Michael Wang
Michael Wang is the manager of the Systems Assessment Section of the Energy Systems Division at Argonne. Dr. Wang’s research areas include the evaluation of energy and environmental impacts of advanced vehicle technologies and new transportation fuels, the assessment of market potentials of new vehicle and fuel technologies, and the projection of transportation development in emerging economies such as China.
Dr. Wang has developed Argonne’s GREET (Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation) software model for life-cycle analysis of advanced vehicle technologies and transportation fuels. As of summer 2012, GREET has more than 20,000 registered users worldwide. With the GREET model, Dr. Wang has done extensive research in life-cycle analyses of petroleum fuels, biofuels, hydrogen, electricity and advanced vehicle technologies such as hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, battery-powered electric vehicles, and fuel-cell vehicles.
Dr. Wang’s research and the GREET model have been used by governmental agencies in North America, Asia, and Europe to develop transportation fuel policies such as low-carbon fuel standards and vehicle greenhouse gas emission regulations.
In addition to his work in the United States, Dr. Wang has collaborated with governmental agencies, automotive companies, energy companies, universities, and research institutions in China, Japan, Brazil, Canada, South Africa, and Europe.
Honors, Awards, and Memberships
- Member, Alternative Transportation Fuels Committee, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, USA
- Member, Editorial Board of Frontiers of Energy and Power Engineering in China, High Education Press of China and Springer of the U.K.
- Member, North American Chinese Overseas Transportation Association
- Member, Society of Automotive Engineers
- Voted one of the “Top 100 People in Bioenergy” in by readers and editors of Biofuels Digest in 2010
- Received the 2008 DOE Hydrogen Program R&D Award in Recognition of Outstanding Hydrogen Well-to-Wheels Analysis and Contributions to Systems Analysis
- Awarded a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of outstanding contribution and commitment at Argonne National Laboratory to pollution prevention and environmental stewardship through development of the GREET life-cycle model, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy
- Named Runner-Up for the Category of New Methods and Tools, 2005 SAE Environmental Excellence in Transportation Award: GREET Model for Transportation Life-Cycle Analysis