Prof. Lipo Wang, Computational Fluid Dynamics in Chemical Engineering, Best Researcher Award

Prof. Lipo Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Professional Profile:

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Education:

• B.Sc. in Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, China, 1992.9-1997.7
• M.Sc. in Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, China, 1997.9-2000.12
• Ph.D. in Technical Combustion, RWTH-Aachen, Germany, 2002.6-2007.10

Professional Experience:

• Research Associate, Institute of Technical Combustion, RWTH-Aachen, Germany, 2007.11-2009.07
• Assistant Professor, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, 2009.8-2012.2
• Associate Professor without tenure, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Adjunct Professor, School of Aerospace and Astronautics, Shanghai JiaoTong University, 2012.2-2018.5
• Associate Professor with tenure, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, 2018.5-to date

Research Interests:

• Turbulence: flow structure analysis, multi-scale analysis, turbulence physics
• Turbulent combustion: flame dynamics, flame-wall interaction, turbulent flame modeling
• Fluid mechanics related applications: CFD, heat transfer, drag reduction, flow instability, and flow control

Teaching Experience:

• Various courses including Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence, Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, Finite Element Analysis and Computational Mechanics, Combustion, and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Main Honors & Funding Supports:

• ASME 2016 Turbo Expo Turbomachinery Technical Conference Best Paper Award
• Borchers plaque for excellent dissertation
• Various grants and funding support for research projects

Referee/Reviewer and Professional Services:

• Journal editor and reviewer for various prestigious journals in the field
• Active participant in conferences, serving as chair for sessions

Notable Publication:

• Paper Title: Identification of the continuum field structure at multiple scale levels

                     Authors: L. Gou, R. G. Lueptow, K. Harstad, and M. B. Long

                     Journal: Physical Review E

                     Year: 1999

• Paper Title: A Conservative Solid-Gas Coupling Scheme with Overlapping Meshes for Combustion Simulation of Propellants with Voids

                     Authors: U. Maas, S. B. Pope

                      Journal: Combustion and Flame

                      Year: 2004

• Paper Title: Understanding AP/HTPB composite propellant combustion from new perspectives

                      Authors: J. Li, W. Zhang, Q. Sun

                      Journal: Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

                      Year: 2016

• Paper Title: Agglomeration phenomenon of aluminized solid composite propellant particles

                      Authors: L. Z. Li, G. Q. Lv, X. J. Liu

                       Journal: Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica

                      Year: 2005

• Paper Title: Application of Enthalpy Deficit Flamelet Model in Spray Combustion Simulation

                      Authors: Y. Zhang, Y. Yang, X. Li

                      Journal: Energy Procedia

                      Year: 2017