Associate Professor

Tel:+86-10-62782639

E-mail address:zhangxiw@tsinghua.edu.cn

Introduction

ZHANG Xi-Wen

PhD,Associate Professor

Contact Information

Office:Room 3301,YifuScience & TechnologyBuilding,TsinghuaUniversity

Telephone Number:+86-10-62785560-203

Fax Number:+86-10-62782639

Email Address:zhangxiw@tsinghua.edu.cn

Web Link:mech.tsinghua.edu.cn/zhangxiwen


Education background

·B.S., Engineering Mechanics,TsinghuaUniversityofChina, 1993

·B.S(II)., Environmental Science&Engineering,TsinghuaUniversityofChina, 1993

·Ph.D., Fluid Mechanics,TsinghuaUniversityofChina, 1999

Experience

·Lecturer, Tsinghua University, 1997-2001

·Associate Professor,TsinghuaUniversity, 2001-date

Areas of Research Interests/ Research Projects

Fluid Mechanics, Bio-mechanics, Biomedicine Engineering, Nanomechanics


·National Natural Science Foundation of

China(10672090), Hemolysis and flow of micro blood pump, RMB270, 000, Zhang Xi-Wen

·Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (2006AA02Z4E8), Shape Optimization of an axial blood pump and its clinical application RMB 2,000,000 Zhang Xi-Wen

·National Natural Science Foundation ofChina, Blood flow dynamics of DA based on MRI, RMB320, 000

Teaching

·Fall 2010, Fluid Mechanics, undergraduate

·Fall 2009, Fluid Mechanics, undergraduate

·Fall 2009, Pneumatic Technology in Automatization, undergraduate

·Spring 2008, Flow Measurement Technology, graduate



Research Status

Currently Dr. zhang's research group is mainly interested in Biomechanics, micro-nano fluid, VAD, artificial organs,AAA & ADA stent-grafts,Biomedicine engineering, which is based on CFD and experimental research. The group is also generally interested in understanding and formulating fundamental, invariant, mechanical properties of RBC and its hemolysis & thrombosis.

Academic Achievement

[1]LailaiZhu,XWZhang*, andZhaohuiYao.Shape Optimization of the Diffuser Blade of an Axial Blood Pump by Computational Fluid Dynamics,Artificial Organs,2010,34(3):185 - 192

[2]Zhang XW, Yao ZH, He F. Numerical simulation of the flow field of a diffused pneumatic silencer. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 33(10),2009:3896-3905

[3] Hao, Peng-Fei, Zhang, Xi-Wen,Yao, Zhao-Hui. Transitional and turbulent flow in a circular microtube. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2007, 32(2): 423-431

[4] Zhang XW,Yao ZH,Zhang Y. Experimental and computational studies on the flow fields in aortic aneurysms associated with deployment of AAA stent-grafts . Acta Mechanica Sinica 23 (5): 495-501, 2007

[5] Zhang XW,Yao ZH,et al.Study on particle removal efficiency of an impinging jet by an image processing method. Experiments in Fluids, 2002,32(3):376-380