Xiaogang Yang

Biography

Xiaogang Yang received his BEng in Mechanical Engineering (1982) and MSc in Engineering Thermal physics (1984) from Northeastern University. During 1985-1990, he worked as an assistant lecturer and lecturer at Northeastern University. In 1990, he came to the University of Bath and then the University of Birmingham as a visiting researcher, specialising at computational fluid dynamics (CFD). In 1992, he pursued his PhD study at the School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, and was awarded a PhD in Chemical Engineering for the research on dynamical modelling and simulation of two-phase flow in 1996. In November 1995, Dr Yang joined the Interdisciplinary Centre for Materials Processing, University of Birmingham, as a post-doctoral research fellow to work on EPSRC funded projects of filling systems for castings and advanced filling systems for castings. His main contributions include demonstrating the necessity of using off-set pouring basins for reduction of downflowing liquid metal turbulence and proposing the vortex flow runner filling system. In 2000, he moved to the University of Paisley (now the University of West Scotland) and took up a lectureship position at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. During his time at Paisley, Dr Yang made significant contributions to the systematic demonstration of effect of liquid metal flow behaviour in filling on the final mechanical strength of castings. He also made contributions to different CFD modelling methods including discrete vortex method, smooth particle dynamics and multiphase flow dynamic modelling. In 2004, Dr Yang joined the North East Wales Institute, University of Wales (now Glyndŵr University) as a Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer in the Engineering Department and was subsequently promoted to Reader in Aero/Mechanical Engineering in 2007. At Glyndŵr, Dr Yang continued his research in various areas in addition to his commitment to intensive teaching activities and administration duties as programme leader of MSc programmes in aeronautical engineering, mechanical engineering and manufacturing. He has established strong research collaboration links with many researchers working in similar research areas. He is the founder and Editor-in-chief of International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation (IJESMS) and reviewer for more than 15 prestigious international journals. In 2013, Dr Yang is appointed as a chair and Professor of Energy Technologies at International Doctoral Innovation Centre (IDIC), the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China (UNNC). Currently, he is deputy director of the IDIC.

Research Interest

Computational fluid dynamics, Multiphase flows, Energy technologies, Design theory for turbomachinery.