Feng-Yuan Zhang

Professor

Biography

2022-Present
Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace
and Biomedical Engineering
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2012-2022
Professor/Associate Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace
and Biomedical Engineering
University of Tennessee Space Institute

2011-2012
Research Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2006–2010
Research Staff, Mechanical Engineering
University of Delaware

2004–2005
Postdoc, Mechanical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University

2003
Postdoc, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

2002
Visiting Scholar, Stanford University

1999 – 2002
Assistant Professor/Research Associate, Nagoya University

1990 – 1995
Research Engineer, Beijing Institute of Machine & Electricity

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Research

• Micro-/nano-scale fluidics, transport, heat transfer, and combustion
• Novel multifunctional materials
• Micro/Nano electro mechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS)
• Low-emission electric propulsion and high-efficiency combustion engines
• Electrochemical energy storage and conversions, including fuel cells, electrolyzers, batteries
• Alternative fuel and renewable energy, including biofuel, solar energy and wind power
• Hybrid energy systems
• Thermal control and thermal management
• Advanced spectroscopies, including laser, optics, x-ray and electron

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Education

BS Mechanical Engineering, 1987, Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China 
MS Mechanical Engineering, 1990, Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China
PhD, 1999 Nagoya University, Japan

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Professional Service

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• Electrochemical Society (ECS)
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• Track Co-Organizer on “Characterization of Interfaces and Interphases” in Electrochemical Society (ECS) meeting
• Track Co-Chair on “Micro and Nano Technologies in Energy Systems” in ASME International Conference on Energy Sustainability
• Session Co-Chair in ASME International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering & Technology Conferences

Reviewer for Journals and Books

• Advances in Mechanical Engineering
• Applied Energy
• Applied Optics
• Applied Spectroscopy
• Applied Surface Science
• Computational Fluid Dynamics Journal
• Computer Physics Communications
• Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems
• Electrochemical Acta
• Energy and Fuel
• International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
• International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
• Journal of Composite Materials
• Journal of Electrochemical Society
• Journal of Fluid Engineering
• Journal of Mathematical Physics
• Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
• Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
• Journal of Power Sources
• Nanotechnology
• NSF panel
• Optics Letters
• Particuology
• Peer reviewer for National Renewable Energy Lab
• Peer reviewer of book proposals for Elsevier Sensors
• Sensors

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Awards and Recognitions

2023 MABE Translational Research and Innovation Award

2022 TCE Research Achievement Award

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Publications

Book chapter: M. M. Mench and F. Y. Zhang: “FUEL CELLS” in Alternative Energy Production for the Mechanical Engineers’ Handbook, 4th Edition, which will be published by Wiley.

Book Chapter: F. Y. Zhang, S. G. Advani, and A. K. Prasad: “Advanced High Resolution Imagining Techniques for Diagnosis of Degradation Effects” in “Modern Topics in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Degradation” , Elsevier, 2011.

F. Y. Zhang, A. K. Prasad, and S. G. Advani, Mary Boggs, Shawn Sullivan, and Thomas P. Beebe, Jr.: “Quantitative characterization of catalyst layer degradation in PEM fuel cells by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy”, Electrochimica Acta, 54, 16, 30 (2009).

F. Y. Zhang, A. K. Prasad, and S. G. Advani: “Performance of a metallic gas diffusion layer for PEM fuel cells”, Journal of Power Sources, 176, 293 (2008).

F. Y. Zhang, D. Spenjak, A. K. Prasad, and S. G. Advani “In-Situ Characterization of Catalyst Layer in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell”, Journal of Electrochemical Society, Vol. 154, 11 (2007).

F. Y. Zhang, A. K. Prasad, and S. G. Advani “Investigation of a Copper Etching Technique to Fabricate Metallic Gas Diffusion Media (for Fuel Cell)”, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 16, N23 (2006).

Ma, Y., M. Fields, C.P. Sun, F. Y. Zhang, J.C. Liao, Y. Li, B.M. Churchill, and C.M. Ho: “Design of microfluidic T-form mixer utilizing pressure disturbances”. IEEE Nanotechnology Council Review on Advances of Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems, 2006. 1: p. 595.

F. Y. Zhang, X. G. Yang, and C.Y. Wang: “Liquid Water Removal from a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell”. Journal of Electrochemical Society. Vol. 153, pp. A225 (2006).

X.G. Yang, F. Y. Zhang, A. Lubawy, and C.Y. Wang: “Visualization of Liquid Water Transport in a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells”, Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 7,11, A408 (2004).

F. Y. Zhang, T. Fujiwara, T. Miyasaka, E. Nakayama, T. Hattori and R. K. Hanson: “Detonation Studies of High- Frequency-Operation Pulse Detonation Engine with Air/Hydrogen”, AIAA-2003-1169.

F. Y. Zhang, T. Fujiwara, T. Miyasaka, E. Nakayama, T. Hatori, N. Azuma, S. Yoshida and A. Tamugi: “Experimental Study of Key Issues on Pulse Detonation Engine Development”, Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Science, Vol. 45, No 150 , 243 (2003).

F. Y. Zhang, T. Fujiwara, K. Komurasaki: “Diode-Laser Tomography for Arcjet Thruster Plume Reconstruction”. Applied Optics, Vol. 40, No 6 (2001), pp 957-964.

F. Y. Zhang, T. Fujiwara, K. Komurasaki: “Diode-Laser Tomography for Arcjet Thruster Plume Reconstruction”. Applied Optics, Vol. 40, No 6 (2001), pp 957-964.

F. Y. Zhang, T. Fujiwara, T. Miyasaka, E. Nakayama, T. Hatori, N. Azuma, S. Yoshida and A. Tamugi: “Experimental Study of Key Issues on Pulse Detonation Engine Development”, Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Science, Vol. 45, No 150 , 243 (2003).

F. Y. Zhang, T. Fujiwara, K. Komurasaki: “Diode-Laser Tomography for Arcjet Thruster Plume Reconstruction”. Applied Optics, Vol. 40, No 6 (2001), pp 957-964.

F. Y. Zhang, T. Fujiwara, K. Komurasaki and Akira Saitoh: “Absorption Sensor System for Arcjet Multi-Parameter Measurements”, Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 11, No 10, 2000, N95–N99.

F. Y. Zhang, T. Fujiwara, K. Komurasaki, T. Miyasaka and J. Harada: “Determination of parameters in arcjet plume by tomographic reconstruction”. Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Science, Vol. 43, No 140, 2000, pp 77-87.

F. Y. Zhang, K. Komurasaki, T. Iida, T. Fujiwara: “Diagnostics of an Argon Arcjet Plume Using a Diode Laser”, Applied Optics, Vol. 38, No 9, 1999, pp1814-1822.

F. Y. Zhang, K. Komurasaki, T. Iida, J. Harada, and T. Fujiwara: “Application of Diode-Laser Absorption Technique to the Enthalpy Measurement of an Arc Heater”. Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Science, Vol. 41, No 133, 1998, pp 118-124.

F. Y. Zhang, T. Iida, T. Hayashi, D. Kusamoto, K. Komurasaki, T. Fujiwara: “Velocity Measurement of Arcjet Plume with a Diode-Laser Absorption Technique”. Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Science, Vol. 40, No 129, 1997, pp163-170