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Faculty - Zhili Zhang

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Zhili Zhang
Assistant Professor

202 Dougherty Engineering Building
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-2030
Office: (865)974-6650
Fax: (865)974-5274
Email: zzhang24@utk.edu
Teaching ~ Education ~ Research Interests ~ Professional Experience ~ Professional Activities ~Selected Publications

TEACHING


  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Aerodynamics
  • Optics and Lasers

EDUCATION


  • Ph. D. Princeton University, 2008
  • M. A. Princeton University  2006
  • Bachelor Tsinghua University 2000

RESEARCH INTERESTS (back to top)

  • Trace species, flow velocity and flame temperature measurement by Radar REMPI (Coherent Microwave
  • Rayleigh scattering of Resonance Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization)
  • Optical diagnostics of fluid flow and validation of computational fluid dynamics
  • Laser induced plasma spectroscopy
  • Ultrafast process measurement and characterization
  • Active flow control and controllable plasma generation
  • Combustion process, energy conversion and emission
  • Biomedical diagnostics


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (back to top)

2008 - Present Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Tennesseee Knoxville

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (back to top)

  • AIAA Member
  • OSA Member

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (back to top)

Mikhail N. Shneider, Zhili Zhang, Richard B. Miles, “Simultaneous resonant enhanced multiphoton ionization and electron avalanche ionization in gas mixtures”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 104, No. 023302, 2008.

Mikhail N. Shneider,  Zhili Zhang, Richard B. Miles, “Plasma induced by resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization in inert gas”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 102, No. 12310, 2007, , selected for the November 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science.

Zhili Zhang, Mikhail N. Shneider, Richard B. Miles, “Coherent Microwave Rayleigh scattering of Resonance Enhanced Multiphoton ionization in argon”, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 98, No.265005, 2007.

Richard B. Miles, Zhili Zhang, Mikhail N. Shneider, Sohail Zaidi, “Detection of Nitric Oxide by Microwave Scattering from Resonant Enhanced  Multi-Photon Ionization: A New Approach to Non-Intrusive Diagnostics”, AIAA Journal, Aerospace letters, March, 2007.

Zhili Zhang, Mikhail N. Shneider, Richard B. Miles, “Microwave diagnostics of laser-induced avalanche ionization in air”, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 100, No. 074912, 2006, selected for the November 2006 issue of Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science.

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