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Winny Dong
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Winny Dong

Faculty Director, Office of Undergraduate Research; Faculty Director, Learn Through Discovery Initiative; Faculty Director, McNair Scholars Program; Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering
College of Engineering

Expertise:

Polytechnic Education, STEM Education, Underrepresented Students in STEM, Undergraduate Research, Research-Based Learning, NASA Technology Transfer, Aerogels, Secondary Lithium Ion Batteries, High-Surface Area Materials

Winny Dong is an expert and national leader in innovative academic programs that support traditionally under-represented students in higher education. She has created various program models that leverage entrepreneurship in STEM, project-based learning, and interdisciplinary leadership development. Her work has resulted in documented increases in students’ graduation rates and their continuation in graduate programs.

Recent Grants and Fellowships:

  • Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of Education, McNair Scholars Program, $2,800,000, 2010 – 2022
  • Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation iCorps, “Innovation Teams at Cal Poly Pomona,” $180,000, 2018 – 2021
  • Principal Investigator, Kellogg Legacy Foundation, ”Learn Through Discovery”, $240,000, 2016 – 2019
  • Principal Investigator, U.S. Dept. of Education, Title III – Strengthening Institutions Program, $2,100,000, 2014 – 2020
  • Principal Investigator, NASA Armstrong Research Center, “Technology Transfer Assessment,” $155,000, 2014 – 2019
  • Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, S-STEM, “Engineering Scholars Program,” $597,496, 2014 – 2019
  • Co- Principal Investigator, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, “Education in STEM Entrepreneurship,” $28,000, 2013 – 2016
  • Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, Three Strategies to Improve Graduation Rates,” $1,000,000, 2010 – 2015
  • Principal Investigator, Kellogg Legacy Endowment, “Training Faculty to Mentor Diverse Undergraduate Research Teams,” $80,000, 2011 – 2014
  • Principal Investigator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “MgO Aerogels, a Novel Material for the Adsorption of CO2,” $14,000, 2012 – 2013
  • Co-Principal Investigator, American Chemical Society – Petroleum Research Fund, “Absorption of CO2 by MgO aerogels for enhanced steam reforming,” $65,000, 2009 – 2012
  • Principal Investigator, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, “Technology Screens,” $47,000, 2011

Selected Publications:

  • With K. Pettinger, “When Does the Operation of a Battery Become Environmentally Positive?” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 164 (1), A6274-A6277, 2017
  • With O. Sawyerr, H. E. Ozkaya and S. Emerson, “Evaluating the Efficacy of a STEM Entrepreneurship Program: Lessons from the Trenches,” Proceedings of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Jan. 2016
  • With O. Sawyerr and S. Emerson, “Student partnerships for innovation in engineering entrepreneurship development (SPIEED): Developing entrepreneurial competencies in twenty-first century engineers,” Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 12 (4): 24-43, 2012
  • With J. Wilson and M. Li, “A study of MgO aerogels as CO2 adsorbents for use in adsorption enhanced production processes,” AIChE Annual Meeting, paper 630q, 2011
  • With J. Sakamoto, T. Caillat, J. Fleurial, S. Jones and J. Paik, “Improving Thermoelectric Device Performance and Durability through the Integration of Advanced, Aerogel-Based Ceramics” in Electroceramic Materials and Applications: Ceramic Transactions Series, Volume 196, pp. 275 – 290, 2011
  • With O. Sawyerr and S. Emerson, “Student Partnerships for Innovation in Engineering Entrepreneurship Development (SPIEED): Developing Entrepreneurial Competencies in Twenty- First Century Engineers,” International Council for Small Business Conference Proceedings, 2011
  • With B. Dunn, “Enhanced Energy Storage in Nanostructured Materials, Nanostructured Materials for electrochemical Energy Production and Storage,” in Nano Structure and Technology (R. Leite, ed., Springer, 2010)

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Education:

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

Languages:

English, Mandarin

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