He worked as an Associate Professor at University of North Texas, USA. Dr. Cheng received his PhD from Purdue University, USA. He holds four Patents and Invention Disclosures under his name. Dr. Cheng was honored with numerous awards which includes Scholars Day Prize, Science and Technology Advancement Award, Outstanding Paper Award etc. His current research projects were funded by Virginia Tech - Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS), NSF CBET, NSF ECCS etc. Dr. Cheng served as the Principal Investigator of several research projects funded by DOE, NASA, DARPA and NSF respectively with a total funding exceeding $3.4 million. He has extensive experience in thermal-fluid sciences, renewable energy, micro/nano-fluidics, optofluidics, multiphase fluid flow, nano-fabrications and CFD numerical simulation.