PhD, Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University, 2009 

M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2006

B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2003

1. Fluid Dynamics (ME3350/5350)

2. Advanced Fluid Dynamics (ME7300)

3. Thermal Fluids Labratory (ME4610/6610)

4. Experimental Measurements and Instrumentation (ME3600/5600)

5. Aeronautics (ME4430/6430)

6. Aerospace Propulsion (ME4440/6440)

7. Thermal Dynamics I (ME3310/5310)

1. Blood flow velocimetry

http://zifengyang.wix.com/efdl

2. Novel wind turbine technology

https://webapp2.wright.edu/web1/newsroom/2015/04/02/power-play/

3. Advanced Flow Diagnostic Technologies

4. Micro Air Vehicle

Vice Chair (Executive Committee), The Ohio-Region Section of the American Physical Society (OSAPS), 2022-present.

Deputy Chair, 47th Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Science Symposium, 2022

Guest Editor for Applied Sciences, 2021-2022

Technical Co-Chair, 33^rd Applied Aerodynamics Conference at Aviation 2015. 

AIAA, Applied Aerodynamics Technical Committee 

AIAA Member 

American Physical Society Member

Reviewer for Optics Letters, Applied Optics, Experiment in Fluids, Renewable Energy, Experimental Thermal Fluid Science, Thermal Science, Energies, Journal of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, Journal of Fluids Engineering, Journal of Aerospace Power, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, International Journal of Micro Air Vehicle, Science China: Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, European Journal of Mechanics, Acta Mechanica Sinica etc.

Zhe Ning

Scott (Shihkang) Huang

Zhengkai He

Mark Johnson

Laura Carpenter

Hongtao Yu (PHD)

Salome K. Nunes

Journal Papers:

