Power Plant Mechanical Engineering

Haowei Wang

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Troy, NY 12180

Areas of Expertise

Energy, Propulsion, Combustion, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Experimental Methods, Mathematics and Computation

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, expected August 2011 2009-present

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Thesis Title: “The Autoignition of Traditional and Alternative Jet Fuels and Jet Fuel Surrogates”

Advisor: Professor Matthew Oehlschlaeger, Award for Scientists and Engineers from the White House

RPI GPA: 3.8/4

M.S., Mechanical Engineering 2008-2009

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Thesis: “Shock Tube Studies of Alpha-Methylnaphthalene Ignition at Elevated Pressures”

B.Eng., Thermal Energy and Power Engineering 2004-2008

Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Focused on thermal systems, energy generation with a broad education in mechanical engineering and energy technologies.

GPA: 87/100 or 3.5/4.0, Class Rank: 7/177

Experience

Research and Development Intern, Combustion Laboratory, Energy and Propulsion Technology

General Electric Global Research Center, Niskayuna, NY 5/2010-8/2010

• Designed, prepared, and conducted tests for two cutting-edge coal gasification technology projects. Worked closely with engineers, technicians, and vendors to design, test, and improve gasifier nozzles. Effectively communicated with engineers and management at GE Niskayuna, Shanghai, Irvine, and Bangalore.

• Wrote codes to process high-speed camera images of gasifier flows to optimize image quality for data extraction. Studied the fluid dynamics, formulated and organized results, performed analysis, and made recommendations for the commercialization of gasifier technology for stationary power generation.

• Finished the project within a three month time period by working long hours. Satisfied client (GE Energy) by presenting sufficient data, critical analysis, and convincing results. Documented findings precisely in a technical report with logical and organized writing for co-workers’ reference and future extension.

• Exposed to state-of-the-art energy technologies.

Research Assistant, Combustion and Energy Systems Laboratory

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 2008-present

• Developed experimental facilities and techniques for the measurement of autoignition delay times for heavy low vapor pressure hydrocarbon compounds and aviation fuels.

• Investigated the oxidation and ignition of individual hydrocarbon compounds, fuel surrogate mixtures, and traditional and alternative transportation fuels. Focused primarily on jet fuels (Jet-A (commercial), JP-8 (U.S. Military), and alternative Fischer-Tropsch synthetic jet fuels) to aide in the development and validation of fuel chemical kinetic models used in aero-engine development and design.

• Supervised the activities of three undergraduate research assistants.

• Research funded by United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

Teaching Assistant, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 2008-present

• Served as a teaching assistant for three courses: Modeling and Analysis of Uncertainty, Heat Transfer, and Combustion. Both group and one-on-one student instruction. Aided instructors in the development of course

material and graded assignments.

Undergraduate Researcher, Southeast University, Nanjing, China 2006-2008

• Experiments and modeling of the fundamentals of gas-solid two-phase flows for fluidized bed applications in clean energy technology. Fluidized bed reactor design using 3D CAD and fluid simulation using FLUENT with Gambit mesh generation; results published in Chinese journal and in B.Eng. thesis.

• Assessment of the technical and economic feasibility of CO2 Capture and Sequestration as part of a climate change study; literature review, modeling, and data analysis of CO2¬ emissions from different coal sources found in China.

Undergraduate Internships

• Yangzhou No.2 Thermal Power Plant 9/2006

As part of the thermal power plant engineering program, worked at a coal-fired power plant and gained hands-on experience.

• Nanjing Institute of Industrial Boiler Pressure Inspection 8/2006

Monitored critical parameters of boilers located in the city to ensure companies operate safe boilers.

Journal Publications

• H. Wang and M.A. Oehlschlaeger, “The Autoignition of Traditional and Synthetic Jet Fuels,” Combustion and Flame, in preparation.

• S. Dooley, S.H. Won, J. Heyne, Y. Ju, F.L. Dryer, K. Kumar, C.J. Sung, H. Wang, M.A. Oehlschlaeger, T.A. Litzinger, and R.J. Santoro, “The Formulation of Surrogate Fuels to Emulate the Combustion Behavior of Real Jet Aviation Fuels,” Combustion and Flame, in preparation.

