Dr. Dong Yang is an assistant professor at SUSTech. His research focuses on predicting and damping of thermoacoustic instabilities, with strong expertise in low-order network modelling and vortex-sound-entropy coupling theory. He got his first and Master’s degrees from Tsinghua University, and his PhD in 2017 from Imperial College London. His PhD thesis “The acoustics of short circular holes and their damping of thermoacoustic oscillations” won the Osborne Reynolds Award 2017 Oral Presentation Finalist -- top six PhDs in Fluid Mechanics in the UK. His research has made significant impact in the thermoacoustic and aeroacoustics communities, including being highlighted by the Journal of Sound and Vibration as “2017 Highlight of Aeroacoustics research in Europe”. He has been invited by many leading companies such as Rolls-Royce, Siemens and Reaction Engines to give talks or build collaborations on thermoacoustic instabilities. He is an organizer of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, and reviewer for Journal of Sound and Vibration, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Combustion and Flame, AIAA Journal, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power etc.

Work Experience

.* 2020 – now Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
* 2017 – 2020 Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK

Education Background

* 2013-2017, PhD in Aeronautics/Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK
(PhD Viva passed with no correction)
* 2011-2013, Master in Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
(Graduated with top journal publications in acoustics)
* 2007-2011, Bachelor in Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
(Outstanding student scholarship -- top ~10% in the department)
* 2004-2007, High School, Bashu Secondary School, Chongqing, China
(Top ~0.03% in the 2007 National Higher Education Entrance Examination)

Major Recognitions

* Osborne Reynolds Award 2017 Oral Presentation Finalist -- top six PhDs in Fluid Mechanics in the UK
* Journal of Sound and Vibration’s “2017 Highlight of Aeroacoustics research in Europe”

Research Areas

* Thermoacoustic instabilities
* Vortex-sound-entropy coupling theory
* Acoustic dampers
* Dynamical systems
* Optimization and control