We have post-doctoral research fellow positions in numerical and experimental combustion. The interested applicants can send the CV, transripts and three representative journal papers to me by email (huangwei.zhang@nus.edu.sg).
♦Principal Investigator:
Dr Huangwei Zhang (Cambridge, PhD, 2015)
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NUS
Email: huangwei.zhang@nus.edu.sg; Tel: +65 6516 2557
♦Research Fellow:
| Name | Time | Previous Institution (PHD) |
Research Topic |
Dr. Wang Zijun |
October 2021 – Present | Chongqing University | Hydrogen combustion and safety |
Dr. Li Shangpeng |
October 2021 – Present | Tsinghua University | Droplet and spray combustion |
Dr. Meng Qingyang |
December 2021 – Present | Harbin Engineering University | Hydrogen detonation inhibition |
Dr. Yang Zhengzheng |
December 2022 – Present | Sichuan University | Catalytic combustion |
Dr. Jiang Zhiwu |
April 2023 – Present | University of Science and Technology of China | Droplet and sprays |
♦PhD Student:
| Name | Time | Previous Institution | Research Topic |
Cao Chenyang |
July 2020 – Present | Tongji University | Flame synthesis of nanoparticles |
Zhang Pikai |
July 2020 – Present | Beihang University | Two-phase flows with phase change |
Wang Yuanying |
July 2021 – Present | Xi’an Jiaotong University | Detonation modelling |
Liu Ce |
July 2021 – Present | Beijing Jiaotong University | Computational modeling of selective laser melting in AM process |
Xu Xiaoyu |
July 2021 – Present | National University of Singapore | |
Hafiz Ahmad |
September 2021 – Present | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Sooting flames |
Zhang Juntang |
January 2022 – Present | Beijing Institute of Technology | Gas-solid two-phase combustion |
Li Mengjie |
January 2022 – Present | University of Science and Technology of China | Li-ion battery jet fires and battery safety |
Ding Yan |
August 2022 – Present | Zhejiang University | Li-ion battery modelling |
Xie Shumeng |
Jan 2023 – Present
(President’s Graduate Fellowship) |
Peking University | Ammonia combustion |
Zhang Zehua |
August 2023 – Present | Beihang University (Bachelor), SUSTech (Master) | AI for combustion science |
Hu Hao |
August 2023 – Present | Sun Yat-sen University | Ammonia combustion |
♦Master Student:
| Name | Time | Information | Research Topic |
He Lai |
August 2023 – Present | ME5001 Project | Li-ion Battery modelling |
Wang Yutong |
August 2023 – Present | ME5001 Project | Li-ion Battery modelling |
Gao Haiting |
August 2023 – Present | ME5001 Project | Li-ion Battery modelling |
Jiang Qianjie |
January 2024 – Present | ME5001 Project | Li-ion Battery modelling |
♦Visiting Student:
| Name | Time | Information | Research Topic |
Guo Xiaoyang |
October 2023-Present | Ph.D. student |
Ammonia/Methane Combustion: Ignition and Blow-off |
Li Xin |
October 2023-Present | Ph.D. student |
Supersonic combustion |
Ding Hongming |
January 2024-Present | Ph.D. student |
Gas-particle two-phase flows |
Li Menglei |
Feburary 2024-Present | Ph.D. student |
Combustion CFD |
Shi Wenshuo |
March 2024-Present | Master student | Hydrogen / ammonia detonation simulations |
Wen Yuzhe |
April 2024-Present | Ph.D. student | Flame instability |
♦Undergraduate FYP Researcher:
| Name | Time | Information | Research Topic |
| Tan Shi Da | August 2022 – Present | NUS Year 4 | Jet Fire Damage Analysis on Hydrogen Pipeline |
| Phoe Chuan Nan Adriell | August 2022 – Present | NUS Year 4 | Modelling of cell- and pack-level Li-ion battery fires in electric car applications |
| Sean Low Kia Hng | August 2022 – Present | NUS Year 4 | Simulations of thermal characteristics of Li-ion battery under abuse conditions |
| Tham Rui Sheng | August 2022 – Present | NUS Year 4 | Suppression on self- ignition of high-pressure hydrogen gas |
♦Alumnus (Undergraduate student):
