Academic Staff

Area of Specialisation

• Plasma assisted combustion of green propellant-based space thrusters
• Optical diagnostics for hypersonic flows
• Liquid-film combustion in SIDI engines
• Cavitation bubble dynamics and damage mechanisms
• Development of advanced laser-based diagnostics

Short Description

Dr Fangyi Wang obtained her PhD degree from Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2023. She exchanged to University of Duisburg-Essen for 1 year during her PhD study. She joined University of Duisburg-Essen as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2023. She is now a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Recruitment
Dr Wang is currently looking for research assistants to work on laser diagnostics, high-speed imaging systems, image analysis etc. Please send CV to fangyi.wang@polyu.edu.hk if you are interested.

Selected Journal Publications

1. Wang F.*, Kühlmann J., Kaiser S A., Near-wall dynamics of single cavitation bubbles imaged by total internal reflection fluorescence. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 2025, 120: 107511. 
   
   
2. Wang F., Zhou G., Deng Y., Zhang S.*, Yu X., Performance enhancement of ammonium dinitramide (ADN)-based thruster using coaxial dielectric barrier discharge. Aerospace Science and Technology. 2025, 156: 109769.
   
   
3. Wang F., Zhang S.*, Yu X., Investigation on plasma enhanced decomposition of ammonium dinitramide (ADN) based propellant with optical diagnostics. Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy. 2023, 200: 106589.
   
   
4. Wang F., Zhang S.*, Yu X., Lin X., Li J., Liu Y., Quantitative measurement of the mixture ratio for ADN-based liquid propellants using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 2021, 36(9): 1996–2006.
   
   
5. Wang F., Zhang S.*, Liu Y., Yu X., Instability mechanism and discharge regime diagnosis of microthrusters based on plasma properties. Applied Optics. 2021, 60: 1021–1030.