Dr. Haiou Wang obtained his bachelor’s degree in Energy and Environment System Engineering, Zhejiang University, in 2009 and PhD degree in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics, Zhejiang University, in 2014. He received the Best PhD Thesis Award of Zhejiang University for his thesis. From July 2014 to January 2018, he worked as a postdoc at University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. He is currently working at Zhejiang University under the “100 Talents Program” as a Research Professor. His research focuses on fundamental problems and predictive models of turbulent combustion. He conducted direction numerical simulations (DNS) of highly turbulent premixed combustion in gas turbine conditions, and used the DNS database to develop high-fidelity predictive models. He performed DNS of pulverized coal combustion in furnace conditions, which improved fundamental understanding of turbulent structure evolutions in pulverized coal jet flames and the interactions between coal particles, turbulence and chemistry. He also developed new flamelet models for coal combustion, which can be applied to industry to enable the design of more efficient and clean combustors. He carried out DNS studies of spray flames in IC engine conditions, and provided insights into several key problems including ignition, flame stabilization and pollutant formation mechanisms. He also did interesting studies on boundary layer combustion. Both non-premixed and premixed flame/wall interactions were investigated and models for their accurate prediction were proposed. He has published more than 70 papers in top journals in the combustion field and delivered more than 20 oral presentations in conferences on combustion. He serves on the Committee for Multiphase Flow, the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics. He serves on the Committee for Chinese Combustion Symposium. He served as a Session Chair in 38th International Symposium on Combustion and a Session Chair in Chinese Combustion Symposium in 2018 and 2020.

Education

2009-2014:  

Zhejiang University, Doctor of Engineering (Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics)

2005-2009:  

Zhejiang University, Bachelor of Engineering (Energy and Environment System Engineering)

Experience

January 2018-Present:

Research Professor, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University

July 2014-January 2018:                    

Research Associate, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales

May 2015-June 2015:   

Visiting Professional, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the USA