Feng-Yuen Zhang
Professor
Contact:
Mechanical, Aerospace & Biomedical Engineering
411 B. H. Goethert Parkway, MS21
Tullahoma, TN 37388-9700
Phone: (931) 393-7428
Fax: (931)393-7557
fzhang@utsi.edu
Education
- 1987 Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China BS, Mechanical Engineering
- 1990 Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China, MS Mechanical Engineering
- 1999 Nagoya University, Japan, Ph.D.
Teaching
- Inviscid Flow
- Micro/Nano ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS)
- Viscous Fluid Flow
Research Interests
- 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
Professional Experience
- 2012-Present 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
Selected 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), pp957-964.
- F. Y. Zhang, T. Fujiwara, K. Komurasaki: “Diode-Laser Tomography for Arcjet Thruster Plume Reconstruction”. Applied Optics, Vol. 40, No 6 (2001), pp957-964.
- 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), pp957-964.
- 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, pp77-87.
- 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, pp118-124.
- 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
Professional Activities
- 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