1. H. Yi, Z. Yang, M. Johnson, L. Bramlage, B. Ludwig (2022) Hemodynamic characteristics in a cerebral aneurysm model using non-Newtonian blood analogues. Physics of Fluids, (Featured paper, in press), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0118097
2. Z. Deng, W. Chen, Z. Yang (2022) The control mechanism of the soft trailing fringe on the flow characteristics over an airfoil. Physics of Fluids, 34, 095112, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0106936
3. H. Yi, M. Johnson, L. Bramlage, B. Ludwig, Z. Yang (2022) Effects of pulsatile flow rate and shunt ratio in bifurcated distal arteries on hemodynamic characteristics involved in two patient-specific internal carotid artery sidewall aneurysms: a numerical study. Bioengineering, 9(7), 326; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/bioengineering9070326
4. W. Chen, Z. Yang, G. Hu, H. Jing, and J. Wang (2022) New Advances in Fluid-Structure Interaction. Applied Sciences, 12, 5366. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12115366
5. S. Wang, J. Zheng, L. Li, X. Xia, X. Han, C. Zhang, F. Qi and Z. Yang (2022) Extensional study of optical flow enhanced hybrid PIV method for dual-plane stereoscopic PIV measurement. Measurement Science and Technology, 33, 095012; https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/ac6fb1
6. J. Zheng, S. Wang, Z. Yang, L. Li, G. Wang, Y, Gao, X. Liu, F. Qi (2022) Experimental investigations on coherent flow structures in acoustically excited swirling flames using temporally-separated dual-plane Stereo-PIV. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 136(2022): 1106673.
7. S. Wang, J. Zheng, L. Li, Z. Yang, X. Xia, C. Fu, Y, Gao, X. Liu, X. Han, C. Zhang, F. Qi (2022) Evolution characteristics of 3D vortex structures in stratified swirling flames studied by dual-plane stereoscopic PIV. Combustion and Flame, 237: 111874.
8. H. Yu, Z. Yang (2022) Effect of the extended rigid flapping trailing edge fringe on an S833 airfoil. Applied Science, 12(1):444. DOI: 10.3390/app12010444
9. H. Liu, Z. Yang, W. Cai (2021) Application of three-dimensional diagnostics on the direct-current electric-field assisted combustion. Aerospace Science and Technology, 112: 106657.
10. Z. Yang, S. Wang, J. Zheng, L. Li, X. Liu, Y. Gao, and F. Qi (2020) 20 kHz dual-plane stereo-PIV measurements on a swirling flame using a two-legged burst-mode laser. Optics Letters, 45(20): 5756-5759.
11. G. Chen, W. Chen, D. Gao, Z. Yang (2020) Active control of flow structure and unsteady aerodynamic force of box girder with leading-edge suction and trailing-edge jet. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 120 (2021): 110244.
12. H. Yu, Z. Yang (2020) A numerical simulation on the airfoil S833 equipped with flapping trailing edge fringes. Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, 13(2): 571-582.
13. Z. Yang, M. Johnson, N. Posada, S. Ou, R. Sondergaard (2019) Film cooling on the geometrically modified trailing edge model of gas turbine blade. Journal of Turbomachinery, 141(9): 091012.
14. H. Yu, G. Huang, Z. Yang, B. Ludwig (2019) Numerical studies of hemodynamic alterations in pre- and poststenting cerebral aneurysms using a multiscale modeling. International Journal of Numerical Method in Biomedical Engineering, 35(11): e3256.
15. H. Yu, G. Huang, B. Ludwig, Z. Yang (2019) An in-vitro flow study using an artificial circle of Willis model for validation of an existing one-dimensional numerical model. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 47(4): 1023-1037. DOI: 10.1007/s10439-019-02211-6
16. Z. Yang, M. Johnson (2019) Velocimetry based on dye visualization for a pulsatile tubing flow measurement. Applied Optics, 58(10): C7-C13.
17. H. Yu, G. Huang, Z. Yang, B. Ludwig (2018) A Multiscale Computational Modeling for Cerebral Blood Flow with Aneurysms and/or Stenoses. International Journal of Numerical Method in Biomedical Engineering, 34(10): e3127. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.3127.
18. G. Huang, H. Yu, Z. Yang, R. Schwieterman, and B. Ludwig (2018) 1D Simulation of Blood Flow Characteristics in the Circle of Willis using THINkS. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 21(4): 389-397.
19. Z. Yang (2017) Optical Flow Method for Blood Flow Velocimetry Based on Digital X-ray Subtraction Angiography: A Brief Review. Research & Reviews: Journal of Medical and Health Sciences.
20. Z. Yang, H. Yu, G. Huang, B. Ludwig (2017) Divergence Compensatory Optical Flow Method for Blood Velocimetry. Journal of Biomedical Engineering, 139: 061005-2.
21. M. Johnson and Z. Yang (2017) Hybrid particle image velocimetry with the combination of cross-correlation and optical flow method. Journal of Visualization, 20(3): 625-638. DOI 10.1007/s12650-017-0417-7.
22. F. Chen, H. Liu, Z. Yang, H. Hu (2017) Tracking characteristics of tracer particles for PIV measurements in supersonic flows. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, DOI 10.1016/j.cja.2016.12.033.
23. L. Shi, C. Uy, S. Huang, Z. Yang, G. Huang, and C. Wen (2016) Experimental investigation on flow characteristics of a four-wing micro air vehicle. International Journal of Micro Ari Vehicles, 8(3): 181-193.
24. H. Yu, G. Huang, Z. Yang, F. Liang, B. Ludwig. (2016) The influence of normal and early vascular aging on hemodynamic characteristics in cardio- and cerebro-vascular systems. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 138(6): 061002.
25. Z. Yang, H. Yu, P. G. Huang, R. Schwieterman, B. Ludwig. (2015) Computational fluid dynamics simulation of intracranial aneurysms – comparing size and shape. Journal of Coastal Life Medicine, 3(3):245-52.
26. Z. Yang, M. Ninno, Z. Wen, H. Hu (2014) An Experimental Investigation on the Multiphase flows and Turbulent Mixing in a Flat-panel Photobioreactor for Algae Cultivation, Journal of Applied Phycology, DOI 10.1007/s10811-014-0239-0.
27. Z. Yang, and H. Hu, (2012) An Experimental Investigation on the Trailing Edge Cooling of Turbine Blades, Propulsion and Power Research, Vol.1, No.1, pp36-47.
28. Z. Yang, P. Sarkar, H. Hu (2012), Visualization of Tip Vortices in a Wind Turbine Wake, Journal of Visualization, Vol.15, No.15, pp.39-44.
29. H. Hu, Z. Yang, P. Sarkar (2012), Dynamic Wind Loads and Wake Characteristics of a Wind Turbine Model in an Atmospheric Boundary Layer Wind, Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 52, No.5, pp1277-1294.
30. H. Hu, Z. Yang, H. Igarashi and M. Martin, (2011), An Experimental Study of Stall Hysteresis of a Low-Reynolds-Number Airfoil, International Journal of Aerospace and Lightweight Structures, Vol.1, No.2, pp.221-238.
31. H. Hu, Z. Yang, P. Sarkar and F. Haan (2011), Characterization of the Flow Fields around a Gable-roof Building Model in Tornado-like Winds, Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 51, No.3, pp. 835-851.
32. Z. Yang, P.  Sarkar, H. Hu (2011), An Experimental Study of a High-Rise Building Model in Tornado-like Winds, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 471-486.
33. Z. Yang & H. Hu (2011), Study of Trailing-Edge Cooling Using Pressure Sensitive Paint Technique, Journal of Power and Propulsion,Vol. 27, No. 3, pp.700-709.
34. Z. Yang, P. Sarkar and H. Hu (2010), Visualization of Flow Structures around a Gable-roofed Building Model in Tornado-like Winds, Journal of Visualization, Vol.13, No. 4: 285-288.
35. Z. Yang & H. Hu (2008), Laminar Flow Separation and Transition on a Low-Reynolds-Number Airfoil, AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol.45, No. 3: 1067 - 1070.
36. H. Hu & Z. Yang (2008), An Experimental Study of the Laminar Flow Separation on a Low-Reynolds-Number Airfoil. Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol.130, No. 5, 051101.
37. H. Hu, Z. Yang, H. Igarashi (2007), Aerodynamic Hysteresis of a Low-Reynolds-Number Airfoil, AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 44, No.6, pp2083-2086.
38. X. Sun, Z. Yang, X. Wang (2007), Effect of Fan Outlet Guide Vane on the Acoustic Treatment Design in Aeroengine Nacelle. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 302(2007): 287-312.
39. Yang Zi-Feng, Wang Xiao-Yu, Sun Xiao-Feng (2006), Effect of finite-length casing treatment on cascade aero-elastic stability, Journal of Aerospace Power, Vol. 21, No.6, pp. 1027-1032.

