Duan, Yuhua
Oral history interview with Yuhua Duan, 2020 December 3.
In this interview, Yuhua Duan discusses: his role at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) under the US Department of Energy (DoE); childhood poverty in the Chinese countryside; experience as an undergraduate in 1980s China; masters degree in chemical physics at the University of Science and Technology (UST) in China; PhD in condensed matter physics; mentorship with T.S. K ̊at UST; postdoc studying surface physics at Fudan University under Xide Xie; time at Basel University in the Institute of Physical Chemistry; research associate position at University of Minnesota (U of M) School of Physics and Astronomy under Woods Halley, modeling on the polymer electrolyte for battery applications; switch to Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Department to focus on protein-protein interaction; decision to stay in the US and apply for citizenship; joining the NETL team; research simulating the microwave sintering by finite element approach; work on CO2 capture to fight climate change; discussion of CO2 storage and use; work developing sensor materials that function under extreme conditions; discussion of quantum information science in the energy sector and quantum sensor research; tritium production research; using a supercomputer for his work, discussions of capabilities of the quantum computer; and the impact of political administration changes on work focus at NETL. Toward the end of the interview, Duan reflects on NETLs contributions to research on controlling carbon emissions and mitigating climate change.
Yuhua Duan is a physical scientist at the National Energy Technology Laboratory in the United States Department of Energy. He pursued his graduate studies at the University of Science and Technology (UST) in China. Duan completed a postdoctoral appointment at Fudan University in China and subsequently spent time at the University of Basel (Switzerland) and the University of Minnesota before joining the NETL team.
Halley, J. Woods (James Woods), 1938-
Xie, Xide
Fu dan da xue (Shanghai, China)
National Energy Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
United States. Department of Energy
Universitt̃ Basel
University of Minnesota
Zhongguo ke xue ji shu da xue
Carbon dioxide -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses.
Chemical physics.
Climatic changes
Condensed matter. fast
Materials.
Microwaves
Proteins.
Quantum computers.
Supercomputers
Surface (Physics)
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Zierler, David, 1979- interviewer.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA