Education & Working Experience

1992.09-1996.07, University of Science and Technology Beijing, department of thermal energy engineering, bachelor's degree.

1996.09-2000.01, University of Science and Technology Beijing, power engineering and engineering thermophysics, Ph.D.

Experience so far:

2000.07-2003.06, Department of Thermal Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Lecturer.

2003.07-2008.06, Department of Thermal Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Associate Professor.

2008.07-2016.04, Department of Thermal Energy Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Professor / PhD Supervisor

2016.04 to present, Department of Thermal Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Professor / PhD Supervisor / Vice President.

2004.07-2004.10, La Trobe University, Australia, Visiting scholar.

2011.12-2012.06, Purdue University, Senior Visiting Scholar.

Postgraduate Training 

Over 30 doctoral and master’s students have graduated under my supervision. In the past five years, students I mentored have been honored with 5 university-level outstanding graduation theses, 4 national scholarships, 1 Beijing Outstanding Youth Science & Technology Paper Award, and multiple academic competition awards: 1 Grand Prize, 3 First Prizes, and 3 Second Prizes in the Beijing Youth Academic Speech Competition (Thermophysics & Energy Engineering Society); 1 First Prize and 5 Second Prizes in the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics "Wang Buxuan-Guo Zengyuan Outstanding Paper Award"; 2 First Prizes and 2 Second Prizes in the National College Student Energy Conservation & Emission Reduction Competition; 1 Grand Prize in the Beijing College Student Energy Conservation & Water-Saving Technology Competition; 1 Second Prize in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM); and 1 Second Prize in the National Undergraduate Innovation Program.

Teaching

Undergraduate courses

1. Heat and Mass Transfer 

(National First-Class Undergraduate Course, National Level Excellent Resource Sharing Course, National Level Bilingual Teaching Demonstration Course)

MOOC website: http://www.icourse163.org/course/ustb-1206693832

High-quality resources: http://www.icourses.cn/coursestatic/course_3642.html

Postgraduate courses

1. Microscale Heat Transfer

Research projects

1. NSFC Key Program: Thermal Insulation-Functional Phase Change Materials for Space Environments and Their Thermal Characteristics

2. Ansteel Beijing Research Institute - Technical Development Project: Simulation and Optimization of Bayuquan Coke Dry Quenching (CDQ) Plant

3. National High-End Foreign Experts Recruitment Program: Thermal Design and Measurement of Micro/Nano Functional Materials/Structures

4. NSFC General Program: Hierarchical Assembly and Thermal Property Enhancement of Carbon-Based Multi-level Porous Phase Change Materials

5. NSFC Emergency Management Program: Young Scholar Academic Exchange in Heat and Mass Transfer

6. National Key R&D Program - Subproject: Centrifugal Granulation Mechanism of Molten Slag Coupled with Phase Change Heat Transfer and Mineral Evolution

7. NSFC Emergency Management Program: Review and Symposium on Engineering Thermophysics Research Projects

8. Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Program: Key Technology Development and Demonstration of Waste Heat Recovery from Coke Oven Ascension Pipe Raw Gas

9. NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund: Thermal Effects of Micro/Nano Energy Materials

10. NSFC General Program: Influence of Heterogeneous Nano-Fillers on Thermal Properties of Carbon Nanotubes

11. MOE Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation Project: Thermal Properties of Metal/Metal Oxide-Assembled Mesoporous Heterostructures

12. MOE New Century Excellent Talents Support Program: Defects and Thermal Characteristics of Carbon Nanotubes

13. NSFC General Program: Thermophysical Effects of Topological Defects in Carbon Nanotubes

14. NSFC General Program: Microscale Interfacial Flow and Transport Phenomena in Dendritic Structures

15. NSFC Young Scientists Fund: Microscale Heat and Mass Transfer Effects on Alloy Solidification Processes

16. Aerospace Research Institute of Materials and Processing Technology Industry Collaboration Project: Thermophysical Property Simulation and Optimization Analysis of Composite Phase Change Materials

17. National Key R&D Program - Subproject: Centrifugal Granulation Mechanism of Molten Slag Coupled with Phase Change Heat Transfer and Mineral Evolution

18. National Key R&D Program of China – Transformative Technology Key Scientific Questions Special Project: Phonon Wave Transmission Mechanisms and Synergistic Regulation and Enhancement Strategies in Hierarchical Pores and Composite Structures

19. National Foreign Experts Program - Innovation Base for Industrial Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency Economy

20. National Key R&D Program - Subproject: Key Coupling Technologies for Ironmaking-Coal Gasization-Building Materials Polygeneration Processes

