Introduction

Dr. Xin Yan earned his Ph.D. degree in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2010 and joined the faculty of Xi’an Jiaotong University at same year. He has been a professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University since 2017. He was an Academic Visitor of Osney Laboratory at Oxford University during 2014-2015. He is affiliated with the research program in thermofluid engineering. Dr. Yan currently directs research programs in gas turbine blade heat transfer/cooling and advanced sealing technology with the emphasis on both experiments and numerical simulations. He is also focused on the nano/micro scale heat transfer in chips and electric vehicle batteries. Up to present, 7 Ph.D students and 21 master students have graduated from his research team with his guidance. He has published more than 150 technical articles and, held five Chinese patents with the lead/corresponding author. He served the GPPS (Global Power and Propulsion Society) conference Xi’an21 as the Track Chair and Session Chair of turbines in 2021.

International student education

Up to present, three international students have earned their master's degrees and one student has earned his Ph.D degree from Prof. Yan's research team. At present, eleven international students, including seven master students and five ph. D students, are doing research in Prof. Yan's research team. All international students in Prof. Yan's research team are fully sponsored by CSC scholarship with sufficient stipend and are waived from tuition.

Requirement for international applicants

The international student who has the background of Mechanical Engineering/Aerospace Engineering/ Electrical Engineering/ Power  Engineering are most welcome to pursue his/her master/Ph.D research.

Research topics for international students

Film cooling/heat transfer in gas turbine (aero-engine) blade

Flow control with plasma actuation

Heat transfer in micro/nano-scale fluid

Contact

Anyone who is intersted please send your detailed CV and transcript to: xinyan@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Office location

Room 8907, North No.2 Building, Xingqing campus