Chen Li

Assistant Research Professor, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder

Contact Information

Office:	Department of Mechanical Engineering, ECME 251A University of Colorado, Boulder 1111 Engineering Dr. Boulder, CO 80309 U.S.A.
Office Phone:	303-492-2863
Office Fax:	303-492-3498
EMail:	lichen.cu@colorado.edu

Education

2003 - 2006
Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY, U.S.A.
Advisor: George P. bud Peterson

2001 - 2003
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering
University of Nevada at Reno
Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Advisor: Professor Richard A. Wirtz

1993 - 1997
Bachelor of Science, Thermal Engineering
Chongqing University
Chongqing, China
Advisor: Professor Yuanguo Chen

Research Interests

Nano heat transfer (Nanofluid for thermal transport, new thermal composite with extreme high/low thermal conductivity based on CNTs or metal nano wire/wall, heat transfer on nanofabricated surfaces, etc.);
?/span>Two-phase heat transfer and flow (performance, the CHF, the flow characteristics, development of design tools for optimal design, etc.);
Thermal management of ultrahigh heat flux systems (electronics and optoelectronics at sub-chip, chip and system levels, high power weapon system, fission/fusion reactor, power/propulsion system, high freqency switch, radar, TR sets, vehicle, etc.);
The thermal phenomena in Biological systems and thermal therapies;
Numerical simulation of two-phase heat transfer process (FEM and MD) and software development;
Development of advanced heat pipe technology (high performance, and high heat flux);
Renewable engergy (geothermal power plant, and solar thermal energy collector).

Experience

2003 - 2006
Graduate Research Assistant
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Currently Performing research in 3 areas:

Evaporation/boiling including pool boiling phenomena on sintered-copper-mesh coated surface
Capillary condensation on mirco/nano scale multi-functional surface
Applications of above mechanisms in novel heat pipe development

2001 - 2003
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Nevada at Reno

Research focused on development of high performance heat sink based on Screen-Fin Technology including fundamental studies of flow characteristics through screen-fin and thermal performance of screen-fin with complicated geometric configurations

1997 - 2001
Satellite Thermal-Control-System Engineer
Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering

Main Responsibilities:

Heat pipe and LHP design and experimentation
Thermal-control-system design and test for FY-1C (launched in May, 1999) and FY-1D (launched in May, 2002), the first generation Polar Orbiting Meteorological Satellites of China
Satellite level testing

1996 - 1997
Undergraduate Research
Chongqing University
Research focused on L-shaped copper-water heat pipe design and experimental study under anti-gravity conditions

Journal Publications

1. Chen Li and R. A. Wirtz, “Development of a High Performance Heat Sink Based on Screen-Fin Technology,?IEEE TCPT, Vol. 28. No.1, pp. 80-87, 2005.

2. Chen Li, and G. P. Peterson, “Effective Thermal Conductivity of Sintered Wire Screen,?Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer,Vol. 49. pp. 4095-4105, 2006.

3. Chen Li, G. P. Peterson, and Yaxiong Wang, “Evaporation/boiling on Thin Capillary Wick (I): Thickness Effects,?ASME J. of Heat Transfer. Special issue, In press, 2006.

4. Chen Li, and G. P. Peterson, “Evaporation/boiling on Thin Capillary Wick (II): Effects of Volumetric Porosity and Mesh Size,?ASME J. of Heat Transfer. Special issue, In press, 2006.

5. Chen Li, and G. P. Peterson, “Parametric Study of Pool Boiling in Horizontal Conductive Micro Porous Coated Surfaces?ASME J. of Heat Transfer. In press, 2006.

6. Ji Li, G. P. Peterson, and Chen Li, “Boiling Stability in Parallel Microchannels?Applied Physical Letter, In review, 2006.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

Chen Li, and G. P. Peterson, (2006) “Comprehensive Comparisons between Evaporation and Nucleate Boiling on Micro Porous Coated Surfaces,?2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Conference, Chicago, IL, Nov. 05 ?10.
Chen Li, and G. P. Peterson, (2005) “Experimental Study of Effects of Volumetric Porosity and Critical Meniscus Radius on Evaporation/boiling from Thin Capillary Wicks,?2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Conference, Orlando, FL, Nov. 05 ?11.
Chen Li, G. P. Peterson and Yaxiong Wang, (2005) “Experimental Study of Thickness effects in evaporation/boiling on Thin Sintered-Copper-Mesh Surface,?2005 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, CA, July 17 ?22.
Chen Li, G. P. Peterson and Yaxiong Wang, (2004) “Capillary Condensation on Micro-finned surfaces,?42th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting. Reno, NV. Jan. 5 ?8.
Chen Li and R. A. Wirtz, (2003) “Development of a High Performance Heat Sink Based on Screen-Fin Technology,?Proc 19-th Semiconductor Thermal Measurement and Management Symposium, IEEE 02CH37437, pp. 53 - 60, San Jose, CA March 6 ?10.
Wirtz R. A., Chen Li, Ji-Wook Park and Jun Xu, (2002) “High Performance Woven Mesh Heat Exchanges,?11th AIAA/MDA Technology Conference and Exhibit, Monterey, CA, July 29 ?Aug 2.
Chen Li, (2000) “Thermal Analysis of LM-4B Launch Vehicle’s Fairing,?5th Space Thermophysics Conference of Chinese Institute of Astronautics, Huangshan, China.
Xiaoxiang Zhao, Cong Shen and Chen Li, (2000) “Investigation of the Startup Performance of CPL or LHP,?5th Space Thermophysics Conference of Chinese Institute of Astronautics, Huangshan, China.
Xiaoxiang Zhao, Min Tian, Chen Li and Cong Shen, (2000) “Application and Design of CPL in FY-1C,?5th Space Thermophysics Conference of Chinese Institute of Astronautics, Huangshan, China.
Yuanguo Chen, Chen Li, Mingchong Jin, and Jingwen Tang, (1997) “Investigation of Thermal Performance of Anti-Gravity L-Shape Copper-Water Heat Pipe,?National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference of Chinese Institute of Thermophysical Engineering, 973103, IV-94-6, Chongqing, China.

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