Peng Zhao

Peng Zhao

Ph.D. Candidate

Education

  • Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
    • Third Year Ph.D. Student
    • M. A. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 2011
  • University of Science and Technology of China
    • Bachelor, Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering (2009)

Research Interests

  • Ignition of hydrocarbon fuels in strained flows;
  • Ignition enhanced by nano-catalyst;
  • NTC transport coupling and engine knock;
  • Computational modeling of laminar flames;

Teaching Experiences (Assistant in Instruction at Princeton University)

  • MAE 221 Thermodynamics, Fall 2011
  • MAE 532 Combustion theory, Fall 2011 (Graduate class)
  • MAE 426  Rocket and Air-breathing propulsion technology, Spring 2012

Honors and Awards

  • Wu Fellowship, Princeton University, 2009
  • Guo Moruo Scholarship(summa cum laude), USTC, 2009
  • National Scholarship, Ministry of education of P.R. China, 2008

Journal Publications

  1. "NTC-affected ignition in non-premixed counterflow," by C.K. Law, P. Zhao, Combustion and Flame, 159(3), 1044-1054, 2012.
  2. "Study of compressibility modification on non-linear turbulence model," by C.Tan，X.S. Han，P.Zhao, T.H. Ye, The Journal of University of Science and Technology of China, 2010.

Conference Publications

  1. "Catalytic Oxidation of Methane over PdO in Wire Microcalorimetry: Experiment and Simulation," by Taichang Zhang, Yuxuan Xin, Zhuyin Ren, Fei Qi, Peng Zhao,Chung K. Law,  U.S. National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute,  Atlanta, GA,  (2011).
  2. "NTC-affected ignition in non-premixed counterflow ," by Peng Zhao, Chung K. Law,  2011 Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute,  University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT,  (2011).