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Dr Qiang Zhang

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School of Science & Technology Department of Engineering

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Dr Qiang Zhang received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Utah in 2005 and held a Research Assistant Professorship at the University of Utah in 2006. From 2006 to 2011, Dr Zhang worked in the Osney Thermo-Fluids Laboratory at the University of Oxford supported by the Rolls-Royce Heat Transfer and Aerodynamics University Technology Centre (UTC). He was the main developer of a new high speed wind tunnel facility and associated thermal measurement techniques. His research focused on turbine blade tip cooling techniques. Dr Zhang was awarded the Rolls-Royce “Award to Inventors” scheme for 2013 in recognition for his UK/EU/USA patents, which were based on novel flow control and thermal management concepts arising from his research. From 2011 to 2014, Dr Zhang established his own research group at the University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute where he made new contributions to experimental heat transfer research methodology, including novel methodologies for thermal measurement, wind tunnel control, and uncertainty analysis. At the ASME Turbo Expo 2016, he received the Best Paper Award for his work as PI on blade tip cooling. He also received the Best Paper Award at the Global Power & Propulsion Society (GPPS) 2017 conference.

The expertise of Dr Zhang in heat transfer experimental research has been internationally recognised. He has been an ASME K-14 heat transfer committee member since 2011. Since 2019, Dr Zhang has been Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, and Guest Editor of Heat Transfer/Cooling Special Issue I&II for Aerospace Journal.

Dr Zhang is the leading PI for an EPSRC project (with Co-I from Oxford University and Cranfield University) titled Novel Unsteady Conjugate Cooling Mechanism, which has led to new understanding of heat transfer enhancement with controlled dynamic flow patterns.

In 2022, the "Turbo Heat Exchanger" dynamic thermal system design concept was patented by Dr Zhang. He is in the process of spinning out a new company for commercialisation with a talented team from both industry and academic backgrounds.

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Utah, United States, 2005
  • MSc, Dalian University of Technology, China, 1996
  • MSc, Dalian University of Technology, China, 1993

Employment

  • Reader, City, University of London, United Kingdom, August 2020 - present
  • Lecturer, City, University of London, United Kingdom, March 2014 - July 2020
  • Associate Professor, University of Michigan - Sanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, China, 2011 - 2014
  • Research Staff, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, September 2006 - 2011
  • Research Assistant Professor, University of Utah, United States, September 2005 - August 2006

Memberships of professional organisations

  • ASME International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) Heat Transfer committee member (ASME heat transfer division: K-14 gas turbine committee), 2011 - present

Awards

  • ASME (2019). ASME Fellow
  • ASME (2017). ASME Turbo Expo (Heat Transfer Committee) Best Paper Award
    2016 ASME Turbo Expo (Heat Transfer Committee) Best Paper Award
  • Rolls-Royce (2013). Awards to Inventors Scheme
  • ASME Journal of Heat Transfer (2012). Outstanding Reviewer Award
  • Oxford University (2007). Award of Merit Review
  • Global Power & Propulsion Society 2017 Global Power & Propulsion Society (GPPS) Best Paper Award

Research

gas turbine heat transfer and cooling, aerodynamics, conjugate heat transfer, experimental techniques, CFD simulation and validation.

Research students

Xin Miao

Thesis title: Experimental Study of Turbine Blade tip Unsteady Flow and Heat Transfer in a Fully Optical Transonic Linear Cascade

Publications

Featured publications

  1. Mozafari, M., Masdari, M., Zhang, Q. and Tahani, M. (2025). Aeroacoustic impact of triply periodic minimal surface porous casings on axial flow fans. Physics of Fluids, 37(1). doi:10.1063/5.0248030

    [publisher’s website]

  2. Wu, X., Zou, A., Zhang, Q. and Wang, Z. (2024). Impact of jet intermittency on surface-structured heat sinks for electronics liquid cooling. Applied Thermal Engineering, 236, pp. 121911-121911. doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121911

    [publisher’s website]

