Xiaolin Wang

Professor Wang enjoys a strong record in research fields including thermodynamics, cooling engineering, desalination and utilization of renewable energy. He is a Fellow of Engineers Australia and member of the World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies. He won the DAAD visiting fellowship by DAAD Germany in 2003 and Ludwig Mond Prize 2005, by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) of United Kingdom. He won the Australian China Young Scientist Exchange Program award in 2009 and the Australian Japan Emerging Research Leader Program award in 2016 by the Australia Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE). He received “Dean’s Award” for outstanding research performance in 2016. He was named as Field Leader in thermal science by the Australian Research Magazine in 2018. He is Associate Editor of IMechE Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering and Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Guest editor of Applied Sciences and editorial board member for five international journals.

Biography

Professor Wang received his B.Eng and Ph.D. degrees from the Xi'an Jiaotong University, China in 1994 and 1999, respectively. After he worked in the industry in Singapore for three years, he started his academic career as a Research Fellow (A) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the National University of Singapore in 2002. In 2003, he was invited by DAAD, Germany to work as a visiting scientist at the University of Siegen, Germany. In 2005, he joined the School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, the University of Western Australia as a Lecturer and was promoted to Research Associate Professor in 2009. In July 2012, he joined the School of Engineering, University of Tasmania. Xiaolin has extensive industrial experiences in thermodynamics of cooling and power systems, heat pump technologies, desalination, energy storage and conversion, and renewable energy applications. He is Deputy Director of the Centre for Renewable Energy and Power Systems in the School of Engineering.

Career summary

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Xi'an Jiaotong University (1996 — 1999)
• Master of Engineering - MEng Xi'an Jiaotong University (1994 — 1996)
• Bachelor of Engineering - BE Xi'an Jiaotong University (1990 — 1994)

Languages (other than English)

• Chinese

Professional practice

• Fellow of Engineers Australia
• Member of World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies

Administrative expertise

• Research leadership role in the Western Australian Geothermal Centre of Excellence (WAGCoE); Research leadership roles in research projects

Teaching

• Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Power Cycle, Refrigeration Cycle, Fluid Mechanics

Teaching expertise

• Thermal and Fluids Engineering, Thermal Engineering

Teaching responsibility

• ENG212 – Thermal and Fluid Engineering
• ENG311 – Thermal Engineering 1
• KNE454 – Thermal Engineering 2

Expertise

• Renewable energy, Air-conditioning and refrigeration, Desalination and Gas adsorption
• Application and utilization of renewable energy including geothermal energy, solar energy and waste energy from chemical process plants and power generation plants
• Thermodynamics of cooling and power systems including geothermal/waste heat driven ORC power system and air-source heat pump hot water system
• Phase change energy storage
• Development of new processes in the thermally driven air-conditioning and desalination
• Development of environmentally friendly low-temperature heat driven sorption chiller technologies
• Adsorption assisted gas storage such as methane, hydrogen and carbon dioxide storage
• Development of low-load diesel technology

Research Themes

Xiaolin's research aligns to the University's research theme of Environment, Resources & Sustainability. His research interests include:

• Application and utilization of renewable energy including geothermal energy, solar energy and waste energy from chemical process plants and power generation plants
• Thermodynamics of cooling and power systems including geothermal/waste heat driven ORC power system and air-source heat pump hot water system
• Phase change energy storage
• Development of new processes in the thermally driven air-conditioning and desalination
• Development of environmentally friendly low-temperature heat driven sorption chiller technologies
• Adsorption assisted gas storage such as methane, hydrogen and carbon dioxide storage
• Development of low-load diesel technology

Awards

• 2016: Dean's Award by UTAS SET Faculty
• 2016: Australia Japan Emerging Research Leader Exchange Program award by the Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering (ATSE)
• 2011: Recipient of the Australia-China Young Scientist (ACYS) exchange next step fund by the Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering (ATSE)
• 2010: One of seven alumni representatives of ACYS shanghai summit awarded by ATSE
• 2009: One of eight representatives of ACYS exchange program awarded by ATSE
• 2005: Ludwig Mond Prize 2005, Process Industries Division Prizes awarded by IMechE of United Kingdom
• 2003: Visiting Scholarship awarded by DAAD, Germany

Current projects

• Low load diesel pilot plant (US Navy Research)
• Phase change energy storage
• Thermally driven desalination
• Heat pump technology
• ORC power generation

Fields of Research

• Energy generation, conversion and storage (excl. chemical and electrical) (401703)
• Other engineering (409999)
• Electrical energy generation (incl. renewables, excl. photovoltaics) (400803)
• Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation (401706)
• Mechanical engineering (401799)
• Civil geotechnical engineering (400502)
• Hybrid and electric vehicles and powertrains (400205)
• Experimental methods in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer (401205)
• Autonomous vehicle systems (400703)
• Water treatment processes (400411)
• Engineering instrumentation (409902)
• Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy (390113)
• Computational complexity and computability (461302)
• Civil engineering (400599)
• Engineering practice and education (401099)
• Petroleum and reservoir engineering (401907)
• Solid mechanics (401707)
• Geophysical and environmental fluid flows (401208)
• Automotive engineering (400299)
• Water resources engineering (400513)
• Microtechnology (401410)
• Materials engineering (401699)
• Functional materials (401605)
• Field robotics (400706)
• Electrical circuits and systems (400802)
• Computational methods in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer (incl. computational fluid dynamics) (401204)
• Flexible manufacturing systems (401403)
• Metal organic frameworks (340207)
• Engineering design (401001)
• Sociology and social studies of science and technology (441007)
• Electrical energy transmission, networks and systems (400805)
• Environment and resource economics (380105)
• Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy (401999)
• Physical properties of materials (340305)
• Building information modelling and management (330204)

Research Objectives

• Energy systems and analysis (170305)
• Expanding knowledge in engineering (280110)
• Energy storage (excl. hydrogen and batteries) (170304)
• Energy efficiency (170199)
• Solar-thermal energy (170805)
• Energy services and utilities (170303)
• Commercial energy efficiency (170101)
• Renewable energy (170899)
• Residential energy efficiency (170103)
• Industrial energy efficiency (170102)
• Energy storage, distribution and supply (170399)
• Other energy (179999)
• Energy transformation (170499)
• Hydro-electric energy (170803)
• Oil and gas extraction (170603)
• Energy transmission and distribution (excl. hydrogen) (170306)
• Solar-photovoltaic energy (170804)
• Transport energy efficiency (170104)
• Environmentally sustainable energy activities (170599)
• Management of gaseous waste from energy activities (excl. greenhouse gases) (170501)
• Battery storage (170301)
• Oil and gas exploration (170203)
• Industrial machinery and equipment (241204)
• Understanding climate change (190599)
• Wind energy (170808)
• Machinery and equipment (241299)
• Geothermal energy (170802)
• Tidal energy (170806)
• Geothermal exploration (170202)
• Environmentally sustainable transport activities (270299)
• Other environmental management (189999)
• Energy exploration (170299)
• Processing of energy sources (170799)
• Teaching and instruction technologies (160304)
• Wave energy (170807)
• Biofuel energy (170801)
• Domestic passenger water transport (e.g. ferries) (270403)
• Coastal and estuarine systems and management (180299)
• Management of greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation (190305)
• Clinical health (200199)
• Scientific instruments (241003)
• Fabricated metal products (240799)
• Industrial construction planning (120403)
• Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences (280111)
• Aquaculture fin fish (excl. tuna) (100202)