Dr. Yuwen Zhang, FAAAS, FASME

Yuwen Zhang, Ph.D.

Curators' Distinguished Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Missouri
E3408 Lafferre Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
Email: zhangyu@missouri.edu

2020 – Curators' Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri
2009 – Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri
2012 – 2018 James C. Dowell Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri
2013 – 2017 Department Chair, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri
2003 – 2009 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri
2001 – 2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, New Mexico State University
2000 – 2000 Senior Engineer, Thermoflow, Inc., (May–Dec)
1999 – 2000 Research Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut

2020 Curators' Distinguished Professorship, University of Missouri System
2018 Member, EU Academy of Sciences
2018 Coulter Award, University of Missouri Coulter Translational Partnership Program
2015 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS)
2014 Certificate of Appreciation (for Service as K-15 Committee Chair), ASME Heat Transfer Division
2012 James C. Dowell Professorship, University of Missouri
2011 Certificate of Distinguished Service, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
2010 Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity, University of Missouri
2010 Missouri Honors Senior Faculty Research Award, College of Engineering, University of Missouri
2008 Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
2007 Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
2007 Faculty Fellowship, College of Engineering, University of Missouri
2003 Computational Research Award, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New Mexico State University
2002 Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research (ONR)

Faghri, A., and Zhang, Y., Fundamentals of Multiphase Heat Transfer and Flow, ISBN 978-3-030-22136-2, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020
Zhang, Y., Heat Pipes: Design, Applications and Technology, ISBN: 978-1-53613-908-2, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY, 2018
Zhang, Y., and He, Y.L., Multiscale Thermal Transport in Energy Systems, ISBN: 978-1-63485-692-8, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY, 2016
Zhang, Y., Femtosecond Lasers: New Research, ISBN: 978-1-62948-059-6, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY, 2013.
Zhang, Y., Nanofluids: Research, Development and Applications, ISBN: 978-1-62618-165-6, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY, 2013
Faghri, A., Zhang, Y., and Howell, J. R., Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer, ISBN: 978-0-9842760-0-4, Global Digital Press, Columbia, MO, 2010
Faghri, A., and Zhang, Y., Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Systems, ISBN: 978-0-12-370610-2, Elsevier, Burlington, MA, 2006

Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 2017–
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer (FHMT), 2010–
Congress Co-Chair, the 7th World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering (MCM'21), Prague, Czech Republic, August 2-4, 2021
Technical Program Chair for Heat Transfer Division (HTD), ASME 2019 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, Nov 8–14, 2019
Member of Scientific Committee, the 6th International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (HTFF), Lisbon, Portugal, Aug 16–18, 2019
Organizing Committee Member, the 7th International Conference on Green Energy, Green Engineering and Technology (Green Technologies 2018), Berlin, Germany, Sep 20–21, 2018