STAFF PROFILE
Dr. Xiangdong Li
Position:
Research Fellow
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|Research & Innovation
Email:
xiangdong.li@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Bundoora East
Dr Xiangdong Li is a CFD modeller and researcher within School of Engineering, RMIT University
Fields of expertise
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Multiphase flows
- Heat transfer enhancement (incl. micro/nanoscale heat and mass transfer)
- HVAC and indoor environment
- Higher education (engineering)
Involved research projects
- 2021 – 22, Victorian Higher Education State Investment Fund: Digitisation for COVID-safe workplaces
- 2014 – 20, Railway Manufacturing CRC: Experimental and numerical investigation on the key ventilation issues affecting air quality in HSR cabins
- 2012 – 13, Enterprise Connect – RiB: Improving the efficiency of a forward curved blower system
- 2011 – 13: Australian Research Council (LP110100140): Developing an integrated predictive model for optimal design of ventilation systems in buildings
Honours and awards
- 2019, Teaching Excellence Award, SWJTU-OSU Joint Degree Program
- 2018, Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, International Journal of Thermal Sciences
- 2016, Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Building and Environment
- 2015, Best Paper of The Year, Engineering Thermophysics Society of China
- 2014, Best Paper Award, Journal of Building Simulation
- 2011, Australian Postdoctoral Industry (APDI) Fellowship, the Australian Research Council
Research output available on Scopus.
- Fundamental understanding and numerical modelling of complex flows
- HDR supervision
Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching (Higher Education), 2020, Swinburne University of Technology
- PhD in Refrigeration and Cryogenics, 2007, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- BEng (2000) and MEng (2003) in Materials Science, Nanjing University of Technology
- Jun 2021 - present: Research Fellow (Advanced), School of Engineering, RMIT University
- Jul 2010 - Jun 2020: Research Fellow, School of Engineering, RMIT University
- Apr 2007 - Jun 2010: Research Assistant, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Zheng, M.,Fan, Y.,Li, X.,Lester, D.,Chen, X.,Li, Y.,Cole, I. (2023). Aerosol exchange between pressure-equilibrium rooms induced by door motion and human movement In: Building and Environment, 241, 1 - 14
- Li, L.,Li, X.,Cole, I.,Cheung, C. (2023). A Molecular Dynamics Study on Nanobubble Coalescence Events in Heterogeneous Nucleation on a Hydrophilic Surface In: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, , 1 - 1
- Li, X.,Lester, D.,Rosengarten, G.,Aboltins, C.,Patel, M.,Cole, I. (2022). A spatiotemporally resolved infection risk model for airborne transmission of COVID-19 variants in indoor spaces In: Science of the Total Environment, 812, 1 - 15
- Gunasekera, S.,Li, X.,Lester, D.,Rosengarten, G. (2022). Towards understanding the influence of Human Movement on Aerosol Dispersion In: Proceedings of the 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Sydnney, Australia, 4-8 December 2022
- Li, J.,Li, X.,Wang, Y.,Tu, J. (2021). Long-term performance of a solar water heating system with a novel variable-volume tank In: Renewable Energy, 164, 230 - 241
- Li, J.,Li, X.,Ding, L.,Wang, Y.,Tu, J. (2021). Performance of a new tank design with variable outlet port in a thermosiphon solar water heating system In: Applied Thermal Engineering, 189, 1 - 11
- Li, X. (2021). Multiscale modelling of nucleate boiling on nanocoatings for electronics cooling—From nanoscale to macroscale In: Experimental and Computational Multiphase Flow, 3, 233 - 241
- Li, J.,Li, X.,Wang, Y.,Tu, J. (2020). A theoretical analysis of the daily performance of a new water tank with multiple outlets in solar water heating system In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 262, 1 - 11
- Fan, Y.,Li, X.,Zheng, M.,Weng, R.,Tu, J. (2020). Numerical study on effects of air return height on performance of an underfloor air distribution system for heating and cooling In: Energies, 13, 1 - 17
- Yan, Y.,Li, X.,Ito, K. (2020). Numerical investigation of indoor particulate contaminant transport using the Eulerian-Eulerian and Eulerian-Lagrangian two-phase flow models In: Experimental and Computational Multiphase Flow, 2, 31 - 40
- Developing a virtual platform for HVAC diffuser performance assessment. Funded by: Enterprise Connnect - Researchers in Business 2014 from (2014 to 2015)
4 PhD Completions
Gas-Particle fluids in occupied environments, Heat transfer by nucleate boiling of nanofluids, Computational Fluid Dynamics