1982―1992: Northwestern Polytechnical University, Ph.D

07.2014 - : Professor and Dean of School of Mechanical Engineering
08.2005-06.2014 : Professor and Deputy Dean of Graduate School，Shanghai Jiaotong University
01.2002-07.2005: Professor, Vice Dean，School of Mechanical Engineering
01.1998-12.2001: Associate Professor, Professor，School of Power and Energy Engineering，
01.1997-10.1998: Visiting Scholar，University of Illinois at Urbana and Champaign，USA
03.1996-12.1996: Visiting Researcher，Seoul National University，South Korea
01.1995-02.1996: Assistant Professor，Dept. of Power Machinery Engineering
09.1994-12.1994: Postdoctoral Fellow，University of Tokyo，Japan
04.1992-08.1994: Postdoctoral Fellow，Dept. of Power Machinery Engineering

Flowfield Simulation and Measurement in turbomachinery
Wind Turbine Design

2019-2022: National Science Foundation of China “Study on Generation Mechanism of Aerodynamic Noise and its Propagation Characteristics for Horizontal Axial Wind Turbine”
2018-2021: National Key Research and Development Program "Basic Theory and Thermal System Research of 700 Degree Power Generation"
2011-2013: National Science Foundation of China ”Flowfield Measurement inside Rotation Blade”
2008-2010: Shanghai Electric Company “Design of Inlet and Exhaust Systems of Supercritical Steam Turbine”
2004-2006: National Science Foundation of China “Study on Stall Delay on Horizontal Axial Flow Wind Turbine”
2000-2002: National Science Foundation of China “Study on Dynamic Stall for Horizontal Axial Flow Wind Turbine”

1. Hu, Liangquan; Zhu, Xiaocheng; Hu, Chenxin; Chen, Jinge; Du, Zhaohui, Wind turbines ice distribution and load response under icing conditions, Renewable Energy, 2017, v 113, p 608-619
2. Hu, Liangquan; Zhu, Xiaocheng; Hu, Chenxing; Chen, Jinge; Du, Zhaohui, Calculation of the Water Droplets Local Collection Efficiency on the Wind Turbines Blade, Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME, 2017, v 139, n 5, , September 1, 2017
3. ZX Liu, HZ Diao,XC Zhu,ZH Du, Numerical investigation of the axial compressor performance with inlet distortions, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering,2017.3
4. Hu Chenxing, Liu Hao, Zhu Xiaocheng, Chen Hua, Du Zhaohui. Dynamics of global instabilities in the vaneless diffuser: A numerical approach and its applications[J]. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part G Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2017.
5. Shen, X; Yang, H; Chen, J; Zhu, XC; Du, ZH，Aerodynamic shape optimization of non-straight small wind turbine blades，ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT，2016, 2016;119:266-78
6. Wang, H; Wu, YD; Ouyang, H; Tian, J; Du, ZH，Investigations of rotating instability and fluctuating tip clearance flow in a low-speed axial compressor，PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART G-JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING，2016
7. Wang, H; Wu, YD; Ouyang, H; Du, ZH，Circumferential propagating characteristics of tip leakage flow oscillation and its induced rotating pressure wave，PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART A-JOURNAL OF POWER AND ENERGY，2016
8. Shen X, Chen J G, Zhu X C, et al. Multi-objective optimization of wind turbine blades using lifting surface method [J]. Energy, 2015, 90: 1111-1121.
9. Kangjie Sun, Hua Ouyang, Jie Tian, Yadong Wu, Zhaohui Du, Experimental and numerical investigations on the eccentric vortex of the cross flow fan, International Journal of Refrigeration, Vol.50:146-155, 2015
10. Shen X, Chen J G, Zhu X C, Du Z H. Multi-objective optimization of wind turbine blades using lifting surface method [J]. Energy, 90: 1111-1121，2015
11. Wang H, Tian J, Ouyang H, Du Z. Aerodynamic performance improvement of up-flow outdoor unit of air conditioner by redesigning the bell-mouth profile. International Journal of Refrigeration, Vol.46: 173-181, 2014
12. Liu Pengyin, Yu Guohua, Zhu Xiaocheng, et al. Unsteady aerodynamic prediction for dynamic stall of wind turbine airfoils with the reduced order modeling, Renewable Energy, Vol.69:402-409, 2014
13. Shen Feng, Chen Hua, Zhu Xiaocheng, Du Zhaohui. A 3D Compressible Flow Model for Weak Rotating Waves in Vaneless Diffusers --- Part II: Detailed Results. ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 134(4):041011, 2012
14. Ouyang Hua, Tian Jie, Li Yang, Zheng Zhiming, Du Zhaohui. Internal flow and noise investigations about the cross-flow fan with different blade angles. ASME Journal of Turbomachinery, 134(5):051023, 2012
15. Shen Xin, Zhu Xiaocheng, Du Zhaohui. Wind turbine aerodynamics and loads control in wind shear flow, Energy, 36(3): 1424-1434, 2011
16. Yu Guohua, Shen Xin, Zhu Xiaocheng, Du Zhaohui, An insight into the separate flow and stall delay for HAWT, Renewable Energy, 36(1): 69-76, 2011
17. Zhaohui Du and Danmei Hu, A Study on Static Stall for Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine, Renewable Energy, 31(6): 821-836, 2006
18. Zhu Xiaocheng, Lin Wanlai, Du Zhaohui，Experimental and numerical investigation of the flow field in the tip region of an axial ventilation fan, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 127 (2): 299-307, 2005
19. Zhaohui Du and M.S.Selig, Effect of Rotation on Boundary Layer of Wind Turbine Blade, Renewable Energy, Vol.20(2):191-214, 2002
20. DU Chaohui, M.S.Selig , A 3-D Stall Delay Model for HAWT Performance Prediction, AIAA Paper 98-0021, 1998