Biography:
Tiegang Fang is a professor and a university faculty scholar in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at NC State University. He obtained his B.E. degree from the Automotive Engineering department with a minor B.E. degree from the Computer Science and Technology Department at Tsinghua University (Beijing). Before receiving his PhD from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he obtained his MS degree from the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department at Rutgers University. His research interests include internal combustion engines, alternative fuels, spray combustion, soot, liquid breakup and atomization, optical diagnostics on reacting flows. He has published more than 150 archival journal papers in these areas. He received the top cited paper award from the Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations journal in 2012, the 2013 Alcoa Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award from the College of Engineering at NC State University, the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award from SAE International in 2014, and was elected to a University Faculty Scholar at NCSU in 2020. He served as a founding committee member and a technical committee member of the Combustion Webinar since 2020. He is a member of a few professional societies including The Combustion Institute, the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (ILASS), and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Vision Statement:
As an ESSCI board member, I would like to promote a couple of aspects that could be beneficial for the Institute and the members, particularly for the Eastern States Section:
1). Enhancing the connection of fundamental combustion research with practical applications, particularly in emerging carbon-free and/or carbon neutral areas. With limited resources in current combustion research, targeting on urgent and new needs in industries becomes critical. To strengthen the connection, two potential activities can be coordinated through the ESSCI: a) Organizing regular visits of the members of the ESSCI to local industries involving low carbon combustion research and development; b) Establishing technical committees for important combustion areas in the ESSCI and having a discussion section focusing on emerging and urgent issues in these areas during the ESSCI annual meeting or the national CI meeting. Participation of researchers from the industries and national laboratories will be emphasized.
2). Developing discussion groups for PhD or postdocs who would like to pursuit academia to help them get a quicker start at the early stages. Invited talks given by experienced senior faculty from the combustion community will be organized. Participation of underrepresented groups is particularly encouraged.
As a board member, I will strive and dedicate on these missions.