Dr. Richard Zihao Zhang is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of North Texas specializing in nano/micro-technology thermal management, materials synthesis, device fabrication, and spectroscopic measurement. Dr. Zhang received his S.B. in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to UNT, he was a Member of Technical Staff at the Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, California. His research has been sponsored by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, U.S. Army Research Office, Los Alamos and Sandia National Research Laboratories’ Center for Integrated Nanotechnology, and National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA). He was a faculty fellow at Air Force Research Laboratory. Dr. Zhang is an organizing member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).