High Energy Efficiency Piezoelectric Harvesters (Energy Harvesting and Storage USA 2011)

Dr. Tian-Bing Xu is an Associate Research Fellow at the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), which is affiliated with NASA Langley Research Center. He received his M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1999 and his Ph.D. in Materials Sciences and Engineering in 2002 from the Pennsylvania State University. He has lead 24 research projects. Dr. Xu has published 51 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and delivered 70 presentations (28 keynote/ invited talks). He holds 8 awarded U.S. patents (3 licensed by industries). He received 41 awards including 2011 and 2015 best energy harvesting awards and 2016 R&D 100 finalist.

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