Profile

   Chuangyao Zhao is an Associate Professor, Ph.D. supervisor, visiting scholar at Imperial College London, Category D high-level talent introduced by Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (2018), Yanta Scholar of Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (2020), and a core member of a Huang Danian-style national university teaching team. He received his Ph.D. from the School of Energy and Power Engineering at Xi’an Jiaotong University, under the supervision of Academician Wenquan Tao. His research focuses on enhanced heat transfer in phase change processes and energy-saving technologies in buildings.

   He has presided over one General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and one General Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province. Additionally, he has served as a key research member in one NSFC Key Program and one National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program).

   To date, he has published over 70 papers in high-impact international journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy Conversion and Management, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, and Applied Thermal Engineering (see full list at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chuang-Yao-Zhao). He holds three authorized invention patents and has an H-index of 26.

   He also serves as a board member of the Shaanxi Refrigeration Society and a young editorial board member of the core Chinese journal Thermal Power Generation.

Educational Experience

• [1]

  Xi'an Jiaotong University  | Power Engineering and Enegineering Thermophysics  | Doctoral Degree in Engineering | PhD student

• [2]

  Lanzhou Jiaotong University  | Engineering Thermophysics  | Master's Degree in Engineering | Master student

• [3]

  Lanzhou Jiaotong University  | Thermal and Power Engineering  | Bachelor's Degree in Engineering | Undergraduate (Bachelor's degree)

Work Experience

• [1] 2023.2-2024.1
  

  Imerial College London  | Chemical Engineering  | Visiting Scholar
  

• [2] 2016.9-2018.11
  

  Zhejiang University of Technology  | School of Mechanical Engineering  | Research Assistant
  

• [3] 2018.12-Now
  

  Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology  | School of Building Services Science and Engineering  | Associate Prefessor
  

Social Affiliations

• [1]

  中文核心期刊《热力发电》青年编委

• [2]

  国际期刊Energies客座编辑

• [3]

  国际期刊Frontiers in Physics主题编辑

• [4]

  陕西省制冷学会理事

Research Group

[1]Name of Research Group: 地下及密闭空间环境保障领军教授团队

Description of Research Group:

负责人：李安桂 教授