Patent:

Yang, Z. 2015. System and method to measure biological flow. US Patent, EFS: 22687829 (Provisional).

Conference Papers:

1. Huang PG, Yu HT, Yang ZF, Ludwig B. 1D Network Simulation of Blood Flow in the Circle of Willis. International Conference on Mechanical Engineering 2015. (ICME 2015) 18 – 20 December, 2015, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2. Z. Yang, H. Yu,  P.G., Huang, B., Ludwig, Biological flow measurement using optical flow method. 31^st AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference, Dallas, TX, DOI: 10.2514/6.2015-2869, 2015
3. Z. Yang, Z. He, H. Yu, and F. Chen, Study on the Vortex Wake of an Airfoil Equipped with Flexible Trailing Edge Fringe, 53^rd AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Kissimmee, Florida, 2015.
4. H. Hu, M. Ninno and Z. Wen and Z. Yang, An Experimental Investigation On the Multiphase Flows In a Photobioreactor For Algae Cultivation, FEDSM2013-16436, 2013 Fluid Engineering Division Summer Meeting, July 7-11, 2013, Incline Village, Nevada, USA.
5. Z. Yang, S. Huang, G. Huang, Aerodynamic Performances of Flapping Wings under Acoustic Disturbances, AIAA-2013-3039, 31^st AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, San Diego, California, 2013.
6. S. Huang, R. Cairo, R. Parker, G. Huang  and Z. Yang, An Experimental Investigation on Wing Optimization for a Four- Wing Flapper, AIAA-2013-0069, 51^st AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Grapevine, Texas, 2013.
7. Z. Ning, and Z. Yang, An Experimental Investigation on the Control of Tip Vortices from Wing Turbine Blade, AIAA-2013-1104, 51^st AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Grapevine, Texas, 2013.
8. A. Ozbay, W. Tian, Z. Yang and H. Hu, Interference of Wind Turbines with Different Yaw Angles of the Upstream Wind Turbine”, AIAA-2012-2719, 30^th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, 25-28 June, 2012.
9. H. Hu, A. Ozbay, W. Tian, Z. Yang, and P. Sarkar, “An Experimental Investigation on the Effects of Wake Interference of the Performance of Wind Turbines over Complex Terrains”, FEDSM2012-72306; 2012 Fluid Engineering Division Summer Meeting, July 8-12, 2012 Puerto Rico, USA.
10. W. Tian, A. Ozbay, Z. Yang, P. Sarkar and H. Hu, An Experimental Investigation on the Wake Interference of Multiple Wind Turbines in Atmospheric Boundary Layer Winds”, AIAA-2012-2784, 30^th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, 25-28 June, 2012.
11. Z. Yang, A. Ozbay, P. Sarkar, H. Hu (2012), An Experimental Investigation on the Wake Interference of Wind Turbines Sited Over Complex Terrains, 50^th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee. 09-12 Jan. 2012.
12. Z. Yang, P. Sarkar, H. Hu (2011), An Experimental Investigation on the Wake Characteristics of a Wind Turbine in an Atmospheric Boundary Layer Wind, 41^st AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference & Exhibit, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 26-30, 2011.
13. Z. Yang and H. Hu (2011), An Experimetnal Investigation on the Trailing Edge Cooling of Turbine Blades by using PIV and PSP techniques, 41^st AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference & Exhibit, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 26-30, 2011.
14. Z. Yang, H. Hu, P. Sarkar (2011), Wind Turbine Interactions in ABL Wind over a Flat Terrain and 2D-Ridge, 13^th International Conference of Wind Engineering, Amsterdam, Netherland.
15. H. Hu, Z. Yang, P. Sarkar (2010), PIV and PSP Techniques and Their Applications for Wind Engineering Studies, International Workshop on Wind Engineering Research and Practice, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
16. Z. Yang, A. Gopa Kumar, and H. Hu, “An Experimental Investigation on the Trailing Edge Cooling of Turbine Blades”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Jet Propulsion and Power Engineering, September 13-17, 2010, Nanjing, China.
17. Z. Yang, P. Sarkar and H. Hu (2010), An Experimental Study of a Gable-roofed Building Model in Tornado-like Winds, AIAA-2010-4682, 28^th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
18. Z. Yang, A. G. Kumar, H. Igarashi, and H. Hu (2010), An Experiment Study of Wall Slot Jets Pertinent to Trailing Edge Cooling of Turbine Blades, FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30304, the 3^rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting (FEDSM2010), Montreal, Canada.
19. Z. Yang, P. Sarkar, H. Hu (2009), Flow around a High-Rise Building Model in Tornado-like Wind. AIAA-2009-0749, 47^th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit at Orlando, Florida.
20. Z. Yang, H. Igarashi, M. Martin and H. Hu (2008), An Experimental Investigation on Aerodynamic Hysteresis of a Low-Reynolds Number Airfoil. AIAA-2008-0315, 46^th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit at Reno, Nevada.
21. Z. Yang, F. Haan, H. Hu (2007), An Experimental Investigation on the Flow Separation on a Low-Reynolds-Number Airfoil. AIAA-2007-0275, 45th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting and Exhibit at Reno, Nevada.

