Short biography

Yan-Hui Feng, a National Teaching Talent, Professor, and Dean of the School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, recognized as a National/Beijing Municipal Teaching Master. She is responsible for the National First-Class Undergraduate Major in Energy and Power Engineering and the Beijing Key First-Class University Major. She serves as a Member of the Teaching Steering Committee for Energy and Power Engineering under the Ministry of Education, Executive Director of the Engineering Thermophysics Committee of the China Association of Higher Education, Council Member of the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics, Member of the Thermal Energy Storage Committee of the Zhongguancun Energy Storage Industry Technology Alliance, and Academic Committee Member of the National Key Laboratory of Spacecraft Thermal Control.

She has led 7 national and ministerial research projects, including a key project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), and chaired 7 provincial-level education reform projects. She received 1 second prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award and 4 provincial-level teaching achievement awards. She has built an integrated teaching-research team, with 5 members recognized as National Excellent Young Scholars, Beijing Science and Technology Rising Stars, etc., and has managed over 20 key national and provincial research projects. She has edited 2 full English textbooks. The course Heat and Mass Transfer she teaches is recognized as a National First-Class Undergraduate Course and a National Quality Resource Sharing Course.

She has been awarded 4 national-level prizes, including the National Science and Technology Progress Award (First Prize) and the National Teaching Achievement Award (Second Prize), along with 14 provincial/ministerial awards. Her research focuses on advanced thermal management materials and technologies for national strategic basic industries and high-tech fields under the dual-carbon goal, including micro/nanoscale heat transfer, thermal storage materials, and industrial energy conservation. In the past five years, she has led 7 national/ministerial projects, including a key NSFC project. She has published over 100 SCI papers as first/corresponding author in journals such as Nature Communications, obtained more than 10 invention patents, and authored 2 monographs.

Education & Working Experience：

1992.09-1996.07  Bachelor, Thermal engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing

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

2000.07-2003.06  Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department, USTB

2003.07-2008.06  Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, USTB

2008.07-2009.12  Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, USTB

2010.01-2016.04  Professor, doctoral supervisor, vice Director of Department of Thermal Engineering

2016.04-2025.09  Professor, doctoral supervisor, vice dean of School of Energy and Environment Engineering

2025.09-present  Professor, doctoral supervisor, dean of School of Energy and Environment Engineering

2004.07-2004.10  Visiting scholar, La Trobe University, Australia

2011.12-2012.06  Senior visiting scholar, Purdue University, U.S.A

Teaching：

For undergraduates： Heat and Mass Transfer (Bilingual Course)

(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

For graduates： Multi-scale Transport

Research Fields：

1. Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer and Enhancement

2. Energy Materials Research, Development and Application (Thermal Energy Storage/Insulation/Conductive Materials)

3. Thermal Management Technologies (Materials/Devices/Systems)

4. Energy Efficiency and Energy Storage: Engineering Thermophysics Challenges and Optimization Strategies

Research projects：

1.NSFC Key Program: Thermal Insulation-Functional Phase Change Materials for Space Environments and Their Thermal Characteristics, 2023-2027

2.Ansteel Beijing Research Institute - Technical Development Project: Simulation and Optimization of Bayuquan Coke Dry Quenching (CDQ) Plant, 2022-2023

3.National High-End Foreign Experts Recruitment Program: Thermal Design and Measurement of Micro/Nano Functional Materials/Structures, 2020

4.NSFC General Program: Hierarchical Assembly and Thermal Property Enhancement of Carbon-Based Multi-level Porous Phase Change Materials, 2019-2022

5.NSFC Emergency Management Program: Young Scholar Academic Exchange in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018

6.National Key R&D Program - Subproject: Centrifugal Granulation Mechanism of Molten Slag Coupled with Phase Change Heat Transfer and Mineral Evolution, 2017-2020

7.NSFC Emergency Management Program: Review and Symposium on Engineering Thermophysics Research Projects, 2016-2017

8.Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Program: Key Technology Development and Demonstration of Waste Heat Recovery from Coke Oven Ascension Pipe Raw Gas, 2016-2019

9.NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund: Thermal Effects of Micro/Nano Energy Materials, 2015-2017

