Education background
1999.9-2003.7 School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Bachelor
2003.9-2006.6 School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Master of Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering
2006.9-2009.12 School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Ph. D of Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering
Experience
2009.11-2011.10 Department of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, postdoctoral research assistant
2011.11-2013.12 Department of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Assistant Professor
2013.12- Department of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Associate Professor
Concurrent Academic
He is a member the committee of the Thermodynamics Branch of the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics, a member of China Aerospace Network Integrated Thermal Management Technology Special Committee, executive Editor of the Aircraft Energy Generation Column of the Journal of Aeronautics, Member of the Youth Editorial Board of The Innovation Energy and Propulsion and Energy.
Areas of Research Interests/ Research Projects
Dr. Yinhai Zhu conducts fundamental research in the areas of thermodynamics and heat transfer. His research focuses on heat transfer and cooling in gas turbine, waste-heat recovery, and conversion to heating, cooling and/or power, and ejector technology and energy conversion system with ejector.
Honors And Awards
He is recipient of the first prize of natural science award of Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics in 2025, the special prize of technological invention award of China Energy Conservation Association in 2025, the second prize of National Technological Invention Award in 2020 and the first prize of Technology Invention of the Ministry of Education in 2017.
He has received funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China's Excellent Young Scientists Fund, the first prize of the 5th "Aerospace Power" Outstanding Contribution Award.
