Dr. Min Yao
Email: minyao@tsinghua.edu.cn
Education and Research Experience
Assistant Professor, 2022 - Present, Tsinghua University
Ph.D., 2019, University of Oxford, UK
Research Interests
High-order CFD Method for Turbomachinery
Multi-scale Method for Scale-resolving Turbulent Flows
Unsteady Conjugate Heat Transfer
Machine Learning-aided UQ and Optimization Design for Cooling
Professional Services
Guest Editor, 2024 - 2025, Machines
Review Track Chair and Session Chair, 2023 - 2025, Heat Transfer: Film/Internal Cooling, GPPS Technical Conference
Session Chair, 2022, Numerical Methods: Modelling, GPPS Technical Conference
Reviewer Organizer, 2022, Chinese International Turbomachinery Conference
Member, Global Power and Propulsion Society
Senior Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Honors and Awards
Best Student Paper Award, 2023, GPPS Technical Conference
Top Ten Excellent Postdoctoral Researchers Nomination Award, 2022, Tsinghua University
Selected Academic Publications
Published over 20 peer-reviewed papers and 4 patents on novel turbomachinery aerothermal applications.
1. Xu, B., Chen, F., Mo, Y., Yao, M.*, Ren, Z., On Local Geometry-Based Source-Term Method and Optimization for Effusion Cooling in a Swirling Flow, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 2025. (Accept)
2. Li, X., Cai, F., Chen, F., Mo, Y., Yao, M.*, Ren, Z., Impact of a Crossflow-to-Jet Velocity Ratio on Cooling Effectiveness for Shaped Holes, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 2025.
3. Cai, F., Zhou, H., Chen, F., Yao, M.*, Ren, Z., Deep Active Subspace Method for Dominant Factor Exploration and Optimization in Fan-shaped Film Cooling, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 239, 126559, 2025.
4. Cai, F., Zhou, H., Yao, M.*, Ren, Z., Active Subspace-Aided Global Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization of Turbulence Model Coefficients for Film Cooling Simulations, Applied Thermal Engineering, 270, 126157, 2025.
5. Lu, Y., Zhou, H., Yao, M.*, Ren, Z., Enhanced Physics-Informed Neural Networks Using Adaptive Residual Weighting for Flow Simulations, Proceedings of the GPPS Technical Conference, GPPS-2025-0165, 2025.
6. Yao, M.*, Chen, C., On Machine-Learning-Aided Two-Scale Solution for Turbulent Fluid Flows, AIAA Journal, 62(4), 1390-1399, 2024.
7. Cai, F., Zhou, H., Chen, F., Yao, M.*, Ren, Z., Deep Learning-Aided Active Subspace Exploration of Free-Stream Effects for Fan-Shaped Film Cooling, Physics of Fluids, 36(9), 095136, 2024.
8. Cai, F., Zhou, H., Yao, M.*, Ren, Z., An Accelerated Time-scale Decomposition Algorithm for Transient Thermal Fluid-solid Coupled Simulations in Multi-medium Systems, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 107, 109364, 2024.
9. Cai, F., Zhang, L., Zhou, H., Yao, M.*, Ren, Z., An Adaptive Fluid-Solid Coupling Time Step Control Algorithm for Unsteady Conjugate Heat Transfer, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 238(16), 8515-8530, 2024.
10. Cai, F., Zhou, H., Yao, M.*, Ren, Z., Exploiting Active Subspace for Modeling Uncertainty and Optimization in Fan-Shaped Film Cooling Simulation, Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2024: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition, GT2024-127453, 2024.
11. Cai, F., Zhou, H., Yao, M.*, Ren, Z., A Mean-Fluctuation Decomposition Scheme to Accelerate the Simulation of Unsteady Conjugate Heat Transfer, Proceedings of the GPPS Technical Conference, GPPS-2023-0167, 2023. (Best Student Paper Award)
12. Wei, J., Yao, M., Zhang, J.*, Ren, Z., Statistics and Dynamics of Instantaneous Leading Point in Nonpremixed Bluff-Body Flames, AIAA Journal, 60(5), 3324-3336, 2022.
13. Xie, Q., Liu, Y., Yao, M., Zhou, H.*, Ren, Z.*, A Fully Coupled, Fully Implicit Simulation Method for Unsteady Flames Using Jacobian Approximation and Clustering, Combustion and Flame, 245, 112362, 2022.
14. Zhang, L., Li, S., Yao, M., Zhou, H.*, Ren, Z., Analysis of Operating Limits and Combustion State Regulation for Low-Calorific Value Gases in Industrial Burners, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47(2), 1306-1318, 2022.
15. Yao, M.*, He, L., Implicit Discontinuous Galerkin Solution on Unstructured Mesh for Turbine Blade Secondary Flow Development, ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 142(1), 011004, 2020.
