About Me

Lu Zhu is a Research Associate at DAMTP, University of Cambridge. His current focus of research is the numerical modelling of stratified flows in an inclined duct. Before that, he was a Postdoc Fellow at McMaster University, focusing on industrial reactor scale-up. Lu Zhu earned his Ph.D. (2019) from McMaster University. His project targeted understanding the complex polymer-vortex-turbulence interactions in plane channel flows. He got an M.S. (2015) and a B.E. (2012) at East China University of Science and Technology.

Lu’s current research interests include computational fluid dynamics, polymer materials, stratified flows, complex fluids and flows, turbulence, artificial Intelligent, optimization, and high-performance computing. He has authored over 10 publications.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy@Chemical Enginnering, McMaster University (Sep 2015 - Aug 2019)

• Key Words: CFD, turbulence, polymer additives drag reduction, vortex tracking.
• Thesis: Inertia- and elasticity-driven turbulence in viscoelastic fluids with high levels of drag reduction

Master of Science@Fluid Machinery and Engineering, East China Univ. of Sci. and Tech. (Sep 2012 - Aug 2015)

• Key Words: Galvanizing zinc pot, multi-physics coupling, CFD, Ansys.
• Thesis: Numerical study of thermal and flow fields in a galvanizing zinc plot 热镀锌锌锅中的流动与传热数值研究

Bachelor of Engineering@Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China Univ. of Sci. and Tech. (Sep 2008 - Aug 2012)

• Majored in Progress Equipment and Control Engineering.
• Main Courses: Engineering Fluid Mechanics, Mechanical Design, Machinery Principles.

Employment

Research Associate@DAMTP, University of Cambridge (Dec. 2023 - present)

• Collabrating with Prof. Rich R. Kerswell
• Investigating elasticity-inertia interaction of viscoelastic flows in flow past cylinder arrays.

Research Associate@DAMTP, University of Cambridge (May 2021 - )

• Collabrating with Prof. Paul F. Linden and Prof. Rich Kerswell.
• Focusing on the numerical modelling of stratified turbulent flows in a stratified inclined duct.

Postdoctoral Fellow@Chemical Engineering, McMaster University (May 2020 - May 2021)

• Collabrating with Dr. Prashant Mhaskar and Dr. Li Xi.
• Provided guidance to the industrial reactor scale-up process with CFD, crystallization kinetics modelling, and machine learning techniques.

Postdoctoral Research Assistant@Chemical Engineering, McMaster University (Oct 2019 - May 2020)

• Collabrating with and Dr. Li Xi.
• directed to elastoinertial turbulence in channel flows.

Graduate Research Assistant@Chemical Engineering, McMaster University (Sep 2015 - Aug 2019)

• Supervised by Dr. Li Xi.
• targeted to understand polymer additive drag reduction in turbulent channel flow.

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