Name: Yicun Tang Title: Associate Professor

Email: tyc@ncu.edu.cn Supervisor Type: Master’s Supervisor

Teaching: Fundamentals of Thermodynamics & Fluid Mechanics & Heat Transfer, Equipment of Refrigeration and Cryogenics

Personal Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yicun-Tang?ev=hdr_xprf

Research Topics

Currently, I’m working on the following research topics:

Education Background

Sep 2009 – Jul 2013, North China Electric Power University, Energy and Power Engineering, B.E.

Sep 2013 – Jan 2019, Tsinghua University, Power engineering and engineering Thermophysics, Ph.D.

Work Experience

Jul 2019 – Mar 2021, Yangzhou Collaborative Innovation Research Institute Co., Ltd., Senior engineer

Oct 2021 – May 2022, Development and Reform Bureau of Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Government employee

Jun 2022 – Dec 2025, Nanchang University, School of Advanced Manufacturing, Lecturer

Jan 2026 – Present, Nanchang University, School of Advanced Manufacturing, Associate Professor

Academic Appointments

Personal Honors

Nov 2017, National Scholarship for Doctoral Students of Tsinghua University

Jan 2020, Ingenious Idea Award of the KT Team

Jan 2021, Individual Technological Innovation Award

Major Achievements

In recent years, I have received some financial supports from National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province, and State Grid Corporation of China. The detailed projects are as follows:

Published papers:

[1] Ying Zhang, Siqi Zhang, Yingge Xu, Xiaoliang Deng, Shuting Zhao, Yuan Tian, Yicun Tang*, Experimental study and analysis on the atomization performance of a single micro-droplet motivated by high-frequency ultrasound. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2025, 279: 127628.

[2] Tingfang Yu, Xing Guo, Jingchun Min, Yicun Tang*, Numerical analysis on the active cooling characteristics for a hypersonic vehicle leading edge and coolant distribution strategy. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2025, 211: 109703.

[3] Tingfang Yu, Genli Zhang, Jiapeng Zhou, Yicun Tang*, Performance analysis and optimization of supercritical CO2 recompression Brayton cycle coupled with organic flash cycle with a two-phase expander. Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 2024, 16(11): 111005.

[4] Tinfang Yu, Xing Guo, Yicun Tang*, Numerical investigations of heat transfer augmentation in a microchannel heat sink with different shaped periodic reentrant cavities on channel sidewalls. Canadian Journal of Physics, 2024, 102(11): 590-603.

[5] Yicun Tang, Yuan Zhang, Jingchun Min*. Modeling and simulations of wet porous medium convective drying. Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, 2024, 31(3): 83-102.

[6] Tingfang Yu, Xing Guo, Yicun Tang*, Xuan Zhang*, Lizhi Wang, Tao Wu. Numerical investigation of fluid flow and heat transfer in high-temperature wavy microchannels with different shaped fins cooled by liquid metal. Micromachines, 2023, 14(7): 1366.

[7] Yicun Tang, Yuan Zhang, Jingchun. Min*, Experimental investigations and analysis of wet porous sand layer air-drying process. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019, 143: 118535.

[8] Yicun Tang, Jingchun Min*, Water film coverage model and its application to the convective air-drying simulation of a wet porous medium. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019, 131: 999-1008.

[9] Yicun Tang, Jingchun Min*, Xiaomin Wu, Selection of convective moisture transfer driving potential and its impacts upon porous plate air-drying characteristics. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018, 116: 371-376.

[10] Yicun Tang, Jingchun Min*, Xuan Zhang, Guiling Liu, Meniscus behaviors and capillary pressures in capillary channels having various cross-sectional geometries. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2018, 26(10): 2014-2022.

[11] Yicun Tang, Jingchun Min*, Lingdong Gu. Research on the hot air drying of porous media considering the effect of adsorption. Journal of Engineering Thermophysics, 2018, 39(6): 1333-1338. (In Chinese)

[12] Yicun Tang, Jingchum Min*, Evaporation characteristics analysis of water film on a spherical solid particle. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2016, 102: 539-547.

[13] Yicun Tang, Jingchun Min*, Guiling Liu. Analysis of the evaporation characteristics of water film on a solid wall during the hot air-drying process. Journal of Engineering Thermophysics, 2016, 37(4): 846-850. (In Chinese)

Authorized patents for inventions: