Prior to joining Virginia Tech, he has been an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Yale University in 2008 and B.S. from Tsinghua University in China. Dr. Deng’s general research interest is the fluid dynamics of low-dimensional liquid subjects such as droplets, jets, and films. He is also interested in additive manufacturing with the focus on using single or multiplexed electrospray to process advanced energy materials. His group’s work has been featured as the cover article of Physical Review Letters. Dr. Deng is the National Science Foundation CAREER Award recipient in 2015.