Wee-Liat Ong

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Education

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2015

Academic Positions

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Columbia University, Chemistry Department, Mar 2015 - Jul 2017

Other Professional Employment

• Research Engineer, Institute of Microelectronics, Agency for Science and Technology, Singapore May 2005 to Nov 2007

Research Interests

• Nanoscale Heat Transfer, Energy Conversions, Material Science, BioMEMs

Chapters in Books

• Wee-Liat Ong, Jonathan A. Malen, "Thermal Transport in Nanostructured Organic-inorganic Hybrid Materials." Annual Review of Heat Transfer 19 67 - 126 (2016).

Selected Articles in Journals

• Evan S O’Brien, Jake C Russell, Matthew Bartnof, Alexander D Christodoulides, Kihong Lee, Jordan A DeGayner, Daniel W Paley, Alan JH McGaughey, Wee-Liat Ong, Jonathan A Malen, X-Y Zhu, Xavier Roy, "Spontaneous Electronic Band Formation and Switchable Behaviors in a Phase-Rich Superatomic Crystal." Journal of the American Chemical Society 140(46) 15601-15605 (2018).
• A Sarantopoulos, Wee-Liat Ong, Jonathan A Malen, F Rivadulla, "Effect of epitaxial strain and vacancies on the ferroelectric-like response of CaTiO3 thin films." Applied Physics Letters 113(18) 182902 (2018).
• G. Elbaz, W.-L. Ong*, E. Doud, P. Kim, D. Paley*, X. Roy*, J.A Malen*, "Phonon Speed, Not Scattering, Differentiates Thermal Transport in Lead Halide Perovskites." Nano Letters 17(9) 5734-5739 (2017).
• W.-L. Ong, E. O’Brien, P.S. M. Dougherty, C. Higgs, A.J. H. McGaughey, J.A. Malen*, and X. Roy*, “Orientational order controls crystalline and amorphous thermal transport in superatomic crystals.” Nature Materials 16(1) 83-88 (2017).
• J. Epstein, W.-L. Ong, C. Bettinger, and J. A. Malen*, “Temperature dependent thermal conductivity and thermal interface resistance of pentacene thin films with varying morphology.” ACS Interfaces and Materials 8(29) 19168-19174 (2016).
• S. Majumdar, J. Sierra-Suarez, S.N. Schiffres, W.-L Ong, C.F. Higgs, A.J.H. McGaughey, and J.A. Malen*, “Vibrational mismatch of metal leads controls thermal conductance of self-assembled monolayer junctions.” Nano Letters 15 2985-2991 (2015).
• W.-L. Ong, S. Majumdar, J. A. Malen, and A. J. H. McGaughey*, “Coupling and transport of organic and inorganic vibrational states and their thermal transport in nanocrystal arrays.” Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118 7288-7295 (2014)
• W.-L. Ong, S. M. Rupich, D. V. Talapin*, A. J. H. McGaughey, and J. A. Malen*, “Surface chemistry mediates thermal transport in three dimensional nanocrystal arrays.” Nature Materials 12 410-415 (2013).
• H. Zhang, J. S. Son, J. Jang, J. S. Lee, W.-L. Ong, J. A. Malen, and D. V. Talapin*, “Bi1-xSbx Alloy Nanocrystals: Colloidal Synthesis, Charge Transport, and Thermoelectric Properties.” ACS Nano 7 10296 (2013).
• C.C. Tan, L. Shi, R. Zhao*, Q. Guo, Y. Li, Y. Yang, T. C. Chong, J. A. Malen, W.-L. Ong, T. E. Schlesinger, and J. A. Bain*, “Compositionally matched nitrogen-doped Ge2Sb2Te5/Ge2Sb2Te5 superlattice-like structures for phase change random access memory.” Applied Physics Letters 103 133507 (2013).
• H. Ho*, A. A. Sharma, W.-L. Ong, J. A. Malen, J. A. Bain, and J. G. Zhu, “Experimental estimates of in-plane thermal conductivity in FePt-C granular thin film heat assisted magnetic recording media using a model layered system.” Applied Physics Letters 103 131907 (2013).
• A. Agarwal*, N. Ranganathan, W.-L. Ong, K.-C. Tang, and L. Yobas, “Self-sealed circular channels for micro-fluidics.” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 142 80-87 (2008).
• L.-W. Luo, C.-Y. Teo, W.-L. Ong, K.-C. Tang, L.-F. Cheow, and L. Yobas*, “Rapid prototyping of microfluidic systems using a laser-patterned tape.” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 17 N107 (2007).
• N.T. Nguyen*, T.H. Ting, Y.F. Yap, T.N. Wong, J.C.K. Chai, W.-L. Ong, J. Zhou, S.-H. Tan, and L. Yobas, “Thermally mediated droplet formation in microchannels.” Applied Physics Letters 91 084102 (2007).
• W.-L. Ong, J. Hua, B. Zhang, T.-Y. Teo, J. Zhuo, N.T. Nguyen, N. Ranganathan, and L. Yobas*, “Experimental and computational analysis of droplet formation in a high-performance flow-focusing geometry.” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 138 203-212 (2007).
• W.-L. Ong, K.-C. Tang, A. Agarwal, R. Nagarajan, L.-W. Luo, and L. Yobas*, “Microfluidic integration of substantially round glass capillaries for lateral patch clamping on chip.” Lab on a Chip 7 1357-1366 (2007).
• W.-L. Ong, J.-S. Kee, A. Ajay, N. Ranganathan, K.-C. Tang, and L. Yobas*, “Buried microfluidic channel for integrated patch-clamping assay.” Applied Physics Letters 89 093902 (2006).
• W.-L. Ong, B. Jiang, N. Tang, S.-F. Ling, J.F. Yeo, S. Wei, A.A. Farooqui, and W.-Y. Ong*, “Differential effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids on membrane capacitance and exocytosis in rat pheochromocytoma-12 cells.” Neurochemical research 31 41-48 (2006).
• L. Yobas*, S. Martens, W.-L. Ong, and N. Ranganathan, “High-performance flow-focusing geometry for spontaneous generation of monodispersed droplets.” Lab on a Chip 6 1073-1079 (2006)

Other Publications

• Bart Kolodziejczyk, Wee-Liat Ong, "Hydrogen power is here to stay. How do we convince the public that it’s safe?" World Economic Forum, 2019

Other Scholarly Activities

• Session chair for International Symposium on Numerical Methods in Heat and Mass Transfer, Hangzhou, May 2019
• Session chair for International workshop of young scholars in heat transfer and energy @ 7th ISMNT, Qingdao, China, April 2019
• Session chair for ASME IMECE Conference, Phoenix AZ, Nov 2016
• Session chair for 32nd International Thermal Conductivity Conference, West Lafayette IN, April 2014

Teaching Honors

• Best Class Teacher Award (2019)

Research Honors

• Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (2019)