Educational Background
Ph.D., Aug. 2017-Aug. 2019, Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Tech, U.S.A.
Post M.S., Jun.2017-Aug. 2017, Nuclear Engineering, The Ohio State University, U.S.A.
M.S., Aug. 2015-May. 2017, Nuclear Engineering, The Ohio State University, U.S.A.
B.S., Sep. 2010-Jun. 2014, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Chengdu University of Technology, China
Professional Experience
Oct.2022, Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Oct.2021~Oct.2022, Assistant Scientist, University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.A.
Sep.2019~Sep.2021, Postdoc Researcher, University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.A.
Research Interests
Nuclear materials compatibility in molten salt reactors
Pyroprocessing of spent nuclear fuel
Molten salts chemistry and corrosion
Additive manufacturing (3D printing)
Machine learning
Molecular dynamics simulation
Binary/Ternary phase diagram calculations for alloys and salts
Finite element method modelling
Research Projects
Title: Optical Basicity Determination of Molten Fluoride Salts and its Influence on Structural Material Corrosion
Sponsor: DOE-NEUP
PI:Yafei Wang
Funding: $400,000
Period: 10/1/2022~9/30/2024
Collaborator: Adrien Couet, Simerjeet Gill
Title: Molten Salt Loop Corrosion Testing
Sponsor: INL, LDRD
PI:Yafei Wang
Funding: $66,405
Period: 3/1/2022~9/03/2022
Collaborator: Ruchi Gakhar, Guoping Cao
Selected Publications
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yafei-Wang-23
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WMbp1QYAAAAJ&hl=en
Other Professional Activities
US Department of Energy, NEUP Proposal, Reviewer
US Department of Energy, SBIR Proposal, Reviewer
