transfer

Research

Nanoscale energy transport

Courses

Independent Study

AME 299 (Spring 2023)
AME 399 (Spring 2016)
AME 499 (Spring 2021)
AME 499 (Spring 2019)
AME 499 (Spring 2018)
AME 499 (Fall 2017)
AME 499 (Spring 2017)
AME 499 (Fall 2016)
AME 499 (Spring 2016)
AME 599 (Spring 2018)
AME 599 (Fall 2017)
AME 699 (Fall 2020)
AME 699 (Fall 2019)
AME 699 (Spring 2019)
AME 699 (Fall 2018)
AME 699 (Spring 2018)
AME 699 (Spring 2017)
AME 799 (Spring 2023)
AME 799 (Fall 2020)
 

Instrumentation Lab

AME 300 (Fall 2024)
AME 300 (Spring 2024)
AME 300 (Fall 2022)
AME 300 (Fall 2016)
AME 300 (Spring 2016)
 

Heat Transfer

AME 432 (Fall 2024)
AME 432 (Fall 2023)
AME 432 (Spring 2023)
AME 432 (Fall 2021)
AME 432 (Fall 2020)
AME 432 (Spring 2020)
AME 432 (Fall 2019)
AME 432 (Spring 2019)
AME 432 (Fall 2017)
AME 432 (Fall 2016)
 

Directed Research

AME 492 (Fall 2023)
AME 492 (Summer I 2021)
AME 492 (Fall 2020)
AME 492 (Spring 2020)
AME 492 (Spring 2019)
AME 492 (Spring 2018)
AME 492 (Fall 2016)
AME 492 (Spring 2016)
 

Convective Trnsp Phnm

AME 532 (Spring 2024)
AME 532 (Spring 2023)
AME 532 (Spring 2022)
AME 532 (Spring 2021)
AME 532 (Spring 2020)
AME 532 (Spring 2018)
AME 532 (Spring 2017)
 

Nanoscale Heat Transfer

AME 585 (Spring 2022)
AME 585 (Spring 2021)
AME 585 (Spring 2018)
AME 585 (Spring 2016)
 

Graduate Seminar

AME 696G (Fall 2021)
 

Research

AME 900 (Spring 2023)
AME 900 (Fall 2021)
AME 900 (Spring 2021)
AME 900 (Fall 2020)
AME 900 (Spring 2020)
AME 900 (Fall 2019)
AME 900 (Spring 2019)
AME 900 (Fall 2018)
AME 900 (Spring 2018)
AME 900 (Fall 2017)
AME 900 (Spring 2017)
AME 900 (Fall 2016)
AME 900 (Spring 2016)
 

Master's Report

AME 909 (Summer I 2018)
AME 909 (Fall 2017)
 

Thesis

AME 910 (Spring 2021)
AME 910 (Fall 2020)
AME 910 (Spring 2020)
AME 910 (Fall 2019)
AME 910 (Spring 2019)
 

Dissertation

AME 920 (Spring 2024)
AME 920 (Fall 2023)
AME 920 (Spring 2023)
AME 920 (Fall 2022)
AME 920 (Spring 2022)
AME 920 (Fall 2021)
AME 920 (Spring 2019)
AME 920 (Fall 2018)
AME 920 (Spring 2018)
AME 920 (Fall 2017)

Selected Publications

Chapters

  • Hao, Q., Zhao, H., & Xiao, Y. (2016). Multi-Length Scale Thermal Simulations of GaN-on-SiC High Electron Mobility Transistors. In Multiscale Thermal Transport in Energy Systems(pp Chapter 3).
  • Hao, Q., & Chen, G. (2011). Frequency-Dependent Monte Carlo Simulations of Phonon Transport in Nanostructures. In Applications of Monte Carlo Method in Science and Engineering(pp 707-734). London, UK: InTech Press.

