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Sheng Shen is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), with courtesy appointments in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2010 and completed his postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests lie in the fields of nanophotonics, nanoscale energy transport and conversion, nanofabrication, and advanced manufacturing. He focuses on applications involving thermal management, light sources, devices, thermal emission control, solar thermal energy conversion, and infrared sensing and detection. He has received several prestigious awards, including the NSF CAREER Award, DARPA Director’s Fellowship, and the Elsevier/JQSRT Raymond Viskanta Award.
Carnegie Mellon University • Pittsburgh, PA
Conducts research and teaches in the field of mechanical engineering, focusing on energy and materials.
Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.