Zenghao Zhu, PhD Student

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Sep. 2014 - Dec. 2018, Expected
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University     
Major: Mechanical Engineering

Master of Science, Sep. 2012 - Jul. 2015
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST), China
Major: Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor of Science, Sep. 2008 - Jun. 2012
China Jiliang University (CJLU), China
Major: Mechanical Engineering

Awards and Honors

1. Third Place Award in 2^nd Annual Graduate Engineering Poster Competition, College of Engineering, Villanova University, 2018
2. Certificate of Teaching in Higher Education Practicum, Villanova University, 2018
3. Villanova University Dissertation Fellowship, Villanova University, 2018
4. University Graduate Research Assistantship, Villanova University, 2017
5. Graduate Fellowship, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University, 2014-2017
6. Paper Selected as the Cover in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017
   Paper title: “From red cells to soft lubrication, an experimental study of lift generation inside a compressible porous layer”
7. STLE Scholarship, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, 2016
8. “Chen Xuejun” Young Scholar Award, Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics, 2013
9. First-class graduate scholarship, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 2013

Research

Research Project: Soft porous lubrication

Description: This project is inspired by the frictionless motion of red blood cells over the endothelial glycocalyx layer (EGL) that covers the inner surface of our blood vessels and human snowboarding on powder snow. A systematic study is performed to examine the lift generation inside a highly compressible porous media and its applications to soft porous lubrication. The study examines the soft porous lubrication from 1-D to 2-D, from large scale to small scale, and from forced gliding to freely sliding.  

Publications and Presentations

Journal Publications

Zhu, Z., Nathan, R. and Wu, Q. An experimental study of the lubrication theory for highly compressible porous media, with and without lateral leakage[J]. Tribology International, 2018, 127:324-332.

Zhu, Z., Wang, Q. and Wu, Q. On the Examination of the Darcy Permeability of Fibrous Porous Media; New Correlations[J], Chemical Engineering Science, 2017, 173: 525-536.

Gacka, T., Zhu Z., et al. From red cells to soft lubrication, an experimental study of lift generation inside a compressible porous layer[J], Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017, 818: 5-25.

Zhu, Z., et al. Online measurement of 2D temperature field for high-temperature radiation source based on emissivity and radiation intensity[J], Journal of Chinese Society of Power Engineering, 2014，34(2): 122-127.

Zhu, Z, Zhou, W., and Cai, X. Image Visualization of Microstructures in the Entrainment of Jet Flow by using SFSEI Method[M]//Particle Science and Engineering. 2014: 154-158.

Bao, F., Zhu, Z, Lin J.. Linearized stability analysis of two-dimension Burnett equations[J]. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2012, 36(5): 1902-1909.

Wei, S., Bao, F., Zhu, Z. Linearized stability analysis of two-dimensional Woods-Burnett equations[J]. Acta Aerodynamica Sinica, 2012, 30(1): 90-94.

Liu, J., Cai, X., Zhu, Z. Advancement of Spectral Thermometry for Flames[J]. Journal of Engineering Thermophysics, 2013, 12: 042.

Liu, J., Cai X., Zhu, Z., et al. Application of spectral technology in flame measurement[J]. Frontiers in Energy, 2014, 8(1): 138.

Conference Presentations    

Wang, Q., Zhu, Z., Nathan, R., & Wu, Q. On the Pressure Distribution in a Porous Media under a Spherical Loading Surface. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2017.

Zhu, Z, et al. On the Examination of Darcy Permeability a Thin Fibrous Porous Layer, APS -69th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2016.

Wu, Q., Zhu, Z., et al. From Red Cells to Soft Porous Lubrication, 8th International Conference on Porous Media & Annual Meeting, 2016.

Zhu, Z., et al. Stability Analysis of Two-dimension Burnett Equations, Recent Progresses in Fluid Dynamics Research, 2011, 1376, 94-96.

Zhu, Z., et al. Stability analysis of two-dimensional conventional Burnett equations, Chinese Conference of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2011, paper ID: CSTAM2011-E03-0894.

Conference Poster

Zhu, Z., et al. On the Examination of the Darcy Permeability of Soft Fibrous Porous Media; New Correlations, Interpore Anunl Conference, 2018.

Talks

Zhu, Z., et al. “From Red Cell to Soft Lubrication, the Study of Lift Generation in Highly Compressible Porous Media”, September Meeting hosted by Society of Tribologists and Lubricantion Engineers Philadelphia Section, September 2016.

Zhu, Z., “Energy, Environment, Sustainability,” VCASE Seminar hosted by Villanova University, 2016.