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'''Yuwen Zhang''' is a [[Chinese Americans|Chinese American]] [[professor]] of [[mechanical engineering]] who is well known for his contributions to [[phase transition|phase change]] [[heat transfer]]. He is presently a Curators' Distinguished Professor and Huber and Helen Croft Chair in Engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the [[University of Missouri]] in [[Columbia, Missouri]].
 
==Education and career==
'''Yuwen Zhang''' ([[simplified Chinese]]: 张玉文; [[traditional Chinese]]: 張玉文) is a [[China |Chinese]]-born [[united states|American]] [[scientist]] and [[engineer]]. He is currently an [[Associate Professor]] of [[Mechanical Engineering]] in the [[University of Missouri]] in [[Columbia, MO]].
Yuwen Zhang earned his [[Bachelor of Engineering|B.E.]] degree in thermal [[turbomachinery]], [[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. He taught at [[Xi'an Jiaotong University]] from 1991 to 1994 and was a [[research associate]] at [[Wright State University]] (1994-1995) and [[University of Connecticut]] (1995-1996). He received a [[Ph.D.]] degree in [[mechanical engineering]] from the [[University of Connecticut]] in 1998. He was a [[research scientist]] at [[University of Connecticut]] and a senior engineer at Thermoflow, Inc. before joining the Department of Mechanical Engineering at [[New Mexico State University]] as an assistant professor in 2001. He joined the faculty at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the [[University of Missouri]] (MU) in 2003 as an associate professor and became a full professor in 2009. He was awarded a James C. Dowell Professorship in 2012 and served as the Department Chair from 2013 to 2017. He was named a Curators' Distinguished Professor in 2020<ref>[https://engineering.missouri.edu/2020/10/zhang-named-curators-distinguished-professor Zhang Named Curators’ Distinguished Professor ]</ref> and a Huber and Helen Croft Chair in Engineering in 2021.
 
==Technical contributions==
==Education and Career==
 
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 300 [[scientific journal|journal]] papers and more than 180 conference publications at national and international [[Academic conference|conferences]]. He has developed pioneer models for a latent heat thermal energy storage system,<ref>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.</ref> as well as multiscale, multiphysics models on [[additive manufacturing]] (AM), including [[selective laser sintering]] (SLS) <ref>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.</ref> and [[laser chemical vapor deposition]]/[[Chemical vapor infiltration|infiltration]] (LCVD/LCVI).<ref>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.</ref><ref>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.</ref> He is the first to develop fundamental models of fluid flow and heat transfer in the oscillating heat pipes,<ref>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.</ref><ref>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.</ref> which is a heat transfer device that can be used in 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,<ref>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.</ref><ref>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.</ref> and solved inverse heat transfer problems for the determination of the heating condition and/or temperature-dependent macro and micro thermophysical properties under uncertainty.<ref>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</ref> 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&nbsp;nm in the base fluid, via [[molecular dynamics]] (MD) simulations.<ref>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.</ref> 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 using electrolyte flow inside the embedded microchannels in the porous electrodes as a novel internal cooling technique.<ref>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.</ref><ref>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.</ref>
Yuwen Zhang received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the [[University of Connecticut]] (1998). He is a [[tenured]] Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of Missouri (MU). Prior to joining faculty at MU as an Associate Professor in 2003, he worked as a Research Scientist in the University of Connecticut (1999-2000), a Senior Engineer at Thermoflow, Inc. (2000), and an [[Assistant Professor]] at the [[New Mexico State University]] (2001-2003).
 
==Professional services==
==Teaching==
Yuwen Zhang is the [[Editor-in-Chief]] Emeritus for [[Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer]] ([[FHMT]]), past Associate Editor for ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2017-2023), as well as an editorial board member for several other journals. As a Fellow of ASME, he was the Chair (2012-2014) and the Vice-Chair (2009-2012) of the K-15 Committee on Transport Phenomena in Manufacturing and Materials Processing of the ASME Heat Transfer Division. As an Associate Fellow of [[AIAA]], he was a Member of the AIAA Thermophysics Technical Committee (2008–2011). He is also a Fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (AAAS), the [https://www.astfe.org/ American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers] (ASTFE) and a member of the [[American Society for Engineering Education]] (ASEE). In these capacities, he has served as congress, track, and session chair for numerous national and international conferences in engineering.
 
