Yuwen Zhang, Ph.D.

Professor

Fellow ASME and Associate Fellow AIAA

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211, USA
Tel: (573) 884-6936, Fax: (573) 884-5090

 Email: zhangyu@missouri.edu

  Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 1998

  Professional Interests

Multiscale Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Systems

Ultrafast Ultraintense Laser Materials Processing

Transport Phenomena in Nanofluids

Inverse Heat Transfer Problems

Liquid-Vapor Phase Change and Heat Pipes

Micro- and Nanoscale Heat Transfer

  Experience

Professor, University of Missouri (MU), 2009 –

Associate Professor, University of Missouri (MU), 2003 – 2009 (tenured in 2007)

Assistant Professor, New Mexico State University (NMSU), 2001 – 2003

Senior Engineer, Thermoflow, Inc., 2000 (May – December)

Research Scientist, University of Connecticut, 1999 – 2000

  Awards

Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (elected in December, 2007).

Lifetime Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) (elected in September, 2007).

Faculty Fellow, College of Engineering, University of Missouri, 2007-

Marquis Who’s Who in America (61^st edition), 2007

Computational Research Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NMSU, 2003

Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research (ONR), 2002

  Books

Faghri, A., and Zhang, Y., Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Systems, Copyright 2006 by Elsevier, 1064 pages, ISBN: 0-12-370610-6 (Flyer, Table of Contents).

Faghri, A., Zhang, Y., and Howell, J. R., Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer, projected in 2009.

  Citizenship

United States of America.