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Dr. Wenqiang Zhang obtained his PhD degree from Imperial College London and MSc from Chinese Academy of Sciences. He worked as a research fellow at the University of Nottingham and he was funded by Airbus and European Clean Sky2 to investigate the aircraft icing problems. His research Interests include icing simulation with phase-field method, anti-icing system design, wing aerodynamics and compressor aerodynamics and stability.

Dr. Dandan Xiao obtained her BEng in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nottingham, and then MSc and PhD from the Department of Aeronautics at Imperial College. Her main research areas include: 1. flow instability, in particular bypass transition using Direct Numerical Simulation; 2. Flow control such as drag reduction in turbulent flow; 3. high-dimensional data assimilation with both model-based (adjoint variational technique) and data-based method (artificial neural network, gaussian process regression).

Dr. Xin Yang obtained his doctorate from University of Sheffield. From 2018 to 2022, he was a postdoctoral researcher at University of oxford. He obtained the 2017 distinguished paper award from the combustion institute for his paper on ash deposition. His main research interests are in the area of computational and experimental particle deposition, such as icing issues in jet engine, ash related issues in combustion furnace. He has independently developed an icing code at Oxford for Rolls-Royce and a particle deposition prediction tool at Sheffield for EPRI.

Dr. Jie Yao obtained the B.S. in Nanjing University of Science and Technology in 2011 and an M.S. in University of Houston in 2013 and Ph.D. from Texas Tech University in 2019. His expertise is in vortex dynamics, turbulence, flow control, and high-performance computing. His research interests include: 1) fundament understanding of vortex evolution and interactions. 2) numerical simulations and physics of high Reynolds number wall turbulence. 3) drag controls/reduction. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=e0UkyXoAAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. Lei Dong obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nottingham and worked as a research assistant supported by EPSRC and European Clean Sky 2. His research centers on theoretical and experimental investigations in the field of biomimetic flapping wings, with a particular emphasis on the following areas: 1) the unsteady vortical structures and aerodynamics of flapping wings; 2) multi-flight posture design of flapping wings; and 3) flow control techniques, including lift enhancement and drag reduction.

Dr. Yongkai Chen obtained his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. His research interests include: 1) High-fidelity numerical simulations of hypersonic wall-bounded turbulent flows. 2) Wall-modeling of compressible turbulent flows. 3) Time-domain impedance boundary condition and its applications in simulations of high-speed flows over engineered surfaces.

Dr. Exposito obtained his PhD from The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra. Prior to joining the group, he was working as an Operations Researcher in private industry, developing optimisation software via Mixed-Integer Linear Programming to support defence portfolio decisions. His research focuses on theoretical and numerical analysis of hypersonic flow. He has contributed to supersonic interactive boundary layer theory and developed a new numerical method to solve differential equations containing sharp gradients.

Dr. Yang Wang obtained his PhD degree from Nanjing University of Science and Technology. His research areas include: High-precision numerical simulation of supersonic compressible flows; Theoretical study of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability for chemical reactive flame interface and inert interface.

Dr. Yasir received his PhD in Mathematics from COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan. His research interests include thermodynamics, nanofluid dynamics, and artificial neural networks. He is the author or co-author of one book and more than 50 research papers published in international journals.

 Dr. Wasim Ahmad received his Ph.D. in Social Networks and Human-Centered Computing from National Chengchi University (joint with Academia Sinica, Taiwan) in 2025. His research focuses on deep learning, spatio-temporal modeling, computer vision, and multimedia forensics, particularly deepfake detection and model attribution. He has published in journals such as ACM TOMM and Expert Systems with Applications. His work aims to develop robust and efficient AI systems for real-world deployment.

 Dr. Jamshaid Iqbal received his PhD from COMSATS University. His research interests include peristaltic transport, nanofluid, non-Newtonian fluid flow, and data-driven modeling using Artificial Neural Networks. His work is directed toward the development of advanced mathematical and computational frameworks for analyzing complex fluid systems with significant relevance to industrial processing, biomedical engineering, and interdisciplinary scientific applications.

Dr. Yang Wang obtained his PhD degree from Nanjing University of Science and Technology. His research areas include: High-precision numerical simulation of supersonic compressible flows; Theoretical study of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability for chemical reactive flame interface and inert interface.

Mr. Dong Xu got his MSC and BEng from Lanzhou University. His research focuses on high-dimensional data assimilation and the  atmosphere simulation with applications in wind energy.

Mr. Zhiqiang Xu got his bachelor's degree and Msc from Huazhong University of Science and Technology.  Engaged in the research of aircraft anti-icing technology for 13 years, he was awarded the title of senior engineer in 2016 and promoted as the first-class technical expert in 2019.

Mr. Chuan Chen graduated from Harbin Institute of Technology. He is now the senior engineer of AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute. He is engaged in the design and evaluation of the aircraft energy system.

Miss. Wei Zhang graduated from Renmin University of China and her research focuses on multimodal large langauge models (MLLMs).

Mr. Htet Myet Ne Ye graduated with a Masters of Engineering, MEng (Hons), in Mechanical Engineering, from the University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus. His research currently focuses on the effects of inflow velocity perturbations in fluid flow.

Mr. Guoqiang Lei graduated from Beijing University of Chemical Technology and his research area is data-driven reduced-order model.