  3. Zhang, Q.(2023). Pump. Patent no. WO 2024/047226 A1
  4. Zhang, Q.(2023). HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM. Patent no. WO 2024/033356A1
  5. Xi, Y., Peng, X., Xia, H., Sun, Z. and Zhang, Q. (2022). Entropy Generation of Secondary Flow in a Turning Passage with Different Boundary Layer Characteristics. Aerospace, 9(10). doi:10.3390/aerospace9100539

    [publisher’s website]

  6. Zhang, Z., Li, Q., Bruecker, C. and Zhang, Q. (2022). Enhanced thermal performance with high-amplitude intermittent impingement cooling. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 185, pp. 122359-122359. doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.122359

    [publisher’s website]

  7. Liu, K. and Zhang, Q. (2020). A Novel Multi-Stage Impingement Cooling Scheme—Part II: Design Optimization. Journal of Turbomachinery, 142(12). doi:10.1115/1.4048184

    [publisher’s website]

  8. Liu, K. and Zhang, Q. (2020). A Novel Multi-Stage Impingement Cooling Scheme—Part I: Concept Study. Journal of Turbomachinery, 142(12). doi:10.1115/1.4048183

    [publisher’s website]

  9. Lu, S., Zhang, Q. and He, L. (2020). A High-Speed Disk Rotor Rig Design for Tip Aerothermal Research. ASME Turbo Expo 2020: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition 21-25 September.doi:10.1115/gt2020-14624
  10. Jiang, H., Zhang, Q., He, L., Lu, S., Wang, L. and Teng, J. (2018). Experimental Evidence of Temperature Ratio Effect on Turbine Blade Tip Heat Transfer. Journal of Turbomachinery, 140(12). doi:10.1115/1.4041811

    [publisher’s website]

  11. Miao, X., Zhang, Q., Atkin, C., Sun, Z. and Li, Y. (2018). Improving Purge Air Cooling Effectiveness by Engineered End-Wall Surface Structures—Part II: Turbine Cascade. Journal of Turbomachinery, 140(9). doi:10.1115/1.4040854

    [publisher’s website]

  12. Miao, X., Zhang, Q., Atkin, C., Sun, Z. and Li, Y. (2018). Improving Purge Air Cooling Effectiveness by Engineered End-Wall Surface Structures—Part I: Duct Flow. Journal of Turbomachinery, 140(9). doi:10.1115/1.4040853

    [publisher’s website]

  13. Ma, H., Zhang, Q., He, L., Wang, Z. and Wang, L. (2017). Cooling Injection Effect on a Transonic Squealer Tip—Part I: Experimental Heat Transfer Results and CFD Validation. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 139(5). doi:10.1115/1.4035175

    [publisher’s website]

  14. Ma, H., Zhang, Q., He, L., Wang, Z. and Wang, L. (2017). Cooling Injection Effect on a Transonic Squealer Tip—Part II: Analysis of Aerothermal Interaction Physics. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 139(5). doi:10.1115/1.4035200

    [publisher’s website]

  15. Ma, H., Wang, Z., Wang, L., Zhang, Q., Yang, Z. and Bao, Y. (2016). Ramp Heating in High-Speed Transient Thermal Measurement with Reduced Uncertainty. Journal of Propulsion and Power, 32(5), pp. 1190-1198. doi:10.2514/1.b35803

    [publisher’s website]

  16. Miao, X., Zhang, Q., Wang, L., Jiang, H. and Qi, H. (2015). Application of Riblets on Turbine Blade Endwall Secondary Flow Control. Journal of Propulsion and Power, 31(6), pp. 1578-1585. doi:10.2514/1.b35549

    [publisher’s website]

  17. Wang, Z., Zhang, Q., Liu, Y. and He, L. (2015). Impact of Cooling Injection on the Transonic Over-Tip Leakage Flow and Squealer Aerothermal Design Optimization. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 137(6). doi:10.1115/1.4029120

    [publisher’s website]

