AAME Keynote Speaker
Prof. Zhaoli Guo, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
郭照立教授，华中科技大学
Biography: Professor Zhaoli Guo is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST). He is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and a Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor. Professor Guo holds several key leadership roles in the academic community, including Council Member of the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics, Vice Chair of Multiphase Flow Committee, and Committee Member of the Process Simulation and Modeling Committee of the Chinese Institute of Chemical Engineers. He also serves as an Associate Editor/Editorial Board Member for prestigious journals such as Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Scientific Reports, Science Bulletin, and Chinese Journal of Computational Physics. His research primarily focuses on mesoscopic physical models and multi-scale numerical methods for complex transport phenomena, unconventional gas-solid two-phase flows, and the microscopic mechanisms of multiphase and multicomponent seepage. To date, he has authored one English monograph and two Chinese books, published over 150 SCI-indexed papers, which have garnered more than 23432 citations, resulting in an h-index of 67. Professor Guo’s accolades include the Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award (ranked second) and two First Prizes for Natural Science at the provincial/ministerial level. His groundbreaking research has been successfully applied to cutting-edge engineering and scientific fields, including the seepage mechanisms of CO₂ geological storage, thermal management of microchips, and neutron transport in nuclear reactors.
Prof. Yong Wang, Southeast University, China
王勇教授，东南大学
Biography: Dr. Yong Wang is a professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Southeast University, China, and a guest scientist in the Department of Fluid Physics, Pattern Formation, and Biocomplexity at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPIDS), Germany. He received his dual bachelor’s degrees (2004) and PhD degree (2010) from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi, China (supervised by Prof. Yaling He). From March 2015 to August 2025, he served as a Group Leader and Research Scientist at MPIDS, in Goettingen. Prior to joining MPIDS, he worked with Prof. Said Elghobashi as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Irvine, USA. Dr. Wang’s current research centers on fluid flow and heat transfer and their numerical modeling, with interdisciplinary applications in e.g., mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and atmospheric physics.
Prof. Bin Yang, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China
杨斌教授，上海理工大学
Biography: Professor Bin Yang is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST). He serves as a Committee Member of the Boiler Committee under the Chinese Society of Power Engineering and as a Young Member of the Aerospace Propulsion, Combustion, and Heat Transfer Committee of the Chinese Society of Astronautics. His research primarily focuses on experimental measurement and simulation technologies for multiphase flow and combustion, as well as engine testing and evaluation techniques. Professor Yang has led over 20 research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Program) and two sub-projects under the National Key R&D Program. He has published more than 20 SCI-indexed papers as the first or corresponding author in prestigious journals such as Optics Letters, Measurement, Applied Thermal Engineering, Physics of Fluids, and Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. As the primary inventor, he holds 9 granted invention patents. His work has been recognized with seven scientific and technological awards, including two Second Prizes of the Shanghai Technology Invention Award and the Second Prize of the Guangdong Science and Technology Progress Award.
Prof. Penghao Duan, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
段鹏浩教授，香港大学
Biography: Prof. Penghao Duan is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong. He obtained dual bachelor’s degrees from Tongji University and Polytechnic University of Milan. He completed his master’s degree at ETH Zürich, during which he conducted his thesis at the MIT Gas Turbine Laboratory as a ZKS-funded Visiting Scholar. After completing his master’s studies, he gained industry experience at ACAE (AECC Commercial Aircraft Engines), China’s first commercial aeroengine company. He then earned his doctoral degree from the University of Oxford, where he subsequently worked as a postdoctoral researcher. Prior to joining the University of Hong Kong, he began his faculty career as an Assistant Professor at City University of Hong Kong. He has received the ASME IGTI Turbo Expo Early Career Engineer Travel Award and the ASME IGTI Student Advisory Committee Travel Award. He has served as a session chair at leading international conferences, including ASME Turbo Expo, GPPS, and CITC, and has also served as a Guest Editor for the journal Machines. As a supervisor, his students have received the American Physical Society Distinguished Student Program Award, the NSFC Youth Science Foundation, and the NSFC PhD Student Scheme.