Conference Abstracts:

1. M. Johnson, Z. Yang. Transient CFD simulations of dye diffusions in a square tube flow, Spring 2021 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section, University Heights, OH, 2021.
2. S. Nunes, Z. Yang. An experimental study on a dual-plane airfoil model with varying gap stagger and decalage, 46^th Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Science Symposium, Dayton, OH, 2021.
3. M. Johnson, Z. Yang. CFD simulations of dye diffusion in a laminar pipe flow, 46^th Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Science Symposium, Dayton, OH, 2021.
4. Z. Yang, H. Yu, G. P. Huang, B. Ludwig. A Novel Optical Flow Method for Introvascular Blood Velocimetry: A Validation Study, 5th International Summit on Medical Biology & Bioengineering, San Francisco, CA, 2019.
5. Z. Yang, L. Carpenter, J. Menart, R. Houck. A blade design to revolutionize the wind industry, WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition 2018, Chicago, IL, 2018.
6. Z. Yang, P. Pawar, H. Zhao. Flow velocimetry based on dye visualization image of tubing flow using optical flow method, 71^st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Atlanta, GA, 2018.
7. M. Johnson, Z. Yang. Comparison of the tube flow measurements using PIV and optical flow method based on dye-injected contrasts, 14^th Annual Dayton Engineering Science Symposiums, Dayton, OH, 2018.
8. H. Zhao, Z. Yang. Digital holographic microscopy based on reflective point diffraction, 13^th Annual Dayton Engineering Science Symposiums, Dayton, OH, 2017.
9. H. Yu, Z. He, Z. Yang. The investigation of flexible trailing edge fringe on the wake of an airfoil S833, 13^th Annual Dayton Engineering Science Symposium, Dayton, OH, 2017.
10. Yu HT, Huang PG, Yang ZF, Liang FU, Ludwig B. “1D-3D Multi-scale Computational Modeling for Blood Flow in Intracranial Aneurysms and Stenoses” 42nd Annual Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS 2017), March 1, 2017.
11. Z. Yang, H. Yu, P. G. Huang, B. Ludwig. Intravascular blood flow velocimetry using optical flow method, 12^th Annual Dayton Engineering Science Symposium, Dayton, OH, 2016.
12. Yu HT, Huang PG, Yang ZF, Liang FU, Ludwig B. “A Multiscale simulation of a cerebral aneurysm” 12th Annual Dayton Engineering Sciences Symposium, Dayton, OH, November 1, 2016.
13. H. Yu, P.G. Huang, Z. Yang, F. Liang, B. Ludwig. The influence of the normal vascular aging and early vascular aging on hemodynamic characteristics in the circle of Willis, 41^st Annual Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS 2016), March 2, 2016.
14. H. Yu, P.G. Huang, Z. Yang, B. Ludwig.  Computational fluid dynamics simulation of intracranial aneurysms - comparing size and shape, 40^th Annual Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS 2015), March 4, 2015.
15. G. Huang, H. Yu, R. Schwieterman, Z. Yang, B. Ludwig. (2015). Abstract W P88: THINkS: a novel tool for multiscale CFD calculations of the cerebral vasculature. Stroke 46. Suppl 1: AWP88-AWP88, 2015.
16. H. Hu, Z. Yang, Y. Zhang, P.P. Sarkar. Experimental Studies of Fluid-Structure Interactions (FSI) of Building Models in Violent Tornadoic and Microburst Winds”. 2nd National Conference on Nature Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, August 22~23, Harbin, China, 2015.
17. Z. He, and Z. Yang. Numerical Investigation on Aerodynamic Characteristics of an Airfoil with a Flexible Tail, 9^th Annual Dayton Engineering Science Symposium, Dayton, OH, 2013.
18. Z. Ning, and Z. Yang. An experimental study on the control of tip vortices by modification of the tip shape of wind turbine blade, 38^th Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Science Symposium, Dayton, OH, 2013.
19. S. Huang, G. P. Huang, Z. Yang, An Experimental Investigation on Wing Optimization for a Flapping Wing MAV, 38^th Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Science Symposium, Dayton, OH, 2013. (Best presentation award)
20. Z. Yang, P. Sarkar, H. Hu, An Experimental Study on Dynamic Wind Loads and the Near Wake of a Wind Turbine Model in ABL Wind, 7^th Annual Dayton Engineering Science Symposium, Dayton, OH, 2011. (Best presentation award)
21. Z. Yang, H. Hu, M. D. Ninno and Z. Wen (2011), An Experimental Investigation of the Multiphase Flows in a Photobioreactor for Algae Cultivation, 64^th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Baltimore, MD, November 20-22, 2011.
22. H. Hu, Z. Yang, A. Ozbay, P. Sarkar (2011), An Experimental Investigation on the Wake Interference of Multiple Wind turbines over Complex Terrains, 64^th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Baltimore, MD, November 20-22, 2011.
23. Z. Yang, P. Sarkar, and H. Hu (2010), “Dynamic Wind Loads and Vortex Structures in the Wake of a Wind Turbine”, 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD), Long Beach, California, November 21-23, 2010.
24. Z. Yang, Y. Zhang, P. Sarkar and H. Hu (2010), Dynamic Wind Loads and Wake Flow Structures Downstream a Wind Turbine. 2010 Iowa Wind Energy Association’s (IAWIND) Annual Meeting and conference, Ames, Iowa, USA.
25. Y. Zhang, Z. Yang and H. Hu, “Effects of Surface Roughness Effects on the Aerodynamic Performance of a Wind Turbine Airfoil”, 47th Annual Technical Meeting of Society of Engineering Science, October 3-6, 2010, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
26. H. Hu, Z. Yang, P. Sarkar and F. Haan (2010), Characterization of the Fluid-Structure Interactions of Building Models in Tornado-like Winds", The Fifth US-Japan (UJNR) Workshop on Wind Engineering, Chicago, USA.
27. Z. Yang, V. Balaramudu, F. Haan, P. Sarkar, H. Hu (2007), Flow Structure around a Gableroofed Building model in Tornado-like Winds. 60th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics at Salt Lake City, Utah.

• Best Presentation Award, 12^th Annual ASME Dayton Engineering Science Symposiums, 2017
• USAF Summer Faculty Fellowship Award, AFOSR, 2015
• USAF Summer Faculty Fellowship Award, AFOSR, 2014
• Best Presentation Award, 38^th AIAA Dayton Cincinnati Aerospace Science Symposium, 2013.
• Best Presentation Award, 8^th Annual ASME Dayton Engineering Science Symposium, 2012.
• Best Presentation Award, 7^th Annual ASME Dayton Engineering Science Symposium, 2012.