Scientia Professor Wang's research focuses on advanced composites technologies, with a particular focus on load-carrying high-performance strucrures and soft composites for wearable sensors, actuators, and energy storage devices. Recently, his team's breakthroughs in toughening carbon fibre-reinforced composites at cryogenic temperatures have enabled lightweight all-composite vessels for the transportation and storage of liquid hydrogen at minus 253 degrees Celsius, a significant milestone in enabling composite vessels to operate at liquid hydrogen temperatures without matrix cracks, a challenge that has, up until now, prevented mass-market adoption of these materials for such applications. Media Release.
In 2021 he successfully led the application of an ARC Research Hub for Connected Sensors for Health. As the Director of the ARC Research Hub, he leads the strategic partnership between 29 Australian companies and 64 researchers to co-design, verify, and certify sensors that industry partners will deploy to global health markets.
He serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards of a number of professional journals, including Composites Science and Technology and Composites Part A. His past service experience to the professional community includes the ARC College of Experts (2013-2015), the Chair of the National Committee on Applied Mechanics (2013-2015), and the President of the Australian Fracture Group (1997-2003). He has chaired and co-chaired a number of international conferences, including the 11th International Fatigue Congress (Melbourne Australia and the 22nd International Conference on Composite Materials.