Alumni
Dr. Jianhui Fan
2024 PhD
Thesis Title: Low-frequency unsteadiness of shock wave/boundary layer interactions in high-speed flows
Affliation: Xiamen University (XMU)
Dr. Han Chen
2023 PhD
Dr. Ching-Wei Chang, Jeremy
2022 PhD
Thesis Title: Proactive guidance for accurate quadrotor-based UAV landing on dynamic platform
Affiliation: Hong Kong Center for Construction Robotics
Dr. Ran Duan
2022 PhD
Thesis Title: Visual smart navigation for UAV mission-oriented flight
Affiliation: Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dr. Tiehan Long
2022 PhD
Thesis Title: Application of momentum potential theory in the study of hypersonic boundary layer instabilities
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Qianyu Zhou
2022 MSc
Thesis Title: Conceptual design and analysis of a tail-sitter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
Affliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dr. Kaikai Yu
2021 Visitor
E-mail: kaikai.yu@polyu.edu.hk
Research Interest:
Scramjet inlet/nozzle; optical flow measurement; High-Speed Flows
Dr. Siyu Chen
2021 PhD
Thesis Title: The calibration of high-speed ludwieg tube wind tunnel and experimental investigation of high-speed boundary layer transition on a flat plate
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dr. Weifeng Zhou
2021 PhD
Thesis Title: Modelling and controlling of an autonomous tail-sitter vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
Affliation: College of Professional and Continuing Education, CPCE, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dr. E Fan
2021 PhD
Thesis Title: Numerical investigation on reacting shock-bubble interaction using AMR method
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dr. Hao Zhang
2021 PhD
Dissertation Title:
Numerical study of in-flight ice accretion on an airfoil and a pitot-static probe
Affliation: College of Professional and Continuing Education, CPCE, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dr. Yao Liu
2021 PhD
Thesis Title: Design of a shock tube for the study of shock droplet interaction experiments
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dr. Shenyang Chen
2021 PhD
Dr. Dugang Zheng
2021 Visiting PhD student (University of Science and Technology of China)
Research Interest:
Multiphase Fluid Dynamics
Dr. Qizhen Hong
2021 Visiting PhD student (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Research Interest:
High-fidelity Simulation of Nonequlibrium Flows, Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interaction, Hypersonic instability, Physical Chemistry
Dr. Xudong Tian
2020 PhD
Thesis Title: Effects of porous walls on supersonic/hypersonic boundary-layer instability
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Prof. Xiaopeng Xue
2020 Visitor
Research Interest:
High speed flows; Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction for Compressible Flows, Mars Landing Supersonic Parachute Simulation, Porous medium flow simulation
Personal Web: Prof. Xiaopeng's Lab
Dr. Yu-Hsuan JUAN
2020 Visitor
Research Interest:
Urban Microclimates, Urban Heat Island, Human Comfort, Thermal Environment, Wind Environment, CFD, BIM
Dr. Rui Zhao
2020 Visitor
Research Interest:
Hypersonic boundary-layer transition control; Hypersonic transition predication and modeling; DNS, LES and Hybrid RANS/LES methods; CFD software design; Aero-acoustic environment prediction
Yurong Feng
2020 MSc
Thesis Title: A real-time object inspection system for unmanned aerial vehicles
Affliation: Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation
Mochen Chang
MSc, Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU)
BEng, Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU)
Research Interest:
CFD, Fluid Control Prediction
Dr. Yazhong Jiang
2019 Assistant Professor
E-mail: yazhong.jiang@polyu.edu.hk
Dr. Jiang received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Flight Vehicle Design and Engineering at ShenYuan Honours College, Beihang University in 2012. He received his PhD in Fluid Mechanics at School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University in 2018. The title of his PhD thesis is “Numerical Study of Gas Flows Spanning Continuum and Rarefied Regimes”. He joined Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as Research Assistant since January 2019. His research interests include: (1) Rarefied gas dynamics and gas-kinetic theory; (2) Hypersonic and nonequilibrium aerodynamics; (3) Molecular simulation (direct simulation Monte Carlo & Fokker-Planck simulation); (4) Numerical methods for computational fluid dynamics.
Dr. Yu Liang
2019 Joint PhD student (University of Science and Technology of China)
BEng, Shandong University
Dr. Lili Liu
2019 Joint PhD student (University of Science and Technology of China)
BEng, Southwest University of Science and Technology
Prof. Ben Guan
2019 Research Assistant
Research Interest:
Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability, High Speed Stream Induce Droplet Breakup Using Numerical and Experimental Methods
Affliation: Harbin Engineering University
Dr. Lu Shen
2018 PhD
Thesis Title: Application of dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators on a highly swept delta wing
Affliation: The Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen (HITSZ)
Dr. Jingxuan Sun
2018 PhD
Thesis Title: Wind-resistant hover control and wind field estimation of a VTOL tail-sitter UAV
Affliation: DJI
Shu Chuen Chris Ip
2018 MSc
Thesis Title: Wind tunnel experimental study of variable-pitch propeller efficiency for VTOL UAV application
Affliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Prof. Hua Shen
2017 PostDoc Researcher
Research Interest:
Numerical Algorithm for Hyperbolic Conservation Law, High Performance Computing, Compressible Multifluid Flows, High Speed Chemical Reacting Flows
Affliation: The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC)
Penghui Xu
2017 MSc
Thesis Title: Aerodynamics of VTOL UAV
Affliation: Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dr. Ka Wai Lam
2016 PhD
Thesis Title: Numerical study of ice accretion on airfoil
Affliation: Faculty of Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dr. Huanhao Li
PhD
BSc, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
MSc, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Research Interest:
Magnetic Fluid
Dr. Huanhao Li
PhD
MSc, National Cheng Kung University
BSc, Monterrey Institute of Technology (Campus Puebla)
Research Interest:
Hypersonic Flow; CE/SE