Michael Wang

Michael Wang is the manager of the Systems Assessment Section at Argonne National Laboratory’s Center for Transportation Research. His research areas include evaluation of energy and environmental impacts of advanced vehicle technologies and new transportation fuels, assessment of market potentials of new vehicle and fuel technologies, and projection of transportation development in emerging economies. Dr. Wang has been responsible for developing Argonne’s GREET (Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in transportation) software model for the well-to-wheels analysis of vehicle/fuel systems, which he and his team have used to conduct lifecycle analyses of advanced vehicle technologies and new transportation fuels. The GREET model currently has more than 17,000 registered users worldwide. Dr. Wang has published extensively on the topic of lifecycle analysis of vehicle/fuel systems, especially biofuels, and has authored more than 190 publications. He has a Ph.D. in Environmental Science from the University of California at Davis.

As an active participant in professional organizations — including the Society of Automotive Engineers and the Transportation Research Board — Dr. Wang has organized technical sessions at major conferences and workshops. 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, Europe, and Southeast Asia.