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• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, the University of Iowa, U.S. 2019
• M.S. in Power Engineering, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. 2013
• B.S. in Thermal Energy and Power Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, China. 2009

Joined ������ Tri-Cities in 2026 from Argonne National Laboratory

Teaching

• Engineering techno-economic analysis
• Electrochemical conversion
• Thermodynamic
• Mechanical System Design
• Heat transfer
• Life cycle analysis

Research

• Energy/materials conversion process design
• Techno-economic analysis (TEA)
• Life cycle analysis (LCA)
• Supply chain analysis
• Fuel production and supply chain
• Critical materials mining and recycling
• Power generation processes design
• Industrial process modification
• Experimental process scale-up

• Shin W, Lai H, Ibrahim G, Zang G*. Toward a sustainable energy future using ammonia as an energy carrier: global supply chain cost and greenhouse gas emissions. Energy & Environmental Science. 2026;19(1):162-88.
• Douglas CM, Lai H, Ostadi M, Shin W, Bromberg L, Zang G*. Techno-economic analysis and life-cycle assessment of methanol synthesis plants using renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide feedstocks. Energy Conversion and Management. 2026 Jan 1;347:120374.
• Biswas S, Menon A, Field R, Zang G, Green WH*. A Comprehensive Costing and Emissions Analysis of Blue, Green, and Combined Blue-Green Ammonia Production. Energy & Fuels. 2025 Sep 13;39(38):18694-710.
• Douglas CM, Shanbhogue S, Ghoniem A, Zang G*. Well-to-wake cost and emissions assessments for the Western Australia–East Asia green shipping corridor. Applied Energy. 2025 Apr 15;384:125465.
• Shin W, Lin B, Lai H, Ibrahim G, Zang G*. Decarbonization approaches for ethylene production: comparative techno-economic and life-cycle analysis. Green Chemistry. 2025;27(14):3655-75.
• Deng L*, Lai H, Zang G, Menon A, Farnsworth AM, Gencer E, Ghoniem A, Green WH, Stoner RJ. Decarbonizing of power plants by ammonia co-firing: design, techno-economic, and life-cycle analyses. International Journal of Green Energy. 2024 Dec 7;21(15):3521-37.
• Ibrahim G, Challiwala MS, Zang G, El-Halwagi MM, Elbashir NO*. A novel framework for the economic and sustainability assessment of carbon capture and utilization technologies. Gas Science and Engineering. 2024 Nov 1;131:205462.
• Ostadi M*, Zang G, Bromberg L, Cohn DR, Gençer E. Enhancing Biomass-to-Liquid conversion through synergistic integration of natural gas pyrolysis: process options and environmental implications. Energy Conversion and Management. 2024 Feb 15;302:118142.
• Zang G*, Graham EJ, Mallapragada D. H2 production through natural gas reforming and carbon capture: a techno-economic and life cycle analysis comparison. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2024 Jan 2;49:1288-303.
• Zang G, Sun P*, Elgowainy A, Bobba P, McMillan C, Ma O, Podkaminer K, Rustagi N, Melaina M, Koleva M. Cost and life cycle analysis for deep CO2 emissions reduction of steelmaking: Blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace and electric arc furnace technologies. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. 2023 Sep 1;128:103958.
• Zang G, Zhang J*, Ratner A, Shi Y. Techno-economic analysis of a cooling, heating, and electricity trigeneration system based on downdraft fixed bed wood and tire gasification: Case study of a campus office building. Sustainable energy technologies and assessments. 2023 Feb 1;55:102939.
• Zang G, Sun P*, Elgowainy A, Bobba P, McMillan C, Ma O, Podkaminer K, Rustagi N, Melaina M, Koleva M. Cost and life cycle analysis for deep CO2 emissions reduction for steel making: direct reduced iron technologies. steel research international. 2023 Jun;94(6):2200297.
• Zang G*, Sun P, Delgado HE, Cappello V, Ng C, Elgowainy A. The Modeling of the Synfuel Production Process: Process models of Fischer-Tropsch production with electricity and hydrogen provided by various scales of nuclear plants. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL); 2022 Apr 30.
• Zang G*, Sun P, Yoo E, Elgowainy A, Bafana A, Lee U, Wang M, Supekar S. Synthetic methanol/Fischer–Tropsch fuel production capacity, cost, and carbon intensity utilizing CO2 from industrial and power plants in the United States. Environmental science & technology. 2021 May 12;55(11):7595-604.
• Zang G*, Sun P, Elgowainy AA, Bafana A, Wang M. Performance and cost analysis of liquid fuel production from H2 and CO2 based on the Fischer-Tropsch process. Journal of CO2 Utilization. 2021 Apr 1;46:101459.
• Zang G*, Sun P, Elgowainy A, Wang M. Technoeconomic and life cycle analysis of synthetic methanol production from hydrogen and industrial byproduct CO2. Environmental science & technology. 2021 Mar 15;55(8):5248-57.
• Zang G*, Sun P, Elgowainy A, Bafana A, Wang M. Life cycle analysis of electrofuels: Fischer–Tropsch fuel production from hydrogen and corn ethanol byproduct CO2. Environmental science & technology. 2021 Mar 4;55(6):3888-97.
• Zang G, Zhang J, Xu S, Xing Y*. Techno-economic analysis of cathode material production using flame-assisted spray pyrolysis. Energy. 2021 Mar 1;218:119504.
• Zang G, Shah A, Wan C*. Techno-economic analysis of an integrated biorefinery strategy based on one-pot biomass fractionation and furfural production. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020 Jul 1;260:120837.
• Zang G, Zhang J, Jia J, Lora ES, Ratner A*. Life cycle assessment of power-generation systems based on biomass integrated gasification combined cycles. Renewable Energy. 2020 Apr 1;149:336-46.
• Zang G, Shah A, Wan C*. Techno‐economic analysis of co‐production of 2, 3‐butanediol, furfural, and technical lignin via biomass processing based on deep eutectic solvent pretreatment. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. 2020 Mar;14(2):326-43.
• Zang G, Jia J, Shi Y, Sharma T, Ratner A*. Modeling and economic analysis of waste tire gasification in fluidized and fixed bed gasifiers. Waste Management. 2019 Apr 15;89:201-11.
• Zang G, Jia J, Tejasvi S, Ratner A*, Lora ES. Techno-economic comparative analysis of biomass integrated gasification combined cycles with and without CO2 capture. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. 2018 Nov 1;78:73-84.
• Zang G, Tejasvi S, Ratner A*, Lora ES. A comparative study of biomass integrated gasification combined cycle power systems: Performance analysis. Bioresource technology. 2018 May 1;255:246-56.