Editorship: Associate Editor, Journal of Fluid Engineering (ASME, SCI, 2014~)
Associate Editor, Energy (Elsevier, SCI, 2012-2014, 2015-2017)
Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth (AGU, SCI, 2014~)
Associate Editor, Journal of Porous Media (Begellhouse, SCI, 2010~)
Associate Editor, Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media (Begellhouse, SCI, 2010~)
Associate Editor, Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources (Elsevier, 2015~)
Editorial Board Member, Energies (MDPI, SCI, 2015~)
Editorial Board Member, Energy Science and Engineering, (Wiley, SCI, 2014~)
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (Elsevier, SCI, 2015~)
Editorial Board Member, Transport in Porous Media (Springer, SCI, 2012~)
Membership: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2003~),
American Physics Society (2005~)
American Geophysical Union (2009~)
InterPore (2012~, lifetime member)
Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics
Areas of Research Interests/ Research Projects
Fluid mechanics and heat & mass transfer
Published over 150 scientific articles on international journals, which have been cited over 5000 times by peers. The H index is 38 (based on data from Web of Science core database up to 2019). Prof. Wang published 7 book chapters and 4 textbooks.
Representative publications
Review papers(selected 5)
·M. Wang, N. Pan. Predictions of Effective Physical Properties of Complex Multiphase Materials. Material Science and Engineering-R: Reports. 63(1): 1-30, 2008 [IF=17.731]
·M. Wang. The Physical Chemistry of Materials: Energy and Environmental Applications. Materials Today. 13(3): 67, 2010 [IF=12.929]
·X. Wang, B. Ding, G. Sun, M. Wang and J. Yu. Electro-spinning/netting. Progress in Materials Science.58: 1173-1243, 2013 [IF =25.87]
·H. Tian, M. Wang. Electrokinetic mechanisms of wettability alternation at oil-water-rock interface. Surface Science Reports 72: 369-391, 2017
·Y. Guo, M. Wang. Phonon hydrodynamics and its applications in nanoscale heat transport. Physics Reports. 595: 1-44, 2015 [IF =22.91]
Micro/nano gas flows(selected 5)
·Z.Y. Wang, M. Wang* S. Chen. Coupling of high-Knudsen and non-ideal gas effects in microporous media. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 840: 56-73, 2018
·X.T. He#, Y.Y. Guo#, M. Li, N. Pan and M. Wang*. Effective gas diffusion coefficient of fibrous materials by mesoscopic modeling. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 107: 736-746, 2017
·M. Wang, X. Lan and Z. Li*. Analysis of Gas flows in Micro- and Nanochannels. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer. 51(13-14): 3630-3641, 2008
·M. Wang, Z. Li*. Simulations for gas flows in microgeometries using the direct simulation Monte Carlo method. Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow, 25(6): 975-985, 2004
·M. Wang *, Z. Li. Nonideal gas flow and heat transfer in micro- and nanochannels using the direct simulation Monte Carlo method. Physical Review E. 68: 046704, 2003
Micro/nano electrokinetic flows(selected 5)
·L. Zhang, C. McNeece, M. Hesse and M. Wang *. Reactive Transport of Proton in Electro-osmostic Displacement Flow with Concentration Difference in Microchannel. Analytical Chemistry 90 (20): 11802–11811, 2018
·L. Zhang, M.A. Hesse and M. Wang. Transient solute transport with sorption in Poiseuille flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 828: 733-752, 2017
·J. Liu, M. Wang, S. Chen and M. Robbins*. Uncovering Molecular Mechanisms of Electrowetting and Saturation with Simulations. Physical Review Letters. 108: 216101, 2012
·M. Wang*, and A. Revil. Electrochemical charge of silica surfaces at high ionic strength in narrow channels. J. Colloid Interface Sci 343: 381-386, 2010
·M. Wang* and Q. Kang. Electrokinetic transport in microchannels with random roughness. Analytical Chemistry 81 (8), 2953-2961, 2009
Physio-chemical transport in microporous media(selected 5)
·Y.K. Yang, M. Wang*. Pore-scale modeling of chloride ion diffusion in cement microstructures. Cement and Concrete Composites 85: 92-104, 2018
·L. Zhang and M. Wang*. Electro-osmosis in inhomogeneously charged microporous media by pore-scale modeling. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 486: 219-231, 2017
·L. Zhang, M. Wang*. Modeling of electrokinetic reactive transports using a coupled lattice Boltzmann method. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 120: 2877-2890, 2015
·M. Wang*, Q. Kang, H. Viswanathan and B. Robinson. Modeling of electro-osmosis of dilute electrolyte solutions in silica microporous media. J. Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 115: B10205, 2010
·M. Wang*, and S. Chen. Electroosmosis in homogeneously charged micro- and nanoscale random porous media. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 33(15): 264-273, 2007
Microscale Energy flow(selected 5)
·C. Xie, J. Wang N. Pan, D. Wang and M. Wang*. Lattice Boltzmann modeling of thermal conduction in composite materials with thermal contact resistance. Communications in Computational Physics. 17: 1037-1055, 2015
