Professor Yansong Shen
BEng?????????????????School of Materials and Metallurgy (Top Student Class)
1996-2001? ? ? ? Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
MEng? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? School of Materials and Metallurgy
2001-2003? ? ? ? Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
PhD??????????????????School of Materials Science and Engineering
2004-2009???????The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Please see details and updates in my group website . Below please find some old data before 2020.?
Referee for scholarly journals:
- Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B (Editor)
- Advanced Powder Technology (Editor)
- Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
- Chemical Engineering Science
- Chemical Engineering Journal
- Powder Technology
- AIChE Journal
- Applied Energy
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
- Minerals Engineering
- Fuel
- ISIJ International
- etc.
Scholarship/RA/TA opportunities
- UNSW Scientia PhD scholarship, Tuition fee+50k pa,?Please contact Prof. Shen for details. ?Update: We received two Scientia PhD Scholarships in 2017 (Ms S Song and Mr ZZ Xie). Apply?.?
- UNSW Scholarship to international/domestic students, Tuition fee+26k pa. Click . For the?key date, click .?
- Project Scholarship available in Prof. Shen's Lab, Tuition fee+26k pa. Please contact Prof. Shen for details.?
- China Scholarship Council (CSC)?Joint Scholarship program (中国国家公派出国留学奖学金). For more details, click?. To apply CSC, click?. Extra top-up scholarships will be provided to CSC awardees. It may increase yearly with performance.?
- UNSW English requirements can be found at UNSW website (click here)
- Research Assistant positions are available.?Please contact Prof. Shen for details.?
- Teaching Assistant positions are available. ?
- Postdoc fellow positions are available.?
Potential employment opportunities
Iron ore and coal are the two largest exports in Australia. sProMO group has a high reputation for collaboration with industries?in iron ore and coal sectors including?Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, ACARP, Coal Energy Australia, Baosteel. ?PhD graduates will?readily be exposed to these industries for potential employment. The same applies to our research in the fields of photovoltaics,?water, biomass, etc.?
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- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
11 ARC research grants (updated:?2021)
- DP220100306?? ?YS Shen, M Sakai and S Pirker, Modelling of polydisperse particle-fluid reacting flows, ARC-Discovery Project, A$390k
- LP200100106?? ?YS Shen, Data-driven monitoring of raceway dynamics in ironmaking blast furnaces, ARC-Linkage Project, A$540k?
- FT190100361"Data-driven modelling of complex reactive flows", ARC Future Fellowship, A$ 878k.
- DP180101232??ARC-Discovery Project, A$342k.
- LP160101100???ARC-Linkage Project, A$700k.
- LP150100112???ARC-Linkage Project, A$1.1M.?
- LP120200469???ARC-Linkage Project, A$1.3M.?
- IH140100035???ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub, A$ 10M (250k to UNSW).?
- DP160103433??ARC-Discovery Project, A$270k.?
- LP150100911???ARC-Linkage Project, A$510k.??
External research grants?(updated:?2020)
- Y Shen, Evaluation of Australian PCI Coals in the Co-Injection of Hydrogen and Coal into Blast Furnaces, ACARP, A$150k, 2021-2022.?
- Y Shen?and 3CIs, “End-of-Life, Highly efficient, low-cost and eco-friendly recycling technology for silicon photovoltaic panels”, ARENA r5, A1.36M?A Zero-Emission Tandem Array for Transforming Waste Biomass into Renewable Hydrogen,?ARENA, RND2018/015, (2019-2021),?A$1M.
- I Byrne, R Dvorak, G Lang, B Hawkett, Y Shen, D Giurco, R Lewis,?Better recycling: HDPE 100% recycling by removal of residual adhesive, CRC-P, round 8,?
- Y Shen, and 2 CIs,?Data-driven transient modelling of raceway-tuyere region of blast furnace and tuyere erosion control, BAJC, A$250k
- R Amal and CIs, Highly efficient and low cost photovoltaic electrolysis (PVE) system to generate hydrogen by harvesting the full spectrum of sunlight,?ARENA, RND2018/014?(2019-2021),?A$1.3M.
- Y Shen,?Australian PCI Coals under Industry Scale Blast Furnace Conditions using 3D Computer Modelling: Stage 2 the Injection of Coal Blends: Ext C26041,?ACARP (Australian Coal Association Research Program)(2018), A$100k.
- M Green and CIs, Efficient Adamantine Thin-Film on Silicon Tandem Cells: The Next Step in Commercial Cell Evolution, ARENA, (2018-2022), RND2017/011, A$3.2M.
- Y Shen,?Evaluation of Australian PCI coals under industry-scale conditions of ironmaking blast furnace using 3D computer modelling”,?ACARP (Australian Coal Association Research Program)(2017), A$100k.
