Associate Professor Zhao Tian

Associate Professor Zhao Tian
 Position Associate Professor
 Org Unit Mechanical Engineering
 Email zhao.tian@adelaide.edu.au
 Telephone 831 31125
 Location Floor/Room 2 ,  Engineering South ,   North Terrace

  • Biography/ Background

    Jan. 2025- now, Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, 

     

    Jan. 2016- 2024, Senior Lecturer, School of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Adelaide

     

    Sep. 2010- 2015, Lecturer, School of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Adelaide

     

    Sep. 2010-Jan, 2011, Endeavour Research Fellow, Tianjin University, China

     

    Sep. 2007-Sep. 2010, Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Research Scientist, CSIRO Minerals and CMIS, Melbourne, Australia

     

    Apr. 2007-Sep. 2007, Research Associate, RMIT University, Australia

     

     

  • Qualifications

    Graduate Certificate in Education (Higher Education), the University of Adelaide, Australia 2013

     

    Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, RMIT University, Australia, 2007

     

    M.E.S in Mechanical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia, 2002

     

    B.E. in Thermal Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China, 1997

     

     

     

  • Research Interests

    Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

     

    Renewable energy including solar hybrid systems, and geothermal systems 

     

    Solar cars design/build and simulations

     

    Combustion/gasification including fire simulations, coal combustion/gasification, MILD combustion,

     

    Multiphase flows particularly particle-laden flows

     

  • Research Funding

     

     

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Entry last updated: Friday, 8 Aug 2025

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