1. Name

Caixia Chen, Professor

2. Education

PhD in Thermal and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, HUST, Wuhan, China, 1990.

MS in Thermal and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, HUST, Wuhan, China, 1986.

BS in Thermal and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, HUST, Wuhan, China, 1983.

3. Academic Experience

School of Resources and Environmental Engineering，ECUST，China，Professor，2008-present，full time.

Department of Mechanical an Aerospace Enginering,  North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, Research Assistant Professor,

2002.9-2003.10, full time.

Department of Chemical Enginering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, Postdoc Research Associate,

2000.4-2002.8, full time.

Department of Research and Development, The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Tokyo Japan, Research Scientist 1997.1-2000.3, full time.

Department of Chemical Enginering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Lecturer,             

1996.10-1997.12, part time.

Department of Chemical Enginering, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan, Visiting Researcher                

1994.10-1996.9, full time.

Department of Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Assistant Professor/Lecturer,

1990.11-1994.9, full time.

4. Non-academic Experience

CFD Application Engineer, Exa Corporation, Tokyo Branch, Tokyo, Japan,

2005.11-2007.11, full time.

CFD Development Engineer, Exa Corporation, Boston, MA, USA,

2003.11-2005.10, full time.

5. Certifications or Professional Registrations

None

6. Current Membership in Professional Organizations

AIChE Member

7. Honors and Awards

None

8. Service Activities

None

9. Briefly list of the most important Publications and Presentations from the Past Five Years

1. Simulating the impacts of internals on gas–liquid hydrodynamics of bubble column, Xiaofeng Guo, Caixia Chen*, Chemical Engineering Science, 2017, 174:311-325.

2. Modeling and simulation of catalytic coal gasification in a pressurized jetting fluidized bed with embedded high-speed air jets, Zihong Xia, Caixia Chen*, Jicheng Bi, Kezhong Li, Yadan Jin,Chemical Engineering Science, 2016, 152:624-635.

3. Implementation of an improved bubble breakup model for TFM-PBM simulations of gas–liquid flows in bubble columns, Xiaofeng Guo, Qiang Zhou, Jun Li, Caixia Chen*,Chemical Engineering Science, 2016, 152:255-266.

4. A TFM-KTGF jetting fluidized bed coal gasification model and its validations with data of a bench-scale gasifier, Zihong Xia, Youwen Fan, Teng Wang, Xiaofeng Guo, Caixia Chen*, Chemical Engineering Science, 2015, 131:12-21.

5. Modeling and simulation of silicon epitaxial growth in Siemens CVD reactor，Haoyin Ni, Shijie Lu, Caixia Chen*, Journal of Crystal Growth，2014, 404:89–99.

6. CFD simulation of MSW combustion and SNCR in a commercial incinerator, Zihong Xia, Jian Li, Tingting Wu, Caixia Chen*, Xiaoke Zhang, Waste Management, 2014, 34 (9):1609-1618.

7. Application of Population Balance Model in the Simulation of Slurry Bubble Column, Lijia Xu, Zihong Xia, Xiaofeng Guo, and Caixia Chen*, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2014, 53:4922−4930.

8. Numerical Simulation of Bubble Column Flows in Churn-Turbulent Regime: Comparison of Bubble Size Models, Lijia Xu, Boruo Yuan, Haoyin Ni, and Caixia Chen*, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2013, 52:6794−6802.

10. Briefly list the most recent professional development activities

Keynote Speaker, The 11th Asia Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Technologies (Bihar, India, March 6-10, 2017)