Faculty

Dr. Zhao Yong
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Alfaisal University

Email: zyong@alfaisal.edu
Tel : +(966-1) 215-7755 office

Education:
Ph.D.	1992	University of Manchester, UK. Mechanical Engineering
MSc	1989	University of Manchester, UK. Mechanical Engineering
BSc	1985	Xi’an Jiaotong University, PR China with best student award. Power Machinery Engineering

Summary Professional Experience:

Jan 1991 - Mar 1992 Research Associate, the University of Manchester
29 Mar 1992 - 28 Mar 1995 Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
29 Mar 1995 - 31 Dec 1998 Lecturer, NTU
1 Jan 1999 - 31 Dec 2000 Assistant Professor, NTU
1 Jan 2001 – 31 December 2009 Associate Professor, NTU (10-year (2003) and 15-year Long Service Awards from NTU (2008))
06 February 2010-Present, Alfaisal University

Awards and Honors:

Sino-British Friendship Scholarship (1987-1992), UK-PRC governments.
CrayQuest 2000 Gold Award, Silicon Graphics Inc (2000)
HPC 2002 The Blue Challenge Bronze Award, IBM Corp (2002)
MIT conference fellowship, 2nd MIT conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics (2003)
10-year and 15-year Long Service Awards, NTU (2003 and 2008)
Honorary Professor, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Southwest Jiaotong University, PR China (2008, 2009)
Overseas reviewer for the Chang Jiang Scholars (Professors) Programme, the Ministry of Education, PR China from 2008
Visiting Professor at Iowa State University and Michigan State University ,USA (2004,2007).

Research Interests:

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and scientific computing their engineering applications, such as fluid-structure interaction, data storage devices, biomedical engineering, internal combustion engines, fuel cells and renewable energy using CFD as a design tool.

Current projects:

CFD Simulation of Fluid-structure Interaction with Large Deformation, funded by PRC National Natural Science Foundation.
Mechanics and mechanism of insect flight, funded by NTU.
Development of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Stack Operating under Self-Humidifying Condition, funded by Economic Development Board of Singapore .
3D unsteady Blood Flow and fluid-structure interaction in the Circle of Willis, funded by PRC National Natural Science Foundation.
Development of novel hydro turbines for electricity generation using tidal waves and wind turbines, funded by industrial sponsors.
An investigation on the hydrodynamics and thrust generation of complex naturally evolved fin-based propulsive motion system, funded by Ministry of Education Singapore.

Publications: (Last five years )
Refereed journal papers:

Xin Lv, Qingping Zou, Yong Zhao, Dominic Reeve, A novel coupled level set and volume of fluid method for sharp interface capturing on 3D tetrahedral grids Journal of Computational Physics, Volume 229, Issue 7, 1 April 2010, Pages 2573-2604
Chen Zhen, Yuan Qi, Shen Na, Cui Changcong and Yong Zhao, 3D Steady/Unsteady Blood Flow in the Circle of Willis, XJTU Journal, Vol.4, pp 492-496, 2008.
GH Xia, Y Zhao and JH Yeo, Parallel Unstructured Multigrid Simulation Of 3D Unsteady Flows And Fluid-Structure Interaction Using Immersed Membrane Method, Computers & Fluids，Volume 38, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 71-79.
X.H. Su, Y. Zhao and X. Y. Huang, On the Characteristics-Based ACM for Incompressible Flows, Journal of Computational Physics, Volume 227, Issue 1, 10 November 2007, Pages 1-11.
GH Xia, Y Zhao and JH Yeo, Parallel Unstructured Multigrid Simulation Of 3D Unsteady Flows And Fluid-Structure Interaction Using Immersed Membrane Method, (in press), Computers and Fluids, Volume 38, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 71-79 2007
X. Lv, Y. Zhao, X. Y. Huang, X.H. Su, G. H. Xia, An Efficient Parallel/Unstructured-Multigrid Implicit Method for Simulating 3D Fluid-Structure Interaction, Communications in Computational Physics, 4 (2008), pp. 350-377.
X. Lv, Y. Zhao, X. Y. Huang, G. H. Xia, X.H. Su, A Matrix-Free Implicit Unstructured Multigrid Finite Volume Method for Simulating Structural Dynamics and Fluid-Structure Interaction, Journal of Computational Physics , Volume 225, Issue 1, Pages 120-144, 1 July 2007.
C. H. Tai, K. M. Liew and Y. Zhao, Numerical simulation of 3D fluid-structure interaction flow using an immersed object method with overlapping grids, Volume 85, Issues 11-14, June-July 2007, Pages 749-762.
H. Xia, Y. Zhao, J. H. Yeo and X. Lv, A 3D Implicit Unstructured-grid Finite Volume Method for Structural Dynamics, Computational Mechanics, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp299-312, 2007.
X. Lv, Y. Zhao, X. Y. Huang, G. H. Xia and Z. J. Wang, An Efficient Parallel/Unstructured-Multigrid Preconditioned Implicit Method for Simulating 3D Unsteady Compressible Flows with Arbitrarily Moving Objects, Journal of Computational Physics, Volume 215, Issue 2 , 1 July 2006, Pages 661-690
G.H. Xia, Y. Zhao and J. H. Yeo, Numerical Simulation of 3D Fluid-Structure Interaction Using An Immersed Membrane Method, Modern Physics Letters B, Vol: 19 Issue: 28/29 (20 December 2005) Page: 1447 - 1450.
B. Bals, C. H. Tai1, Y. Zhao and K. M. Liew, An efficient parallel computation of unsteady incompressible viscous flows with elastic moving and compliant boundaries on unstructured grids,Volume 64, Issue 15 , Pages 2072 - 2104, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2005.
Chin Hoe Tai1, Yong Zhao and K. M. Liew, Parallel computation of unsteady incompressible viscous flows around moving rigid bodies using an immersed object method with overlapping grids, Journal of Computational Physics , Volume 207, Issue 1 , 20 July 2005, Pages 151-172.

