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Dan Zhao
Dan Zhao, FEngNZ, is a New Zealand mechanical engineer, who researches thermoacoustics, aeroacoustics and renewable energy and fuel, focusing on low-emission and low-noise combustion systems and hydrogen and ammonia combustion. Zhao is the Director of Master Engineering Studies in University of Canterbury, and from 2018-2022 he was the chair of research committee and research committee member of college of engineering, university of Canterbury.

Education

Zhao was educated at University of Cambridge and awarded a PhD degree in 2009. Zhao’s doctorate was in thermoacoustics, specially on the gas turbine combustion instability problem for Rolls-Royce. He received his Master degree from the University of Manchester (UMIST) in 2004, where studying thermal fluids and power engineering.

Career

Zhao’s research career began at Silixa Ltd in London in 2009 as a Research and Development engineer in acoustics. He started his academic career at Singapore Nanyang Technological University as an assistant professor. In 2017, Zhao relocated from Singapore to University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Selected Publications

Dan Zhao, Aimee Morgans, Tuned passive control of combustion instabilities using multiple Helmholtz resonators, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2009; 320, 744-757.

Dan Zhao, Xinyan Li, A review of acoustic dampers applied to combustion chambers in aerospace industry, Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2015;74:114-130.

Dan Zhao, Transient growth of flow disturbances in triggering a Rijke tube combustion instability, Combustion and Flame, 2012;159(6), 2126-2137.