Chenn Q. Zhou
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director of Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS)
Director of Engineering Outreach
Courtesy Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University West Lafayette
Address
Purdue University Calumet
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Powers 121
2200 169th Street Hammond, IN 46323-2094
Phone: 219-989-2665
To send email:
czhou@purduecal.edu
Education
BS, Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautical & Astronautics, 1982
MS, Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautical & Astronautics, 1984
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1991
Awards
- Over $14 million in research grants from
federal agents and companies as PI or Co-PI since 1995
- 2011 "The Most Influential Women in
Northwestern Indiana" nomination
- 2010 Seed for Success Award as part of
Excellence in Research awards, Purdue University, November, 2010
- 2010 J. Keith Brimacombe Memorial Lecture Award by American Iron and Steel (AIST) Association
- "111 Scholar", Xian Jiaotong University, China, 2007-2009
- 2007 PUC Student Activities Advisor Award for Activities and Community Service Excellence
- 2007 PUC Student
Activities Advisor Award
- 2006 PUC Outstanding Sponsored Research
Award
- 2006 Computer Applications Best Paper
Award for the paper entitled Evaluation of Internal Conditions
in a Blast Furnace Hearting Using a 3-D CFD Model,
American Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) Association
- 2005 American Iron and Steel Institute
Medal Award for the paper entitled Investigation of Tuyere Nose
Failures at U.S. Steel Great Lakes B2 Blast Furnace, American
Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)
- 2005 Josef S. Kapitan Award for the paper entitled 3-D Blast
Furnace Hearth Modeling, American Iron and Steel Technology (AIST)
Association
- R&D 100 Award for Glass Furnace Modeling, R&D Magazine, 2004
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME),
International, 2003
- Outstanding NW Indiana Researcher, NWI Chapter of Sigma XI,
2001
- Outstanding Teacher of Purdue University Calumet, 1999
- Outstanding Scholar of Purdue University Calumet, 1999
- ME "Gold" Professor, Department of Engineering, Purdue University Calumet, 1998
Major Professional Activities
- AIST Foundation Trustee (2011 - present)
- Associate Editor of Journal of Thermal Engineering and Science, 2009-2012
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Technical Program Chair for the Heat Transfer Division participation in the 2012
ASME Joint Heat Transfer, Fluids and Nano, Micro and Minichannels Conference
(HTFNMM 2012), June 2012
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Member of International Scientific Committee, The 2nd Asian-US-European
Thermophysics Conference - Thermal Science for Sustainable World, Hong Kong,
China, January 3-6, 2012
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Member of Organizing Committee and Track Chair, 2011 WINVR (World Innovation of
Virtual Realty Conference), Italy, June 2011
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Member of U.S. Scientific Committee, 14th International Heat Transfer Conference, August, 2010
- Member of International Scientific Committee, the 6th International Symposium on Multiphase Flow, Heat Mass Transfer, and Energy Conversion, Xian, China, July 2009
- Member of International Scientific Committee, 2009 Renewable Energy and Thermal Physics
Conference, Beijing, China, May 2009
- Founding member of Council on Manufacturing & Engineering Competitiveness, Northwest Indiana, 2008-present
- Chair (2007-2010) and Vice Chair (2004-2007)of Fire and Combustion (K-11) Committee, Heat Transfer Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME)
- Panel Review member for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2008, 2009
- President (2007-2008) and Vice President (2006-2007), Chinese in America Thermal Engineering Association
- Member of Mechanical Engineering Department Head Executive Committee, 2007-2010
- Member of Engineering Research Council, American Society for Engineering Education, 2005-present
- Member of Iron Producing Operating Committee, Association of Iron and Steel Technology, 2004-present
- Member of Board of Director of Indiana Economic Development Council, 2004-2006
- Guest Professor, Central South University, China, 2002-present
- Chair of the Technical Program for Energex 2000, a conference held by IEF in July 2000
- Organizer of sessions, topics, and tracks in various technical conferences
Areas of Instruction
Air Pollution Control
Combustion
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
Research Interests
Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Reacting Flows
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Sprays
Combustion
Heat Transfer
Formation and Control of NOx, SOx, and other Air Pollutants
Selected Funded Research Projects
- NiSource Bailey Station Flow Modeling, (Sponsor: Nisource)
- Evaluation of OCC Cooling Tower 7 & * Pumps Suction for Vortex Formation (Sponsor: BP)
- 12PS Overhead System CFD Modeling (Sponsor: BP)
- CFD Studies of Refinery Processes (Sponsor: BP)
- CFD Simulations of Solid Liquid Mixing in a Stirred Tank (Sponsor: ArcelorMittal Steel)
- Thermal Stress Analysis of Manifolds (Sponsor: Hadady Corp.)
