Ning Zhang

Biography

Dr. Zhang has been a research scientist in the field of computational fluid dynamics with applications in mechanical, aerospace, and hydraulic engineering for the past 15 years. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State University in 2005. He continued his postdoctoral research at the Urban Operational Laboratory, a United State Marine Corps (USMC) sponsored program from 2006 to 2008, where he was the lead scientist in two USMC funded projects to research and develop enhanced non-lethal capabilities and protective technologies for modernization of the Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad (MERS). Dr. Zhang joined the Department of Engineering at McNeese State University in 2008. At McNeese State University, Dr. Zhang led research including sediment and oil-spill transport in coastal water systems, aerodynamics of micro aerial vehicles, and simulation–based hydro turbine optimizations. Dr. Zhang has achieved national and international acclaim among his peers, particularly through numerous publications at peer-reviewed international journals, presentations at international conferences, as well as organizing numerous technical symposiums. He has served as Chair of ASME Computational Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee since 2014 (Vice Chair from 2012-14). Dr. Zhang has also served as the McNeese Institutional Coordinator to Louisiana Space Consortium (LaSPACE), and Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON).

Research Interest

hydraulic engineering