Yao Chunde
School

School of Mechanical Engineering

Professional Title

Professor

Administrative Appointments

Deputy director of State Key Laboratory of Engines

Discipline

Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics

Contact Information

022-27406649

022-27383362

arcdyao@tju.edu.cn

Weijin Road 92#, Nankai District, Tianjin, China

Brief Introduction

Prof. Chunde Yao received his Ph.D. degree in internal combustion engine engineering from Tianjin University in 1988. From 1988 to 1997, he was an assistant professor in the automotive college at Hefei University of Technology. In 1997 he joined the State Key Laboratory of Engines of Tianjin University, where he is now a professor. His current research interests include alternative fuel for engine and super knock in gasoline engine. He has published over 70 SCI papers, and the diesel methanol compound combustion (DMCC) technology invented by him won the first prize of China Mechanical and Industrial Science and Technology in 2016. 

Education Background
  • Bachelor of Engineering| Hefei University of technology| Internal combustion Engine| 1982
  • Master of Engineering | Tianjin University| Internal combustion Engine| 1984
  • Ph.D.| Tianjin University| Internal combustion Engine| 1988
Research Interests
  • Alternative fuel for IC engines
  • Technical measures to reduce exhaust-gas emissions from IC engines
  • Working process in IC engines

Positions & Employments
  • 1997.10-2017.11

    State Key Laboratory of Engines | Tianjin University | professor 
  • 1988.7-1997.10

    Power Machinery Department | Hefei Poly-technical University | associate professor( 
  • 1995.1-1995.12

     Advanced engine technology development company of Wisconsin of U.S.A | technical expert 
  • 1992.4-1994.3

    Institute of Applied Thermodynamics | RWTH Aachen University, Germany | guest professor 
Academic Achievements