Kai Hong Luo#
Membership Number: | 6137 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
Elected: | 2022 |
Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Homepage(s): | https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=KLUOX54 |
ORCID: | 0000-0003-4023-7259 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 06/2013 - present Chair of Energy Systems, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, University College London
- 10/2006 - 05/2013 Head of Energy Technology Research Group, School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton
- 10/2004 - 05/2013 Chair of Energy Systems, School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton
- 10/2002 - 09/2004 Head of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Queen Mary, University of London
- 10/2002 - 09/2004 Chair of Computational Fluids and Combustion, School of Engineering, Queen Mary, University of London
- 10/2000 - 09/2002 Reader, School of Engineering, Queen Mary, University of London
- 10/1998 - 09/2000 Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Queen Mary, University of London
- 10/1995 - 09/1998 Lecturer, School of Engineering, Queen Mary, University of London
- 03/1993 - 09/1995 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Queen Mary, University of London
- 10/1991 - 02/1993 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
Fields of Scholarship
- Fluid mechanics and turbulence
- Computational engineering
- Multiscale modelling and simulation
- Aerodynamics and aeroacoustics
- Computational physics
- Computational chemistry
- Mesoscale science and engineering
- Energy science and technology
- Combustion science and technology
- Multiphase flow and complex fluids
Honours and Awards
- 2022 ASME James Harry Potter Gold Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), USA
- 2021 AIAA Energy Systems Award, The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), USA
- 2020 Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK
- 2019 Top Prize of the First International Innovation Competition, Nanjing, China
- 2018 Inaugural Fellow of the Combustion Institute, International
- 2018 Second Prize of China Electrical Power Innovation Award (Class I Technology), China Electricity Council (CEC), China
- 2016 Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), UK
- 2013 Life Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), USA
- 2011 Recipient of the Scholarship Certificate, Santander Universities, International
- 2010 Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), USA
- 2007 Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK
- 2007 Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), USA
- 2004 Entry in Dictionary of International Biography, 31st Edition, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England
- 2003 Entry in Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 7th Edition, Reed Elsevier, New Jersey, USA
- 2002 Recipient of the Gaydon Prize, British Section, The Combustion Institute
- 2000 Recipient of the Sugden Award, British Section, The Combustion Institute