Journals/Publications

  • Chen, Q., & Hao, Q. (2023). In-plane lattice thermal conductivity predictions of thin films within columnar grains. Journal of Applied Physics, 134(4), 045103.
  • Hao, Q., Wang, S., Medina, F. J., & Chen, Q. (2023). In-plane thermal conductivity measurements of Si thin films under a uniaxial tensile strain. Journal of Applied Physics, 133(3), 035103. doi:10.1063/5.0125422
  • Li, Q., Medina, F. J., Kokura, K., Jin, Z., Takahashi, K., & Hao, Q. (2023). In situ annealing of nanoporous silicon thin films with transmission electron microscopy. Applied Physics Letters, 123(24), 241601.
  • Chen, Q., Yan, X., Xiao, Y., Wang, S., Wu, L., Cheng, G., Zheng, R., & Hao, Q. (2020). Small-Nanostructure-Size-Limited Phonon Transport within Composite Films Made of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes and Reduced Graphene Oxides. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces.
  • Ghosh, M., Wu, L., Hao, Q., & Zhou, Q. (2022). A random forest with multi-fidelity Gaussian process leaves for modeling multi-fidelity data with heterogeneity. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 174, 108746.
  • Hao, Q., Chen, Q., & Wang, S. (2022). Extension of the two-layer model to heat transfer coefficient predictions of nanoporous Si thin films. Applied Physics Letters, 121(1), 012201. doi:10.1063/5.0099312
  • Hao, Q., Liang, X., Fan, A., Li, Z., Wei, N., Fan, W., Liang, H., Wang, H., Bi, P., Li, S., Wu, X., Lu, H., Zhang, X., & Zhang, Y. (2022). Highly Regulatable Heat Conductance of Graphene–Sericin Hybrid for Responsive Textiles. Advanced Functional Materials, 32(17), 2111121. doi:10.1002/adfm.202111121
  • Hao, Q., Xiao, Y., Wang, S., Ma, J., Wan, X., Ma, D., & Yang, N. (2022). The unrevealed 3D morphological evolution of annealed nanoporous thin films. Nanoscale, 14(45), 17072-17079. doi:10.1039/d2nr04014j
  • Li, Q., Hao, Q., Zhu, T., Zebarjadi, M., & Takahashi, K. (2020). Nanostructured and Heterostructured 2D Materials for Thermoelectrics. Engineered Science.
  • W, W., Qiu, a., Hao, Q., Annamareddy, S., Xu, B. B., Zhang, J., Guo, Z., ,, ., & Jiang, Q. (2022). Electric Vehicle Revolution and Implications: Ion Battery and Energy. Engineered Science, 20, 100-109.
  • Wang, S., Lu,  ., Negi,  ., He,  ., Kim,  ., Shao,  ., Jiang,  ., Liu , J., & Hao, Q. (2022). Revisiting the Reduction of Thermal Conductivity in Nano- to Micro-Grained Bismuth Telluride: The Importance of Grain-Boundary Thermal Resistance. Engineered Science, 17, 45-55.
  • Wang, S., Xiao, Y., Chen, Q., & Hao, Q. (2022). Engineering thermal transport within Si thin films: The impact of nanoslot alignment and ion implantation. iScience, 25(11), 105386.
  • Xiao, Y., & Hao, Q. (2020). Offset Nanoslot Pattern for Enhanced Thermal Anisotropy of Si Thin Films. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.
  • Hao, Q., & Garg, J. (2021). A Review on Phonon Transport within Polycrystalline Materials. ES Materials & Manufacturing, 14, 36-50.
  • Hao, Q., Wang, S., Xiao, Y., Chen, Q., Yan, X., Wu, L., Cheng, G., & Zheng, R. (2021). Small-Nanostructure-Size-Limited Phonon Transport within Composite Films Made of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes and Reduced Graphene Oxides. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13(4), 5435-5444. doi:10.1021/acsami.0c20551

Proceedings Publications

  • Hao, Q., Chen, Q., & Xiao, Y. (2021). Thermal Transport Study on Nanoslot-Patterned Thin Films. In 2021 20th IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (iTherm).
  • Hao, Q., Xu, D., & Zhao, H. (2017, April). Thermoelectric Performance Study of Graphene Antidot Lattices on Different Substrates. In 2017 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, 1-6.
  • Hao, Q., Xu, D., Xiao, Y., & Zhao, H. (2017, Oct). Nanostructures for Reduced Lattice Thermal Conductivity — Case Studies for Nanopores and Grain Boundaries. In 232nd ECS Meeting, 80, 67-75.
  • Hao, Q., Zhao, H., & Xiao, Y. (2018, Dec). Multi-Length Scale Electro-Thermal Simulations of GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors. In 18th Conference on Compound and Semiconducting Materials, Microwave Devices, and Optoelectronic Devices in China.
  • Hao, Q., Xiao, Y., & Zhao, H. (2016, Nov.). Analytical Model for Lattice Thermal Conductivity Predictions of Periodic Nanoporous Structures. In Proceedings of 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) Conference, IMECE2016-65459.
  • Hao, Q., & Zhao, H. (2015, Oct). Computation-Driven Materials Search for Thermoelectric Applications. In 228 ECS Meeting, 69, 11-16.
  • Hao, Q., Xu, D., & Zhao, H. (2015, April). Systematic Studies of Periodically Nanoporous Si Films for Thermoelectric Applications. In 2015 MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit, 1779, 27-32.
  • Hao, Q., Zhao, H., & Lu, N. (2015, April). Broad Search of Better Thermoelectric Oxides via First-Principles Computations. In 2015 MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit, 1774, 25-30.
  • Tuo, M., Li, S., Xu, D., Liang, M., Zhu, Q., Hao, Q., & Xin, H. (2015, April). Linear and Nonlinear Microwave Characterization of CVD-Grown Graphene Using CPW Structure. In 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, 1-2.
  • Wang, K., Molina, E., Deghani, G., Xu, B., Li, P., Hao, Q., Lucas, P., Kassaee, M. H., Jeter, S. M., & Tejz, A. S. (2014, June 30-July 2). Experimental Investigation to the Properties of Eutectic Salts by NaCl-KCl-ZnC12 for Application as High Temperature Heat Transfer Fluids. In 8th International Conference on Energy Sustainability (ESFuelCell2014).
  • Hao, Q., Li, M., Coleman, G. J., Li, Q., & Lucas, P. (2013, April). Glass-Oxide Nanocomposites as Effective Thermal Insulation Materials. In 2013 MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit, 1558, mrss13-1558-z09-07.

