Yan Yao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Texas Center for Superconductor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program
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Education: 
2010-2012 Postdoc, Stanford University
2003-2008 Ph.D., Materials Science & Engineering, UCLA
2000-2003 M.S., Materials Science, Fudan University
1996-2000 B.S., Materials Science, Fudan University
Awards: 
2017 Scialog Fellow on Energy Storage
2016 Teaching Excellence Award
2016 Junior Faculty Research Award
2015 co-PI of ARPA-E 2015 OPEN
2013 Principal Investigator of ARPA-E RANGE
2013 US Navy Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award
2013 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
2012 Robert A. Welch Endowed Professorship
2008 Excellence in Graduate Polymer Science Research
2007 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad
2007 Dissertation Year Fellowship

Dr. Yanliang (Lenoard) Liang
Ph.D. Nankai University 2012

Dr. Swaminathan Venkatesan
Ph.D. South Dakota State University 2014

Yifei Li
B.S. Wuhan University 2012

Yan Jing
B.S. Beijing University of Science and Technology 2010

Saman Gheytani
M.S. Sharif University of Technology 2009

Shiyang Zhao
B.S. Hehai University 2013

Kuan-Yi (Kenny) Lee
M.S. Fu Jen Catholic University 2010

Hui Dong
M.S. University of Akron 2015

Fang Hao
M.S. Boston University 2015

Benjamine Emley
M.S. UT Austin

Kayshewa Champupathi
B.S. University of Houston

Junyoung Kim
B.S. University of Houston

Rui Guo
Florida International University

Yufeng Zhao
Lanzhou University of Technology

Qiang Ru
South China Normal University

Dr. Hyun Deog (Sam) Yoo
Ph.D. Seoul National University 2011

Dr. Qingyou An
Ph.D. Wuhan University of Technology 2014

Dr. Yaoguang Rong
Ph.D. Huazhong University of Science and Technology 2014

Dr. Zelang Jian
Ph.D. Wuhan University of Technology and Institute of Physics (2013.11-2014.8)

Xiaoxue Zhang
Beijing Institute of Technology (2014.3-2014.9)

Zhixuan Meng
EPT Battery Co. Ltd (2014.3-2014.9)

Xiangyue Meng
Institute of Chemistry, CAS (2013.12-2014.3)

Jing Shuai
University of Houston (2012.10-2013.8)

Matthew Patton
University of Houston 2014 SURF Program

Harrison Graham
Trinity College 2014 REU Student

David Pineda
University of Houston 2013 SURF Program

Joseph Whitehouse
UT San Antonio 2013 REU Student

Tiffany Au
St. Agnes High School (2013.6)

Jamie Bassett
St. Agnes High School (2013.6)

Kyle Affeldt
Lansing High School (2013.6)