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Bu Wang

Bu Wang

Associate Professor
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Bu leads the Sustainable Materials Innovation Lab in the CEE department (SMIL-CEE). The lab’s mission is to develop innovative and interdisciplinary technological solutions to address the urgent need for sustainable civil engineering materials.

Department

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Contact

2260, Engineering Hall
1415 Engineering Dr
Madison, WI
p: (608) 262-8698

Featured news

Hopping atoms help predict how liquid silica cools into good glass

July 20, 2022

Building on a solid process, Wang pours resources into making carbon-negative cement

July 1, 2022

UW team among winners of Musk Foundation’s XPRIZE for Carbon Removal Student Competition

November 9, 2021
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  • PhD 2012, Alfred University
  • MS 2007, Tianjin University,
  • BS 2004, Tianjin University

  • Carbon negative concrete
  • Direct air capture and utiliization of CO2 using industrial alkaline wastes
  • Making Cement Green by Low-Temperature Manufacturing of Calcium Hydroxide
  • Utilizing CO2 to produce precipitated calcium carbonate
  • Fundamental behaviors of glassy materials

Affiliated Departments

  • 2019 Grainger Institute for Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Grainger Institute for Engineering Faculty Scholar Award
  • 2016 ASCE at UCLA, Lecturer of the year from ASCE at UCLA
  • 2010 Alfred University, Korean Alumni Association Award

  • Yu, Z., Annamareddy, A., Morgan, D., & Wang, B. (2024). How close are the classical two-body potentials to ab initio calculations? Insights from linear machine learning based force matching. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 160(5), 054501 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0175756
  • Zhai, H., Chen, Q., Duan, Y., Liu, B., & Wang, B. (2024). Silica Polymerization Driving Opposite Effects of pH on Aqueous Carbonation Using Crystalline and Amorphous Calcium Silicates. Inorganic Chemistry, 63(10), 4574-4582 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c04005
  • Chen, Q., Zhai, H., Beebe, D. J., Li, C., & Wang, B. (2024). Visualization-enhanced under-oil open microfluidic system for in situ characterization of multi-phase chemical reactions. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1155 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45076-7
  • Liu, Q., Hosseini, P., Ragipani, R., & Wang, B. (2024). Wet coating of calcite with silica nanoparticles in CO2 environment. Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, 21(1), 423-434 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11998-023-00812-4
  • Zhai, H., Chen, Q., Yilmaz, M., & Wang, B. (2023). Enhancing Aqueous Carbonation of Calcium Silicate through Acid and Base Pretreatments with Implications for Efficient Carbon Mineralization. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(37), 13808-13817 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c03942
  • Yao, X., Liu, Q., Wang, B., Yu, J., Aristov, M. M., Shi, C., Zhang, G. G., & Yu, L. (2022). Anisotropic Molecular Organization at a Liquid/Vapor Interface Promotes Crystal Nucleation with Polymorph Selection. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(26), 11638--11645 https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c02623
  • Ragipani, R., Sreenivasan, K., Anex, R. P., Zhai, H., & Wang, B. (2022). Direct Air Capture and Sequestration of CO2 by Accelerated Indirect Aqueous Mineral Carbonation under Ambient Conditions. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 10(24), 7852--7861 https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c07867
  • Annamareddy, A., Wang, B., Voyles, P. M., & Morgan, D. (2022). Distribution of atomic rearrangement vectors in a metallic glass. Journal of Applied Physics, 132(19), 195103 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0125531
  • Bustillos, S., Prentice, D., La Plante, E. C., Wang, B., Sant, G., & Simonetti, D. (2022). Process Simulations Reveal the Carbon Dioxide Removal Potential of a Process That Mineralizes Industrial Waste Streams via an Ion Exchange-Based Regenerable pH Swing. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 10(19), 6255--6264 https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c00458
  • Li, Y., Annamareddy, A., Morgan, D., Yu, Z., Wang, B., Cao, C., Perepezko, J. H., Ediger, M. D., Voyles, P. M., & Yu, L. (2022). Surface Diffusion Is Controlled by Bulk Fragility across All Glass Types. Physical Review Letters, 128(7), 075501 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.075501

  • CIV ENGR 525 - Case Studies Exploring Infrastructure Sustainability and Climate Change (Fall 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 699 - Independent Study (Fall 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Fall 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 990 - Thesis (Fall 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 999 - Advanced Independent Study (Fall 2025)
  • GLE 699 - Independent Study (Fall 2025)
  • GLE 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Fall 2025)
  • GLE 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2025)
  • GLE 990 - Research and Thesis (Fall 2025)
  • GLE 999 - Independent Work (Fall 2025)
  • MS&E 699 - Independent Study (Fall 2025)
  • MS&E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Fall 2025)
  • MS&E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2025)
  • MS&E 990 - Research and Thesis (Fall 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 699 - Independent Study (Summer 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Summer 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 990 - Thesis (Summer 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 999 - Advanced Independent Study (Summer 2025)
  • GLE 699 - Independent Study (Summer 2025)
  • GLE 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Summer 2025)
  • GLE 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2025)
  • GLE 990 - Research and Thesis (Summer 2025)
  • GLE 999 - Independent Work (Summer 2025)
  • MS&E 699 - Independent Study (Summer 2025)
  • MS&E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Summer 2025)
  • MS&E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2025)
  • MS&E 990 - Research and Thesis (Summer 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 495 - Sustainable Building and Materials (Spring 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 990 - Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 999 - Advanced Independent Study (Spring 2025)
  • MS&E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • MS&E 990 - Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 395 - Materials for Constructed Facilities (Fall 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 525 - Case Studies Exploring Infrastructure Sustainability and Climate Change (Fall 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 699 - Independent Study (Fall 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2024)
  • EMA 395 - Materials for Constructed Facilities (Fall 2024)
  • MS&E 699 - Independent Study (Fall 2024)
  • MS&E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Fall 2024)
  • MS&E 990 - Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2024)
  • MS&E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Summer 2024)
  • MS&E 990 - Research and Thesis (Summer 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 495 - Sustainable Building and Materials (Spring 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 669 - Special Topics in Construction Engineering and Management (Spring 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 999 - Advanced Independent Study (Spring 2024)
  • MS&E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Spring 2024)
  • MS&E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 395 - Materials for Constructed Facilities (Fall 2023)
  • EMA 395 - Materials for Constructed Facilities (Fall 2023)
  • MS&E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Fall 2023)
  • MS&E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2023)