• Gas Turbine Institute, Dept. Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University (2011 - 2014)
PhD Advisor: Prof. JIANG, Hongde and Prof. REN, Jing.
• Engine Aerodynamics Research Center, Harbin Institute of Technology (2008 - 2011)
Master's Degree Advisor: Prof. WANG, Songtao and Prof. FENG, Guotai.
• School of Energy Science & Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (2005 - 2009)
Bachelor's Degree ( major in Thermal Energy & Power Engineering )

• Institute of Turbomachinery, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2014 - now)

• Turbine HGP design optimization: strategy, criteria, algorithm, and software tools
• Unsteady flow and heat transfer in air-cooled turbine
• Closed Brayton cycle: system / component design and experiments

PI of 3 goverment-founded and more than 5 enterprise-founded research projects.

· Chi, Z.*, Liu, H., Zang, S., Pan, C., Jiao, G.. "Full-Annulus URANS Study on the Transportation of Combustion Inhomogenity in a Four-Stage Cooled Turbine", ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 2019, 141(11): 111003.
· Chi Z.*, Liu H., Zang S.. "Multi-Objective Optimization of the Impingement-Film Cooling Structure of a Gas Turbine Endwall Using Conjugate Heat Transfer Simulations," ASME Journal of Thermal Science & Engineering Applications, 2018, 10(2): 021004.
· Chi, Z.*, Liu, H., Zang, S.. "Geometrical Optimization of Nonuniform Impingement Cooling Structure with Variable-Diameter Jet Holes". International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017, 108: 549-560.
· Chi, Z.*, Ren, J., Jiang, H., Zang, S.. "Geometrical Optimization and Experimental Validation of a Tripod Film Cooling Hole with Asymmetric Side Holes", ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 2016, 138(6): 061701.
· Chi, Z.*, Liu, H., Zang, S.. "Semi-Inverse Design Optimization Method for Film Cooling Arrangement of HPT Vanes", AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power , 2016, 32(3): 659-673.
· Chi, Z.*, Ren, J., Jiang, H.. "Coupled Aero-Thermodynamics Optimization for the Cooling System of a Turbine Vane", ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 2014, 136(5): 051008.
· Chi, Z., Kan, R., Ren, J.*, Jiang, H.. "Experimental and Numerical Study of the Anti-Crossflows Impingement
Cooling Structure". International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2013, 64: 567–580.

· Chi, Z.*, Liu, H., Zang, S., Pan, C., Zhang, M.. "Full-Annulus URANS Study of Inlet Hot Streak Transportation in a Four-Stage Gas Turbine", ASME Turbo Expo 2018, No. GT2018-75596.
· Chi, Z.*, Liu, H., Zang, S.. "Parametric Cooling Study of Single-Row Cylindrical Film Holes on Pressure Side of a Rotor Blade", ASME Turbo Expo 2017, No. GT2017-65208.
· Chi, Z.*, Liu, H., Zang, S., Jiao, G.. "Conjugate Heat Transfer Optimization of the Nonuniform Impingement Cooling Structure of a HPT 2nd Stage Vane", ASME Turbo Expo 2015, No. GT2015-42097.
· Chi, Z., Li, X., Han, C., Ren, J.*, Jiang, H.. "Optimization of the Hole Exit Shaping of Film Holes without and with Compound Angles for Maximal Film Cooling Effectiveness", ASME Turbo Expo 2014, No. GT2014-25212.
· Chi, Z., Ren, J.*, Jiang, H.. "Cooling Structure Optimization for a Rib-roughed Channel in a Turbine Rotor Blade", ASME Turbo Expo 2013, No. GT2013-94527.
· Chi, Z., Wang, S., Ren, J.*, Jiang, H.. "Multi-Dimensional Platform for Cooling Design of Air-cooled Turbine Blades", ASME Turbo Expo 2012, No. GT2012-68675.

1 Course Name: Engineering Thermodynamics II
Teaching Target：Undergraduate students
Credit / Credit hour: 3.0 / 48

2 Course Name: Computational Fluid Dynamics
Teaching Target：Graduate students
Credit / Credit hour: 3.0 / 48