Junjun Wu

 

Biography:

Dr. Junjun Wu received his B.S. and M.S. degrees both from Chongqing University. He received Ph.D. in Mechanical & Automation Engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong under the advisory of Prof. Wei Ren in 2019. He was funded by Overseas Reaseaech Attachment Programme (ORAP) at CUHK and joined Prof. Donald G. Truhlar’s research group as a visiting scholar. He was appointed as a postdoctor researcher by MAE at CUHK in 2020 and continued research cooperation with Prof. Ren Wei. He joined the School of Energy and Power Engineering at Chongqing Univeristy in 2020.

 

Prof. Wu’s research focuses on the development of new technologies and methodologies, and the understanding of basic principles in the areas of multiphase flow, reaction kinectis, laser diagnostics and trace gas sensing. He has published more than 20 papers in top peer-reviewed journals. Two of them have been featured as Very Important Paper in Angewandte Chemie International Edition and 2018 PCCP Hot Articles, respectively. Prof. Wu has participated in the National Basic Research Program of China (973 program), National Natural Science Foundation of China, Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong SAR-General Research Funding (RGC-GRF), etc. He acted as the backbone researcher for the pollutant detection program supported by Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF).

 

To date, he is the member of American Society of Mechanical Engineer (ASME), International Combustion Institute (CI), American Chemistry Society (ACS) and Chinese Chemistry Society (CCS). Prof. Wu is also the reviewer for many prestigious journals including Energy, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Journal of Chemical Physics A, Chemical Physical Letters, etc.

 

Education Background:

2020.12 - present   Associate Professor, Enegy and Power Engineering, CQU

2019.9 – present  Person of Interest, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

2020.1 – 2020.12   Postdoctor Fellow, Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK

2019.3 – 2019.9   Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

2016.8 – 2019.12   Ph.D., Mechanical & Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

2013.9- 2016.6   M.S., Enegy and Power Engineering, CQU

2009.9- 2013.6   B.S., Enegy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University (CQU)

Research Interests:

·       Multiphase flow, spray and atomization, droplet-related physics and heat recovery technologies.

·       High-accuracy quantum chemistry calculation, reaction kinetics related to combustion chemistry, atomospheric chemistry and interstellar chemistry.

·       Spectroscopic techniques for environment pollutants sensing and chatractization of heat & mass transfer process, including but not limited to: tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS), wavelength modulation spectroscopy (WMS), quartz-enhanced photoacoutic spectroscopy (QEPAS), surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy (SERS).

Research Grants：

Selected Publications：

[1] J. Wu, L. Gao, Z. Varga, X. Xu, W. Ren, and D. G. Truhlar. "Water Catalysis of the Reaction of Methanol with OH Radical in the Atmosphere is Negligible." Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2020) 59, 10826 –10830

[2] J. Wu, L. Gao, W. Ren, D. G. Truhlar. "Anharmonic kinetics of the cyclopentane reaction with hydroxyl radical." Chemical Science 11 (2020): 2511-2523

[3] J. Wu, H. Ning, X. Xu, W. Ren. "Accurate entropy calculation for large flexible hydrocarbons using a multi-structural 2-dimensional torsion method." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 21, no. 19 (2019): 10003-10010.

[4] J. Wu, H. Ning, L. Ma, P. Zhang, W. Ren. "Cascaded group-additivity ONIOM: A new method to approach CCSD (T)/CBS energies of large aliphatic hydrocarbons." Combustion and Flame 201 (2019): 31-43.

[5] J. Wu, H. Ning, L. Ma, W. Ren. "Pressure-dependent kinetics of methyl formate reactions with OH at combustion, atmospheric and interstellar temperatures." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 20, no. 41 (2018): 26190-26199.

[6] J. Wu, H. Wang, X. Zhu, Q. Liao, B. Ding. "Centrifugal granulation performance of liquid with various viscosities for heat recovery of blast furnace slag." Applied Thermal Engineering 89 (2015): 494-504.

 

Journal Papers:

[1] J. Wu, L. Gao, Z. Varga, X. Xu, W. Ren, and D. G. Truhlar. "Water Catalysis of the Reaction of Methanol with OH Radical in the Atmosphere is Negligible." Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (2020): 10826 – 10830. (Featured as Very Important Paper)

[2] J. Wu, L. Gao, H. Ning, W. Ren, D. G. Truhlar. "Direct dynamics of a large complex hydrocarbon reaction system: The reaction of OH with exo-tricyclodecane (the main component of Jet Propellant-10)." Combustion and Flame 216 (2020): 82-91.

[3] J. Wu, L. Gao, W. Ren, D. G. Truhlar. "Anharmonic kinetics of the cyclopentane reaction with hydroxyl radical." Chemical Science 11 (2020): 2511-2523

[4] J. Wu, H. Ning, X. Xu, W. Ren. "Accurate entropy calculation for large flexible hydrocarbons using a multi-structural 2-dimensional torsion method." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 21, no. 19 (2019): 10003-10010.

[5] J. Wu, H. Ning, L. Ma, P. Zhang, W. Ren. "Cascaded group-additivity ONIOM: A new method to approach CCSD (T)/CBS energies of large aliphatic hydrocarbons." Combustion and Flame 201 (2019): 31-43.

