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Dr Yuan Tian is a VC2020 Senior Lecturer at since 2018, supported by the Vice-Chancellor’s 2020 programme. Previously he was Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering and Design at (2017-2018), Diamond Jubilee Lecturer and Module Leader in Mechanical Engineering at (2013-2017), Research Associate (2012-2013) and PhD student (2008-2013) at .

His research interest includes thermal energy storage, energy-efficient buildings, waste heat recovery, smart grid-level energy storage, battery thermal management, computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer in metal foams and Phase Change Materials (PCM). He authored/co-authored 60 research papers and book chapters (>), including one paper which was awarded the Most Downloaded Article of the Year by Applied Energy in 2014. As a keen collaborator, he has travelled internationally with over 50 invited talks on various topics of energy storage.

He is a Member of the Science Board of the UK's Energy Storage Research Hub, Member of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Energy Storage Experts Panel, Associate Editor for Academic Journal of Applied Engineering, and editorial board member/reviewer for 85 international journals. He is a full Member of the highly selective Peer Review College with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (, UK) and ranked among their Top 5% Grants Reviewer in 2017-18, and is a regular grants reviewer for Science and Technology Facilities Council (, UK), Medical Research Council (, UK) and other International Research Councils: Chilean National Science and Technology Commission (, Chile), etc.

Accredited to Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) in 2014, he teaches fluid mechanics, heat transfer, thermodynamics and renewable energy. In 2018-19, he led a 51ºÚÁÏÉçÇø team to have successfully accreditated the University's Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics Engineering courses.

Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development (IESD)  

• Thermal energy storage: phase-change and thermochemical.
• Energy-efficient buildings.
• Multiphysics in porous materials: reaction flow and heat transfer.
• Industrial waste heat recovery.
• Thermal management for high-energy battery, hydrogen storage and thermoelectrics.
• Energy storage for smart grid.
• Computational fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer.

• Fluid Mechanics
• Heat Transfer
• Thermodynamics
• Sustainable Energy

• PhD (Warwick)
• PgCert (Herts) for Teaching in the UK Higher Education Sector
• BEng (Distinction, XJTU)

BSc, BEng (Hons), MSc, MEng (Hons) in Mechanical/Automotive/Aerospace Engineering.

• 2008 – 2012: EPSRC PhD Scholarship, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK
• 2012: Henry Lester Scholarship, the Henry Lester Trust Ltd, UK
• 2012: Outstanding PhD Completion Award, the University of Warwick, UK
• 2012: Great Britain–China Scholarship, the Great Britain–China Educational Trust, UK
• 2012: Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad

Y. Qu, S. Wang, Y. Tian, “A Review of Thermal Performance in Multiple Evaporators Loop Heat Pipe”, Applied Thermal Engineering 143, 2018, pp. 209–224, doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.07.070.

S. Wang, K. Li, Y. Tian, J. Wang, Y. Wu, S. Ji,  “Infrared  Imaging  Investigation of Temperature Fluctuation and Spatial Distribution for a Large Laminated Lithium–ion Power Battery”, Applied Thermal Engineering, 152, 2019, pp. 204–214, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.02.096.

S. Wang, K. Li, Y. Tian, J. Wang, Y. Wu, S. Ji, “Improved Thermal Performance of a Large Laminated Lithium-ion Power Battery by Reciprocating Air Flow”, Applied Thermal Engineering 152, 2019, pp. 445–454, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.02.061.

S. Wang, K. Li, Y. Tian, J. Wang, Y. Wu, S. Ji, “An Experimental and Numerical Examination on the Thermal Inertia of a Cylindrical Lithium-ion Power Battery”, Applied Thermal Engineering 154, 2019, pp. 676–685, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.03.141.

D. Zhou, Y. Tian, Y. Qu, Y.K. Chen, “Thermal Analysis of Phase Change Material Board (PCMB) under Weather Conditions in the Summer”, Applied Thermal Engineering 99, 2016, pp. 690–702, doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.01.121.

Y. Qu, K. Zhou, K.F. Zhang, Y. Tian, “Effects of Multiple Sintering Parameters on the Thermal Performance of Bi-porous Nickel Wicks in Loop Heat Pipes”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 99, 2016, pp. 638–646, doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2016.04.005.

P. Ying, Y.K. Chen, Y. Xu, Y. Tian, “Computational and Experimental Investigations of an Omni-Flow Wind Turbine”, Applied Energy 146, 2015, pp. 74–83, doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.01.067.

D. Zhou, G.S.F. Shire, Y. Tian, “Parametric Analysis of Influencing Factors in Phase Change Material Wallboard (PCMW)”, Applied Energy 119, 2014, pp. 33–42, doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.12.059.

Y. Tian, C.Y. Zhao, “Thermal and Exergetic Analysis of Metal Foam-enhanced Cascaded Thermal Energy storage (MF-CTES)”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 58(1), 2013, pp. 86–96

Y. Tian, C.Y. Zhao, “A Review of Solar Collectors and Thermal Energy Storage in Solar Thermal Applications”, Applied Energy 104, 2013, pp. 538–553

X.X. Han, Y. Tian, C.Y. Zhao, “An Effectiveness Study of Enhanced Heat Transfer in Phase Change Materials (PCMs)”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 60, 2013, pp. 459–468

Y.P. Du, C.Y. Zhao, Y. Tian, Z.G