- Y Shen,?Detailed investigation of PCI operations for stable and low-cost ironmaking”,?Baosteel-Australia Joint Centre(2015-2017), A$250k.?
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2019?? ?ARC Future Fellowship, Australian Research Council, 2019-2024.
2017?????Best Presentation Award, 19th International conference on oil, gas and coal, Zurich, Switzerland, 2017 June.?
2015?????Korea-Australia Emerging Researchers Exchange Award, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) and?Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).
2014?????Best Poster Award, The 2nd Australia-China Joint Symposium on Minerals and Metallurgy, Sydney.
2012?????ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship, Australian Research Council, 2012-2015.
2012?????Emerging Future Leaders in Low Emission Coal Technology Fellowship, ATSE-JCG.
2011?????Silver Star Award, A$35k, UNSW.
2011?????Best Poster Award, Poster Competition, UNSW.
2010?????Best Oral Presentation Award, Chemeca 2010, Adelaide.
Please see details in group website:?
President, Australiasian Particle Technology Society, 2019-present
My Research Supervision
Current members (updated 2020)
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Prof. YS Shen |
Group leader |
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Dr S Wang |
RA |
CFD-DEM modelling of reacting flows |
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Dr WY LI |
RA |
Data-driven fault analysis |
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Dr R Chandratilleke |
RA |
DEM modelling of particle mixing |
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Dr YT Zhuo |
PhD 16s1 / RA |
Low-rank?coal pyrolysis; Hydrogen generation |
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Dr?YR Liu |
PhD 17s1 / RA |
Biomass combustion and gasification |
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Ms?JX?Cui (graduated) |
PhD 17s1 |
Phase diagram modelling of PV materials |
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Dr XB Yu |
PhD 17s1 / RA |
Carbon composite briquette charging in a BF |
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Dr YH Yue |
PhD 17s1 / RA |
Spout deflection in a spouted bed |
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Dr SY Li |
PhD 17s2 / RA |
Chemical looping combustion |
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Mr X Jin |
PhD 18s1 |
Particle flow in a U-shape mixer for future food manufacturing |
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Ms S Song (Scientia PhD) |
PhD 18s1 |
Water treatment |
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Mr Z Xie (Scientia PhD) |
PhD 18s2 |
Water treatment |
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Ms XY Wong |
PhD 19t2 |
Electrolyser design for hydrogen generation |
| Mr ZG Zhao | PhD 20t2 | blast furnace modelling |
| ?Mr XX Tang | PhD 21t1 | TBA |
| ?Mr D Xu | PhD 21t2 | TBA |
| ?Mr MJ Gan | PhD 21t2 | TBA |
| ?Ms?HM Mohsin | PhD 21t2 | TBA |
| ?Mr?E Farajzadeh? | PhD 21t2 | TBA |
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Master students
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Xiangyu Han |
Master |
2016 S1/S2 |
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Run Geng |
Master |
2016 S2 / 2017 S1 |
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Boheng Zhu |
Master |
2016 S2 / 2017 S1 |
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Bowen Zhang |
Master |
2016 S2 / 2017 S1 |
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Kedi Huang |
Master |
2017 S1/S2 |
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DongtingSong |
Master |
2017 S2 / 2018 S1 |
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Hongyang Li |
Master |
2017 S2 / 2018 S1 |
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Nan Wang |
Master |
2017 Summer / 2018 S1 |
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Mohamad Naim Amir Khairul Amar |
Honours |
2017 Summer / 2018 S1 |
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Changyoung Jung |
Honours |
2017 S2 / 2018 S1 |
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Min Kim |
Honours |
2017 S2 / 2018 S1 |
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Muhammad Nazmi Bin Mohd Nazim |
Honours |
2018 S1/S2 |
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Muhammad Amir Firdaus Bin Mohd Zainol |
Honours |
2018 S1/S2 |
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Ziguang Zhao |
Master |
2019 |
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Haoran Xu |
Honours |
2019 |
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Peiyu Wang |
Honours |
2019 |
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Athit Pinthong |
Master |
2019 |
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Siying Pan |
Honours |
2019 |
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Muhammad Hanif Najmi Bin Norsham |
Honours |
2019 |
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Muhammad Fakhrulghazi Bin Mohd Fouad |
Honours |
2019 |
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Simon Liu |
Honours |
2019 |
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Rongjie Li |
Master |
2019 |
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Shipeng Guo |
Master |
2019 |
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My Teaching
Teaching Commitment:
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Advanced Transport Phenomena (CHEN6706)
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Heat and Mass Transfer (CEIC2002)
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Chemical Reaction Engineering (CEIC2005)
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Engineering Design and Innovation (ENGG1000)
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Chemical Engineering Lab (CEIC2007)