Mr. Yin Wang graduated from University of Science and Technology Beijing with a bachelor's degree and obtained his master's degree from China University of Mining & Technology-Beijing. His research currently focuses on the data-driven reduced-order model.

Mr. Lijing Zhou gained bachelor degrees from Beijing University of Chemical Technology and the University of Detroit Mercy and a Master's degree from the University of Bristol. His current research focuses on experimental fluid mechanics and icing process.

Mr. Hongyuan Hu graduated with a bachelor's degree from Shandong University of Science and Technology and obtained a master's degree from Fuzhou University. He is currently majoring in Safety Science and Engineering, mainly studying fluid stability and transition.

Mr. Miha Donša completed both his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Maribor in Slovenia. His current research focuses on numerical simulations of icing, de-icing, and phase change phenomena using molecular dynamics.

Mr. Yixuan Tong got his bachelor's degree and Msc from Dalian University of Technology and his research area is data assimilation.

Miss. Yu Zhang graduated from Wuhan University of Technology. Her work focuses on the numerical simulation of hypersonic rocket engines.

Miss. Yaoxuan Tang graduated from Taiyuan University of Technology with a bachelor's degree and obtained her master's degree from Beijing Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on fluid structure interaction by the immersed boundary method.

Mr. Lige Xu graduated from Henan Normal University with his master's degree and a bachelor's degree. His research focuses on ice crystal freezing and numerical calculations.

Mr. Guangyu Wang graduated from Northeastern University and his research focuses on  aircraft anti- and de-icing.

Mr. Liao Zhang graduated with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Southwest University and a master's degree in Structural Engineering Steel Structure from Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecure.

Mr. Lei Yang got his bachelor's degree and master's degree from Shandong University and Beijing Institute of Technology. His research focuses on the wall-bounded pipe turbulence.

Miss. Guanghui Ren graduated from Wuhan University of Technology. Her research focuses on biomimetic flapping wing aircrafts.

Mr. Punuo Gao graduated with a bachelor's degree from Beijing Institute of Technology. He is currently majoring in Aerospace Engineering.

Mr. Ning He graduated from Beijing Institute of Technology. His current research focuses on video-based target recognition and fluid dynamics analysis.

Mr. Zhou Minshen graduated from Dalian University of Techology. His research is on bypass transition and machine learning.

Mr. Gaotong Wang graduated from Beijing Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree, and his research direction is data assimilation of fliud data.

 Mr. Weihang Zhang graduated from Beijing Institute of Technology. His  research focuses on instability of boundary layer flows with supercritical fluids

Mr. Chuyi Yang graduated from Beijing Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree and his research currently focuses on the mode decomposition technique.

Mr. Pengtian Shui graduated from Beijing Institute of Technology. His research focuses on processing complex fluid data.

Miss. Zhan Fu gradiated from China University of Petroleum. Her research focuses on prediction of grill intake losses based on deep learning methods.

Miss. Pingting Wang graduated from Chongqing University with a bachelor's degree in Safety Engineering and is currently pursuing her master's degree in Safety Engineering at Beijing Institute of Technology. Her main research focus is on particle tracking.

Miss. Yiping Yao graduated from Beijing Institute of Technology. Her research currently focuses on the optimal inflow disturbances in fluid flow.

Mr. Xu Wang graduated from Chang'an University with a bachelor's degree and his research direction is related to ice crystal freezing and numerical calculations.

Mr.Xiaozheng Jiang,graduated from North China Elecetric Power University. His research focuses on object detection in remote sensing images based on deep learning methods.

Miss. Yu Fang graduated from Beijing Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree, and her research direction is related to aerodynamic simulation and optimal control problems for multi-agent.

Mr. Guoqiang Liu graduated from ChongQing University.

Miss. Yaxin Chai graduated from Taiyuan University of Technology. Her research focuses on aeroengine gas dynamics.

Mr. Yijie Wang graduated from Beijing Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree, and his research focuses on flow field reconstruction.

Miss. Zhixu Jin graduated from China University of Geosciences (Beijing). Her research focuses on the digital twin.

Miss. Wenjing Ding graduated from Qingdao University. Her research focuses on tandem wing and machine learning.

Mr. Chongming Li graduated from Jilin University. His research focuses on fluid image processing.

Mr. Qinyuan Li earned Bachelor of Engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology. His research focuses on turbulent structures and numerical simulations of flows.

Mr. Xun Li graduated from Beijing Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree, and his research direction is fluid image processing.

Miss. Yurong Liu graduated from Shanxi Datong University and her research direction is aircraft anti-icing and de-icing.

Mr. Boshang Shen graduated from Hebei University of Technology. His research focused on pitching wings and undulation wings.

Mr. Hongji Wang graduated from China University of Petroleum (East China). His research direction is data fusion.

Mr. Chuxiao Zhang received his bachelor's degree from Beijing Institute of Technology and has been engaged in research on ice crystal icing and aircraft anti-icing technology.

Mr. Zhiqiang Xia graduated from Wuhan University of Technology. His research focuses on Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI).

Miss. Xiaoduo Yao graduated from Xi’an University of Science and Technology . Her research focuses on molecular dynamic simulation.

Mr. Jizhong Zhang graduated from Beijing Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree, and his research direction is flow control and drag reduction.

Miss. Chenxuan Zhao graduated from Beijing Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on the numerical simulation of airfoil icing.