Portrait of Zhuo Chen

Academic profile

Academic Activities

Awards, grants, professional service, memberships, and research skills.
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Recognition

Awards, Fellowships, and Research Grants

  1. Open Fund of the Key Laboratory of New Technology for Construction of Cities in Mountain Area, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University

  2. Best Paper Award, 16th Academic Conference on Building Physics, Chongqing

  3. Postdoc Matching Fund Scheme, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  4. Outstanding Graduation Thesis Award, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University

  5. Best Poster Award, 9th Indoor Environment and Health Branch Conference, Nanjing

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Professional activities

Academic Service and Professional Memberships

Memberships

  • Member, Building Physics Branch of the Architectural Society of China
  • Youth Committee Member, Indoor Environment and Health Branch of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences

Peer review

Reviewer for:

  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Building and Environment
  • Journal of Building Engineering
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Building Simulation
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Methods and tools

Skills

Modelling and numerical analysis

Heat and mass transfer modelling; COMSOL, ANSYS Fluent and ICEM CFD

Sampling and chemical analysis

Passive and active air sampling; GC–MS, GC–BID, SEM and AFM

Programming and engineering software

C/C++, MATLAB, Materials Studio (molecular dynamics), AutoCAD and SolidWorks

Languages

Mandarin (native) and English (fluent)