Bei Fan

About

Dr. Bei Fan received her B.S. and Ph. D in Mechanical Engineering at University of Science and Technology of China in 2015 and University of California San Diego in 2019, respectively. She joins MSU as an Assistant Professor in August 2021. Her research interests cover broad areas including thermal fluid science, electrokinetics, experimental fluid mechanics, energy conversion, desalination, microfluidics and micro/nano fabrication.

Education

• Ph.D. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego
• B.S. Precision Machinery and Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China

Selected publications

• Fan, B., and Bandaru, P. R., Possibility of obtaining two orders of magnitude larger electrokinetic streaming potentials, through liquid infiltrated surfaces. Langmuir, 2020, 36 (34), pp 10238 - 10243.
• Fan, B., and Bandaru, P. R., Tensorial modulation of electrokinetic streaming potentials on air and liquid filled surfaces. Langmuir, 2019, 35 (46), pp 14812 - 14817.
• Fan, B., and Bandaru, P. R., Modulation of the streaming potential and slip characteristics in electrolyte flow over liquid filled surfaces. Langmuir, 2019, 35 (18), pp 6203 - 6210.
• Fan, B., Bhattacharya, Anindita., and Bandaru, P. R., Enhanced voltage generation through electrolyte on liquid filled surfaces. Nature Communications, 9, 4050 (2018).
• Canbazoglu, F. M., Fan, B., Vemuri, K., and Bandaru, P. R., Enhanced solar thermal evaporation of ethanol-water mixtures, through the use of porous media. Langmuir, 2018, 34 (36), pp 10523 - 10528.