Hangyu Chen

Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Engineering Mechanics

School of Aerospace, Tsinghua University

Beijing 100084, China

Email: chenhangyu1henry@163.com

Education

Ø Ph.D (2018 - 2022)

Chemical & Process Engineering, University of Leeds, The United Kingdom

Supervisor: Dr. Timothy Hunter

Ø Master student (2015 - 2018)

Thermal Energy Engineering, School of Mechanical and Transportation Engineering, China University of Petroleum (Beijing)

Supervisor: Dr. Jinya Zhang

Ø Bachelor of Economics (2012-2015)

Ø International Economy and Trade, China University of Petroleum (Beijing)

Ø Bachelor of Science (2011-2015)

Thermal Energy Engineering, China University of Petroleum (Beijing)

Experience

Ø Software development project - DigiPac, Structure Vision Ltd, 2019.06 - 2022.12.

Research Interests

Ø Multiphase flow in porous media and micro-channels

Ø LBM-DEM coupled algorithm and its applications

Ø Sedimentation and adsorption of colloids

Ø Numerical study on air flotation oil removal

Ø Numerical study on solid-liquid phase change and heat transfer

Honors and Awards

Ø 2023 Shuimu Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship

Ø 2018 China University of Petroleum (Beijing) Excellent M.S student

Publications

In Journal

1. H. Chen, M. Wang. Heat convection competition and optimization for stable rewarming of cryopreserved biological tissues. Under Review

2. H. Chen, L. Lei, M. Wang*. Obstacle-Guided Suppression of Mullins-Sekerka Instability for Freezing Purification. Under Review

3. H. Chen, M. Wang*. Non-monotonic Ice-Core Thawing in Water Pool Driven by Competition between Anomaly-triggered Chaotic Flow and Normal Natural Convection. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1031: A51, 2026

4. Y. Huang, Z. Tian, H. Chen, W. Liu and M. Wang*. Electrokinetic transport in saturated and unsaturated porous media: A pore-scale view. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 349: 103755, 2026

5. G. Yang, H. Chen, M. Wang. Lattice Boltzmann model for immiscible three-phase flows with phase change, Physical Review E, 111(6): 065310, 2025

6. Hangyu Chen, Thomas C. Sykes, Xiaodong Jia, Michael Fairweather, Timothy N. Hunter. Simulation of bidisperse colloidal centrifugal sedimentation using a mixture viscosity model. Physics of Fluids, 35(12):123306-1-123306-14, 2023.

7. Hangyu Chen, Xiaodong Jia, Michael Fairweather, Timothy N. Hunter. Characterising the sedimentation of bidisperse colloidal silica using analytical centrifugation, Advanced Powder Technology, 34(2): 103950, 2023

8. Jinya Zhang, Hangyu Chen, Ye Zhou, Guangda Cao. Simulation on the process of single bubble floating and colliding oil droplet based on improved three-component pseudo-potential Boltzmann method, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 198: 108119, 2021

9. Hangyu Chen, Jinya Zhang, Yongxue Zhang, Zhichao Wei. Simulation on a gravity-driven dripping of droplet into micro-channels using the lattice Boltzmann method, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 126: 61-71, 2018