  18. Virdi, A.S., Zhang, Q., He, L., Li, H.D. and Hunsley, R. (2015). Aerothermal Performance of Shroudless Turbine Blade Tips with Relative Casing Movement Effects. Journal of Propulsion and Power, 31(2), pp. 527-536. doi:10.2514/1.b35331

    [publisher’s website]

  19. Zhang, Q. and He, L. (2014). Impact of Wall Temperature on Turbine Blade Tip Aerothermal Performance. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 136(5). doi:10.1115/1.4026001

    [publisher’s website]

  20. Zhang, Q. and He, L. (2013). Tip-Shaping for HP Turbine Blade Aerothermal Performance Management. Journal of Turbomachinery, 135(5). doi:10.1115/1.4007896

    [publisher’s website]

  21. Zhang, Q., O’Dowd, D.O., He, L., Wheeler, A.P.S., Ligrani, P.M. and Cheong, B.C.Y. (2011). Overtip Shock Wave Structure and Its Impact on Turbine Blade Tip Heat Transfer. Journal of Turbomachinery, 133(4). doi:10.1115/1.4002949

    [publisher’s website]

  22. Zhang, Q. and He, L. (2011). Overtip Choking and Its Implications on Turbine Blade-Tip Aerodynamic Performance. Journal of Propulsion and Power, 27(5), pp. 1008-1014. doi:10.2514/1.b34112

    [publisher’s website]

  23. Zhang, Q., O’Dowd, D.O., He, L., Oldfield, M.L.G. and Ligrani, P.M. (2010). Transonic Turbine Blade Tip Aero-Thermal Performance With Different Tip Gaps: Part I—Tip Heat Transfer. Volume 4: Heat Transfer, Parts A and B pp. 335-346. doi:10.1115/gt2010-22779

    [publisher’s website]

Publications by category

Conference papers and proceedings (20)

