Faculty 

Chien-Pin Chen
Asso. Dean/Professor with tenure
Office 400C
Tel +86-21-34206765 Ext. 4003
Email chienpin.chen@sjtu.edu.cn
Education
        Ph.D.               Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University (1993)
        B.S.                 Dept. of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University (1978)
Work Experience
        2017–pres.     Tang Junyuan Chair Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, SJTU
        2014–pres.     Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, SJTU
        2010–2014     Chairman, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
        1997–2014     Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
        1992–1997     Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
        1986–1992     Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
        1984–1986     National Research Council Research Scientist, NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center, USA
        1983–1984     Post Doc., Polymer Institute, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada

Research Interest
        1. Computational Transport phenomena
        2. Multiphase flows;
        3. Combustion;
        4. Turbulence;
        5. Multi-scale computing
Honors and Awards
  1. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Fellow.
  2. Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials, Honorary Fellow.
  3. University of Alabama Huntsville College of Engineering Lifelong Achievements Award, 2014.
  4. University of Alabama Foundation Award for Outstanding Research, 1998.
  5. University of Alabama Huntsville College of Engineering Outstanding Faculty Award, 1997.
  6. NASA Technical Innovator Awards, 1986 and 1992.
  7. AIAA Outstanding Young Aerospace Engineer of the Year award, 1986.
  8. NASA Group Achievement Award- for Significant Achievement in flow process modeling and contributions to the Space Shuttle Main Engine development engine program, 1985.
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Hua Bao
Asso. Professor
Office 522
Tel +86-21-34206765 Ext. 5221
Email hua.bao@sjtu.edu.cn
Webpage https://sites.ji.sjtu.edu.cn/hua-bao
Education
        Ph.D.               Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University (2012)
        B.S.                 Dept. of Physics, Tsinghua University (2006)
Work Experience
        2017–pres.    Associate Professor, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Research Interest
  1. Micro/Nanoscale heat transfer and energy conversion
  2. Thermal radiation and nanophotonics
  3. Multiscale multiphysics simulations
Honors and Awards
  1. Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, 2011, Purdue University
  2. Ward A. Lambert Graduate Teaching Fellowship, 2010, Purdue University
  3. Warren and Judy Stevenson Fellowship, 2009, Purdue University
  4. Computing Research Institute Fellowship, 2008, Purdue University

Weikang Qian
Asso. Professor
Office 430
Tel +86-21-34206765 Ext. 4301
Email qianwk@sjtu.edu.cn
Webpage http://umji.sjtu.edu.cn/~wkqian
Education
        Ph.D.              Electrical Engineering,Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota (2011)
        B.S.                Automation,Department of Automation, Tsinghua University (2006)
Work Experience
        2019 – Pres.   Tenured Associate Professor, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
        2018 – 2019   Tenure-track Associate Professor, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
        2011 – 2018   Tenure-track Assistant Professor, UM-SJTU Joint Institute

Research Interest
  1. Electronic design automation (EDA) algorithms such as logic synthesis, physical design, and high-level synthesis
  2. EDA and digital design for novel computing paradigms such as approximate computing, stochastic computing, and neuromorphic computing
  3. EDA and digital design for emerging devices such as memristors, carbon nanotube transistors, and single-electron transistors
  4. EDA and digital design for specific applications such as artificial intelligence, digital signal processing, and communication
Honors and Awards
  1. Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota 2010
  2. Nomination for William J. McCalla Best Paper Award, International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD) 2009
  3. Best Poster Award, Center on Functional Engineered Nano Architectonics (FENA) 2009
  4. First-Rank Scholarship for Academic Excellent Students, Tsinghua University 2003-2005

Yongxing Shen
Asso. Professor
Office 504
Tel +86-21-34206765 Ext. 5041
Email yongxing.shen@sjtu.edu.cn
Webpage http://umji.sjtu.edu.cn/~yxshen/Index.php
Education
        Ph.D.               Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University (2008)
        MSc.                Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University (2006)
        B.Eng.             Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University (2003)
Work Experience
        2017–pres.    Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, SJTU
        2011-2014 Tenure-track Lecturer, Applied Mathematics, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
        2008-2011 Postdoctoral Scholar, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, USA

Research Interest
Professor Shen has broad interests in the field of computational mechanics, especially computational fracture mechanics. His interests range from designing numerical methods and analyzing their convergence properties, to discovering materials’ fracture behaviors with numerical simulations, and to applying numerical methods to make an impact to practical engineering problems. His current and past topics of interests include:

  1. Efficient numerical methods for crack propagation and hydraulic fracturing
  2. Phase-field methods for crack propagation
  3. Fracture of thin shells
  4. Discontinuous Galerkin methods
  5. Universal meshes
  6. Simulation methods to study material properties
  7. Mathematical analysis of numerical methods
  8. Modeling of scanning probe microscopy
  9. Phase transformation of alloys
Honors and Awards
       Excellent graduate, Tsinghua University, 2003
Lipo Wang
Asso. professor with tenure
Office 524
Tel +86-21-34206765 Ext. 5241
Email lipo.wang@sjtu.edu.cn
Webpage http://umji.sjtu.edu.cn/~lpwang
Education
        Ph.D.               Institute of Technical Combustion (Institut fuer Technische Verbrennung), RWTH-Aachen (2007)
        MSc.               Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University (2000)
        B.Sc.               Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University (1997)
Work Experience
        2012.2 – pres.       Associate Prof., UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
        2009.8 – 2012.2    Assistant Prof., UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
        2008.2 – 2009.7    Research staff at ITV (Institut fuer Technische Verbrennung), RWTH-Aachen, Germany        2002.7 – 2008.2   Research assistant at ITV (Institut fuer Technische Verbrennung), RWTH-Aachen, Germany

