Li Yong
time: 2017-04-17

Biography

Prof. Yong Li has the multidisciplinary research experience in designing and developing models of manufacturing systems, optimization techniques and tools for manufacturing systems to improve resource utilization efficiency and sustainability; especially focusing on the Phase-change devices (heat pipes) and heat dissipating systems manufacturing, such as capillary heat pipes, Vapour chamber (flat capillary heat pipes), and the thermal management of various systems (PC, iPad, Cell phone, Internet Data Centre, Power Electronics, thermoelectric energy conversion systems). Heat pipes allow high heat flux densities extraction and transport under a low temperature gradient.

He received BSc in Mechanical Engineering in July 1997 at Harbin University of Science and Technology; MSc in Mechanical Engineering at South China University of Technology in 2002; PhD in Mechanical Engineering at South China University of Technology in 2008, and was promoted to a full professor position at South China University of Technology in 2014. He was a Marie Curie research fellow in heat pipe design and manufacturing at Faculty of Engineering (Fluids & Thermal Engineering Research Group), University of Nottingham (UK) from 2014-2016.

Expertise Summary

Dr Yong Li carries out wide-ranging researches of manufacturing system design and heat transfer. His research areas cover manufacturing systems design and heat transfer enhancement, efficient cooling technology (Power electronics thermal management, Battery thermal management). His current major cutting edge researches include ultra-thin heat pipe and micro heat pipe manufacturing and their applications.

Teaching Summary

BEng Fundamentals of manufacture

BEng Numerical Control machine tools

Selected Publications

1. LI YONG, HUANG JINLONG, HUANG GUANGWEN, ET AL, 2014. Comparison of radial forging between the two- and three-split dies of a thin-walled copper tube during tube sinking Materials and Design. Vol.56, pp. 822-832

2. LI YONG, HE T, ZENG ZX, 2013. Numerical simulation and experimental study on the tube sinking of a thin-walled copper tube with axially inner micro grooves by radial forging Journal of Materials Processing Technology. Vol. 213, PP. 987-996

3. LI YONG, HE HENG-FEI, ZENG ZHI-XIN, 2013. Evaporation and condensation heat transfer in a heat pipe with a sintered-grooved composite wick, Applied Thermal Engineering. Vol. 50(1), PP. 342-351

4. LI YONG, XU ZECHUAN, TANG YONG, ZENG ZHIXIN, 2010. Forming characteristics analysis of the cross-section of axially inner grooved copper tube The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. Volume 47(Issue 9-12), pp 1023-1031

5. YONG. LI, S. CHEN, B. HE, Y. YAN, B. LI, 2016. Effects of vacuuming process parameters on the thermal performance of composite heat pipes Applied Thermal Engineering. 99, 32-41