| Name | Time | Information | Research Topic |
| Sai Surya Yarlagadda | January 2020 – Present | National University of Singapore, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Year 4. Co-supervised with Energy Studies Institute, NUS |
Techno-economic cost benefit analysis of electric vehicles for land transport |
| Li Hui | August 2020 – Present | National University of Singapore, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Year 4. | Numerical simulation of high-speed reacting flows |
| Dong Mengqiu | August 2020 – Present | National University of Singapore, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Year 4. | Simulation of metal particle melting due to laser heating |
| Chen Hong Wei | August 2020 – Present | National University of Singapore, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Year 4. | Spray flame modelling |
| Zhao Jinqing | August 2019 – May 2020 | NUS, ME4, FYP | Numerical simulations of detonation propagation in hydrogen/air mixture with adaptive mesh refinement |
| Guo Sidi | May 2020 | NUS, ME4, FYP | Eulerian Modelling of moderately dense turbulent spray flames |
| Du Yanran | August 2019 – May 2020 | NUS, ME4, FYP | Parametric study of natural ventilation across a typical classroom in Singapore |
| Yeo Hwee Kiat | August 2019 – May 2020 | NUS, ME4, FYP | Numerical simulations of detonation propagation in inhomogeneous hydrogen/air mixture |
| Ee Ting Gen Marcus | January 2019 – November 2019 | NUS, ME4, FYP | Prediction of pollutant formation of laminar premixed ammonia flames under gas turbine conditions |
| Lim Xiong Zhi | October 2017 – May 2018 | NUS, ME4, FYP | Prediction of Combustion and Pollutant Emission from a Pulverized Coal Jet Flame |
| Chen Sihe | September 2017 – January 2018 | NUS, ME2, UROP student | Eulerian Modelling of Particle-laden Bluff Body Flows |
| Yeo Jia Ming, Benjamin | July 2018 – April 2019 | NUS, ME4, FYP | Prediction of fire dynamics in compartments with various ventilation conditions |
| Kimberly Han Jun Yi | July 2018 – April 2019 | NUS, ME4, FYP | Numerical simulation of tunnel fires under longitudinal ventilation conditions |
| Yeo Zhanyi | July 2018 – April 2019 | NUS, ME4, FYP | Effects of low-temperature chemistry in detonation |
| Sim Jun Yong Roy | July 2018 – April 2019 | NUS, ME4, FYP | Effects of water droplet mists on fire propagation and quenching |
| Voo Zhi Wei | July 2018 – April 2019 | NUS, ME4, FYP | Numerical simulation of flame ignition of supersonic non-premixed jet flows |
♦Alumnus (Academic visitor):
| Name | Time | Information | Research Topic |
| You Binchuan | October 2022 – September 2023 | PhD student, Harbin Engineering University | Plasma assisted combustion |
| Liu Enhui | January 2022 – January 2023 | PhD student, Harbin Engineering University | Natural Gas Gas Turbine Combustion |
| Lu Jinghe | January 2022 – January 2023 | PhD student, Harbin Engineering University | Kerosene spray gas turbine combustion |
| Jia Xiongbin | January 2022 – January 2023 | PhD student, Harbin Engineering University | Detonation simulations |
| Li Shengnan | August 2022 – August 2023 | PhD student, Liaoning Technological University | Coal/methane hydroben detonation |
| Lin Wenjun | Sept 2022 – Sept 2023 | PhD student, Xi’an Jiaotong University | Gas turbine combustion |
| Wang Shang | April 2022 – April 2023 | PhD student, Nanjing University of Sci & Technol. | LES of supersonic combustion |
| Su Jingyi | October 2021 – July 2022 | PhD student, Peking University | Liquid n-heptane detonation |
| Guo Hongbo | January 2021 – June 2022 | PhD student, Harbin Engineering University | Oblique detonation |
| Shi Jingtai | January 2021 – January 2022 | PhD student, China University of Mining and Technology | Methane detonation, methane/coal dust hybrid detonation |
| Jin Shan | January 2021 – January 2022 | PhD student, Harbin Engineering University | Rotating detonations with liquid fuels |
