2011-2016 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, PhD in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics
2015 University of Oxford, Visiting PhD in Engineering Science
2007-2011 Shandong University, BSc in Mechanical Engineering

2019.02-present Assistant Professor in School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2018.01-2019.01 Postdoctoral Researcher in Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford
2016.10-2017.12 Research Engineer in Siemens Corporate Technology

2018.01-2019.01 Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Postdoctoral Researcher
2015.04-2015.10 Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Visiting Scholar

1. Gas turbine heat transfer, cooling and aerodynamics, focusing on:
(1) Aerothermal performance of high-pressure turbine blade tip clearance
(2) Advanced thermo-fluids experimental measurement technique (Infrared thermography, Oil film interferometry, etc.)
2. Thermal management and flow control, focusing on:
(1) Aero-thermodynamics of shock waves in hypersonic internal flows
(2) Natural convection heat transfer and fluid flow interaction, as well as its application in energy-efficient technologies

PhD and master studentships are available for contact!
Looking for highly-motivated students interested in thermo-fluids research!

2021-2023 Shanghai Aerospace Science and Technology Innovation Fund, Principal Investigator
2020-2023 Youth Science and Technology Talent Yangfan Program by Shanghai Municipal, Experimental Investigation of Shock Wave on a Transonic High-Pressure Turbine Blade Tip, Principal Investigator
2019-2022 University Startup Fund, Natural Convection Heat Transfer, Fluid Flow and Its Application in Waste Heat Recovery System, Principal Investigator
2018-2019 UK EPSRC, Geothermally Sourced Combined Power and Freshwater Generation System, Participating
2014-2016 NSFC, Heat Transfer on Transonic Turbine Blade Tips With High Rotational Speed, Participating
2011-2013 NSFC, Aerothermal Impact of Transonic Flow on High-Pressure Turbine Blade Tips, Participating

1. Ma, H.*, and He, L., 2021, “Large Eddy Simulation of Natural Convection Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow around a Horizontal Cylinder,” International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol. 162, pp. 106789 (15 pages).
2. Lu, S.*, Ma, H., Zhang, Q., Teng, J., 2020, "Cutback Squealer Tip Trailing Edge Cooling Performance," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 154, pp. 119632 (15 pages).
3. Ma, H., Zhang, Q.*, He, L., Wang, Z., and Wang, L., 2017, “Cooling Injection Effect on a Transonic Squealer Tip - Part 1: Experimental Heat Transfer Results and CFD Validation,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 139, No. 5, pp. 052506 (9 pages).
4. Ma, H., Zhang, Q.*, He, L., Wang, Z., and Wang, L., 2017, “Cooling Injection Effect on a Transonic Squealer Tip - Part 2: Analysis of Aerothermal Interaction Physics,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 139, No. 5, pp. 052507 (9 pages).
5. Zhong, F., Zhou, C.*, Ma, H., and Zhang, Q., 2017, “Heat Transfer on Winglet Tips in a Transonic Turbine Cascade,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 139, No. 1, pp. 012605 (11 pages).
6. Ma, H., Wang, Z., Wang, L., Zhang Q.*, Yang Z., and Bao Y., 2016, "Ramp Heating in High-Speed Transient Thermal Measurement with Reduced Uncertainty," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 1190-1198.
7. Ma, H.*, He, L., Rane, S., 2019, “Heat Transfer-Fluid Flow Interaction in Natural Convection around Heated Cylinder and Its Thermal Chimney Effect,” International Conference on Innovative Applied Energy, Oxford, UK
8. Rane, S., He, L., Ma, H., 2019, "CFD modelling and analysis of Two-Phase Geothermal Energy Turbine in Project Combi-Gen," International Conference on Innovative Applied Energy, Oxford, UK
9. Burnside, N., Rane, S., Yu, G., Ma, H., Montcoudiol, N., Li, W., Teklemariam, E., Boyce, A., He, L., Yu, Z., 2019, "Geothermally Sourced Combined Power and Freshwater Generation for Eastern Africa," European Geothermal Congress, Den Haag, Netherlands
10. Zhu, D., Lu, S., Ma, H., Zhang, Q., Teng, J., 2017, “Rotating Effect on Transonic Squealer Tip Cooling Performance,” ASME Turbo Expo Conference, Charlotte, US, Paper No. GT2017-64293.
11. Ma, H., Zhang, Q.*, He, L., Wang, Z., and Wang, L., 2016, “Cooling Injection Effect on a Transonic Squealer Tip - Part 1: Experimental Heat Transfer Results and CFD Validation,” ASME Turbo Expo Conference, Seoul, South Korea, Paper No. GT2016-57579.
12. Ma, H., Zhang, Q.*, He, L., Wang, Z., and Wang, L, 2016, “Cooling Injection Effect on a Transonic Squealer Tip - Part 2: Analysis of Aerothermal Interaction Physics,” ASME Turbo Expo Best Paper Award, Seoul, South Korea, Paper No. GT2016-57587.
13. Zhong, F., Zhou, C.*, Ma, H., and Zhang, Q., 2016, “Heat Transfer on Winglet Tips in a Transonic Turbine Cascade,” ASME Turbo Expo Conferenc, Seoul, South Korea, Paper No. GT2016-56804
14. Ma, H., Wang, Z., Wang, L., Zhang, Q.*, Yang, Z., and Bao, Y., 2015, “Ramp Heating in High-Speed Transient Thermal Measurement with Reduced Uncertainty,” ASME Turbo Expo Conference, Montreal, Canada, Paper No. GT2015-43012.
15. Zhang, X., Yang, Z., Tian, S., and Ma, H., 2015, “Numerical Study of the Film Cooling With Discrete Hole Arrangement on a Cutback Squealer Turbine Blade Tip,” ASME Turbo Expo Conference, Montreal, Canada, Paper No. GT2015-43877

Heat Transfer (ME204), Undergraduate course

Chair of Heat Transfer Session, ASME Turbo Expo, 2019
Chair of Heat Transfer Session, Global Power and Propulsion Forum, 2017
Reviewer for:
International Journal of Thermal Sciences, ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, Journal of Power and Energy, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Aeronautical Journal, ASME Turbo Expo, etc.

2017 ASME Turbo Expo Best Paper Award
2016 ASME International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) Student Scholarship

Ma et al. 2017. JEGTP. Cooling injection effect on transonic squealer. Part 1

Ma et al. 2017. JEGTP. Cooling injection effect on transonic squealer.Part 2 (ASME Turbo Expo Best Paper)