10.NSFC General Program: Influence of Heterogeneous Nano-Fillers on Thermal Properties of Carbon Nanotubes, 2012-2015

11.MOE Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation Project: Thermal Properties of Metal/Metal Oxide-Assembled Mesoporous Heterostructures, 2010-2013

12.MOE New Century Excellent Talents Support Program: Defects and Thermal Characteristics of Carbon Nanotubes, 2009-2011

13.NSFC General Program: Thermophysical Effects of Topological Defects in Carbon Nanotubes, 2009-2011

14.NSFC General Program: Microscale Interfacial Flow and Transport Phenomena in Dendritic Structures, 2007

15.NSFC Young Scientists Fund: Microscale Heat and Mass Transfer Effects on Alloy Solidification Processes, 2005

16.Subproject of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) Third Academy National Defense Science and Technology Project: XXXX, 2009-2010

17.Aerospace Research Institute of Materials and Processing Technology Industry Collaboration Project: Thermophysical Property Simulation and Optimization Analysis of Composite Phase Change Materials, 2018-2019

18.National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Key Project, Dynamic Coupling Heat Transfer Mechanism of Molten Pool and Keyhole in Controlled Pulsed Keyhole Plasma Arc Welding, 2010-2013

19.National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) Key Project, Development of New-Generation Clean Coking Technology and Equipment, 2009-2012

20.National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Key Project, High Thermal Conductive/Insulative Nanoporous Heterogeneous Composites and Their Thermophysical Effects, 2009-2012

21.Doctoral Program Foundation of the Ministry of Education, Fundamental Research on Energy-Saving Technology for Process Interface Coordination in Iron and Steel Manufacturing, 2007-2009

22.National Science & Technology Pillar Program during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan Period, Production Technology and Demonstration of Composite Flame-Retardant Thermal Insulation Materials, 2013-2015

23.National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) Project, Energy Consumption and Emission Characteristics of the Iron and Steel Process System and Its Generalized Thermodynamic Optimization, 2012-2016

24.National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Key Project, Three-Dimensional Fully-Ordered Nanoporous Heterogeneous Phase Change Composites and Their Thermal Energy Storage/Transfer Performance, 2015-2019

25.National Key Research and Development Program of China, Ministry of Science and Technology, Key Technologies for Multi-Scenario Application of Metallic Laminated Composites in High-End Equipment, 2021-2025

26.National Key Research and Development Program of China, Ministry of Science and Technology, Key Special Project on "Crucial Scientific Issues in Transformative Technologies", Hierarchical Pore and Composite Structure Phonon Wave Transfer Mechanism and Synergistic Regulation Enhancement Methods, 2019-2024

27.National Foreign Expert Program, Ministry of Science and Technology, Innovation Center for Industrial Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency Economics, 2021-2022

28.National Key Research and Development Program of China, Ministry of Science and Technology, Key Coupling Technologies for Ironmaking-Coal Gasification-Building Materials Polygeneration Processes, 2016-2020

29.National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Young Scientists Fund, Full-Cycle Heat Transfer Mechanism and Extreme Condition Application of Photothermal-Superhydrophobic-Temperature-Controlled Metasurfaces for Anti-/De-icing

30.National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program, Bioinspired Multiscale Hierarchical Porous Assembled Phase Change Materials and Their Thermal Energy Storage/Transfer Characteristics

31.Beijing Natural Science Foundation General Program, Dynamic Behavior and Regulation of Droplet Impact on Superhydrophobic Surfaces for UAV Rain Protection

32.Beijing Natural Science Foundation General Program, Phase Change Thermal Properties and Enhancement of Hierarchical Porous Metal-Organic Framework Assembled Materials

33.Beijing Natural Science Foundation Youth Program, Study on Ice Formation and Anti-/De-icing Mechanisms of Undercooled Droplet Impact on Micro-/Nanostructured Surface

Social/ Academic Work：

1.Member of the Teaching Steering Committee for Energy and Power Engineering under the Ministry of Education

2.Member of the Standing Council, Engineering Thermophysics Professional Committee, China Association of Higher Education

