Personal Information

 

 

LI Zeng-Yao 

PhD., Professor 

Research Area(s): numerical modeling of macro- and micro-scale fluid flow and heat transfer; plasma flow;

thermal management techniques; transport phenomena in laser and electron-beam heating. 

E-mail: lizengy@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

 

 

1.       Education 

Ph.D. study in Mechanical Engineering 

March 1997 – December 2001 

· School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’anJiaotongUniversity  

· Major: Engineering Thermophysics 

· Research area: Numerical Heat Transfer and Enhanced Heat Transfer 

Master of Applied Science 

September 1994 –March 1997 

· Department of Aeroengine, Northwestern PolytechnicUniversity  

· Major: Engineering Thermophysics 

· Research area: Seawater Distillation by Solar Energy 

Bachelor of Engineering 

August 1990 –July 1994 

· Department of Aeroengine, Northwestern PolytechnicUniversity 

· Major: Thermal Engineering 

 

2.       Professional Experience 

Research Assistant  Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong  

June 2002-May 2003 

Lecturer            Department of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, P. R. China  

June 2003-July 2007  

Associate Professor  Department of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, P. R. China  

August 2007 – November 2014  

Professor            Department of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, P. R. China  

December 2014 – present  

Visiting Professor            School of Mechanical Enginnering and Material Science, Duke University, USA  

December 2017 – December 2018 

 

3.       Current Teaching 

Heat Transfer; Computational Fluid Dynamics and Numerical Heat Transfer; Fundamentals of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer; Turbulent Flow and Heat Transfer  

 

4.       Research and Engineering Practices 

Ø  Research Funding 

[1] Sunray-Thermo Coupled Characteristics and Sophisticated Transient Heat Transfer Mechanism during Thermal Receiving Process. Agency: Ministry of Science and Technology, P.R. China. Total Amount: about US$1 Million. Period of Research: January 1, 2010-December 31, 2014. Principal Investigator: Zeng-Yao Li 

[2]  Theoretical and Experimental Investigation on the Prediction Method to Evaluate the Heat Insulation Performance of Nanoporous Materials. Agency: National Natural Science Foundation of China. Total Amount: about US$150,000. Period of Research: January 1, 2013-December 31, 2016. Principal Investigator: Zeng-Yao Li 

[3]   Investigation on the Multiscale Problems in Energy and Environmental Engineering. Agency: National Natural Science Foundation of China. Total Amount: about US$500,000. Period of Research: January 1, 2012-December 31, 2016. Principal Investigator: Wen-Quan Tao, Co-Investigator: Zeng-Yao Li

[4] Theoretical and experimental investigations on the thermal insulating performance of endothermic opacifiers doped silica aerogel. Agency: National Natural Science Foundation of China. Total Amount: about US$150,000. Period of Research: January 1, 2018-December 31, 2021. Principal Investigator: Zeng-Yao Li 

 

Ø  Research Areas and Interests 

[1]      Plasma transport 

[2]      Laser and e-beam heating 

[3]      Thermal management 

[4]      Microscale heat transfer 

[5]   Numerical prediction in heat and mass transfer

 

Ø  Awards and Honors 

[1]      Awarded by the National Excellent Teaching Achievement Award of China (first class), the 5th awarded person, 2018

[2]      Awarded by the National Innovation Team for Scientific and Technological Progress Award of China, the 7th awarded person, 2017

[3]      Awarded by the National Natural Science Award of China (second class), the 5th awarded person, 2004

[4]      2010 Excellent Young Teacher of Xi’an Jiaotong University 

[5]      2009 New Century Excellent Talents of China

[6]      2005 HEATCRAFT Young Scientist Award

[7]   Excellent Ph.D. dissertation of Shaanxi Province, 2005

[8]   Excellent Ph.D. dissertation of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2003

 

Ø  Patents 

[1]      An Innovative Integrative Solution to the Active Cooling and Cleaning of Solar Photovoltaic Panels (ZL201310173652.0), 2013, National Invention Patent 

[2]      A double tube type heat exchanger with metallic foams (ZL200610104597.X), 2009, National Invention Patent 

[3]      A metal-foam catalytic reforming reactor(ZL200610104598.4), 2008, National Invention Patent