Our department offers research opportunities across a diverse range of subjects, including: Thermofluids and energy technologies Supervisor: Dr Yong Shi Multiphase flows and heat transfer with applications to automobile thermal management Physicochemical transport phenomena in porous media with applications to energy storage devices Low-speed non-continuum gas flows with applications to micro and nanodevices Electrohydrodynamics with applications to microfluidics Lattice Boltzmann method and Multiscale modeling Supervisor: Dr Xinyu Zhang Large eddy simulation on gas-droplet turbulent flows in internal engines Numerical study on gas-liquid-particle three-phase flows in bubble columns Numerical study on combustion processes in utility boiler, gas-turbine and internal engine Modeling and simulations on multiphase flows in fuel cells Dynamics and control Supervisor: Dr Dunant Halim Energy harvesting from mechanical vibrations Intelligent control for noise and vibration suppression (eg for automotive applications) Sensor network for structural health monitoring Condition monitoring of electromechanical machines Laser processing of polymer composites Polymer composites from recyclable materials Simulation and modelling of thermoforming process Processing of thermoplastic composites Supervisor: Dr Jian Yang Design and analysis of passive/active vibration control systems Incorporating nonlinearity to enhance the dynamic performance of mechanical systems Power flow analysis/statistical energy analysis theory and approaches for nonlinear systems Novel devices for vibration energy harvesting Multi-disciplinary design and optimisation (MDO) of engineering structures Modelling of morphing adaptive aircraft wing structures Employing smart structures/materials to improve vibration and noise suppression Aeroelastic analysis of aircraft wing structures Static & dynamic design and analysis of ship/offshore structures Uncertainty analysis & quantification of linear/nonlinear dynamical systems Ergonomics Supervisor: Dr Xu Sun Human factors in transportation and vehicle design Ergonomics in sustainable design Gerontechnology: design technology for older people Development of research methodologies in interaction design with innovative technologies and products Serious game design and research Materials engineering Supervisor: Dr Hao Chen Performance of thermal barrier coatings Thermal spray and cold spray of metallic coatings Creep behavior of super alloys Finite difference modeling of phase evolutions