• H. Wang, M.A. Oehlschlaeger, S. Dooley, F.L. Dryer, “A Shock Tube and Kinetic Modeling Study of the Autoignition of n-Propylbenzene,” Combustion and Flame, in review.

• S.M. Sarathy, C.K. Westbrook, M. Mehl, W.J. Pitz, C. Togbe, P. Dagaut, H. Wang, M.A. Oehlschlaeger, U. Niemann, D. Seshadri, P.S. Vello, C. Ji, F.N. Egolfopoulos, T. Lu “Comprehensive Chemical Kinetic Modeling of the Oxidation of C8 and Larger n-Alkanes and 2-Methylalkanes,” Combustion and Flame, in press.

• S. Dooley, S.H. Won, M. Chaos, J. Heyne, Y. Ju, F.L. Dryer, K. Kumar, C.J. Sung, H. Wang, M.A. Oehlschlaeger, R.J. Santoro, and T.A. Litzinger, “A Jet Fuel Surrogate Formulated by Real Fuel Properties,” Combustion and Flame 157, 2333-2339 (2010).

• H. Wang, S.J. Warner, M.A. Oehlschlaeger, R. Bounaceur, P.A. Glaude, and F. Battin-Leclerc, “An Experimental and Kinetic Modeling Study of the Autoignition of α-Methylnaphthalene/Air and α-Methylnaphthalene/n-Decane/Air Mixtures at Elevated Pressures,” Combustion and Flame 157 (201*-****-****.

• H. Wang, “Shock Tube Studies of α-Methylnaphthalene Ignition at Elevated Pressures,” M.S. Thesis, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2009.

• H. Wang, Y. Zhu, Z. Zhong, and B. Jin, “Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Gas-Solid Injector,” Energy Research and Utilization, vol. 1, 2008. (in Chinese)

• H. Wang, “Experiments and Numerical Simulation of Flow Behaviors in a High-Density Circulating Fluidized Bed,” Bachelors of Engineering Thesis, Southeast University, 2008. (in Chinese)

Conference Articles

• H. Wang, M.A. Oehlschlaeger, S. Dooley, F.L. Dryer, A Shock Tube and Kinetic Modeling of the Autoignition of n-Propylbenzene, 7th US National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Atlanta, GA, (2011)

• S.M. Sarathy, C.K. Westbrook1, M. Mehl, W.J. Pitz, C. Togbe, P. Dagaut, H. Wang, M.A. Oehlschlaeger, U. Niemann, K. Seshadri, P.S. Veloo, C. Ji, F. Egolfopoulos, T. Lu, Comprehensive Chemical Kinetic Modeling of the Oxidation of C8 and larger nalkanes and 2-methylalkanes, 7th US National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Atlanta, GA, (2011)

• S. Dooley, S.H. Won, J. Heyne, Y. Ju, F.L. Dryer, K.l Kumar, C.J Sung, H. Wang, M.A. Oehlschlaeger, T.A. Litzinger, R.J. Santoro, The Formulation of Surrogate Fuels to Emulate the Combustion Behavior of Real Jet Aviation Fuels, 7th US National Technical Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Atlanta, GA, (2011)

• S. Dooley, S.H. Won, M. Chaos, J. Heyne, Y. Ju, F.L. Dryer, K. Kumar, C.J. Sung, H. Wang, M.A. Oehlschlaeger, R.J. Santoro, and T.A. Litzinger, “A Jet Fuel Surrogate Formulated by Real Fuel Properties,” Western States Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Boulder, CO (2010).

Course Work

Mechanical Design, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Theoretical Mechanics, Material Mechanics, Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy, Energy Economy and Management, Combustion, Power Plant Design, Fundamentals of Boilers, Steam Turbines, Economics and Management, International Finance, Mathematics (Linear Algebra, ODEs, PDEs), Statistics and Probability.

Awards

• Grand Prize of National English Contest – top 0.1% in written English out of all Chinese university students

• Presidential Fellowship – top 1% academically at Southeast University (~8000 students)

• Academically Outstanding Student – top 5 in Mechanical Engineering class of 177 at Southeast University

• Second Prize of General Physics Experiment Contest – 2nd place out of ~200 university students

• Triple A Student – equivalent of dean’s list

Languages

Fluent English, Native Chinese (Mandarin)

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