Title

Associate Professor

School

School of Mechanical Engineering

Department

Department of Energy and Power Engineering

Office

Teaching Building #1, Room #413

Postcode

100081

Email

xuan.zhang@bit.edu.cn, xuanzhang19@hotmail.com

Biography

Dr. Xuan ZHANG is an Associate Professor in the Department of Energy and Power Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Beijing Institute of Technology and Tsinghua University in 2014 and 2019, and worked at Tsinghua University and Nanyang Technological University as a Postdoctoral Researcher before joining Beijing Institute of Technology in 2022 as a member of Frost Lab.

Dr. ZHANG focuses on the coupling processes of heat/mass and flow, especially phase change problems (e.g., icing/frosting, boiling/evaporation/condensation). He has published/co-authored 42/50 SCI/EI journal papers (being first/corresponding authors of 23 papers, as of August 2023), 4 books/chapters, and served as editors and reviewers for 30+ academic journals/conferences. His publications have been cited by 1100+ times in Google Scholar with h-index of 21. He has also been granted Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program by BAST, International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program, and awarded Wu Zhonghua Outstanding Graduate Student (Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics), Outstanding Doctoral Thesis (Tsinghua University), and Xu Teli Scholarship (Highest student honor at Beijing Institute of Technology).

Group Website: https://www.x-mol.com/groups/FrostLab
Personal Website: https://en.xuanzhang.online

Education and Working Experience

● 2022.04 – to date, Associate Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

● 2019.09 – 2022.01, Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

● 2019.09 – 2021.09, Postdoctoral Researcher, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

● 2014.09 – 2019.07, Ph.D., Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

● 2010.09 – 2014.07, B.E., Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

Research Interest

● Icing/Frosting/Freezing, Boiling/Evaporation/Condensation, Phase change heat transfer and flow.

● Droplet dynamics, Wettability and surface/interface science.

● Micro-/Nano-scale heat and mass transfer, Microfluid.

● Phase change energy storage and materials (PCM), Additive manufacturing (AM).

Selected Publications

1. Journal Papers

[1] LIU Xiaoliang, HUANG Lizhen, ZHANG Xuan*, ZHANG Long, SONG Mengjie*, SHEN Jun. A modeling study on freezing characteristics of sessile and pendant water droplets on cold plate surfaces[J]. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024, 236(Part C): 121693.

[2] LIU XIN, ZHANG Xuan*, MIN Jingchun*. Droplet rebound and dripping during impact on small superhydrophobic spheres[J]. Physics of Fluids, 2022, 34(3): 032118.

[3] DING Siyu, HU Zhifeng, DAI Liyu, ZHANG Xuan*, WU Xiaomin*. Droplet impact dynamics on single-pillar superhydrophobic surfaces[J]. Physics of Fluids, 2021, 33(10): 102108. (Selected as Editor’s Pick)

[4] ZHANG Xuan, ZHU Zhibing, ZHANG Chaoyang, YANG Chun*. Reduced contact time of a droplet impacting on a moving superhydrophobic surface[J]. Applied Physics Letters, 2020, 117 (15): 151602.

[5] ZHANG Xuan, LIU Xin, WU Xiaomin*, MIN Jingchun*. Impacting-freezing dynamics of a supercooled water droplet on a cold surface: Rebound and adhesion[J]. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2020, 158: 119997.

[6] ZHANG Xuan, LIU Xin, WU Xiaomin*, MIN Jingchun*. Simulation and experiment on supercooled sessile water droplet freezing with special attention to supercooling and volume expansion effects[J]. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018, 127(A): 975-985.

[7] ZHANG Xuan, WU Xiaomin*. Time and frequency characteristics of pressure fluctuations during subcooled nucleate flow boiling[J]. Heat Transfer Engineering, 2017, 39(7-8): 642-653.

[8] ZHANG Xuan, WU Xiaomin*, MIN Jingchun*. Freezing and melting of a sessile water droplet on a horizontal cold plate[J]. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2017, 88: 1-7.

[9] ZHANG Xuan, WU Xiaomin*, MIN Jingchun*, LIU Xin. Modelling of sessile water droplet shape evolution during freezing with consideration of supercooling effect[J]. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017, 125: 644-651.

[10] ZHANG Xuan, WU Xiaomin*, MIN Jingchun*. Aircraft icing model considering both rime ice property variability and runback water effect[J]. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017, 104: 510-516.

2. Books and Chapters

[1] SONG Mengjie, JIANG Zhengyong, ZHANG Xuan, ZHANG Long, LIU Yuanxin, SHAO Keke. Chapter 38 - Mechanism of flow boiling in microchannels and structure optimization of heat changers used in pumped two-phase cooling system for data center cooling[M]//ALOUI Fethi, VARUVEL Edwin Geo, SONTHALIA Ankit. Handbook of Thermal Management Systems. Elsevier, 2023-08-01. ISBN: 9780443190179, 1200 pages.

[2] ZHANG Xuan. Research on Freezing and Impacting Processes of Supercooled Water Droplets and Their Coupling Characteristics[M]. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2022-10-01. ISBN: 9787302606550, 169 pages. (In Chinese)

[3] TRAN Tuan, ZHANG Xuan. Chapter 10 - Process monitoring and inspection[M]//PATEL Chandrakant D., CHEN Chun-Hsien. Digital Manufacturing: The Industrialization of “Art to Part” 3D Additive Printing. Elsevier, 2022-07-06, ISBN: 9780323950626, 482 pages.

[4] ZHANG Xuan, NGUYEN Ngoc-Vu, TRAN Tuan. Conversion of in-process optical and thermal data into a single 3D file representing printing process in powder bed fusion[M]//SHAMSAEI Nima, SEIFI Mohsen. Progress in Additive Manufacturing 2020. ASTM International, 2022-02-26, ISBN: 9780803177215, 432 pages.

Awards & Honors

[1] First Rank Award for Youth Academic Speech Competition (2023), Beijing Association of Refrigeration

[2] Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program by BAST (2023), Beijing Association for Science and Technology

[3] Star Reviewer for Physics of Fluids (2020, 2021, 2022), AIP Publishing.

[4] Wu Zhonghua Award for Outstanding Graduate Student (2019), Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics.

[5] Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award (2019), Tsinghua University.

[6] International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of P.R. China & The Office of China Postdoctoral Council.

[7] Postdoctoral Supporting Program (2019), Tsinghua University.

[8] National Scholarship for Graduate Student (2018) & National Scholarship for Undergraduate Student (2011, 2012), Ministry of Education of P.R. China.

[9] Outstanding Graduate Award (2014, 2019), Beijing Municipal Education Commission.

[10] National First-class Undergraduate Course, Ministry of Education of P.R. China.

[11] National Outstanding Online Open Course, Ministry of Education of P.R. China.

Professional Activities and Services

[1] Applied Thermal Engineering (SCI, JCR Q1), Special Issue “Frosting and Icing”, Advisory Board Member (2023)
Micromachines (SCI, JCR Q2), Special Issue “Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Microstructures”, Guest Editor (2023)
Micromachines (SCI, JCR Q2), Special Issue “Heat and Mass Transfer in Microchannels”, Guest Editor (2022)
Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering (EI), Section Editor (2023 to date)

[2] Referee: ernational Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer、Applied Thermal Engineering、International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer、International Journal of Thermal Science、Langmuir、Physics of Fluids、Journal of Crystal Growth et al.