The Laboratory of

Fluid Dynamics and

Technical Flows

• Since 2021   Research associate at The laboratory of fluid dynamics and technical flows at Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
• 2015-2021   PhD student at Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
• 2015-2021   Member of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS), Magdeburg
• 2013-2015   Master of Science at Kind Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi-Arabia
• 2009-2013   Bachelor of Science at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Research activities

• Direct numerical simulations (DNS) of turbulent combustion
  
  
• Machine learning and data-driven analysis
  
  
• Carbon-free clean combustion (Hydrogen, Ammonia …)
  
  
• Immersed boundary methods
  
  
• Wall bounded flame/turbulence interactions

Scholarship & Awards

• Chinese Government Award for outstanding self-financed students abroad (2020)
• PhD scholarship from Max Planck Institute Magdeburg (2015)
• The KAUST research scholarship (2013)
• The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust scholarship (UK) – Best Paper Award (2013)
• National Scholarship (the highest award to undergraduates in China) (2010)

Publications

Chi, C., Han, W. and Thévenin, D., Effects of molecular diffusion modeling on turbulent premixed NH3/H2/air flames. Proc. Combust. Inst. 39, (2022) in press.

Chi, C., Xu, X. and Thévenin, D., Efficient premixed turbulent combustion simulations using Flamelet Manifold Neural Networks: A priori and a posteriori assessment. Combust. Flame 245, (2022) 112325/1-11.

Chi, C., Janiga, G. and Thévenin, D., On-the-fly artificial neural network for chemical kinetics in direct numerical simulations of premixed combustion. Combust. Flame 226, (2021) 467-477.

Chi, C., Abdelsamie, A. and Thévenin, D., A directional ghost-cell immersed boundary method for incompressible flows. J. Comput. Phys. 404, (2020) 109122/1-20.

Chi, C., Janiga, G., Zähringer, K. and Thévenin, D., DNS study of the optimal heat release rate marker in premixed methane flames. Proc. Combust. Inst. 37, (2019) 2363-2371.

Starting 2003 you can find a full reference list of the lab can be found under Research