  • Zhu, D., Lu, S., Ma, H., Zhang, Q. and Teng, J. (2017). Rotating Effect on Transonic Squealer Tip Cooling Performance. ASME Turbo Expo 2017: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition 26-30 June.doi:10.1115/gt2017-64293
  • Jiang, H., He, L., Zhang, Q. and Wang, L. On scaling method to investigate high-speed over-tip-leakage flow at low-speed condition. .doi:10.1115/GT201764422
  • Ma, H., Zhang, Q., He, L., Wang, Z. and Wang, L. (2016). Cooling Injection Effect on a Transonic Squealer Tip: Part 2 — Analysis of Aerothermal Interaction Physics. ASME Turbo Expo 2016: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition 13-17 June.doi:10.1115/gt2016-57587
  • Zhong, F., Zhou, C., Ma, H. and Zhang, Q. (2016). Heat Transfer of Winglet Tips in a Transonic Turbine Cascade. ASME Turbo Expo 2016: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition 13-17 June.doi:10.1115/gt2016-56804
  • Ma, H., Zhang, Q., He, L., Wang, Z. and Wang, L. (2016). Cooling Injection Effect on a Transonic Squealer Tip: Part 1 — Experimental Heat Transfer Results and CFD Validation. ASME Turbo Expo 2016: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition 13-17 June.doi:10.1115/gt2016-57579
  • Wang, Z., Zhang, Q., Yan, Y. and Liu, K. (2016). Secondary Flow and Extra Heat Transfer Enhancement of Ribbed Surface After Jet Impingement. ASME Turbo Expo 2016: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition 13-17 June.doi:10.1115/gt2016-57563
  • Miao, X., Zhang, Q., Atkin, C. and Sun, Z. End-wall secondary flow control using engineered residual surface structure. .doi:10.1115/GT2016-7347
  • Ma, H., Wang, Z., Wang, L., Zhang, Q., Yang, Z. and Bao, Y. (2015). Ramp Heating in High-Speed Transient Thermal Measurement With Reduced Uncertainty. ASME Turbo Expo 2015: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition 15-19 June.doi:10.1115/gt2015-43012
  • Zheng, R., Li, M., Wang, Z. and Zhang, Q. (2015). Control of Blow-Down Wind Tunnel Using Combined Extended and Nonlinear Predictive Filters. ASME Turbo Expo 2015: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition 15-19 June.doi:10.1115/gt2015-42908
  • Chen, W., Jiang, H., Zhang, Q. and He, L. (2014). A Simple Corner Correction Technique for Transient Thermal Measurement. ASME Turbo Expo 2014: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition 16-20 June.doi:10.1115/gt2014-26622
  • Wang, Z., Zhang, Q., Liu, Y. and He, L. (2014). Impact of Cooling Injection on Transonic Over-Tip Leakage Flow and Squealer Aerothermal Design Optimization. ASME Turbo Expo 2014: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition 16-20 June.doi:10.1115/gt2014-26825
  • Miao, X., Zhang, Q., Jiang, H. and Qi, H. (2014). Application of Riblets on Turbine Blade Endwall Secondary Flow Control. ASME Turbo Expo 2014: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition 16-20 June.doi:10.1115/gt2014-26823
  • Virdi, A.S., Zhang, Q., He, L., Li, H.D. and Hunsley, R. (2013). Aerothermal Performance of Shroudless Turbine Blade Tips With Effects of Relative Casing Motion. ASME 2013 Turbine Blade Tip Symposium 30 September-3 October.doi:10.1115/tbts2013-2021
  • Zhang, Q., He, L. and Rawlinson, A. (2013). Effects of Inlet Turbulence and End-Wall Boundary Layer on Aero-Thermal Performance of a Transonic Turbine Blade Tip. ASME 2013 Turbine Blade Tip Symposium 30 September-3 October.doi:10.1115/tbts2013-2019
  • Zhang, Q. and He, L. (2013). Impact of Wall Temperature on Turbine Blade Tip Aero-Thermal Performance. ASME 2013 Turbine Blade Tip Symposium 30 September-3 October.doi:10.1115/tbts2013-2018
  • Xi, J., Zhang, Q., Li, M. and Wang, Z. (2013). Advanced Flow Control for Supersonic Blowdown Wind Tunnel Using Extended Kalman Filter. ASME Turbo Expo 2013: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition 3-7 June.doi:10.1115/gt2013-95281
  • Zhang, Q. and Ligrani, P.M. (2005). Aerodynamic Losses of a Cambered Turbine Vane: Influences of Surface Roughness and Freestream Turbulence Intensity. ASME 2005 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition 5-11 November.doi:10.1115/imece2005-81657
  • Zhang, Q., Goodro, M., Ligrani, P.M., Trindade, R. and Sreekanth, S. (2005). Influence of Surface Roughness on the Aerodynamic Losses of a Turbine Vane. ASME Turbo Expo 2005: Power for Land, Sea, and Air 6-9 June.doi:10.1115/gt2005-68832
  • Zhang, Q., Lee, S.W. and Ligrani, P.M. Effects of Surface Roughness and Turbulence Intensity on the Aerodynamic Losses Produced by the Suction Surface of a Simulated Turbine Airfoil. .doi:10.1115/1.1667886
  • Zhang, Q., Lee, S.W. and Ligrani, P.M. (2003). Effects of Surface Roughness and Turbulence Intensity on the Aerodynamics Losses Produced by a Suction Surface of a Simulated Turbine Airfoil. ASME 2003 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition 15-21 November.doi:10.1115/imece2003-41687

Journal articles (31)

Professional activities

Editorial activity (2)

  • Aerospace “Cooling/Heat transfer” Special Issues I&II,, Guest Editor, August 2018 - present.
  • ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, Associate Editor.

Event/conference

  • ASME IGTI 2015 Turbo Expo.
    Description: Session Co-Chair: Experimental Internal Cooling II

Other

  • ASME International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) Heat Transfer committee member (since 2011) (ASME heat transfer division: K-14 gas turbine committee) .