Name: Dai Yuande Title: Associate Professor

Email: yddai@ncu.edu.cn

Type of Supervisor: Master's Supervisor

Courses Taught: Refrigeration and cryogenic principles, Advanced Refrigeration Techniques

Faculty Profile:

https://teacher.ncu.edu.cn/publish/004160/

Research Directions

His main research focuses on high-efficiency and low-carbon refrigeration and heating technology. The details are as follows:

1. Research on thermal properties and flowing phase change heat transfer characteristics of environmentally friendly refrigerants.

2. Research on the performance of new refrigeration systems and the application of heat pump systems;

3. Heat exchanger performance simulation and optimization.

4. Research on high-efficiency cooling and integrated energy conservation for data centers.

Education Background

Sept. 2001 – Jun. 2003, Nanchang University, Master's student majoring in Engineering Thermophysics.

Sept. 2003 – Jan. 2008, Nanchang University, Doctoral student majoring in materials processing engineering.

Work History

Jul. 1992 – Jun. 1998, Teaching Assistant, Nanchang University

Jul. 1998 – Oct. 2007, Lecture, Nanchang University

Nov. 2007 – Present, Associate Professor, Nanchang University

Academic Appointments

Member, HVAC and Thermal Power Professional Committee, Jiangxi Civil and Architectural Society

Member, Teaching Committee of Refrigeration and Cryogenics Discipline of Higher Engineering Education, China Machinery Industry Education Association

Member of the Judging Committee, Innovation Contest of the Chinese Association of Refrigeration

Recognition and Evaluation Expert for High-Tech Enterprises in Jiangxi Province

Expert in Nanchang Municipal Science and Technology Expert Database, etc.

Personal honors and Awards

Second Prize, Jiangxi Provincial Teaching Achievement Award, 2023

Supervisor of the Jiangxi Provincial Outstanding Master’s Thesis (Awarded in 2021, 2022, 2025)

Supervisor of the Nanchang University Outstanding Master’s Theses (2024)

Outstanding Undergraduate Mentor, Nanchang University (2012, 2016, 2025)

Teaching Award: Agan Red Bull Award (2021), Jiangling Motors Award (2013), Nanchang University.

Consecutive annual recipient of the Nanchang University Teaching Quality Excellence Award (or Nomination) for ten years since 2016.

Major Achievements

PI for 1 Industry-Academy Collaboration Education Project (MoE), Led/participated in 5 Jiangxi Provincial Higher-Education Teaching Reform Projects.

Led/participated in 6 NSFC, 4 provincial, 1 Provincial Education Department, and multiple industry-sponsored research projects to completion.

Authored over 40 papers published in SCI/EI-indexed journals as the first or corresponding author, Granted 2 invention patents.