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Wendi LIU

Research Associate

Room HD 2.16
Henry Dyer Building
100 Montrose Street
Glasgow
G4 0LZ

+44(0)141 548 4371
wendi.liu@strath.ac.uk

University KnowledgeBase: Wendi LIU

Education

  • October 2011 - November 2015
    PhD Student
    Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
    University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
  • September 2009 - September 2011
    Undergraduate student in Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering (BEng Hons. in Engineering)
    Department of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering
    University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
  • September 2007 - September 2009
    Undergraduate student in Naval Architecture & Ship Building (BEng in Engineering)
    Department of Naval Architecture & Ship Building
    Harbin Engineering University, China

Skills

  • Knowledge database: Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Mathematics
  • Commercial (open source) software used: Fluent, CFX, ICEM, Gambit, Ansys, Tecplot, Matlab, AutoCAD, MaxSurf, OpenFOAM
  • Programming language used: Fortran (for our group in-house CFD&FSI code), C (for user defined function of Fluent)
  • Other skills: HTML (designed current website), T4 system

Research Interests

Mr Wendi Liu is interested in problems of experimental and computational fluid mechanics and fluid structure interaction. Current research topics is as follows:

Publications

  • Journal Articles

  • Conference Papers

    • Bend and twist effect for large-scale vertical axis turbine
      Wendi Liu, Qing Xiao
      11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series (EWTEC) (2015)
    • A study on oscillating foil energy harvester with a passive flexible foil
      Wendi Liu, Qing Xiao
      Grand Renewable Energy International Conference and Exhibition (2014)
    • System damping effect on VIV energy extraction device
      Enhao Wang, Qing Xiao, Wendi Liu
      The 8th International Workshop on Ship Hydrodynamics (2013)
    • Energy extraction by flexible flapping twin wing
      Wendi Liu, Qing Xiao
      32nd Int Conf on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2013) (2013)
    • Flow control for energy efficiency enhancement for variable pitch marine vertical axis turbine
      Wendi Liu, Qing Xiao
      22nd International Offshore and Polar Engineering (2012)
    • Parametric study on a cylinder drag reduction using downstream undulating foil
      Qing Xiao, Wendi Liu, Jianxin Hu
      41st AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit (2011)

Presentations in Conference

  • "Investigation on H-shape vertical axis turbine with flexible blade."
    4th Oxford Tidal Energy Workshop, University of Oxford, Oxford
    23rd - 24th March 2015
  • "Energy extraction by flexible flapping foil."
    3rd UK Marine Technology Postgraduate Conference (MTPC), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
    7th - 8th June 2012
  • "Flow control for VATT by fixed and oscillating flap"
    25th Scottish Fluid Mechanics Meeting, Heriot-Watt University
    30th May 2012
  • "Flow control for VATT by fixed and oscillating flap."
    22nd International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Rhodes, Greece
    17th - 22th June 2012

Teaching Experience

  • Tutor for MSc course on Computational free-surface hydrodynamics
    - module on a variety of postgraduate courses on the Turbulence and Free-Surface modelling technique based on CFD method, 10 teaching hours per year, (2012-2015).
  • Tutor for Undergraduate course on Computational fluid dynamics
    - module on a variety of undergraduate courses on the basic fluid modelling technique based on CFD method, 17 teaching hours in 2012 and 2 teaching hour in 2015.

Certificates

  • Jun. /Jul. 2015
    Certificate of 50 hours training on "Molecular Dynamics Theory and Applications", Supporting team of ARCHIE-WeSt high performance computing, Glasgow, UK.
  • Apr. 2015
    Gold level certificate of Strathclyde Enterprise Pathway on Enterprise Academy, Business School, University of Strathclyde.
  • Feb. 2015
    Silver level certificate of Strathclyde Enterprise Pathway on Enterprise Academy, Business School, University of Strathclyde.

Other Social Activities

  • Member of International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE)
  • Aug.2013 (2 weeks)
    Participated in 2013 International Summer School on Naval Architecture, Ocean Engineering and Mechanics in SJTU
  • January 2012 - June 2012
    Member of organizing committee of University Research Day, University of Strathclyde

Scholarships & Awards

  • 2012-2014
    Research support by Lloyd's Register Group Limited
  • 2011-2013
    Loyalty Ph.D scholarship, funded by NAOME department and Engineering Faculty, University of Strathclyde
  • 2011
    The 3rd awards on IMarEST 4th year project competition in NA-ME department
  • 2009
    The Third Academic Excellent Award from Harbin Engineering University
  • 2008
    The Secondary Academic Excellent Award from Harbin Engineering University