==Honors and awards==
Yuwen Zhang has taught [[Thermodynamics]], [[Engineering analysis |Engineering Analysis]], [[Gas dynamics |Gas Dynamics]], [[Heat Transfer]], [[ Intermediate]] Heat Transfer, [[Multiphase Heat Transfer]], and [[Convective heat transfer |Convective Heat Transfer]] in [[Xi'an Jiaotong University]], [[New Mexico State University]] and [[University of Missouri]], respectively. He has co-authored an undergraduate senior/graduate textbook entitled [http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/707571/description?navopenmenu=4 Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Systems] (ISBN 0-12-370610-6, with A. Faghri, by Elsevier), which is the first textbook to truly address transport phenomena in the context of all phase changes among solid, liquid and vapor. His second book entitled Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer (by A. Faghri, Y. Zhang, and J.R. Howell) is scheduled for publication in 2009.
*Fellow, [https://www.astfe.org/ American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers] (ASTFE), 2024<ref>[https://www.astfe.org/fellowship/ AFTFE Fellowship]</ref>
*Huber and Helen Croft Chair in Engineering, University of Missouri, 2021
*Curators' Distinguished Professor, University of Missouri, 2020
*Coulter Award, University of Missouri Coulter Translational Partnership Program, 2018<ref>[https://medicine.missouri.edu/coulter-translational-partnership-program University of Missouri Coulter Translational Partnership Program]</ref>
*[[AAAS Fellow|Fellow]], [[American Association for the Advancement of Sciences]] (AAAS), 2015<ref>[http://www.aaas.org/news/2015-aaas-fellows-recognized-contributions-advancing-science 2015 AAAS Fellows Recognized for Contributions to Advancing Science.]</ref>
*James C. Dowell Professorship, University of Missouri, 2012
*Certificate of Appreciation for Service as K-15 Committee Chair, [[ASME]] Heat Transfer Division, 2014
*Certificate of Distinguished Service, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2011
*Missouri Honor Senior Faculty Research Award, College of Engineering at the University of Missouri, 2010
*Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity, University of Missouri, 2010<ref>[http://engineering.missouri.edu/2010/12/mechanical-and-aerospace-engineering-professor-receives-chancellor%e2%80%99s-award/ Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor receives Chancellor’s Award]</ref>
*[[ASME Fellow|Fellow]] of [[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]] (ASME), 2007<ref>[https://community.asme.org/asme_fellows/w/wiki/9533.asme-fellows-list.aspx ASME Fellows].</ref>
*Associate Fellow of [[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics]] (AIAA), 2008<ref>[https://www.aiaa.org/docs/default-source/uploadedfiles/membership-and-communities/individual-membership/aiaa-membership-grades/aiaa-associate-fellows-roster.pdf?sfvrsn=dd85832d_0 AIAA Associate Fellows Roster]</ref>
*Faculty Fellow Award, College of Engineering at University of Missouri, 2007
*Computational Research Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, New Mexico State University, 2003
*Young Investigator Award, [[Office of Naval Research]] (one of 26 awarded nationally in all fields), 2002<ref>[http://www.onr.navy.mil/en/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2002/Young-Investigator-Program-Awards.aspx ONR Announces Young Investigator Program Awards], Office of Naval Research, February 20, 2002.</ref>
 