Poster Presentations

  • Hao, Q., & Xu, D. (2017, Aug). Thermoelectric Studies of Graphene Antidot Lattices on Substrates. 36th International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Pasadena, CA: ITS.
  • Hao, Q., Xu, D., Zhao, H., & Xiao, B. (2017, Aug). Film-Wafer Bonding for Thermal Studies of a Twist Si Grain Boundary. 36th International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Pasadena, CA: ITS.

Presentations

  • Hao, Q. (2020, April). Thermal Measurements of Nanostructures. Guest lecture. Online lecture: Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
  • Hao, Q. (2019, August). Electrothermal Simulations GaN Devices and Thermal Studies of Film-Wafer Bonding. Department seminar. Hong Kong University: Hong Kong University.
  • Hao, Q. (2019, August). Electrothermal Simulations of Two- and Three-Dimensional Transistors Based on GaN. Department seminar. Shenzhen, China: Shenzhen University.
  • Hao, Q. (2019, August). Thermoelectric Studies of Graphene Antidot Lattices and Nanoporous Thin Films. Department seminar. Shenzhen, China: Southern University of Science and Technology.
  • Hao, Q. (2019, August). Thermoelectric Studies of Graphene Antidot Lattices and Nanoporous Thin Films. Department seminar. Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China: Huazhong University of Science and Technology Seminar.
  • Hao, Q. (2019, December). Phonon Transport in Si Films with Patterned Periodic Nanopores or Nanoslots. Advanced Engineering Science (ES) Meeting. Shenzhen, China: Engineering Science Publisher.
  • Hao, Q. (2019, December). Thermal Measurements of Nanostructures. Department seminar. Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
  • Hao, Q. (2019, October). Phonon Transport in Nanoporous Si Films — From Periodic Nanopores to Nanoslots. 236th ECS Meeting. Atlanta, GA.
  • Hao, Q. (2019, October). Thermoelectric Studies of Graphene Antidot Lattices and Nanoporous Thin Films. Department seminar. Georgia Institute of Technology.
  • Hao, Q. (2019, October). Thermoelectric Studies of Graphene Antidot Lattices and Nanoporous Thin Films. Seminar. UC Riverside: Hosted by Prof. Alexander A. Balandin.
  • Hao, Q., & Xiao, Y. (2019, July). Coupled Electron and Phonon Monte Carlo Simulations for Thermal Studies of GaN-Based Devices. 6th ASME International Conference of Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer. Dalian, China: ASME.
  • Hao, Q., & Xiao, Y. (2019, June). Electrothermal Simulations of Two- and Three-Dimensional Transistors Based on GaN. 5th International Conference on Phononic Crystals/Metamaterials, Phonon Transport, Topological Phononics. Tucson, AZ.
  • Hao, Q., Wang, S., Xu, D., Xiao, Y., & Chen, Q. (2019, July). Thermal Studies of a Si/Ge Interface Formed by Film-Wafer Bonding. 6th ASME International Conference of Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer. Dalian, China: ASME.
  • Wu, X. W., Medina, F. J., Xu, D., Stolik, L., Wang, X., & Hao, Q. (2019, July). Experimental Study of Thermal Transport in Strained Silicon Thin Films. 6th ASME International Conference of Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer. Dalian, China: ASME.
  • Xu, D., Tang, S., Du, X., & Hao, Q. (2019, April). Energy Sensitivity Studies of Charge-Carrier Scattering in Graphene Antidot Lattices. 2019 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit. Phoenix, AZ: MRS.

Awards

  • Fellow of the Engineered Science Society
    • Engineered Science Society, Winter 2021
  • Invitational Fellowship for Research in Japan (Short-Term)
    • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Fall 2020
  • Dean's Fellow
    • College of Engineering, Fall 2020
  • NSF CAREER Award
    • NSF, Spring 2017
  • Award for Excellence at the Student Interface
    • UA College of Engineering, Spring 2017
  • AFOSR Young Investigator Award
    • Air Force, Spring 2015