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Weiwei Shi

Assistant Professor of Material Science at Duke Kunshan University
DKU Faculty

Awards & Honors


MII Scholarship

Scholarly Society Macromolecules Innovation Institute · January 2020

Amir Chand and Dewki Bai Batra Award

Department Virginia Tech · December 2019

Finalist of “Collegiate Inventors Competition”

National National Inventors Hall of Fame, USPTO · November 2018

Innovation Award

Scholarly Society Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology · May 2018

Manuel Stein Scholarship

Department Virginia Tech · April 2018

In the News


Published June 30, 2022
Refreshing Music: Fog Harvesting with Redwood-Inspired Harps
Published June 30, 2020
Stabilizing Water Loss in Synthetic Trees
Published April 9, 2019
Stabilizing Transpiration in Synthetic Trees
Published November 8, 2018
2018 CIC Finalist - Fog Harp
Published October 14, 2018
Can stripping the air of its moisture quench the world’s thirst?
Published June 8, 2018
Scientists are harvesting water by building fog harps and zapping the air
Published April 18, 2018
Harvesting water from fog with harps - Headline Science
Published April 10, 2018
'Fog harp' makes water out of thin air
Published March 30, 2018
Virginia Tech researchers unveil new method of fog harvesting to address global water shortages