{"389651":{"#nid":"389651","#data":{"type":"event","title":"MSE PhD Proposal: Jun Chen","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMSE PhD Proposal: Jun Chen\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDate: Tuesday,\u0026nbsp;March 24, 2015\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETime: 2 PM to 4 PM\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELocation: IPST RM #114\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EZhong Lin Wang (Advisor\/MSE)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDavid McDowell (ME)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeilin liu (MSE)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPreet Singh (MSE)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYulin Deng (ChBE)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle: \u0026nbsp;Triboelectric nanogenerators\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith the threatening of global warming and energy crises, searching for renewable and green energy resources with reduced carbon emissions is one of the most urgent challenge to the sustainable development of human civilization. In the past decades, increasing research efforts have been committed to seek for clean and renewable energy sources as well as to develop renewable energy technologies. In the meanwhile, the tremendous development of portable electronics and sensor networks necessitates sustainable and stable energy sources for them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMechanical motion ubiquitously exists in ambient environment and people\u2019s daily life. In recent years, it becomes an attractive target for energy harvesting as a promising supplement to traditional fuel sources and a potentially alternative power source to battery-operated electronics. Until recently, the mechanisms of mechanical energy harvesting are limited to transductions based on piezoelectric effect, electromagnetic effect, electrostatic effect and magnetostrictive effect. Widespread usage of these techniques is likely to be shadowed by possible limitations, such as structure complexity, low power output, fabrication of high-quality materials, reliance on external power source and little adaptability on structural design for different applications. In 2012, triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), a creative invention for harvesting ambient mechanical energy based on triboelectric effect has been launched as a new and renewable energy technology.\u0026nbsp; The concept and design presented in this thesis research can greatly promote the development of TENG as sustainable power sources and self-powered active sensing. And it will greatly help to define the TENG as a fundamentally new green\u0026nbsp;energy technology, featured as being simple, reliable, cost-effective as well as high efficiency.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E--------------\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJun Chen\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPhD Candidate,\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProf. Zhong Lin Wang\u0027s Group\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoogle Scholar:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=RvPS7JAAAAAJ\u0026amp;hl=en\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=RvPS7JAAAAAJ\u0026amp;hl=en\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Triboelectric nanogenerators"}],"uid":"28077","created_gmt":"2015-03-23 11:09:05","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:46:44","author":"Danielle Ramirez","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2015-03-24T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2015-03-24T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2015-03-24T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2015-03-24 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2015-03-24 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2015-03-24 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1366","name":"defense"},{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"},{"id":"913","name":"PhD"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}