[6] J. Wu, H. Ning, L. Ma, W. Ren. "Pressure-dependent kinetics of methyl formate reactions with OH at combustion, atmospheric and interstellar temperatures." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 20, no. 41 (2018): 26190-26199. (Featured as Hot Article)

[7] J. Wu, H. Ning, L. Ma, W. Ren. "Accurate prediction of bond dissociation energies of large n-alkanes using ONIOM-CCSD (T)/CBS methods." Chemical Physics Letters 699 (2018): 139-145.

[8] J. Wu, F. Khaled, H. Ning, L. Ma, A. Farooq, W. Ren. "Theoretical and shock tube study of the rate constants for hydrogen abstraction reactions of ethyl formate." The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 121, no. 33 (2017): 6304-6313.

[9] J. Wu, H. Wang, X. Zhu, Q. Liao, Y. Ding. " Flow characteristics of molten blast furnace slag film on rotary atomizers with various configurations." Journal of Iron and Steel Research 29 (2017): 19-25.

[10] J. Wu, H. Wang^*, X. Zhu^*, Q. Liao, K. Li, "Cold experiment of slag centrifugal granulation by rotary atomizer: Effect of atomizer configuration", Applied Thermal Engineering, 111 (2017): 1557-1564. 

[11] J. Wu, H. Wang, X. Zhu, Q. Liao, B. Ding. "Centrifugal granulation performance of liquid with various viscosities for heat recovery of blast furnace slag." Applied Thermal Engineering 89 (2015): 494-504.

[12] J. Wu, H. Wang, X. Zhu, Q. Liao, J. Li, L. Lin. " Characteristic of ligament in centrifugal granulation by spinning disc." CSESC Journal 66 (2015): 2474-2480.

[13] T. Grabe, Y. Li, H. Krauss, A. Wolf, J. Wu, C. Yao, Q. Wang, R. Lachmayer, W. Ren, "Freeform optics design for Raman spectroscopy", Photonic Instrumentation Engineering VII 11287 (2020): 112870A.

[14] H. Ning, J. Wu, L. Ma, W. Ren. "Exploring the pyrolysis chemistry of prototype aromatic ester phenyl formate: Reaction pathways, thermodynamics and kinetics." Combustion and Flame 211 (2020): 337-346.

[15] H. Ning, J. Wu, L. Ma, W. Ren, D. F. Davidson, R. K. Hanson. "Combined Ab Initio, Kinetic Modeling, and Shock Tube Study of the Thermal Decomposition of Ethyl Formate." The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 121, no. 35 (2017): 6568-6579.

[16] H. Ning, J. Wu, L. Ma, W. Ren, D. F. Davidson, R. K. Hanson. "Chemical kinetic modeling and shock tube study of methyl propanoate decomposition." Combustion and Flame 184 (2017): 30-40.

[17] H. Wang, J. Wu, Q. Yang, X. Zhu, Q. Liao. "Heat transfer enhancement of ammonia spray cooling by surface modification." International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 101 (2016): 60-68.

[18] H. Wang, J. Wu, X. Zhu, Q. Liao, L. Zhao. "Energy–environment–economy evaluations of commercial scale systems for blast furnace slag treatment: dry slag granulation vs. water quenching." Applied energy 171 (2016): 314-324.

 

Conferences:

·       J. Wu, H. Ma, W. Ren. "A CGA-ONIOM scheme for reaction kinetics: A case study of cylocpentane + OH", China National Symposium on Combustion, 2019.10, Tianjin, China,

·       J. Wu, H. Ning, L. Ma, K. P. Cheong, W. Ren. "Kinetics of methyl formate reaction with OH at 200-2000 K: A revisit", 2018 China National Symposium on Combustion, 2018.9, Harbin,China

·       J. Wu, Q. Wang, Z. Wang, W. Ren, "On the measurement of vapor concentration distribution of sessile droplet evaporation " The 16th International Heat Transfer Conference, August 2018, Beijing, China. 

·       J. Wu, F. Khaled, A. Farooq, W. Ren, " A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study on EF + OH ", The 18^th National Shock Wave & Shock Tube Conference, 2018.6, Beijing, China

·       J. Wu, H. Ning, W. Ren, " A Theoretical Study on the Hydrogen Abstraction from n-Dodecane by OH radical ", The 31^th Chinese Chemical Society Annual Conference, 2018.5, Hangzhou, China

·       J. Wu, F. Khaled, H. Ning, L. Ma，A. Farooq, W. Ren, “Theoretical & Shock Tube Study of the Hydrogen Abstraction from Ethyl Formate，The 2^nd National Combustion Chemistry Conference，2017. 5, Dalian, China

·       J. Wu, L. Ma, H. Ning, W. Ren*,"Theoretical investigation on IR spectrums of dioxins and furans", The 1st International Conference in Aerospace for Young Scientists, 2016.11, Beijing, China.

·       J. Wu，H. Wang，X. Zhu，Q. Liao，Y. Ding，“Influences of Rotary Cup Configuration on the Film Flows: A CFD Study”， The National Multiphase Flow Conference，2015.11，Nanjing. China

·       J. Wu, K.Li, H. Wang, X. Zhu, Q. Liao,Visualization Investigation of the Liquid Centrifugal Granulation Process by RDA", The National Multi-Phase Flow Conference, 2014.11, Xi’an, China