Social/ Academic Work

1. Executive Council Member of the Engineering Thermophysics Committee, China Higher Education Society

2. Deputy Secretary-General of the Teaching Steering Committee for Energy and Power Engineering Majors under the Ministry of Education

3. Member of the Thermal Energy Storage Professional Committee of Zhongguancun Energy Storage Industry Technology Alliance

4. Vice Chairman of Beijing Society of Thermophysics and Energy Engineering

Academic Achievements

Main journal publications：

1. Sun, F., Wu, Q., Fu, Y., Zheng, L., Zheng, K., Yang, M., & Feng, Y.* (2025). Improving interfacial thermal transport in silicon-reinforced epoxy resin composites with self-assembled monolayers. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 681, 392-403.

2. Zhang, H., Ding, J., Liu, H., Ding, T., & Feng, Y. (2025). Start-up investigation and heat transfer enhancement analysis of a loop thermosyphon with biomimetic honeycomb-channel evaporator. International Journal of Refrigeration, 169, 383-390.

3. Chu, F., Li, S., Zhao, C., Feng, Y.*, Lin, Y., Wu, X., ... & Miljkovic, N. (2024). Interfacial ice sprouting during salty water droplet freezing. Nature communications, 15(1), 2249.

4. Feng, D., Zhao, Z., Li, P., Li, Y., Zha, J., Hu, J., ... & Feng, Y.* (2024). Multifunctional performance of carbon nanotubes in thermal energy storage materials. Materials Today.

5. Du, Y., Zhou, C., Feng, Y.*, & Qiu, L. (2024). Flexible, multimodal device for measurement of body temperature, core temperature, thermal conductivity and water content. npj Flexible Electronics, 8(1), 85.

6. Li, P., Feng, D., Feng, Y.*, & Zhang, X. (2024). Converting bio-waste rice into ultralight hierarchical porous carbon to pack polyethylene glycol for multifunctional applications: Experiment and molecular dynamics simulations. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 178, 107979.

7. Li, J., Feng, Y.*, Zhang, M., Sun, F., & Chu, F. (2024). Formation and effect of intermetallic compounds in the interface of copper/aluminum composites under rolling conditions. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 28, 1734-1742.

8. Cui, S., Sun, F., Wang, D., Zhang, X., Zhang, H., & Feng, Y.* (2024). Enhancing interfacial heat conduction in diamond-reinforced copper composites with boron carbide interlayers for thermal management. Composites Part B: Engineering, 287, 111871.

9. Chu, F., Ni, Z., Wen, D., Feng, Y.*, Li, S., Jiang, L., & Dong, Z. (2022). Liquid film sculpture via droplet impacting on microstructured heterowettable surfaces. Advanced Functional Materials, 32(26), 2203222.

10. Shu, Y., Chu, F., Hu, Z., Gao, J., Wu, X., Dong, Z., & Feng, Y.* (2022). Superhydrophobic strategy for nature-inspired rotating microfliers: Enhancing spreading, reducing contact time, and weakening impact force of raindrops. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14(51), 57340-57349.

11. Feng, D. L., Zang, Y. Y., Li, P., Feng, Y. H.*, Yan, Y. Y., & Zhang, X. X. (2021). Polyethylene glycol phase change material embedded in a hierarchical porous carbon with superior thermal storage capacity and excellent stability. Composites Science and Technology, 210, 108832.

12. Feng, Y. H.*, Zhang, Z., Gao, J., Feng, G. P., Qiu, L., Feng, D. L., ... & Zhu, X. (2021). Research status of centrifugal granulation, physical heat recovery and resource utilization of blast furnace slags. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 157, 105220.

13. Qiu, L., Zhu, N., Feng, Y.*, Michaelides, E. E., Żyła, G., Jing, D., ... & Mahian, O. (2020). A review of recent advances in thermophysical properties at the nanoscale: From solid state to colloids. Physics Reports, 843, 1-81.

14. Gao, J., Feng, Y.*, Feng, D., Zhang, Z., & Zhang, X. (2020). Solidification with crystallization behavior of molten blast furnace slag particle during the cooling process. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 146, 118888.

15. Qiu, L., Ouyang, Y., Feng, Y.*, Zhang, X., & Wang, X. (2020). In vivo skin thermophysical property testing technology using flexible thermosensor-based 3ω method. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 163, 120550.

16. Feng, Y.*, Gao, J., Feng, D., & Zhang, X. (2019). Modeling of the molten blast furnace slag particle deposition on the wall including phase change and heat transfer. Applied Energy, 248, 288-298.