3.Council Member, Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics

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

5.Member of the Academic Committee, National Key Laboratory of Spacecraft Thermal Control

6.Vice Chairman, Beijing Society of Thermophysics and Energy Engineering

7.Member of the Committee, Heat and Mass Transfer Society, Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics

8.Member of the Organizing Committee, 9th National Conference on Energy Storage Engineering

9.Invited Panel Expert, 9th Youth Academic Forum on Thermodynamics and Energy Utilization

10.Invited Expert, Women in Science Forum, 2025 Academic Annual Conference of the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics

11.Member of the International Scientific Committee, 7th International Symposium on Micro and Nano Technology, 2019

12.Executive Committee Member, 16th International Heat Transfer Conference, 2018

13.Executive Chair, 2018 Youth Academic Forum on Heat and Mass Transfer, Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics

14.Editorial Board Member for: Heat Transfer Journal, Journal of Engineering Science, Thermal Science and Technology, Fuel & Chemical Processes

Honors and Awards：

Scientific research

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

2.First Prize, Metallurgical Science and Technology Award (2024)

3.Special Prize, Metallurgical Science and Technology Award (2017)

4.Second Prize, Technological Innovation Achievement Award, China Innovation Alliance of Industry, University and Research (2026)

5.Excellent Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (2015)

6.New Century Excellent Talents Supporting Program of the Ministry of Education (2008)

7.Fok Ying-Tong Education Fund of the Ministry of Education (2010)

8.Young Researcher Award, Asian Thermophysical Properties International Conference (2010)

9.First Prize, Beijing Youth Academic Presentation Competition (2005)

Teaching

1.National Teaching Master (2024)

2.Beijing Municipal Teaching Master (2021)

3.Baosteel Outstanding Teacher Award (2016)

4.Outstanding Teacher of Beijing Municipality (2013)

5.Teaching & Mentoring Model (“Rigorous Scholarship, Selfless Dedication”), University of Science and Technology Beijing (2025)

6.Outstanding Faculty Advisor, University of Science and Technology Beijing (2024)

7.National First-Class Undergraduate Course (2023)

8.Beijing Higher Education “Golden Course” (High-Quality Undergraduate Course) (2019)

9.Second Prize, National Teaching Achievement Award (Higher Education) (2014)

10.First Prize (2022) and Second Prize (2018), Beijing Municipal Teaching Achievement Award (Higher Education)

11.Second Prize, Beijing College Faculty Teaching Innovation Competition (2021)

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

13.Leader, Beijing Municipal “March 8th Red Banner Collective” (Women’s Model Collective) (2024)

Representative Publications

Main journal publications：

1.Feng, Y., Yin, L., Zhou, B., & Feng, D. (2026). Achieving high-efficiency thermal insulation through lightweight aerogel-foam hybrid integrated with phase change materials. Journal of Energy Storage, 141, 119554

2.Zou, H., Feng, Y.*, & Qiu, L. (2025). Interfacial heat conduction enhancement mechanism between CNTs encapsulated with LCC. Chemical Engineering Journal, 168842.

3.Ouyang, Y., Feng, Y.*, Han, Y., & Qiu, L. (2025). Deep Learning–Aided Noninvasive Monitoring of Skin Tissue Temperature Distribution and Blood Perfusion Rate Based on Fractal Conformal Sensors. ACS sensors, 10(10), 7679-7689.

4.Gao, J., Feng, Y.*, Jiang, M., & Zhang, X. (2025). Motion behavior and cooling characteristics of centrifugal granulated slag particles during flight. Applied Thermal Engineering, 277, 127050.

5.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.

6.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.

7.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.

8.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.

9.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.

10.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.

11.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.

12.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.

13.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.

14.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.

15.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.

16.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.

17.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.

18.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.

19.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.

20.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.

21.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.

22.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.

23.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.

24.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.Photothermal Conversion Performance Testing System and Method for Composite Phase Change Materials. Invention Patent. ZL 202311603069.9

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

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

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

12.Harmonic Signal-Based System and Method for Nondestructive Measurement of Multiple Thermophysical Parameters. Invention Patent. ZL 202510201661.9