Conference/Workshop Presentations

  1. Zhao, B., Shi, Y., Wang, J., Zhao, Z., Zhao, N., and Fan, S., 2019, “Near-Complete Violation of Kirchhoff's Law of Thermal Radiation with a 0.3-Tesla Magnetic Field”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2019), Salt Lake City, UT, Nov. 11-14. [Session co-Chair for Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Track.]

  2. Zhao, B., Buddhiraju, S., Santhanam, P., Chen, K., and Fan, S., 2019, “Self-sustaining Thermophotonic Circuits”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2019), Salt Lake City, UT, Nov. 11-14. [Session co-Chair for Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Track.]

  3. Ono, M., Santhanam, P., Li, W., Zhao, B., and Fan, S., 2019, “Experimental Demonstration of Energy Harvesting from the Sky Using the Negative Illumination Effect of a Semiconductor Photodiode”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2019), Salt Lake City, UT, Nov. 11-14.

  4. Zhao, B., Santhanam, P., Chen, K., Buddhiraju, S., and Fan, S., 2018, “Near-field Thermophotonic Systems for Low-Grade Waste Heat Recovery”, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2018), Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 12-15.

  5. Zhao, B., Chen, K., Buddhiraju, S., Bhatt, G., Lipson, M., and Fan, S., 2018, “High-Performance Near-field Thermophotovoltaics for Waste Heat Recovery”, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting & Exhibit, Phoenix, Arizona, Apr. 2-6.

  6. Zhao, B., and Zhang, Z.M., 2017, “Controlling Thermal Radiation with Gratings Made of Natural Hyperbolic Materials,” ASME 2017 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Bellevue, Washington, July 9-12. [Session co-Chair for Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Track.]

  7. Zhao, B., and Zhang, Z.M., 2016, “Enhanced Near-field Radiative Heat Transfer by Coupled Polaritons in Graphene/hBN Heterostructures,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2016), Shanghai, China, Aug. 8-11.

  8. Zhao, B., and Zhang, Z.M., 2016, “Experimental Demonstration of Near-field Thermal Radiation between Flat Plates at Submicron Distances,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2016), Shanghai, China, Aug. 8-11. (Invited)

  9. Zhao, B., and Zhang, Z.M., 2016, “Perfect Absorption in hBN/Metal Grating Hybrid Anisotropic Structures,” Fourth International Conference on Computational Methods for Thermal Problems (THERMACOMP2016), Atlanta, GA, July 6-8.

  10. Watjen, J.I., Zhao, B., and Zhang, Z.M., 2015, “Experimental Investigation of Near-Field Thermal Radiation between Flat Plates at Submicron Distances,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2015), Abstract No. IMECE2015-51070, Houston, TX, Nov. 13-19.

  11. Zhao, B., and Zhang, Z.M., 2015, “Thermal Radiation Control using Coupled Resonances between Graphene Ribbons and Metal Gratings,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2015), Abstract No. IMECE2015-51070, Houston, TX, Nov. 13-19.

  12. Zhao, B., Zhao, J.M., and Zhang, Z.M., 2015, “Enhanced Absorption of Graphene by Exciting Magnetic Polaritons and Surface Plasmon Polaritons,” META’15, the 6th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, City College of New York, NYC, NY, Aug. 4-7.

  13. Zhao, B., Sakurai, A., and Zhang, Z.M., 2015, “Radiative Properties of Periodic Micro/Nanostructures for Arbitrary Polarization,” 19th Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, Boulder, CO, June 21-26. [GT Travel Grant Award]

  14. Liu, X.L., Zhao, B., and Zhang, Z.M., 2015, “Efficient Near-Field Energy Transfer and Relieved Casimir Stiction Between Sub-wavelength Gratings,” American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, Mar. 2-6.

  15. Sakurai, A., Zhao, B., and Zhang, Z.M., 2014, “Prediction of the Resonance Condition of Metamaterial Emitters and Absorbers Using LC Circuit Model,” 15th International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC-15), Paper number IHTC15-9012/RAD-J-313, Kyoto, Japan, Aug. 10-15.

  16. Watjen, J.I., Zhao, B., and Zhang, Z.M., 2014, “An Experiment to Measure Near-field Radiation between Planar Surfaces at Nanoscale Distances,” 11th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 16-20.

  17. Sakurai, A., Zhao, B., and Zhang, Z.M., 2014, “Dual Band Infrared Metamaterial Emitter and Absorber,” 2nd International Workshop on Nano-Micro Thermal Radiation (NanoRad 2014), Shanghai, China, June 6-9.

  18. Zhao, B., and Zhang, Z.M., 2013, “Prediction of the Maximum Resonance Wavelength in Deep Gratings Based on Magnetic Polaritons,” International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2013), Abstract No. IMECE2013-67005, San Diego, CA, Nov. 15-21. [Heat Transfer Best Poster Award at the ASME Society-Wide Micro/Nano Technology Forum]

  19. Zhao, B., Wang, L.P., Shuai, Y., and Zhang, Z.M., 2012, “Excitation of Magnetic Polaritons in 2D Grating/Thin Film Structures for Thermophotovoltaic Emitters,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2012), Abstract No. IMECE2011-89081, Houston, TX, Nov. 9-15.

  20. McNamara, A., Zhao, B., Joshi, Y., Zhang, Z.M., 2012, “Multilayer Analytical Solution with Time Non-Homogeneous Boundary Conditions for Transient IR Thermal Measurements,” 3rd ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference, Abstract No. MNHMT2012-75366, Atlanta, GA, Mar. 3-6.

    Invited Seminars/Presentations

  1. Thermal Radiation Control Using Nanostructures and 2D Materials, Graduate Thermal Science Seminar, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 20, 2016.

  2. Micro/Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Control Using Nanostructures and 2D Materials, College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, China, Aug. 8, 2016.

  3. Micro/Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Control Using Nanostructures and 2D Materials, Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, China, Aug. 5, 2016.

  4. Micro/Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Control Using Nanostructures and 2D Materials, School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, July 16, 2016.

  5. Micro/Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Control Using Nanostructures and 2D Materials, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, July 14, 2016.