Profile
Assoc Prof Huangwei ZHANG
Principal Investigator
Dr. Huangwei Zhang is an associate professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering at National University of Singapore (NUS). He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Engineering Mechanics and Fluid Mechanics from Beihang University (China) in 2007 and 2009 respectively, Ph.D. degree from Department of Engineering at University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) in 2016. The general scientific problems he works on are mainly multi-phase reacting flows, leveraging combined approaches of theoretical analysis, numerical simulation and experimental diagnostics. They cover multiple dimensions, including high-speed and low-speed flows, dilute and dense particle concentration, as well as multi-phase interface tracking.
His team is dedicated to making the research towards a wide range of engineering applications, including but not limited to: (1) advanced propulsion system, (2) clean combustion and decarbonization technology, (3) energy safety and resilience, and (4) sustainable energy solutions. In recent several years, his research is focused on fuel detonative combustion and ammonia/hydrogen combustion for energy transition, with significant industrial collaborations in Singapore and overseas.
He leads and participates in several major projects on low-carbon combustion technologies, funded by different agencies in Singapore. He was the Chair of the organizing committee for the 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion in 2025 (ASPACC 2025), and is on the Editorial Board for the numerous journals, e.g., Combustion and Flame. He was the guest editor of the inaugural odd-year issue of Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (PROCI) for ASPACC 2025, and is the Member of ad hoc PROCI Publication Committee for The Combustion Institute (2024 – 2026). He serves as the Chair of the Singapore Section of the Combustion Institute (SSCI), on the Board of Directors of The Institute for Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (IDERS), and Programme Director of MSc in Robotics in NUS Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Dr Zhang was a Co-I for the C4T programme and returns to CARES as a PI on the new HYCOMBS programme.
Singapore - NUS
Researchers
HYCOMBS
Research Interest
- Combustion theory and modelling
- Turbulent combustion modelling
- Multiphase combustion
- Turbulent fire modelling
- High performance computing of reacting flows and parallel algorithm development
Key Publications
Google Scholar Link
Huangwei Zhang*, Zheng Chen, Bifurcation and Extinction Limit of Stretched Premixed Flames with Chain-branching Intermediate Kinetics and Radiative loss. Combustion Theory and Modelling, 2017, Under review.
Huangwei Zhang*, Epaminondas Mastorakos, Modelling Local Extinction in Sydney Swirling Non-premixed Flames with LES/CMC. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 36 (2017) 1669–1676.
Huangwei Zhang*, Epaminondas Mastorakos, Prediction of The Global Extinction Conditions and Dynamics in Swirling Non-premixed Flames Using LES/CMC Modelling. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 96(2016) 863–889.
Huangwei Zhang*, Andrew Garmory, Davide E. Cavaliere, Epaminondas Mastorakos, Large Eddy Simulation/Conditional Moment Closure Modeling of Swirl-stabilized Non-premixed Flames with Local Extinction. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 35 (2015) 1167-1174.
Bin Bai, Zheng Chen*, Huangwei Zhang, Shiyi Chen, Flame Propagation in A Tube with Wall Quenching of Radicals. Combustion and Flame, 160 (2013) 2810-2819.