Xudong Wang

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Associate Chair of Named MS Studies

College of Engineering

Xudong Wang is a professor of Materials Science and Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He received his Ph.D. from the school of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology in 2005. Wang’s current research focuses on novel nanomaterial growth and nanodevice development for advanced nanoelectronic systems and energy harvesting.

  • Oxide nanomaterials growth and characterization
  • Piezoelectric nanostructures and nanodevices for mechanical energy harvesting
  • Semiconductor nanomaterials and devices for solar energy harvesting and energy storage
  • Nanoscale piezoelectric effect and piezotronics
  • Piezocatalysis and interface between piezoelectricity and electrochemistry