Research Assistant Professor Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering
2016 Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2011 B.S. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Peking University
2017– 2018 Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2016-2017 Research Associate
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2018-2018 Part-time Lecturer
School of Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Personal Profile
Research
Gas/Liquid dynamics in micro/nano systems:
Multiscale modeling and understanding of dynamics of rarefied gas: Molecular dynamics, stochastic simulation methods DSMC, and perturbation method of asymptotic analysis.
Particle-surface & liquid-surface interaction simulations and models.
Hybrid methods involving simulation approaches at different length scales.
Multiphysics of gas/liquid transport, which may include phase transfer and chemical reaction.
Phonon transport in micro/nano structured materials:
Modeling and understanding of phonon dynamics and transport at multiscale levels: atomic to mesoscale simulations.
Phonon transport in novel nanomaterials: 2D materials, amorphous materials, polymers, disorder structured materials, and thermal metamaterials.
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Journal Articles:
[J1] Liang, Q. Li. ” Accurate modeling of Knudsen diffusion in nanopores using a physical based boundary model”, Journal of applied physics, 126, 084304, 2019.
[J2] Yu, Q. Li, and W. Ye, “Investigation of wave interference effect in Si/Ge superlattices with interfering Monte Carlo method”. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer,
128: 270-278, 2018
[J3] Liang, Q. Li, and W. Ye. “A physical-based gas–surface interaction model for rarefied gas flow simulation”. Journal of Computational Physics, 352: 105-122, 2018.
[J4] Li, and W. Ye. “An interfering Monte Carlo method for partially coherent phonon transport in superlattices”. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 107: 534-
543, 2017.
[J5] Li, T. Liang, and W. Ye, “Knudsen torque: A rotational mechanism driven by thermal force”. Physical Review E, 90(3): 033009, 2014.
[J6] Li, T. Liang, and W. Ye. “Shape-dependent orientation of thermophoretic forces in microsystems”. Physical Review E, 88(3): 033020, 2013.
[J7] Liang, Q. Li, and W. Ye. “Performance evaluation of Maxwell and Cercignani-Lampis gas-wall interaction models in the modeling of thermally driven rarefied gas transport”.
Physical Review E, 88(1): 013009, 2013.
Conference Proceedings:
[C1] Q. Li, T. Liang, and W. Ye. “Knudsen torque on heated micro beams.” Proceedings of the 29th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics. vol. 1628, pp. 705-711, 2014.
[C2] T. Liang, Q. Li, and W. Ye. “On the Maxwell gas-wall interaction model for micro/nano gas flows.” Proceedings of the 28th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics.
vol. 1501, No. 1, pp. 1175-1181, 2012.