Wang Baotong, Research Professor, Deputy Dean
Address: Room 6302, Building A6, Changping Research Base, Tsinghua University
E-mail address: wangbaotong@tsinghua.edu.cn
Education background
2008.10-2012.09, Doctor of Science in Advanced Energy, The University of Tokyo.
2005.09-2008.07, Master of Engineering, Department of Fluid Machinery and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University.
2001.09-2005.07, Bachelor of Engineering in Thermal Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University.
Career Experience
2026.01-Present, Research Professor, Institute for Aero Engine, Tsinghua University.
2019.11-2025.12, Associate Research Professor, Institute for Aero Engine, Tsinghua University.
2018.04-2019.10, Associate Principal Researcher, Corporate Research & Development Division, IHI Corporation (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries), Japan.
2015.10-2018.03, Assistant Researcher, Corporate Research & Development Division, IHI Corporation (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries), Japan.
2013.10-2015.09, Research and Development Engineer, Turbocharging System Division, IHI Corporation (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries), Japan.
2012.11-2013.09，Visiting Research Fellow, Advanced Energy Department, The University of Tokyo.
Areas of Research Interests
(1) High fidelity modeling and simulation methods and digital twin technology;
(2) Internal flow mechanism, flow control and high-performance aerodynamic layout method in engine;
(3) Prediction and design methodology of aerodynamic instability & aeroelasticity in engine;
(4) Theory and methodology of engine performance uncertainty quantification and robust design.
Research Overview
Conduct the fundamental research and technology development related to the gas turbine and aero engine under the support of the fundamental research projects of the National Major Project and the National Key Research and Development Program, etc.
Teaching Overview
Design and Intelligent Control of Integrated Flight-Propulsion System – Course Leader
General Theory of Aero-engine Engineering – Co-instructor
Principles of Advanced Aero-engines – Co-instructor
Awards and Honours
[1] Award for Outstanding Paper Presentation at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences（JSASS）for Aero engine and Astronautical Propulsion.
[2] "Research and Development of High-Performance Multi-Stage Compressor for 2MW Gas Turbine" Second Prize Award of Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI), Japan
[3] Best Paper Award 2023 for the Global Propulsion and Power Society(GPPS) Technical Conference 2023, Hong Kong.
Academic Positions
[1] Guest Editor, Special Issue "Advances in Green Propulsion Engine and Environmental Pollution Control", Processes Journal
[2] Guest Editor, Special Issue "Advances in Green Propulsion Engine and [3] Environmental Pollution Control", 2nd Edition, Processes Journal
[4] Early Career Editor, Aero Engine (Chinese Journal)
[5] Early Career Editor, Chinese Journal of Turbomachinery (Chinese Journal)
[6] Track and Session Chair, Turbomachinery Aerodynamics: Axial-Flow Compressors, GPPS 2023 Hong Kong Turbomachinery Technical Conference
[7] Session Organizer, Compressor Flow Control and Machine Learning, ASME Turbo Expo 2024
[8] Session Organizer, The 12th Asian Joint Conference on Propulsion and Power 2025
[9] Reviewer for international journals and conferences, including:
ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbine and Power
ASME Journal of Turbomachinery
Physical of Fluids
Energy
Aerospace Science and Technology
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy
Chinese Journal of Aeronautics
Journal of Aerospace Engineering
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
ASME Turbo Expo
Global Propulsion and Power Society Technical Conference.
Academic Achievements
Published more than 40 peer -reviewed academic papers. Applied for/authorized more than 30 patents. The main academic papers are as follows:
[1] LI Jiaan, WANG Baotong*, ZHENG Xinqian. Roles of the centrifugal stage in the aerodynamic instability of a multistage combined compressor. EXPERIMENTAL THERMAL AND FLUID SCIENCE, 2026, 170:111571.
[2] Zheng Xuedong, Lou Fangyuan, Ding Zechen, Yan Chuanxiang, Zheng Pengbo, Zheng Xinqian, Wang Baotong*. Development of a novel pressure-based approach for blade synchronous vibration detection including mistuning. ASME JOURNAL of TURBOMACHINERY, 2026, 148(6): 061002.
[3] Zheng Xuedong, Yang Heli, Wang Baotong*, Jin Lei, Yan Chuanxiang, Zheng Xinqian. Unsteady pressure behavior induced by wake-separation-bubble-interaction near leading edge in axial compressor. PHYSICAL OF FLUIDS, 2026, 38, 033613.
[4] Wang, Baotong, Song, Zhaoyun*, Zou, Wangzhi, Yang, Heli, Wen, Mengyang, Zhou Kai, Feng, Xudong, Zheng Xinqian “Rapid performance prediction model of axial turbine with coupling one-dimensional inverse design and direct analysis,” AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2022, 130(3): 107828.
[5] Zeng, Hanxuan, Wang, Baotong*, Zheng, Xinqian “The role of shaft-speed oscillation on the instabililty behavior of transonic radial compressor,” AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2020, 105: 105982.
[6] Sun, Zhenzhong, Wang, Baotong*, Zheng, Xinqian, Kawakubo, Tomoki, Tamaki, Hideaki, Numakura, Ryuusuke, “Effect of bent inlet pipe on the flow instability behavior of centrifugal compressors,” CHINESE JOURNAL OF AERONAUTICS, 2020, 33(8):2099-2109.
[7] Wang. Baotong*; Okamoto. Koji; Yamaguchi. Kazuo; Teramoto. Susumu, “Loss Mechanisms in Shear-force Pump with Multiple Co-rotating Disks,” JOURNAL OF FLUIDS ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 2014, 136(8): 081101.
[8] Wang, Junying, He, Xiao, Wang, Baotong*, Zheng Xinqian “Shapley Additive Explanations of Multi-Geometrical Variable Coupling Effect in Transonic Compressor,” JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINE AND POWER-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 2021, 144(4): 041015.
[9] Zeng, Hanxuan, Wang, Baotong*, Zou, Wangzhi, Zheng Xinqian “Influence of pressure pulsation on the performance of compression system and turbocharged engine,” PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART D-JOURNAL OF AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING, 2021,236(4): 095440702110304.
[10] Li Jiaan, Wang, Baotong*, Yang, Heli, Fan Tengbo, Song Zhaoyun, Wang Junying, Zheng Xinqian“Investigation on probe streamwise distribution for surge measurement in compression system,” AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2022, 131(1): 108009.