17. Qiu, L., Zou, H., Wang, X., Feng, Y.*, Zhang, X., Zhao, J., ... & Li, Q. (2019). Enhancing the interfacial interaction of carbon nanotubes fibers by Au nanoparticles with improved performance of the electrical and thermal conductivity. Carbon, 141, 497-505.

18. Feng, Y. H.*, Zhang, Z., Qiu, L., & Zhang, X. X. (2019). Heat recovery process modelling of semi-molten blast furnace slag in a moving bed using XDEM. Energy, 186, 115876.

19. Feng, Y.*, Zou, H., Qiu, L., & Zhang, X. (2019). Size effect on the thermal conductivity of octadecanoic acid: A molecular dynamics study. Computational Materials Science, 158, 14-19.

20. Feng, Y.*, Wei, R., Huang, Z., Zhang, X., & Wang, G. (2018). Thermal properties of lauric acid filled in carbon nanotubes as shape-stabilized phase change materials. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20(11), 7772-7780.

Books

1. Feng, Y., Jia, L., Zhang, X., & Peng, X. (2007). Heat Transfer: A Practical Approach (Adapted ed.). Higher Education Press.

2. Feng, Y., Feng, D., & Zhang, X. (2019). Phase Change and Thermal Properties of Mesoporous Heterogeneous Composite Materials. Science Press.

3. Feng, Y., Dou, R., Feng, D., Qiu, L., & Zhang, X. (2020). Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications (Adapted ed.). Higher Education Press.

4. Qiu, L., & Feng, Y. (2022). Micro and nano thermal transport: Characterization, measurement, and mechanism. Academic Press.

5. Qiu, L., & Feng, Y. (2024). Thermal engineering: Engineering thermodynamics and heat transfer. De Gruyter.

Patents

1. A Method for Non-destructive Measurement of Thermal Parameters of Living Biological Tissues. Invention Patent. ZL 2004100000021.X

2. Method and Apparatus for Preparing High-Purity, High-Thermal-Conductivity Carbon Nanotube Array Thermal Interface Material. Invention Patent. ZL 201611126343.8

3. Device and Method for Accurate Field Test of Thermal Conductivity of Energy-saving Thermal Insulation Materials. Invention Patent. ZL 2016 1 0580315.7

4. A Non-destructive Measuring Device for Three-dimensional Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity of Materials. Invention Patent. ZL 201811216992.6

5. Method for Preparing Multi-scale Structured High-Efficiency Condensation Hydrophilic-Hydrophobic Thin Film Coating. Invention Patent. ZL 201910673555.5

6. Bicycle Refrigeration Device Based on Diameter Ratio Variable-Speed Transmission Between Wheel and Friction Wheel. Invention Patent. ZL 202010775184.4

7. Apparatus and Method for Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Materials in a Wide Temperature Range. Invention Patent. ZL 202110134103.7

8. Apparatus and Method for Measuring In-Plane Thermal Conductivity of Thin Films. Invention Patent. ZL 202410257201.3

9. Anti-icing and Deicing Photothermal Superhydrophobic Composite Phase Change Panel and Preparation Method. Invention Patent. ZL 202410209760.7

10. Contact-Type Thermal Conductivity Measurement Apparatus and Method. Invention Patent. ZL 202410257203.2

Awards

1. National Leading Talent Program Selectee (Category A) (2024)

2. National Science and Technology Progress Award (First Prize) (2018)

3. Metallurgical Science and Technology Award (First Prize) (2024)

4. Metallurgical Science and Technology Award (Grand Prize) (2017)

5. NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (2015), MOE New Century Excellent Talents Support Program (2008), MOE Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation Award (2010)

6. Asian Thermophysical Properties Conference Young Scholar Award (2010), Beijing Youth Academic Speech Competition (First Prize) (2005)

7. Beijing Municipal Teaching Master Award (2021), Baosteel Education Award for Outstanding Teachers (2016), Beijing Outstanding Teacher Award (2013)

8. National First-Class Undergraduate Course (2023), Beijing Higher Education Quality Undergraduate Course (2019)

9. National Teaching Achievement Award (Second Prize) (2014)

10. Beijing Municipal Teaching Achievement Award (First Prize, 2022; Second Prize, 2018), Beijing Higher Education Faculty Teaching Innovation Competition (Second Prize) (2021)

11. National First-Class Undergraduate Program in Energy and Power Engineering (Program Director) & Beijing Key Construction First-Class Major (2019)

12. Beijing March 8th Red Banner Collective (Group Category) (2024)