ZHANG Qi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Mobile: 852-6391 1673
Email: qzhan33[at]cityu.edu.cn
Residential address: *** Kowloon City Road, KL, HK
Education
Ph. D. (Sept 2015 – Dec 2020) Hydraulics & River Dynamics, Sichuan University, China
Thesis: Numerical and Experimental Study of the Cavitation over an Abrupt-Contraction Dissipator
B. E. (Sept 2011 – June 2015) Water Resources & Hydro-power Engineering, Sichuan University, China
Thesis: Numerical Simulation of Water Jets
Research Interest
※ Computational fluids dynamics in civil and environmental engineering
※ Numerical simulation of multiphase turbulent flow
Research Experience
2024-current Postdoctoral Fellow, City University of Hong Kong
2023-2024 Senior Engineer, PowerChina Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited
2021-2023 Postdoctoral Engineer, PowerChina Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited
Topic: Numerical Study on the characteristics of fish passage facilities
2016-2020 Ph.D. Candidate, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering
Topic: Engineering hydraulics
2018-2019 Visiting Scholar, University of Alberta, Canada
Topic: Airflow in the sewer network
2015-2016 Ph.D. Student (Research Assistant), State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering
Topic: Flood Discharge and Energy Dissipation Model Test for Yangfanggou Hydropower Station
2013-2015 Research Internship, College of Water Resources & Hydropower Engineering, Sichuan University
Publications
[1] Q. Zhang, Y. Tang, J. Shi, W. Zhou and J. Qian, “Numerical Study on Fish Collection and Transportation Facility with Water Temperature Compensation”, Water 2023, 15, 3185.
[2] Q. Zhang, J. Shi, W. Zhao, J. Huang, and S. Xu. “Modelling the Fish Migration via the Euler-Lagrange Coupled Approach within OpenFOAM”, IAHR World Congress 2022. International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research, Granada, Spain.
[3] Q. Zhang, W. Shao, D. Z. Zhu, and W Xu, “Steady air flow model for large sewer networks: a theoretical framework”, Water Science & Technology 2020, 83(3), 503-512
[4] Q. Zhang, J. Luo, Y. Zhai and Y. Li, “Improved Instruments and Methods for the Photographic Study of Spark-Induced Cavitation Bubbles”, Water 2018, 10, 1603
[5] Q. Zhang and J. Li, “Low-Cost Multi-Channel Pressure Measurement Solution with Computer Vision Technology”, World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2018. American Society of Civil Engineers, Minneapolis, MN
[6] W. Xu, Y. Zhang, J. Luo, Q. Zhang, and Y. Zhai, “The impact of particles on the collapse characteristics of cavitation bubbles,” Ocean Eng., vol. 131, pp. 15–24, 2017.
[7] Y. ZHANG, W. XU, Q. ZHANG, and Y. ZHAI, “Collapse characteristics of the cavitation bubble near free surface,” IWHR J. Hydraul. Eng., vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 127–134, 2017. [in Chinese]
[8] Q. ZHANG, Z. JING, Y. LIU, X. LIU, and Y. WANG, “Application of Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Method on Normal Samples in Water Quality Assessment In Chaohu Lake,” Environ. Eng., no. 3, pp. 110–112, 135, 2015. [in Chinese]
[9] Q. ZHANG, S. XU, X. CHEN, S. YIN, and C. LIANG, “Analysis on the Characteristics of Landscape Water Quality in Jiang’an Campus of Sichuan University,” SICHUAN ENVIＲONMENT, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 83–89, 2014. [in Chinese]
[10] X. CHEN, Q. ZHANG, Z. Du, and J. ZHOU, “The Application of Logistic Regression to Emergent Risk Assessment of Dammed Lake,” China Rural Water Hydropower, no. 11, pp. 86–89, 97, 2014. [in Chinese]
Practice Experience
2018 Excellent Young Scholar, IAHR Sichuan University Young Professionals Network
2014 Member, Care Package Project, China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation
Honors & Awards
2023 3rd prize, English Speech Contest, HDEC
2017 Excellent Ph.D. Candidate, Sichuan University
2015 1st Class Scholarship for Graduate Students, Sichuan University
2015 Excellent Graduate Award, Sichuan University
2014 Excellent Student Award, Sichuan University
2013 2nd prize, China Undergraduate Physics Tournament
Signature:
Date: June 25, 2026