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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Selected Publications
ResearchGate: //www.researchgate.net/profile/Yafei-Wang-23
Google Scholar: //scholar.google.com/citations?user=WMbp1QYAAAAJ&hl=en
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Other Professional Activities
US Department of Energy, NEUP Proposal, Reviewer
US Department of Energy, SBIR Proposal, Reviewer
