Mr Xiaopeng Bi
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
PhD Student
School of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
My research focuses on fundamentally understanding "Heat and Mass Transport in Particle-Laden Flows" under conditions of relevance to concentrating solar thermal energy.
Supervisors: Professor Graham ’Gus’ Nathan (Principal), Dr Timothy Lau and Dr Zhiwei Sun.
Industry project: US DoE Gen 3 Particle Pilot Plant (G3P3), providing high-accuracy systematic lab-scale experimental data for validating analytical and computational models in the development of commercially up-scaled plants.
Laser technique: simultaneously measuring both particle- and fluid-phase velocities in particle-laden flows by two-color optical phase discrimination.
Activities: multiple research conferences and industry-engaged activities, e.g., Selected speaker at the Gordon Research Conference on Laser Diagnostics (2021), Presenter at the 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (2020) and the 27th SolarPACES Conference (2021), as well as Mentee in Industry Mentoring Network in STEM (IMNIS, 2020-2021).
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2020 - 2021 Teaching Assistant (MECH ENG4107/7029 - Air Conditioning) University of Adelaide 2019 - 2019 Teaching Assistant (CHEM ENG 1009 - Materials I) University of Adelaide -
Language Competencies
Language Competency Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2019 University of Adelaide Australia PhD 2015 - 2018 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) (Honours), awarded with First-Class Honours -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country 2019 - 2019 Level 3 Operator Laser Safety University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW Canberra) Australia -
Research Interests
2020 - 2021 Teaching Assistant (MECH ENG4107/7029 - Air Conditioning)
2019 - 2019 Teaching Assistant (CHEM ENG 1009 - Materials I)
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Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2021 - ongoing Member Optica Student Chapter - The Optical Society United States 2019 - ongoing Member Centre for Energy Technology Australia 2018 - ongoing Member Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society Australia
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