AAAR 37th Annual Conference October 14 - October 18, 2019 Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon, USA
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Bo Yang, Ph. D. Candidate, Academia/Industry opportunities in Environmental/Mechanical Engineering
BO YANG, Cornell University
Abstract Number: 796 Working Group: Meet the Job Seekers
Abstract I have a diverse research background and I am looking for academic/industry opportunities for solving environmental/mechanical engineering challenges.
My current project is using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to parameterize the near-source air quality impact from distributed generation (DG) and highway traffic emission sources. For the electricity generation emission sources, I am working closely with USEPA on the building downwash modeling. I published three journal papers about the turbulent reactive plume from a central coal-fired powerplant, a simple cycle gas turbine, and a combined heat and power distributed generation facility. These papers set up a good foundation for the current project. I am also working on a project of assessing air quality improvement of using a combined cooling, heat, and power facility for a large wholesale market. For the highway traffic emission source, the current Gaussian-based dispersion models treat the highway region as a well-mixed zone. I published one paper on Environmental Science & Technology to show the direct evidence that from the vehicle tailpipe to the highway curbside, a significant part of NO2 was transformed from NO by ambient O3. The on-going work is to parameterize the on-road NO2/NOx ratio and provide a better initial NO2/NOx ratio condition for the dispersion models. As for the field and wind tunnel measurements, I led the mobile measurement of the residential wood-burning smoke in downtown Ithaca, NY. I joined the real-time emission measurement of a biomass boiler. I designed the wind tunnel tests for the on-road chasing measurement of highway vehicle emissions. In addition, I have research experience in the automotive industry. I led an HVAC system design for a passenger car. I led and joined several aerodynamic design projects from OEMs.