==ResearchBooks==
*''Fundamentals of Multiphase Heat Transfer and Flow'' (with A. Faghri, 2020)<ref>Faghri, A., and Zhang, Y., 2020, ''Fundamentals of Multiphase Heat Transfer and Flow'', {{ISBN|978-3-030-22136-2}}, [[Springer Nature]] Switzerland AG.</ref>
* ''Heat Pipes: Design, Applications and Technology'' (2018)<ref>Zhang, Y., ed., 2018, ''Heat Pipes: Design, Applications and Technology'', {{ISBN|978-1-53613-908-2}}, [[Nova Science Publishers, Inc.]], Hauppauge, NY.</ref>
* ''Multiscale Thermal Transport in Energy Systems'' (with Y. L. He, 2016)<ref>Zhang, Y., and He, Y.L., eds., 2016, ''Multiscale Thermal Transport in Energy Systems'', {{ISBN|978-1-63485-692-8}}, [[Nova Science Publishers, Inc.]], Hauppauge, NY.</ref>
* ''Femtosecond Lasers: New Research'' (2013)<ref>Zhang, Y., ed., 2013, ''Femtosecond Lasers: New Research'', {{ISBN|978-1-62948-059-6}}, [[Nova Science Publishers, Inc.]], Hauppauge, NY.</ref>
* ''Nanofluids: Research, Development and Applications'' (2013)<ref>Zhang, Y., ed., 2013, ''Nanofluids: Research, Development and Applications'', {{ISBN|978-1-62618-165-6}}, [[Nova Science Publishers, Inc.]], Hauppauge, NY.</ref>* ''Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer'' (with A. Faghri and J. Howell, 2010)<ref>Faghri, A., Zhang, Y., and Howell, J., 2010, ''Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer'', {{ISBN|978-0-9842760-0-4}}, Global Digital Press, Columbia, MO. Reviews:
*{{citation|last=Pitchumani|first=Ranga|date=April 2011|doi=10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.12.030|issue=9–10|journal=International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer|pages=2241–2242|title=Review|url=https://www.thermalfluidscentral.com/e-books/review/Pitchunamis_Book_Review.pdf|volume=54}}
*{{citation|last=Webb|first=Ralph L.|date=May 2011|doi=10.1080/01457632.2011.542085|issue=6|journal=Heat Transfer Engineering|pages=521–523|title=Review|url=https://www.thermalfluidscentral.com/e-books/review/Webb_Book_Review_AHMT.pdf|volume=32|s2cid=216591517}}</ref>
* ''Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Systems'' (with A. Faghri, 2006)<ref>Faghri, A., and Zhang, Y., 2006, ''Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Systems'', {{ISBN|978-0-12-370610-2}}, [[Elsevier]], Burlington, MA. Reviews:
*{{citation|last=Vafai|first=Kambiz|date=July 2007|doi=10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.12.008|issue=13–14|pages=2857–2858|title=none|journal=International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer|volume=50}}
*{{citation|last=Miller|first=Clarence A.|date=November 2007|issue=12|journal=Chemical Engineering|title=Review|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA172133717|volume=114}}
*{{citation|last=Webb|first=Ralph L.|date=October 2008|doi=10.1080/01457630802181933|issue=10|journal=Heat Transfer Engineering|pages=910|title=none|volume=29|s2cid=216590898}}</ref>
 
==References==
Yuwen Zhang’s research interests are in the areas of thermal/fluid sciences, advanced materials processing, phase change heat transfer and heat pipes, inverse heat transfer problems, ultrafast ultra-intense laser materials processing, heat transfer in energy systems, and micro- and nanoscale heat transfer. During his career at the University of Missouri and New Mexico State University, Dr. Zhang has been the principal investigator or a co-principal investigator on about two million [[US Dollars]] of funding from [[Office of Naval Research]], [[Air Force Research Laboratory]], Ball Aerospace Inc., [[National Science Foundation]], [[U.S. Army]] [http://www.peostri.army.mil/ Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, & Instrumentation], and the University of Missouri Research Board. He also authored [http://web.missouri.edu/~zhangyu/pub.htm over 90 journal papers] and [http://web.missouri.edu/~zhangyu/pub_Conf.htm over 60 conference papers].
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*[https://engineering.missouri.edu/faculty/yuwen-zhang/ Biographical information] at the University of Missouri
 
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Yuwen Zhang is an editorial advisory board member of [[http://www.bentham.org/open/totherj/index.htm The Open Thermodynamics Journal]]. He has served as proposal reviewer for [[National Science Foundation]] (NSF), [[ National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] (NASA), [[University of Missouri System]] Research Board, and [[U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation]] (CRDF). He is also book reviewer for [[Cambridge University Press]], [[John Wiley & Sons, Inc.]], and [[McGraw-Hill]] Higher Education, as well as [[Peer review |peer reviewer]] for about 30 professional journals. As a Fellow of [[ASME]], he is serving as members of the K-12 Committee on Aerospace Heat Transfer, and K-15 Committee on Transport Phenomena in Manufacturing and Materials Processing, from the ASME Heat Transfer Division. In these capacities, he has served as track chair and session chairs for numerous national and international conferences. As an Associate Fellow of [[AIAA]], he is serving as a Member of Thermophysics Technical Committee.
 
==Awards==
 
Dr. Zhang has received many awards including the [http://www.onr.navy.mil/media/article.asp?ID=9 Young Investigator Award] from the [[Office of Naval Research]] (2002), the Computational Research Award from Department of Mechanical Engineering in New Mexico State University (2003), and Faculty Fellow Award from the College of Engineering in University of Missouri. He is listed in Marquis [http://www.marquiswhoswho.com/products/SCprodinfo.asp Who’s Who in Science and Engineering], as well as [[Who’s Who in America]]. He is a Fellow of [[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]] (ASME), Associate Fellow of [[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics]] (AIAA), and member of [[American Society for Engineering Education]] (ASEE) and [http://www.deps.org Directed Energy Professional Society (DEPS)].
 
==External links==
*[http://web.missouri.edu/~zhangyu/ Biographical information] at the University of Missouri.
 
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