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Weiwei Shi

Assistant Professor of Material Science at Duke Kunshan University
DKU Faculty

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Sustainable Solar Desalinations with Janus Evaporators - Materials Today Conference (MATA 2025) · June 2025 International Meeting or Conference
Reduced Sliding Friction of Lubricant-Impregnated Catheters - China Chemical Society Congress (CCS 2024) · June 2024 International Meeting or Conference
Efficient Fog Harvesting with Cost-Effective Harps - International Symposium on Superwettability+ (iSS+2024) · January 2024 International Meeting or Conference
Bio-Inspired Synthetic Trees as Passive Pump - International Conference of Bionic Engineering (ICBE 2022-2023) · October 2023 International Meeting or Conference
Gecko-Inspired Anisotropic Adhesives · July 2023 International Meeting or Conference Chinese Materials Conference (CMC 2022-2023)
The Prospect of Bio-Inspired Solar Evaporation in Carbon Neutralisation · July 2023 International Meeting or Conference International Meeting on Wetting and Carbon Neutralisation (IMWCN 2023)
Redwood-Inspired Fog Harps for Efficient Water Harvesting · February 2020 International Meeting or Conference 43rd Annual Meeting of The Adhesion Society
Redwood-Inspired Fog Harps for High-Efficiency Water Harvesting · November 2019 International Meeting or Conference 72nd Annual Meeting of American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS DFD)
Redwood-Inspired Fog Harps · July 2019 International Meeting or Conference 8th International Conference on Fog, Fog Collection and Dew
Self-Stabilizing Transpiration in Tall Synthetic Trees · February 2019 International Meeting or Conference Gordon Research Conference-Micro and Nanoscale Phase Change Heat Transfer
Enhanced Water Evaporation with Floating Synthetic Leaves · August 2018 International Meeting or Conference 16th International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC 16)
Refreshing Music: Fog Harvesting with Harps · November 2017 International Meeting or Conference 70th Annual Meeting of American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS DFD)

Service to the Profession


Guest Editor · 2021 - 2023 Editorial Activities Sustainability
Topic Editor · 2021 - 2023 Editorial Activities Micromachines

Service to Duke


Faculty Development Committee (University) · 2023 - 2025 Committee Service Duke Kunshan University
Food Service Committee (University) · 2021 - 2023 Committee Service Duke Kunshan University