STAFF PROFILE
Dr Long Shi
Position:
Senior Lecturer
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Engineering
Phone:
+61399253215
Email:
long.shi@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Dr. Long Shi is a Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow at RMIT’s School of Engineering focusing on solar thermal energy, thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, CFD modeling and programming, risk assessment, etc.
Note: Please feel free to contact Long regarding PhD Scholarship application, research projects and publications collaboration, industry implementations, and teaching opportunities, etc.Dr. Long Shi obtained his PhD Degree from the National Uiversity of Singapore. His research outcomes (Scopus ID: 36985806000; ORCID: 0000-0003-0763-7293) have attracted great attention from national and international communities, which have been well cited by universities/institutes from over 30 countries, such as NIST and UC Berkeley. He has been teaching in civil engineering and building science since 2012.
He is the President of Urban Futures Forum (www.urbanfutures.org.au), an editorial board member of Renewable Energy (impact factor of 6.274), a regular reviewer of research grants (e.g., Council of Hong Kong) and over 40 SCI-indexed international journals (e.g., Energy and Buildings), and a session chair and technical committee member of national and international conferences (e.g., ASPACC and ICRET).
Research Interest
- Solar thermal energy
- Thermodynamics and fluid mechanics
- CFD modeling and programming
- Risk assessment
Research Grants (Chief Investigator)
- Next-generation, prefabricated, modular, solar heating and cooling system
- Mechanism of smoke movement and backflow in the multiple cavities of solar chimney
- Determining the viability of solar chimney homes under Victoria’s climate
- Optimization design of solar chimney in GH Soppet Pavilion Mentone Reserve for Kingston City Council in Melbourne
- Development of a smart energy supervision platform for typical buildings
- Influences of melted wall materials on the flashover of building fire
- Raising the possibility for the development of a technical guide for timber building
- Fire behavior modeling of combustible materials under external heat flux
- Australian Building Codes Board’s Domestic smoke alarms study: Ionization versus Photoelectric
Accomplishments and Achievements
- World first multifunctional solar chimney – Finalist of 2020 Australian Engineering Excellence Awards
- Early Career Researcher Award, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Australia
- ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA)
- RMIT Vice Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence – ECR
- ROSE Award for Course CIVE1255, RMIT University, Australia
- ROSE Award for Course CIVE1254, RMIT University, Australia
- Commendation of Outstanding Good Teaching Scale, RMIT University, Australia
- Commendation for Excellent Teaching, RMIT University, Australia
- Outstanding Contribution Reviewer (Building and Environment, Energy and Buildings, Renewable Energy, Combustion and Flame, Fuel, and Proceedings of The Combustion Institute)
- Excellent Paper Award of The 8th ICFSFPE
- Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowship, Victoria University, Australia
- Excellent Master Degree Thesis Award of Anhui Province, China
- National University of Singapore Research Scholarship, Singapore
- University of Science and Technology of China Outstanding Graduate Student Award, China
Selected Press Coverage
- ScienceDaily, Saving energy and lives: how a solar chimney can boost fire safety, Gosia Kaszubska (05 May 2020)
- CleanTechnico, A solar chimney can save energy & boost fire safety (video), Cynthia Shahan (11 May 2020)
- PV Magazine, Solar hot air also rises, solar chimneys save energy and lives, Blake Matich (8 May 2020)
- AZO Materials, Saving energy and lives: how a solar chimney can boost fire safety, AZoM (5 May 2020)
- Earth, Solar chimney designed to save lives, Chrissy Sexton, (11 May 2020)
Student's consultation time: 2.00 - 4.00 pm Fridays
- MIEAust, The Institute of Engineers Australia
- PhD, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Master of Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, China
- Bachelor of Engineering (1st Class Honours), Fuzhou University, China
Long is a member of The Institute of Engineers Australia, Concrete Institute of Australia, and Australian Association for Steel-Concrete Composite Structures.
- Shi, L.,Chew, M. (2023). A review of thermal properties of timber and char at elevated temperatures In: Indoor and Built Environment, 32, 9 - 24
- Loh, T.,Stehle, J.,Zhang, K.,Shi, L.,Nguyen, K. (2023). An experimental and numerical analysis of the fire resistance of concrete elements incorporating ROBOVOID void formers In: Structures, 47, 2452 - 2464
- Yang, Q.,Hu, Z.,Tao, Y.,Shi, L.,Tu, J.,Chai, J.,Wang, Y. (2023). Experimental and numerical study on cooling performance of a novel earth-to-air heat exchanger system with an inlet plenum chamber In: Energy Conversion and Management, 277, 1 - 12
- Ma, Y.,Tao, Y.,Shi, L.,Wang, Y.,Tu, J.,Wang, L. (2023). Thermal performance improvement of a low-temperature thermal energy storage with configuration optimization In: Journal of Energy Storage, 60, 1 - 14
- Huang, Y.,Tao, Y.,Shi, L.,Liu, Q.,Wang, Y.,Tu, J.,Gan, X. (2023). Numerical study of the performance for a curved double-skin façade in summer In: Building and Environment, 233, 1 - 14
- Liu, Q.,Tao, Y.,Shi, L.,Zhou, T.,Huang, Y.,Peng, Y.,Wang, Y.,Tu, J. (2023). Experimental investigation on the use of CuO/water nanofluid in horizontal spiral-coil ground heat exchanger In: International Journal of Refrigeration, 149, 204 - 223
- Tao, Y.,Yan, Y.,Chew, M.,Tu, J.,Shi, L. (2023). A theoretical model of natural ventilation enhanced by solar thermal energy in double-skin façade In: Energy, 276, 1 - 13
- Ma, Y.,Tao, Y.,Shi, L.,Wang, Y.,Tu, J. (2023). Natural convection and structural impact of rectangular PCM storage units through the modular expansion In: Journal of Energy Storage, 68, 1 - 14
- Huang, Y.,Tao, Y.,Shi, L.,Liu, Q.,Wang, Y.,Tu, J.,Gan, X. (2023). A thermal similarity model of a curved double-skin façade In: Solar Energy, 262, 1 - 17
- Thevakumar, T.,Jayasinghe, J.,Kandare, E.,Robert, D.,Bandara, C.,Shi, L.,Setunge, S. (2023). Evaluating Fire Performance of Glass–Polyurethane Composite for Sustainable Cladding via Numerical and Empirical Simulation In: Polymers, 15, 1 - 20
3 PhD Current Supervisions4 PhD Completions
Structural analysis, Fire safety engineering, CFD modeling and programming, Risk assessment, Energy and buildings, etc.
- Pre-normative research on fire safety of solar building envelopes. Funded by: Victorian Building Authority Research Grant Program from (2021 to 2022)
- Recycled plastic ROBOVOID construction solution (CRCP). Funded by: Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) Grant from (2020 to 2023)
- Next-generation, prefabricated, modular, solar heating and cooling system. Funded by: ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) 2020 from (2020 to 2023)