Dr. Dong Yang is an associate professor at SUSTech. His research focuses on predicting and damping of thermoacoustic instabilities, with strong expertise in low-order network modelling and vortex-sound-entropy coupling theory. He got his first and Master’s degrees from Tsinghua University, and his PhD in 2017 from Imperial College London. His PhD thesis “The acoustics of short circular holes and their damping of thermoacoustic oscillations” won the Osborne Reynolds Award 2017 Oral Presentation Finalist — top six PhDs in Fluid Mechanics in the UK. His research has made significant impact in the thermoacoustic and aeroacoustics communities, including being highlighted by the Journal of Sound and Vibration as “2017 Highlight of Aeroacoustics research in Europe”. He has been invited to give talks or build collaborations on thermoacoustic instabilities with many leading companies such as Rolls-Royce, Siemens, Reaction Engines and Shanghai Electric. He is an organizer of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, and reviewer for Journal of Sound and Vibration, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Combustion and Flame, AIAA Journal, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power etc.
2013-2017, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK
Thesis: The acoustics of short circular holes and their damping of thermoacoustic oscillations
2017 Highlight of Aeroacoustics research in Europe by Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2019, 450, 175-198
Osborne Reynolds award 2017, oral presentation finalist -- top six PhDs in Fluid Mechanics in the UK
2011-2013, Master in Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Thesis: Theoretical and experimental study of Helmholtz resonators optimized with neck materials
Graduated with top journal publications
2007-2011, Bachelor in Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Outstanding student scholarship (top ~10% in the major)
2003-2007, High School, Bashu Secondary School, Chongqing, China
Top 0.03% in the 2007 National Higher Education Entrance Examination