| Huang Yakun | January 2020 – October 2020 | PhD student, Nanjing U Aero & Astro | Spray flame ignition |
| Liu Hongsheng | October 2019 – October 2020 | Associate Professor, Dalian University of Technology | combustion |
| Zhao Yongsheng | September 2019 – September 2020 | Beihang University | Shock-BL interactions |
| Hu Xiaolei | August 2019 – March 2020 | Lecturer, Anhui University of Technology | Two-phase flows |
| Zhong Wei | December 2018 – December 2019 | Associate Professor, Zhengzhou University | Fire modelling |
| Cui Zhigang | March 2018 – August 2018 | Lecturer, Taiyuan University of Technology (TYUT) | Combustion in circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler; Modelling of pulverized coal combustion |
| Yang Juntao | September 2018 – April 2019 | PhD student, Nanyang Technological University | Applications of machine learning for modelling turbulent flows |
| Li Guangze | March 2018 – August 2020 | PhD student, Beihang University | LES of spray flame autoignition |
| He Zhiqiang | August 2019 – August 2020 | PhD student, Zhejiang University | CFD algorithm development for rarefied flows |
| Meng Qingyang | August 2019 – August 2020 | PhD student, Harbin Engineering University | Rotating detonation combustion |
♦Alumnus (Graduate student):
| Name | Time | Information | Research Topic |
| Zhu Ruixuan | August 2018 – August 2019 | PhD student, University of Oxford |
Numerical Simulation of Detonation in Ammonia/Hydrogen (NH3/H2) Mixtures |
| Arab Omar Zaki O | August 2019 – May 2020 | PhD Student, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology |
Numerical Simulation of Gas-Particle Two-Phase Flows |
| Tay Jia Min | August 2021 – May 2022 | Thermo analysis of a CubeSat | |
| Xiong Zhekun | August 2022 – May 2023 | ME5001 project | Lithium-ion battery modelling |
| Shangguan Peijie | August 2022 – May 2023 | ME5001 project | Hydrogen gas turbine flame simulations |
| Zhang Hanrong | July 2021 – January 2024 | Master of Science | Lithium-ion battery modelling |
♦Alumnus (Research fellow):
| Name | Time | Information | Research Topic |
| Yongqiang Li | January 2022 – January 2024 | NUS (Chongqing) Research Institute | Building aerodynamics |
| Yong Xu | November 2022 – January 2024 | Research Fellow, The Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore (CARES) | Hydrogen detonation |
| Huang Zhiwei | October 2018 – January 2022 | Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Supersonic combustion, turbulent combustion modelling |
| Zhao Majie | March 2018 – April 2021 | Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology | Detonation |
| Zhuang Yijie | July 2018 – August 2019 | Associate Professor, Guangdong University of Technology | Theoretical analysis of droplet-laden flames |
| Yu Zhou | August 2019 – October 2021 | Two-phase combustion |
♦Alumnus (Research Asssitant):
| Name | Time | Information | Research Topic |
| Bochao Liu | January 2022 – January 2024 | Hydrogen combustion |
♦Alumnus (PhD student):
| Name | Time | Information | Research Topic |
| Liu Yangyang | July 2018 – January 2020 | Research fellow, National University of Singapore | High-order numerical schemes for incompressible and compressible flows |
| Xu Yong | July 2018 – July 2022 | Research fellow, Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore Ltd. |
Dynamics of hydrogen detonation with dispersed phase |
| Li Qiang | July 2018 – July 2022 | Associate Professor, Beijing Institite of Technology (BIT) | Ignition and propagation of laminar spray flames |
Group Photos:
(August 2018, Mount Faber Park, SG)
(March 2019, Faculty of Engineering, NUS)
(July 2020, Zoom Meeting, during COVID-19 pandemic)
(Jan 6, 2023, Zoom group meeting)
(July 3, 2023, Zoom group meeting)
(January 7, 2024, Zoom group meeting)