Zhixiong (James) Guo
 

EDUCATION

B.S. in Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (graduation rank: top one in class, 1/28)

M.S. in Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (graduated one year ahead of schedule)

Dr. Eng. in Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University (now Tandon School of Engineering, New York University), NY (completed in two years).

 

APPOINTMENT

07/2001- 06/2007: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway, NJ, USA.

09/2007- 12/2007: Visiting Professor, Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

07/2007- 06/2012: Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway, NJ, USA.

07/20012- Present: Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway, NJ, USA.

 

SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS

2011   Fellow-elected, ASME

2013   Hongkong K.C. Wong Education Foundation Fellowship Award

2014  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Invitation Fellowship

2015  Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Invited Eminent Scholar Travel Award

2018  Rutgers, The Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research

2020  Honorary Professorship, Amity University, India

2021 Fellow-elected, ASTFE

 

 

Editorial Membership:

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, since Sept. 2018

Editor-in-Chief, Heat Transfer Research, an International Journal, since Oct. 2023

Managing Editor, Heat Transfer Research, an International Journal, 2016 - 2023

Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 2013 - 2019

Editorial Advisory Board, Applied Thermal Engineering, since 2016

Editorial Board, Frontiers in Energy, since 2018

Associate Editor, Heat Transfer Research, an International Journal, 2011 – 2016

 

Leadership:

Board of Directors, American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers since 2023

Chair of HTD K18 Technical Committee, ASME, 2009-2012, 2012-2015.

Conference General Co-Chair/Technical Program Chair

University Senator-elect, and member of New Brunswick Faculty Council

 

Invited Grand Lectures or Conference Keynotes

“Molecular dynamics studies of pool boiling and solid-liquid interfacial heat transfer”, Keynote, the 4nd Int. Symposium on Thermal-Fluid Dynamics (ISTFD 2023), July 27 – 29, 2023, Nanking, China.

“Interfacial heat transport in semiconductor heterostructures”, Keynote, the 8th World Congress on Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer (MHMT’22), Lisbon, Portugal (Virtual), March 26 -  28, 2023.

“Spectral tuning of solar irradiation with water-based nanofluid for energy collection and natural illumination”, Keynote, the 7th World Congress on Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer (MHMT’22), Lisbon, Portugal (Virtual), April 7 -  9, 2022.

“Heat transfer analysis in Ni-water nanofluid-filled glass louver for solar energy harvest and daylighting”, Plenary Lecture, the 2nd Int. Symposium on Thermal-Fluid Dynamics (ISTFD 2021), July 31 – Aug. 3, 2021, Beijing, China.

“Near-junction hot spot cooling for GaN-based devices”, Plenary Lecture, the Int. Symposium on Fluids and Thermal Engineering (FLUTE 2021), Amity Univ., Noida, India, July 22, 2021.

“Heat transfer enhancement with nanofluids”, Plenary Lecture, the 2nd International Conference on Future Learning Aspects of Mechanical Engineering(FLAME), Aug. 5-7, 2020, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India.

 “Recent trends in enhanced heat transfer research and development using nanofluids”, Plenary Lecture, the 5th Int. Workshop on Heat Transfer, Aug. 13-16, 2019, Novosibirsk, Russia.

“Radiation transport applied to energy, biomedicine, micro/nano fabrication and sensing”, Keynote, the 4th Int. Workshop on Heat Transfer, April 2-5, 2017, Las Vegas, NV, USA.

 “Ultrafine temperature measurement using optical whispering-gallery modes”, Keynote, 9th Int. Symposium on Heat Transfer (ISHT-9), Aug. 15-19, 2016, Beijing, China.

“Some recent developments in radiative transfer computation,” Keynote, the 1st Pacific Rim Thermal Engineering Conference (PRTEC), Hawaii’s Big Island, USA, March 13-17, 2016.

 “On conservation of energy and asymmetric factor in radiative transfer modeling,” Keynote, the 3rd International Workshop on Heat Transfer Advances for Energy Conservation and Pollution Control, Taipei, Taiwan, October 16-19, 2015.

“Molecular sensing based on optical whispering-gallery mode microsensors,” Renowned Speaker, the 3rd International Conference and Exhibition on Biosensors & Bioelectronics, August 11 – 13, 2014, San Antonio, TX, USA.

“On conservation of scattered energy and angle in radiative transfer computations,” Keynote, the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, 14 – 16 July, 2014, Orlando, FL, USA.

“Modeling of ultrafast laser transport and applications,” Keynote, the 8th International Symposium on Heat Transfer, October 21-24, 2012, Beijing, China.

“What makes a good researcher – my research and research experience,” Grand Lecture, Chongqing Three Gorges University, Chongqing, China, Jan. 11, 2011.

“What makes a good researcher – my research and research experience,” Grand Lecture, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, Jan. 7, 2011.

“What makes a good researcher – my research and research experience,” Annual Grand Lecture on The Spirit of Science and Humanity, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Dec. 29, 2010.

 

Conference Organization:

 

Conference Co-Chairman, 2015 International Workshop on Heat Transfer Advances for Energy Conservation and Pollution Control, Taipei, Taiwan, October 16-19, 2015.

Technical Program Chair, the 6th International Symposium On Advances in Computational Heat Transfer, Piscataway, NJ,, USA, May 25-29, 2015.

Conference Co-Chairman, 2013 International Workshop on Heat Transfer Advances for Energy Conservation and Pollution Control, Xi’an, China, October 18-21, 2013.

Conference Co-Chairman, 2011 International Workshop on Heat Transfer Advances for Energy Conservation and Pollution Control, Xi’an, China, October 17-20, 2011.

Conference Chair, Challenges and Opportunities in the Bioinformatics Era, Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE) to USA/Greater New York Chapter Mini-Convention, Rutgers University, 20 July 2002, Piscataway, NJ, USA.