Q. Jane Wang

Professor, Northwestern University

Professor| Northwestern University

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What I Do

I am currently the Joseph Cummings Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University, teaching and doing research with students.
Why Engineering?

Engineering makes our life today easier and our future brighter.
School Days

Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Degree and work at the same place, because I love my university.
My Day At Work

Teach, research, work with students, write technical papers or books, present research results at technical conferences, cook, watch movies, travel.
Best Part

Creating knowledge to help move forward engineering practice.
Proud Moments

Commencements, congratulating my students for their advanced degrees.
Challenges

The sun moves too fast.
My Family

I have an engineering family.

I obtained my PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, in 1993, and am now a Joseph Cummings Professor in Mechanical Engineering there. My research is mainly in the areas of contact/interfacial mechanics, tribological science and engineering. I served the professional communities as a member of Board of Directors of STLE during 2008-2009, Secretary of the Technical Program Committee of the 2005 Word Tribology Congress, Chair of the Program Committee of the 2008 STLE Annual Meeting, Chair of the 2011 ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference. My research work has resulted in eight best-paper awards from ASME and STLE. I was elected Fellow of the ASME in 2009 and STLE in 2007. I received the 2015 STLE International Award, the highest award of the society, and was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 2023.