Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Virginia Polytech Institute and State University 2020
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • JUN 30, 2022

    International Society of Bionic Engineering

    Refreshing Music: Fog Harvesting with Redwood-Inspired Harps

  • JUN 30, 2020

    Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science

    Stabilizing Water Loss in Synthetic Trees

  • APR 9, 2019

    Oak Ridge National Lab

    Stabilizing Transpiration in Synthetic Trees

  • NOV 8, 2018

    National Inventors Hall of Fame

    2018 CIC Finalist - Fog Harp

  • OCT 14, 2018

    Chemical & Engineering News, American Chemical Society

    Can stripping the air of its moisture quench the world’s thirst?

  • JUN 8, 2018

    The Verge

    Scientists are harvesting water by building fog harps and zapping the air

  • APR 18, 2018

    American Chemical Society

    Harvesting water from fog with harps - Headline Science

  • APR 10, 2018

    CNN

    'Fog harp' makes water out of thin air

  • MAR 30, 2018

    Boston Globe

    Virginia Tech researchers unveil new method of fog harvesting to address global water shortages
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  Awards & Honors

  • MII Scholarship. Macromolecules Innovation Institute. January 2020
  • Amir Chand and Dewki Bai Batra Award. Virginia Tech. December 2019
  • Finalist of “Collegiate Inventors Competition”. National Inventors Hall of Fame, USPTO. November 2018
  • Innovation Award. Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology. May 2018
  • Manuel Stein Scholarship. Virginia Tech. April 2018
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Shi, W., Cheng, X., & Cheng, K. (2022). Gecko-Inspired Adhesives with Asymmetrically Tilting-Oriented Micropillars. Langmuir : The Acs Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, 38(29), 8890–8898. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01002
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    • Chen, K., Tao, Y., & Shi, W. (2022). Recent Advances in Water Harvesting: A Review of Materials, Devices and Applications. Sustainability (Switzerland), 14(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/su14106244
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    • Kowalski, N. G., Shi, W., Kennedy, B. S., & Boreyko, J. B. (2021). Optimizing Fog Harps. Acs Applied Materials &Amp; Interfaces, 13(32), 38826–38834. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c08995
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    • Eyegheleme, N. L., Shi, W., De Koninck, L. H., O’Brien, J. L., & Boreyko, J. B. (2021). Synthetic trees for enhanced solar evaporation and water harvesting. Applied Physics Letters, 118(25), 251601–251601. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0049904
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    • Shi, W., De Koninck, L. H., Hart, B. J., Kowalski, N. G., Fugaro, A. P., van der Sloot, T. W., … Boreyko, J. B. (2020). Harps under Heavy Fog Conditions: Superior to Meshes but Prone to Tangling. Acs Applied Materials &Amp; Interfaces, 12(42), 48124–48132. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c12329
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    • Shi, W., van der Sloot, T. W., Hart, B. J., Kennedy, B. S., & Boreyko, J. B. (2020). Harps Enable Water Harvesting under Light Fog Conditions. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 4(6), 2000040–2000040. https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.202000040
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    • Shi, W., Dalrymple, R. M., McKenny, C. J., Morrow, D. S., Rashed, Z. T., Surinach, D. A., & Boreyko, J. B. (2020). Passive water ascent in a tall, scalable synthetic tree. Scientific Reports, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-57109-z
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    • Shi, W., Vieitez, J. R., Berrier, A. S., Roseveare, M. W., Surinach, D. A., Srijanto, B. R., … Boreyko, J. B. (2019). Self-Stabilizing Transpiration in Synthetic Leaves. Acs Applied Materials &Amp; Interfaces, 11(14), 13768–13776. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b00041
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    • Shi, W., Anderson, M. J., Tulkoff, J. B., Kennedy, B. S., & Boreyko, J. B. (2018). Fog Harvesting with Harps. Acs Applied Materials &Amp; Interfaces, 10(14), 11979–11986. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b17488
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    • Xu, T., Lin, Y., Zhang, M., Shi, W., & Zheng, Y. (2016). High-Efficiency Fog Collector: Water Unidirectional Transport on Heterogeneous Rough Conical Wires. Acs Nano, 10(12), 10681–10688. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b05595
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    • Shi, W., Wang, L., Guo, Z., & Zheng, Y. (2015). Excellent Anti-Icing Abilities of Optimal Micropillar Arrays with Nanohairs. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2(18), 1500352–1500352. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201500352
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    • Zhang, M., Wang, L., Hou, Y., Shi, W., Feng, S., & Zheng, Y. (2015). Controlled Smart Anisotropic Unidirectional Spreading of Droplet on a Fibrous Surface. Advanced Materials, 27(34), 5057–5062. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201502143
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    • Wang, L., Zhang, M., Shi, W., Hou, Y., Liu, C., Feng, S., … Zheng, Y. (2015). Dynamic Magnetic Responsive Wall Array with Droplet Shedding-off Properties. Scientific Reports, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep11209
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    • Wang, L., Shi, W., Hou, Y., Zhang, M., Feng, S., & Zheng, Y. (2015). Droplet Transport on a Nano- and Microstructured Surface with a Wettability Gradient in Low-Temperature or High-Humidity Environments. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2(9), 1500040–1500040. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201500040
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    • Xue, Y., Wang, T., Shi, W., Sun, L., & Zheng, Y. (2014). Water collection abilities of green bristlegrass bristle. Rsc Adv., 4(77), 40837–40840. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra06661h
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    • Wang, H., You, T., Shi, W., Li, J., & Guo, L. (2012). Au/TiO₂/Au as a Plasmonic Coupling Photocatalyst. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116(10), 6490–6494. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp212303q
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  Exhibitions, Screenings, & Performances

  • Fog Harps | ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival at National Museum of American History 2019
• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Teaching Activities

  • Analytical Chemistry
    Inorganic Chemistry
    Bio-Inspired Smart Materials
    Capstone I - Signature Work
    Capstone II - Signature Work
    Research Independent Study
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Presentations & Appearances

  • Redwood-Inspired Fog Harps for Efficient Water Harvesting. 43rd Annual Meeting of The Adhesion Society. February 2020  2020
  • Redwood-Inspired Fog Harps for High-Efficiency Water Harvesting. 72nd Annual Meeting of American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. November 2019  2019
  • Redwood-Inspired Fog Harps. 8th International Conference on Fog, Fog Collection and Dew. July 2019  2019
  • Self-Stabilizing Transpiration in Tall Synthetic Trees. Gordon Research Conference-Micro and Nanoscale Phase Change Heat Transfer. February 2019  2019
  • Enhanced Water Evaporation with Floating Synthetic Leaves. 16th International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC 16) . August 2018  2018
  • Refreshing Music: Fog Harvesting with Harps. 70th Annual Meeting of American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. November 2017  2017
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • Member. International Society of Bionic Engineering. 2021  2021
  • Member . American Adhesion Society . 2019 - 2020  2019 - 2020
  • Member . International Fog and Dew Association. 2019 - 2020  2019 - 2020
  • Member. Gordon Research Conferences. 2018 - 2019  2018 - 2019
  • Member. American Physical Society . 2017 - 2020  2017 - 2020
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  Service to the Profession

  • Guest Editor. MDPI - [Sustainability]. 2021 - 2023  2021 - 2023
  • Topic Editor. MDPI - [Micromachines]. 2021 - 2023  2021 - 2023

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