Background Information

Shengqi Zhang is an assistant professor in the Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, China. He obtained his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degree from Peking University (Supervisor: Shiyi Chen). He works on fluid mechanics and his research interests include turbulence, heat & mass transfer, multiphase flows, and AI-empowered scientific computing. He mainly focuses on exploring/explaining complex and multi-scale physics of fluids, with theoretical analysis and numerical simulations. Related applications can be found in aeronautics/astronautics, mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, and geophysics. He published 7 first-authored articles in Journal of Fluid Mechanics since 2019 and received honors including Young Innovative Talent of Zhejiang Province, Young Innovative Talent of Ningbo, and Excellent PhD Dissertation of Beijing. He is the Principal Investigator of an NSFC Young Scientists Fund, a subproject of National Science and Technology Major Project, and a Ningbo Key Development Project.

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Research Field

Fluid mechanics and related applications: turbulence, heat & mass transfer, multiphase flows, AI-empowered scientific computing.

Educational Background

2018-2022: Ph.D. (Fluid Mechanics), Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking University

2014-2018: B.Sc. (Theoretical and Applied Mechanics), Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking University

Work Experience

2022-Present: Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo

Academic Part-time Jobs

Reviewer of Physics of Fluids, Journal of Turbulence, Acta Mechanica Sinica

Awards and Honors

2025: Young Innovative Talent, Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang

2024: Young Innovative Talent, Ningbo Municipal Education Bureau

2024: Excellent PhD Dissertation, Beijing Municipal Education Commission

Representative Works

• S. Zhang, C. Sun (2024). Twin forces: similarity between rotation and stratification effects on wall turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 979: A45. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2023.1101.

• S. Zhang, Z. Xia, & S. Chen (2024). Enhancing large-scale motions and turbulent transport in rotating plane Poiseuille flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 979: A43. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2023.1091.

• S. Zhang, Z. Xia, & S. Chen (2022). Flow structures in spanwise rotating plane Poiseuille flow based on thermal analogy. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 933: A24. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2021.1073.

• S. Zhang, Z. Xia, & S. Chen (2022). Perturbation analysis of baroclinic torque in low-Mach-number flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 930: A4. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2021.896.

• S. Zhang, X. Chen, Z. Xia, H.-D. Xi, Q. Zhou, & S. Chen (2021). Stabilizing/destabilizing the large-scale circulation in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection with sidewall temperature control. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 915: A14. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2021.58.

• S. Zhang, Z. Xia, Q. Zhou, & S. Chen (2020). Controlling flow reversal in two-dimensional Rayleigh-Bénard convection. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 891: R4. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2020.210.

• S. Zhang, Z. Xia, Y. Shi, & S. Chen (2019). A two-dimensional-three-component model for spanwise rotating plane Poiseuille flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 880: 478-496. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2019.715.