Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen

MEng, Power Engineering(2026)

Nanjing Tech University

BEng, Building Environment and Energy Application Engineering(2023)

Hao Dai obtained his BEng degree from Nanjing Tech University in 2023 and his MEng degree from Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen in 2026. He is currently a first-year PhD student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore under the supervision of Assistant Professor Pan Weiyi. 

His research focuses on developing electrochemical technologies for integrated water treatment and resource recovery to address environmental challenges and resource scarcity. He is committed to advancing practical and efficient solutions for sustainable water treatment, energy conversion, and resource harvesting. His research interests include electrochemical technologies, water treatment, resource recovery, and environmental and energy engineering.

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1. Dai, H.; Ali, E.; Xu, X.; Zhang, M.; Pan, W.; Kwok, H. Y. H.; Leung, D. Y. C.; Zhang, Y.; Leung, M. K. H.; Ni, M.; Wang, Y. Innovative Application of Nanographene into Microfluidic Fuel Cell Electrolyte with Enhanced Chip Cooling and Energy Harvesting. Carbon 2026, 255, 121562. DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2026.121562.

2. Dai, H.; Ali, E.; Xu, X.; Zhang, M.; Pan, W.; Kwok, H. Y. H.; Leung, D. Y. C.; Leung, M. K. H.; Wang, Y. Microfluidic Fuel Cell with Ultrahigh Flow Rates, a Potential Technology for Combined Cooling and Power Applications. Energy Convers. Manage. 2025, 344, 120300. DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2025.120300.

3. Dai, H.; Zhang, Z.; Zhang, M.; Xu, X.; Dong, G.; Leung, D. Y. C.; Leung, M. K. H.; Wang, Y. Combined Cooling and Power: Investigating the Coupling Effect between a Microfluidic Fuel Cell and a Heating Chip. Chem. Eng. J. 2025, 504, 159031. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.159031.

4. Ali, E.; Dai, H.; Zhang, M.; Xu, X.; Leung, M. K. H.; Ni, M.; Wang, Y. Numerical Study on the Architecture Design of a Combined Cooling and Power System Based on Microfluidic Fuel Cells. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 2026, 264, 128790. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2026.128790.

5. Wu, B.; Dai, H.; Ali, E.; Xu, X.; Zhang, M.; Leung, M. K. H.; Ni, M.; Wang, Y. Numerical Investigation on a Vanadium Microfluidic Fuel Cell for Chip-Level Combined Cooling and Power Applications. Appl. Therm. Eng. 2026, 302, 131696. DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2026.131696.

6. Zhang, Z.; Dai, H.; Xu, X.; Dong, G.; Zhang, M.; Luo, S.; Leung, D. Y. C.; Wang, Y. Investigation of Electrode Scaling-Up Strategies for Paper-Based Microfluidic Fuel Cells. Renew. Energy 2024, 235, 121316. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2024.121316.