Conference papers:

X.H. Su, O. Larsen and Y. Zhao, Adaptive Immersed Object Method for Moving Objects in Flow Fields and Fluid Structure Interaction, APAC 2009, 5th International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts (APAC2009), Singapore.
X.H. Su, Y. Zhao and X.Y. Huang, A New Adaptive Immersed Object Method for Calculating Arbitrarily Moving Objects in Fluid Flows, IAENG International Conference on Scientific Computing (ICSC'07), Hong Kong, 21-23 March, 2007
X. Lv, Y. Zhao, X. Y. Huang, G. H. Xia, X.H. Su, An Efficient Parallel/Unstructured-Multigrid Implicit Method for Simulating 3D Fluid-Structure Interaction, FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION 2007, Fourth International Conference on Fluid Structure Interaction (Incorporating the Free and Moving Boundary Problems Seminar), 14 - 16 May, 2007, The New Forest, UK.
C. H. Tai, K. M. Liew and Y. Zhao, Numerical simulation of 3D fluid-structure interaction flow using an immersed object method with overlapping grids, the Fourth M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics--Focus: Fluid-Structure Interactions, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 U.S.A., June 13 - 15, 2007.
X.H. Su, Y. Zhao and X.Y. Huang, A New Adaptive Immersed Object Method for Arbitrarily Moving Objects in Flow Fields and Fluid Structure Interaction, UK-Singapore SYMPOSIUM ON AEROSPACE ENGINEERING: CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES, Singapore, 29-30 May 2007.
X.H. Su, Y. Zhao and X.Y. Huang, A New Adaptive Immersed Object Method for Calculating Arbitrarily Moving Objects in Fluid Flows, IAENG International Conference on Scientific Computing (ICSC'07), Hong Kong, 21-23 March, 2007.
G.H. Xia, Y. Zhao and J. H. Yeo, Numerical Simulation of 3D Fluid-Structure Interaction Using An Immersed Membrane Method, International Symposium on Physics of Fluids, 9-12 June, 2005, Huangshan, China.
C. H. Tai, Y. Zhao, K. M. Liew, Parallel computation of unsteady flows around moving rigid bodies using an immersed object method with overlapping grids, International Symposium on Physics of Fluids, 9-12 June, 2005, Huangshan, China.

Teaching
Alfaisal University, College of Engineering, Riyadh, KSA (2010-)
Undergraduate Courses

M205 Introduction to Computer Aided Design

Nanyang Technological University, School of Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering (1995-2009)
Undergraduate courses :

Building Services and Engineering
Engineering Mathematics
Fluid Engineering
Sustainable Energy
Computing

Postgraduate courses:

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

Graduate Students trained

Six PhD
Twelve MSc
Several Post-Docs, visiting scientists and scholars

Administration:

Coordinator/Director for student industrial attachment and polytechnic outreach, NTU (2000-2006)

Alfaisal University
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