·M. Wang*, X. Wang, J.K. Wang and N. Pan. Grain size effects on effective thermal conductivity of porous materials with internal thermal contact resistance. Journal Porous Media. 16(11): 1043-1048, 2013
·M. Wang*, N. Pan. Modeling and prediction of the Effective Thermal Conductivity of Random Open-cell Porous Foams. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer. 51(5-6): 1325-1331, 2008
·M. Wang, J. He, J. Yu and N. Pan. Lattice Boltzmann modeling of the effective thermal conductivity for fibrous materials. Intentional Journal of Thermal Sciences 46(9): 848-855, 2007
·M. Wang*, J. Wang, N. Pan, and S. Chen. Mesoscopic Predictions of the Effective Thermal Conductivity of Microscale Random Porous Media. Physical Review E. 75: 036702, 2007
Physics of heat transfer(selected 5)
·Y. Guo, D. Jou, M. Wang*. Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of phonon hydrodynamic model for nanoscale heat transport. Physical Review B 2018
·Y. Guo, M. Wang*. Phonon hydrodynamics for nanoscale heat transport at ordinary temperature. Physical Review B 97: 035421, 2018
·Y. Guo, M. Wang*. Heat transport in two-dimensional materials by directly solving phonon Boltzmann equation under Callaway’s dual relaxation model. Physical Review B 96: 134312, 2017
·Y. Guo, D. Jou, M. Wang* Macroscopic heat transport equations and heat waves in nonequilibrium states. Physica D-Nonlinear Phenomena 342: 24-31, 2017
·M. Wang*, N. Yang and Z. Guo. Non-Fourier heat conductions in nanomaterials. Journal of Applied Physics, 110: 064310, 2011
Energy and thermodynamic optimization(selected 5)
·Y. Guo, Z. Y. Wang, M. Wang*. Thermodynamic extreme principles for non-equilibrium stationary state in heat conduction. Journal of Heat Transfer 139(7): 071303, 2017
·Y. Guo, M. Wang*. Thermodynamic analysis of gas flow and heat transfer in microchannels. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 103: 773-782, 2016
·X. Shan, M. Wang* and Z. Guo. Geometry optimization of self-similar transport network. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2011: 421526, 2011
·X. Liu, M. Wang*, J. Meng, E. Ben-Naim and Z. Guo. Minimum dissipation principle for the optimization of transport networks. International Journal of Non-linear Science and Numerical Simulations 11(2): 113-120, 2010
·Q. Chen, M. Wang*, N. Pan, and Z. Guo. Optimization principles for convective heat transfer enhancement. Energy. 34(9): 1199-1206, 2009
Transport in unconventional oil/gas resources(selected 5)
·C.Y. Xie, W. Lv, and M. Wang*. Shear-thinning or Shear-thickening Fluid for Better EOR? — A Direct Pore-scale Study. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 161: 683-691, 2018
·Q. Lv, Z. Chen and M. Wang*. An improved elastic-tube model for the correlation of permeability and stress with correction for the Klinkenberg effect. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 48: 24-35, 2017
·J. Zheng, Z. Wang, W. Gong, Y. Ju and M. Wang*. Morphology effects of shale nanopores on gas permeability using lattice Boltzmann modeling. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 47: 83-90, 2017
·Z.Y. Wang, X. Jin, X. Wang, L. Sun, M. Wang*. Pore-scale geometry effects on gas permeability in shale. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 34: 948-957, 2016
·Z.Y. Wang, Y.Y. Guo, M. Wang*. Permeability of high-Kn real gas flow in shale and production prediction by pore-scale modeling. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 28: 328-337, 2016
Multiscale modeling(selected 5)
·S. Chen, M. Wang, and Z. Xia. Multiscale fluid mechanics and modeling. Procedia IUTAM 10: 100-114, 2014
·C.Y. Xie, A.Q. Raeini, Y. Wang, M. Blunt*, M. Wang*. An improved pore-network model with viscous coupling effect via direct simulation by lattice Boltzmann method. Advances in Water Resources. 100: 26-34, 2017
·G. Liu, J. Zhang and M. Wang*. Drop movements and replacement on surface driven by shear force via hybrid atomistic-continuum simulations. Molecular Simulation. 42(10): 855-862, 2016
·Z.Y. Wang, Y.Y. Guo, M. Wang*. Permeability of high-Kn real gas flow in shale and production prediction by pore-scale modeling. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 28: 328-337, 2016
·J. Liu*, M. Wang, S. Chen and M.O. Robbins. Molecular simulations of electroosmotic flows in rough nanochannels. Journal of Computational Physics 229: 7834-7847, 2010
Lattice Boltzmann algorithms(selected 5)
·Y. Guo, M. Wang*. Lattice Boltzmann modeling of phonon transport. Journal of Computational Physics 315: 1-15, 2016
·Y. Chen, Q. Cai, Z. Xia, M. Wang* and S. Chen. On the momentum exchange method in lattice Boltzmann simulations of particle-fluid interactions. Physical Review E. 88: 013303, 2013
·M. Wang*, and Q. Kang. Modeling electrokinetic flows in microchannels using coupled lattice Boltzmann methods. Journal of Computational Physics, 229: 728-744, 2010
·J. Wang, M. Wang, and Z. Li*. A Lattice Boltzmann Algorithm for Fluid-Solid Conjugate Heat Transfer. Inter. J. Thermal Sci. 46(3) 228-234, 2007
·M. Wang*, J. Wang, and S. Chen. Roughness and Cavitations effects on Electro-osmotic Flows in Rough Microchannels using the Lattice Poisson-Boltzmann Methods. Journal of Computational Physics. 226(1): 836-851, 2007
