Academic Staff

BEng (Peking University), PhD (Peking University)

Research Interests

• High-performance computing for turbulent reacting flows
• Detonation combustion theory and modelling
• Scientific machine learning for reacting systems
• Alternative fuels combustion

Short Description

Prof. Yiqing Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University(PolyU). He obtained his PhD and BEng degree both from Peking University. Before joining PolyU, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Argonne National Laboratory. His research focuses on advancing the scientific understanding and numerical modelling of various combustion systems via high-performance computing. Prof. Wang has received several awards for his research, including the Argonne Outstanding Postdoctoral Performance Award, the Distinguished Paper Award from the International Symposium of Combustion, the Chung-Hua Wu Outstanding Postgraduate Student Award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Best Paper Awards from the China National Symposium on Combustion.

Positions are available for PhD candidates, research assistants, and postdoctoral researchers. Please send your CV with a list of publication to Prof. Wang via yiqing-yq.wang@polyu.edu.hk.

Selected Journal Publications

1. Y. Wang, C. Xu, R. Scarcelli, B. Cantrell, J. Anders, S. Wijeyakulasuriya. Turbulent mixing of a hydrogen jet in crossflow: direct numerical simulation and model assessment, accepted by Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
   
   
2. Y. Wang, C. Xu, R. Scarcelli. A-priori and a-posteriori studies of finite-rate chemistry based combustion models for turbulent spherical lean premixed hydrogen/air flames, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2025, 41:105815.
   
   
3. Y. Wang, C. Xu, R. Scarcelli. Turbulent burning velocity of lean premixed hydrogen/air flames at engine conditions: effects of turbulence intensity and length scale, Combustion and Flame, 2025, 282:114504. 
   
   
4. Y. Wang, A. Lipatnikov, Z. Chen. Characterizing the influence of thermodiffusive effects on turbulent burning velocity of lean hydrogen/air mixtures using critically stretched laminar flames, Combustion and Flame, 2025, 279:114306.
   
   
5. Y. Wang, R. Scarcelli, D. Bestel, S. Demir, A. Srna. Multidimensional modeling of mixture formation in a hydrogen-fueled heavy-duty optical engine with direct injection, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 2025, 147:091011. 
   
   
6. Y. Wang, C. Xu, C. Chi, Y. Yang, Z. Chen. Temperature effect on turbulent burning velocity of lean premixed hydrogen/air flames, Physics of Fluids, 2024, 36:125165.
   
   
7. Y. Wang, C. Xu, C. Chi, Z. Chen, T. Zhang. Direct numerical simulations of turbulent premixed cool flames: Global and local flame dynamics analysis, Combustion and Flame, 2024, 270:113759.
   
   
8. L. Yang, Y. Wang, P. Dai, Z. Chen. Effect of temperature disturbance on end-gas autoignition and detonation development. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2024, 40:105220. 
   
   
9. Y. Wang, X. Guan, S. Xie, M. Zhou, Z. Zhang, Z. Chen, T. Zhang. Numerical studies on the ignition and propagation for spherically expanding premixed cool flames under gravitational conditions, Combustion and Flame, 2024, 259:113194.
   
   
10. Y. Wang, W. Han, T. Zirwes, F. Zhang, H. Bockhorn, Z. Chen. Effects of low-temperature chemical reactions on ignition kernel development and flame propagation in a DME-air mixing layer. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2023, 39:1515-1524. (Distinguished Paper Award)
    
    
11. Y. Wang, W. Han, T. Zirwes, A. Attilib, L. Cai, H. Bockhorn, L. Yang, Z. Chen. A systematic analysis of ethylene oxidation and PAH formation mechanisms. Combustion and Flame, 2023, 253:112784.

Selected Academic Awards

• 中國工程熱物理學會自然科學一等獎（排名第三）, 2025
• Postdoctoral Performance Award in Applied or Engineering Research, Argonne National Laboratory, 2025
• Impact Argonne Award, Argonne National Laboratory, 2025
• Honorable Mention (2^nd author), the 40th International Symposium on Combustion, 2025
• Distinguished Paper Award (1^st author), the 39th International Symposium on Combustion, 2023 
• Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, Peking University, 2022 
• Chung-Hua Wu Outstanding Postgraduate Student Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2022 
• National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China, 2020
• President Scholarship, Peking University, 2020
• Best Paper Award (1^st author), China National Symposium on Combustion, 2020 & 2017