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Dr. Changying ZHAO is the Chair Professor and Director of Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research mainly covers heat transfer in porous media, nano/microscale thermal radiation, and thermal energy storage. Prof. ZHAO is the Principal Investigator for quite a few research projects including the key project of Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), National Key Basic Research Programme (973), and UK EPSRC. He has published more than 150 papers, and the published papers is SCI cited more than 3000 times. One paper was awarded the “China Top 100 most influential international papers” and the other paper got “Best Paper Award in the 4th ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat & Mass Transfer International Conference”, and a few papers were awarded the “highly cited paper award” by different Journals. He was elected as the Chair Professor of the “National 1000 Talents Program” by China central government in 2012 and the Most Cited Chinese Researchers by Elsevier in 2014–2016.
Dr. Zhuomin ZHANG is a professor of mechanical engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Science and Technology of China and Ph.D. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked at NIST and University of Florida prior to joining Georgia Tech. Dr. ZHANG was elected Fellow of ASME, AAAS, and APS. His research interests are in micro/nanoscale heat transfer especially thermal radiation for energy conversion and temperature measurement. He has published over 180 journal papers and given over 370 invited and contributed presentations. Dr. ZHANG has served as Associate Editor for several international journals and as a major organizer of a number of international conferences and workshops. He was the Chair of the 2nd International Workshop on Nano-Micro Thermal Radiation (Shanghai, June 2014) and General Chair for the ASME 5th Micro/ Nanoscale Heat & Mass Transfer International Conference (Singapore, January 2016). Dr. ZHANG was a recipient of the 1999 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) and the 2015 ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award.
Professor Xing ZHANG is the Director of the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics at Tsinghua University and the Vice President of the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics. He received his Ph.D. degree from Tsinghua University in 1988 and worked as a lecturer at Southeast University after his graduation. From 1990 to 2006, he worked as a research associate, an assistant professor and an associate professor at Kyushu University in Japan. He, as a professor, returned to Tsinghua University in 2006. His current research interests include micro/nanoscale heat transfer, thermophysical properties of nanostructured materials, and efficient use of wind/solar/hydrogen energy etc. He has published over 400 papers, and delivered more than 50 keynote, plenary, and invited lectures at major technical conferences and institutions. He has served as Editor and Associate Editor for several international journals and as a major organizer of a number of international conferences. He was the Co-chairs of the 4th–6th International Symposiums on Micro and Nano Technology and Asian Conference on Thermal Sciences 2017. He is currently the Executive Chairman of the 16th International Heat Transfer Conference (Beijing, August 2018), an Assembly Member of International Heat Transfer Conference and an Executive Committee Member of International Center for Heat and Mass Transfer. He received the “Significant Contribution Awards” from the 10th Asian Thermophysical Properties Conference in 2013, the “National Natural Science Award (Second Class)” from the State Council of the People’s Republic of China in 2011, and the “Best Paper Award” from the Heat Transfer Society of Japan in 2008.
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Zhao, C., Zhang, Z. & Zhang, X. Special issue: Nanotechnology in Energy. Front. Energy 12, 1–4 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-018-0544-4
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