Research Interest
  1. Turbulence: flow structure analysis, multi-scale analysis, turbulence physics
  2. Turbulent combustion: flame dynamics, flame-wall interaction, turbulent flame modeling
  3. Fluid mechanics related applications: CFD, heat transfer, drag reduction, flow instability and flow control etc.
Honors and Awards
  1. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2016 Turbo Expo Turbomachinery Technical Conference Best Paper Award (paper presented: GT2016-57587- Cooling Injection Effect on a Transonic Squealer Tip: Part 2 Analysis of Aerothermal Interaction Physics, by H. Ma, Q. Zhang, L. He, Z. Wang, L. Wang)
  2. Borchers plaque (Borchers-Plakette) for excellent dissertation, 2008, RWTH-Aachen Univ., Germany.
  3. Excellent supervisor for foreign graduate students, Shanghai JiaoTong Univ. 2013
Hong Zhu
Asso. professor
Office 538
Tel +86-21-34206765 Ext. 5381
Email hong.zhu@sjtu.edu.cn
Webpage https://sites.ji.sjtu.edu.cn/hong-zhu
Education

        Ph.D.                    Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut (2012)
        B.S.                       School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2007)
Work Experience
        2015 – pres.      Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
        2012 – 2015      Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interest
  1. Advanced energy and electronic materials design through atomistic modeling, high throughput computations and data mining
  2. Physical property tailoring through band structure, defect and interface engineering
Honors and Awards
  1. Shanghai Science and Technology Commission’s Young Scientific Talent YANG FAN Program, 2016
  2. NSF sponsored travel award, Materials Computation Center, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2011
  3. Doctoral dissertation fellowship, University of Connecticut, 2011
  4. Best Oral Paper Prize, 18th Connecticut Microelectronics and Optoelectronics Conference, 2009
  5. Fudi Fellowship and Excellent Academic Scholarship, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2003-2006

Yanming Wang
Assistant professor
Office 525
Tel +86-21-34206765 Ext. 5251
Email yanming.wang@sjtu.edu.cn
Education
        Ph.D.               Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University (2016)
        M.S.                 Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University (2012)
        B.S.                 Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2012)
Work Experience
        2020-pres.        Assistant Professor, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
        2017-2020        Postdoctoral Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        2016-2017        Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University

Research Interest
  1. Multi-scale and multi-physics modeling of nanomaterials synthesis and deformation
  2. Modeling of polymeric and amorphous materials for energy and electronic applications
  3. Design of novel functional materials via machine learning assisted modeling and simulations

Postdoc


Junjie Fan
Assistant Researcher
Email fanjunjie150@sjtu.edu.cn
Education
        Ph.D.              School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology (2017)
        M.S.                School of Chemistry and Technology, Guangxi University (2012)
        B.S.                 Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2012)
Work Experience
        2019.8 – pres.           Post Doctor, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
        2018.8 – 2019.8       Vice director, IBIH Advanced material Co. Ltd. R&D Center
        2016.8 – 2018.6       Senior Researcher, IBIH Advanced material Co. Ltd. R&D Center

Research Interest
  1. Radiation cooling material manufacture and the application design
  2. Complex functional material preparation and characterization

Li Meng
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email mengli0325@sjtu.edu.cn
Education
        Ph.D.            School of Naval Architecture, Ocean & Civil Engineering, shanghai Jiaotong University (2019)
        M.S.              School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology (2015)
        B.S.                School of mechanics and civil engineering, China university of mining and technology (2012)
Work Experience
        2019 – pres.           Post Doctor, UM-SJTU Joint Institute

Research Interest
        Cyclic plasticity of light metals and phase field of fatigue

Qingli Tang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email tangqingli@sjtu.edu.cn
Education
        Ph.D.          School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2014)
        M.S.            School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2010)
Work Experience
        2018.6 – pres.           Post Doctor, UM-SJTU Joint Institute

Research Interest
      Catalytic hydrogenation and Corrosion Science

VAHID ZIAEI RAD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email vahidzrad@sjtu.edu.cn
Education
        Ph.D.          Civil Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, (2016).
        M.S.            Civil Engineering, Highway & Transportation, Isfahan University of Tehcnology, Isfahan, Iran,  (2009)
        B.S.             Civil Engineering, Structural, Isfahan University of Tehcnology, Isfahan, Iran (2009)
Work Experience
        2018.6 – pres.           Post Doctor, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
        2016                           Research Associate, Faculté des Sciences, de la Technologie et de la Communication (FSTC), Université du Luxembourg,

Research Interest
  1. Variational Approaches to Fracture
  2. Finite Element Methods

Chi Zhang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email c.zhang@sjtu.edu.cn
Education
        Ph.D.          Imperial College London (2018).
        Msc             University of Southampton(2011)
        BEng           Shanghai Jiaotong University (2010)
Work Experience
        2019 – pres.           Post Doctor, UM-SJTU Joint Institut

Research Interest
  1. Wall Turbulence
  2. Computational Fluid Dynamics
  3. Turbulent Combustion
Honors and Awards
        Shanghai Jiaotong University ‘Morning Star’ Postdoctoral Award, 2019

Yanrong Zhang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email yanrongz87@outlook.com
Education
        Ph.D.          Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Kyushu University (2018)
        BEng          Dept. of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2009)
Work Experience
        2019 – pres.           Post Doctor, UM-SJTU Joint Institut

Research Interest
        Combustion simulation

Honggang Zhang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email zhanghonggang@sjtu.edu.cn
Education
        Ph.D.          Southwest Jiaotong University (2020)
        B.S.             Southwest Jiaotong University (2015)
Work Experience
        2020 – pres.           Post Doctor, UM-SJTU Joint Institut

Research Interest
        Micronano-scale heat transfer