Dr Zhao Tian

Dr Zhao Tian
 Position Senior Lecturer
 Org Unit Mechanical Engineering
 Email zhao.tian@adelaide.edu.au
 Telephone 831 31125
 Location Floor/Room 2 ,  Engineering South ,   North Terrace

  • Biography/ Background

    Jan. 2016- current Senior Lecturer, School of Mechanical Engineering, The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide

     

    Sep. 2010-Dec. 2015 Lecturer, School of Mechanical Engineering, The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide

     

    Sep. 2010-Jan, 2011 Endeavour Research Fellow, Tianjin ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, China

     

    Sep. 2007-Sep. 2010 Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Research Scientist, CSIRO Minerals and CMIS, Melbourne, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥

     

    Apr. 2007-Sep. 2007 Research Associate, RMIT ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥

     

     

  • Qualifications

    Graduate Certificate in Education (Higher Education), the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ 2013

     

    Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, RMIT ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, 2007

     

    M.E.S in Mechanical Engineering, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of New South Wales, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, 2002

     

    B.E. in Thermal Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, China, 1997

     

     

     

  • Research Interests

    Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

     

    Renewable energy including solar hybrid systems, and geothermal systems 

     

    Solar cars design/build and simulations

     

    Combustion/gasification including fire simulations, coal combustion/gasification, MILD combustion,

     

    Multiphase flows particularly particle-laden flows

     

  • Research Funding

     

     

    A PhD/MPil scholarship is available funded by ARC fire research center.

    The main research objectives are to

    • Develop, validate and apply computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling of fires in an enclosure
    • Design and build an experimental enclosure, and obtain experimental data from the enclosure.

     

    The program can be 3.5 years (PhD) or 2 years (MPil). 

    To be eligible, you must be

     

    • An ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ citizen.
    • Be able to obtain the admission to the Doctoral/Mpil program.

     

    Please contract Dr Zhao Tian for more details.

     

    Zhao.tian@adelaide.edu.au

     

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Entry last updated: Thursday, 12 Jan 2023

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