Penn State Engineering: Nuclear Engineering

Xing Wang

Assistant Professor

Affiliation(s):

Nuclear Engineering

223 Hallowell Building

xvw5285@psu.edu

814-863-0413

Research Website

Research Areas:

Nuclear Power

Interest Areas:

Materials for Nuclear Reactors; Radiation-Matter Interaction; Microscopy Analysis (STEM, APT, EELS); Multiscale Materials Modeling

Bio

Xing Wang is an assistant professor in the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering. Wang received a B.S. in engineering physics from Tsinghua University in 2011, as well as M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in nuclear engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013 and 2016, respectively. Before joining Penn State, Wang was a postdoctoral research associate in Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 2017 to 2019.

Education

BS, Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, 2011
Ph D, Nuclear Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016

Publications

Journal Articles

Xing Wang, Hongliang Zhang, Tomonori Baba, Hao Jiang, Cheng Liu, Yingxin Guan, Omar Elleuch, Thomas Kuech, Dane Morgan, Juan-Carlos Idrobo, Paul M. Voyles and Izabela Szlufarska, 2020, "Radiation-induced segregation in a ceramic", Nature Materials, 19, pp. 992–998

Xing Wang, Constantinos Hatzoglou, Brian Sneed, Zhe Fan, Wei Guo, Ke Jin, Di Chen, Hongbin Bei, Yongqiang Wang, William J. Weber, Yanwen Zhang, Baptiste Gault, Karren L. More, Francois Vurpillot and Jonathan D. Poplawsky, 2020, "Interpreting nanovoids in atom probe tomography data for accurate local compositional measurements", Nature Communications, 11, (1)

Xing Wang, Ming-Jie Zheng, Izabela Szlufarska and Dane Morgan, 2017, "Continuum model for hydrogen pickup in zirconium alloys of LWR fuel cladding", Journal of Applied Physics, 121, (13), pp. 135101

Xing Wang, L Jamison, K Sridharan, Daniel James Morgan, PM Voyles and I Szlufarska, 2015, "Evidence for cascade overlap and grain boundary enhanced amorphization in silicon carbide irradiated with Kr ions", Acta Materialia, 99, pp. 7--15

Xing Wang, Marat Khafizov and Izabela Szlufarska, 2014, "Effect of surface strain on oxygen adsorption on Zr (0 0 0 1) surface", Journal of Nuclear Materials, 445, (1-3), pp. 1--6

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About

The Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering at Penn State is one of the top ranked nuclear engineering programs in the United States. The department distinguishes itself with a strong focus on experimental research. The actively growing department leads four educational programs for students pursuing a bachelor of science, a master of science, a master of engineering, or a doctoral degree. The Radiation Science and Engineering Center (RSEC) facilities, including the Breazeale Reactor, are available to nuclear engineering faculty and students at Penn State for research and instruction. RSEC houses the Breazeale Nuclear Reactor, the country’s first and longest operating licensed nuclear research reactor. Having access to an operating research reactor is a key strength for the department and enables Penn State to harness research and educational opportunities that are unique in the United States. See how we’re inspiring change and impacting tomorrow at nuce.psu.edu.