Research Staffs

Wenbin YU (contact): Senior Research Fellow

After obtaining his PhD degree on Power Machinery and Engineering from Tianjin University in 2011, Dr. Yu has been employed as the chief technologist and director of Dept. of technical pre-research in Great Wall Motor Company Limited in China. In Dec. 2013, he joined in NUS as a research fellow. Since Jan. 2016, he has been employed as a senior research fellow in NUS.
His research interests include:

  1. Research on new concept of low temperature combustion and engine combustion control strategy
  2. Development of engine control system and engine combustion analysis and diagnosis
  3. CFD numerical study and chemical mechanism development
  4. Fuel spray based on optical diagnosis methodology

Feiyang ZHAO (Contact): Research Fellow

After obtaining her PhD degree on Power Machinery and Engineering from Tianjin University in Jun. 2013, Dr. Zhao joined in the Centre for Maritime Studies in NUS as a research fellow in Dec. 2013. She joined in our group in Sep. 2015.
Her research interests include:

  1. Soot formation mechanism in IC engine combustion
  2. CFD numerical study on mixing-controlled spray engine combustion and emission formation
  3. Optimization of fuel consumption and performance on high efficiency and clean IC engines

Zhimin ZHENG (Contact): Research Fellow

  • 2016-now, National University of Singapore, Research Fellow.
  • 2015-2016, Southern University of Science and Technology, Visiting Fellow.
  • 2010-2015, Harbin Institute of Technology, Ph.D. Degree, Thermal Engineering.
  • 2007-2010, Northeast Electric Power University, Master’s Degree, Thermal Engineering.
  • 2003-2007, Changchun Institute of Technology, Bachelor’s degree, Energy and Power Engineering.

Yaojie TU (Contact): Research Fellow

  • 2016.09-now, Research fellow, National University of Singapore, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Sembcorp-NUS Corporate laboratory.
  • 2016.07-2016.08, Research assistant, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, State key laboratory of coal combustion (SKLCC).
  • 2013.09-2016.06, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Doctor’s Degree, State key laboratory of coal combustion (SKLCC).
  • 2011.09-2013.06, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Master’s Degree, State key laboratory of coal combustion (SKLCC).
  • 2007.09-2011.06, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Bachelor’s degree, School of Energy and Power Engineering.

His research interests include:

  1. Advanced combustion technologies (such as MILD combustion, oxygen-enriched combustion and oxy-fuel combustion)
  2. biomass co-firing and gasification technologies
  3. turbulent combustion modelling and combustion mechanism development

Hongpeng XU (Contact): Research Fellow

  • 2017- now, National University of Singapore, Research Fellow.
  • 2011-2016, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, PhD Degree, Thermal Engineering.
  • 2010-2011, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Master student, Thermal Engineering.
  • 2006-2010, Heibei University of Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Thermal Energy and Power Engineering.

Liming Yang (Contact): Research Fellow

  • 2016-now, National University of Singapore, Research Fellow, works on numerical simulation of rarefied flows, thermal flows and moving boundary problems.
  • 2013-2016, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, PhD Degree, Fluid Mechanics.
  • 2010-2013, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Master’s Degree, Fluid Mechanics.
  • 2006-2010, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Bachelor’s degree, Aircraft Design and Engineering.

Kun Lin TAY, Clement (Contact): Research Fellow

  • 2017 – now, National University of Singapore, Research Fellow.
  • 2013 – 2017, National University of Singapore, Doctorate Degree, Mechanical Engineering.
  • 2009 – 2013, National University of Singapore, Bachelor’s Degree (Hons.), Mechanical Engineering.

Dezhi ZHOU (Contact): Research Fellow

  • 2017 – now, National University of Singapore, Research Fellow.
  • 2013 – 2017, National University of Singapore, Doctorate Degree, Mechanical Engineering.
  • 2009 – 2013, Shanghai Jiao Tong Unviersity, Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering.