Talk title: Multiplicity and hysteresis of flame morphology in partially cracked ammonia swirl combustion

Biography

Huangwei Zhang is an associate professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering at National University of Singapore. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Beihang University in 2007 and 2009 respectively, Ph.D. degree from Department of Engineering at University of Cambridge in 2016. His research is focused on hydrocarbon fuel detonative combustion and low-carbon fuel combustion for energy transition. He leads and participates in several major projects on low-carbon combustion technologies in Singapore. He was the Chair of the organizing committee for the 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion in 2025 and is on the Editorial Board for the numerous journals, e.g., Combustion and Flame. He serves as the Chair of the Singapore Section of the Combustion Institute, on the Board of Directors of The Institute for Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, and Programme Director of MSc in Robotics in NUS Department of Mechanical Engineering.