Zhili Zhang

B. Ray Thompson Professor

Biography

August 2023-Present
B. Ray Thompson Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Tennessee

2019-2023
Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Tennessee

2014–2019
Associate Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Tennessee

2008–2014
Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Tennessee

Research

• Laser Diagnostics for Combustion and Plasma systems
• Computational imaging
• Spectroscopy

Education

PhD Princeton University, 2008

MA Princeton University  2006

Bachelor Tsinghua University 2000

Professional Service

• Member, AIAA
• Member, OSA

Awards and Recognitions

• AIAA Walter Lempert Best Paper Award
• Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• ASEE Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2012 and 2013
• Crocco Teaching Award, Princeton University

Publications

Yue Wu, Zhili Zhang, Naibo Jiang, Sukesh Roy, James Gord, "Resonant- and Avalanche-Ionization Amplification of Laser-Induced  Plasma in Air", Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 116, No. 143304, 2014. DOI: 10.1063/1.4896789.

Xinyuan Chong, Jacques Abboud, Zhili Zhang, "Plasmonics Resonance Enhanced Active Photothermal Effects of Aluminum and Iron Nanoparticles", Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 2234-2240(7), 2015. DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2015.9698.

Yue Wu, Jordan Sawyer, Zhili Zhang, Mikhail N. Shneider, Albert Viggiano, "Measurement of Sodium Argon Cluster Ion Recombination by Coherent Microwave Scattering", Vol. 100, Issue. 11, No.114108,2012, Applied Physics Letters, DOI: 10.1063/1.3695064.

Fedor Rudakov, Zhili Zhang, "Standoff Detection of Large Organic Molecules Using Rydberg Fingerprint Spectroscopy and Microwave Rayleigh Scattering",Vol. 37, Issue 2, pp. 145-147 (2012), Optics Letters. DOI: 10.1364/OL.37.000145.

Yue Wu, Andrew Bottom, Zhili Zhang, Timonthy M. Ombrello, and Viswanath R. Katta, "Direct Measurement of Methyl Radical in Methane/Air Flame at Atmospheric Pressure by Radar REMPI", Vol. 19, Issue 24, pp. 23997-24004, 2011, Optics Express, DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.023997.

Scott Lenaghan, C. A. Davis, W. R. Henson, Zhili Zhang, and Mingjun Zhang, "High-Speed Microscopic Imaging of Flagella Motility and Swimming in Giardia lamblia Trophozoites", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Aug 1, 2011, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1106904108.

Mikhail N. Shneider, Zhili Zhang, Richard B. Miles, “Simultaneous resonant enhanced multiphoton ionization and electron avalanche ionization in gas mixtures”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 104, No. 023302, 2008.

Mikhail N. Shneider,  Zhili Zhang, Richard B. Miles, “Plasma induced by resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization in inert gas”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 102, No. 12310, 2007, selected for the November 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science.

Zhili Zhang, Mikhail N. Shneider, Richard B. Miles, “Coherent Microwave Rayleigh scattering of Resonance Enhanced Multiphoton ionization in argon”, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 98, No.265005, 2007.

Richard B. Miles, Zhili Zhang, Mikhail N. Shneider, Sohail Zaidi, “Detection of Nitric Oxide by Microwave Scattering from Resonant Enhanced  Multi-Photon Ionization: A New Approach to Non-Intrusive Diagnostics”, AIAA Journal, Aerospace letters, March, 2007.

Zhili Zhang, Mikhail N. Shneider, Richard B. Miles, “Microwave diagnostics of laser-induced avalanche ionization in air”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 100, No. 074912, 2006, selected for the November 2006 issue of Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science.