- CFD Modeling for High Rate Pulverized Coal Injection (PCI) to Blast Furnaces
(Sponsor: American Iron and Steel Association/Department of
Energy & Indiana 21st Century Research and Technology Fund
- CFD Simulations of Study for Reheating Furnaces (Sponsor:
ArcelorMittal Steel)
- Evaluation of Erosion Patterns in a
Blast Furnace Hearth Using a CFD Model
(Sponsor: Indiana 21st Century Research and
Technology Fund)
- RF-Bio Non-thermal Effects (Sponsor: Air Force)
- Gas Turbine Combustion Simulation
(Sponsor: DOE)
- Numerical Simulation of Multiphase
Reacting Flows in Petroleum FCC Riser Reactors (Sponsor:
Argonne National Lab)
- Glass Furnace Modeling (Sponsor: Argonne
National Lab)
- Aluminum Furnace Modeling (Sponsor:
Argonne National Lab)
- Group Modeling of Turbulent Sprays
(Sponsor: NSF)
Selected Refereed Journal and Conference Papers (More than 170 papers in total since 1987)
- Li, Baokuan, Hongbin Yin) Chenn Q. Zhou) and Fumitaka Tsukihashi, “Modeling of Three-phase Flows and Behavior of Slag/Steel Interface in an Argon Gas Stirred Ladle”, ISIJ International, Vol. 48 (2008), No. 12, pp. 1704–1711
- Fu, DONG; Wu, B.; Chen G.; Moreland, J.; and Zhou, C.; “CFD Simulations And Vr Visualization for Process Design and Optimization”, Proceedings of the US-EU-China Thermophysics Conference, UECTC-RE T5-S6-0298, 7 Pages
- Zhang, Y.; Deshpande, R.; Huang, D., Chaubal; D.; Zhou, C.Q.; “Numerical analysis of blast furnace hearth inner profile by using CFD and heat transfer model for different time periods”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, v 51, n 1-2, January, 2008, p 186-197
- Wu B.; Roesel, T.; Arnold, A.M.; Xu, Z.; Arnold, E.; Downey, G.; Zhou, C.Q.; “CFD analysis of batch-type reheating furnace with regenerative burners”, Proceedings of 2008 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT2008-56366, 9 pages
- Roldan, D.; Zhang, Y.; Deshpande, R.; Huang, D.; Chaubal, P.; Zhou, C.Q.; “3-D CFD analysis for blast furnace hearth wear”, Iron and Steel technology, Vol.4. 2, No.3, March, 2007, pp. 43-50
- Zhou, Chenn (Lead Author); Cutler J. Cleveland (Topic Editor). 2006. "Combustion." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland Washington, D.C
- Chang, S.L.; Zhou, C.Q.; Golchert, B.; “Eulerian approach for multiphase flow simulation in a glass melter”, Applied Thermal Engineering, v 25, n 17-18, 2005, p 3083-3103
- Zhou, C.Q., “Combustion”, Dictionary of Energy, Elsevier, 2005
- Yan, F.; Zhou, C.Q.; Huang, D.; Chaubal, P.; “Three-dimensional computational modeling of a blast furnace hearth”, Iron and Steel Technology, v 2, n 1, 2005, p 48-58
- Chang, S.L. and C.Q. Zhou, “Combustion and Thermodynamics", Article Number NRGY 00087 in Encyclopedia of Energy, Elsevier, Volume 1, 2004
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