Yuwen Zhang
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==Education and Career== |
==Education and Career== |
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Yuwen Zhang was born in 1964 in [[Xiaoyi]], [[Shanxi]], [[China]] and spent his early life there until 1981, when he |
Yuwen Zhang was born in 1964 in [[Xiaoyi]], [[Shanxi]], [[China]] and spent his early life there until 1981, when he entered university. He earned his [[Bachelor of Engineering|B.E.]] degree in [[turbomachinery]] engineering, [[Master of Engineering|M.E.]] and [[Doctor of Engineering|D.Eng.]] degrees in engineering thermophysics from [[Xi'an Jiaotong University]] in 1985, 1988 and 1991, respectively. In 1998, he received a [[Ph.D.]] degree in [[mechanical engineering]] from the [[University of Connecticut]]. |
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Zhang began his academic career teaching at [[Xi'an Jiaotong University]] ( |
Zhang began his academic career teaching at [[Xi'an Jiaotong University]] (1991—1994) before serving as a [[research associate]] at [[Wright State University]] (1994—1995) and the [[University of Connecticut]] (1995–1996). Following his doctoral studies, he worked as a [[research scientist]] at the [[University of Connecticut]] (1999-2000) and entered the private sector as a senior engineer at Thermoflow, Inc. in 2000. He returned to academia in 2001 as an assistant professor at [[New Mexico State University]]. In 2003, he joined the [[University of Missouri]] (MU) as an associate professor, rising to the rank of full professor in 2009. He served as the Department Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from 2013 to 2017. |
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==Technical contributions== |
==Technical contributions== |
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Yuwen Zhang's research area is in the field of [[heat transfer|heat]] and [[mass transfer]] with applications in [[nanomanufacturing]], [[Thermal management (electronics)|thermal management]], and [[energy storage]] and [[energy conversion|conversion]]. He has published over 500 technical publications, |
Yuwen Zhang's research area is in the field of [[heat transfer|heat]] and [[mass transfer]] with applications in [[nanomanufacturing]], [[Thermal management (electronics)|thermal management]], and [[energy storage]] and [[energy conversion|conversion]]. He has published over 500 technical publications, including more than 300 [[scientific journal|journal]] papers. |
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He has developed pioneering models for a latent heat thermal energy storage system,Zhang, Y., and Faghri, A., 1996, “[https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0017-9310(95)00402-5 Heat Transfer Enhancement in Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System by Using the Internally Finned Tube],” Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 39(15), pp. 3165-3173. as well as multiscale, multiphysics models |
He has developed pioneering models for a latent heat thermal energy storage system,Zhang, Y., and Faghri, A., 1996, “[https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0017-9310(95)00402-5 Heat Transfer Enhancement in Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System by Using the Internally Finned Tube],” Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 39(15), pp. 3165-3173. as well as multiscale, multiphysics models for [[additive manufacturing]] (AM), including [[selective laser sintering]] (SLS) Zhou, J., Zhang, Y., and Chen, J.K., 2009, “[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.01.028 Numerical Simulation of Laser Irradiation to a Randomly Packed Bimodal Powder Bed],” Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 52(13-14), pp. 3137-3146. and [[laser chemical vapor deposition]]/[[Chemical vapor infiltration|infiltration]] (LCVD/LCVI).Zhang, Y., and Faghri, A., 2000, “[https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00396-8 Thermal Modeling of Selective Area Laser Deposition of Titanium Nitride on a Finite Slab with Stationary and Moving Laser Beams],” Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 43(20), pp. 3835-3846.Zhang, Y., 2006, “[https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10407780600619956 Nonequilibrium Modeling of Heat Transfer in a Gas-Saturated Powder Layer Subject to a Short-Pulsed Heat Source],” Numer. Heat Transfer, Part A, 50(6), pp. 509-524. He has pioneered fundamental models of fluid flow and heat transfer in the oscillating heat pipes,Zhang, Y., and Faghri, A., 2002, “[https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0017-9310(01)00203-4 Heat Transfer in a Pulsating Heat Pipe with Open End],” Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 45(4), pp. 755-764.Zhang, Y., and Faghri, A., 2003, “[https://doi.org/10.2514/2.6791 Oscillatory Flow in Pulsating Heat Pipes with Arbitrary Numbers of Turns],” J. Thermophys. Heat Transfer, 17(3), pp. 340-347. a heat transfer device that can be used in the thermal management of electronic devices and energy systems. He carried out theoretical studies on femtosecond laser interaction with metal and biological materials from molecular scales to system levels,Zhang, Y., and Chen, J.K., 2007, “[https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00339-007-4016-7 Melting and Resolidification of Gold Film Irradiated by Nano- to Femtosecond Lasers],” Appl. Phys. A-Mater., 88(2), pp. 289-297.Afrin, N., Zhou, J., Zhang, Y., Tzou, D.Y., and J., Chen, J.K., 2012, “[https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10407782.2012.667648 Numerical Simulation of Thermal Damage to Living Biological Tissues Induced by Laser Irradiation based on a Generalized Dual Phase Lag Model],” Numer. Heat Transfer, Part A, 61(7), pp. 483-501. and solved inverse heat transfer problems for the determination of the heating condition and/or temperature-dependent macro and micro thermophysical properties under uncertainty.Afrin, N., Zhang, Y., and Chen, J.K., 2016, “[https://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4032962 Uncertainty Analysis of Melting and Resolidification of Gold Film Irradiated by Nano- to Femtosecond Lasers Using Stochastic Method],” J. Heat Transfer, 138(6), p. 062301 He also investigated the mechanism of heat transfer enhancement in [[nanofluids]], which are stable colloidal suspensions of solid nanomaterials with sizes typically on the order of 1-100 nm in the base fluid, via [[molecular dynamics]] (MD) simulations.Li, L., Zhang, Y., Ma, H. B., and Yang, M., 2008, “[https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2008.04.046 An Investigation of Molecular Layering at the Liquid-Solid Interface in Nanofluids by Molecular Dynamics Simulation],” Phys. Lett. A, 372(25), pp. 4541–4544. |
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Thermal management and temperature uniformity improvement of [[Li-ion batteries]] using external and internal cooling methods were also systematically studied by utilizing pin |
Thermal management and temperature uniformity improvement of [[Li-ion batteries]] using external and internal cooling methods were also systematically studied by utilizing pin-fin heat sinks and metal/non-metal foams, as well as electrolyte flow inside the embedded microchannels in the porous electrodes as a novel internal cooling technique.Mohammadian, S.K., and Zhang, Y., 2015, “[https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.09.110 Thermal Management Optimization of an Air-Cooled Li-ion Battery Module Using Pin-Fin Heat Sinks for Hybrid Electric Vehicles],” J. Power Sources, 273, pp. 431-439.Mohammadian, S.K., and Zhang, Y., 2018, “[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.11.063 Improving Wettability and Preventing Li-Ion Batteries from Thermal Runaway Using Microchannels],” Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 118, pp. 911-918. Moreover, he has pioneered application of [[AI]] and [[ machine learning]] for efficient and accurate solution of multiphase heat and mass transfer Tayeb, R., and Zhang, Y., 2023, "“[https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4057022 A Machine Learning Approach to Model Oxidation of Toluene in a Bubble Column Reactor]," ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 145(5), 052003 and inverse heat conduction problems. Bazgir, A., and Zhang, Y., 2024, "[https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4066451 Harnessing Deep Learning to Solve Inverse Transient Heat Transfer With Periodic Boundary Condition]," Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 16(12), 121001 |
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==Honors and awards== |
==Honors and awards== |
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