Dr. De-sheng Zhou, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
De-sheng Zhou is an Associate Researcher at the Harbin Institute of Technology in China, where he has been affiliated since January 2024. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Automation in 2019 from Harbin Institute of Technology, following his M.S. in the same field in 2013 and his B.S. in 2011 from Harbin University of Science and Technology. De-sheng has gained international experience as a visiting student at the Temasek Lab, National University of Singapore, from September 2016 to March 2017, and as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Southampton in the UK in June 2023 and the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology in Germany from June 2022 to June 2023. His research focuses on ionic wind and plasma-treated water, and he has received several honors for his work, including the Sino-German (CSC-DAAD) Postdoc Scholarship Program in 2021 and multiple Outstanding Paper Awards at various conferences. He has also contributed to foundational research supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
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Suitability of Dr. De-sheng Zhou for the Best Researcher Award
Dr. De-sheng Zhou is a prominent researcher in electrical engineering and plasma science, specializing in ionic wind, plasma-treated water, and dielectric-barrier discharges (DBD). Below is an assessment of his suitability for the Best Researcher Award
🎓 Education:
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering & Automation (2019) – Harbin Institute of Technology, China
- Visiting Student (2016.09-2017.03) – Temasek Lab, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering & Automation (2013) – Harbin Institute of Technology, China
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering & Automation (2011) – Harbin University of Science and Technology, China
💼 Work Experience:
- Associate Researcher – Harbin Institute of Technology, China (Jan 2024 – Present)
- Postdoctoral Researcher – University of Southampton, UK (June 2023 – Aug 2023)
- Postdoctoral Researcher – Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, Germany (June 2022 – June 2023)
- Assistant Researcher – Harbin Institute of Technology, China (Jan 2020 – Dec 2023)
🏆 Awards & Honors:
- 2021 🎖 Sino-German (CSC-DAAD) Postdoc Scholarship Program
- 2020 🏅 Outstanding Paper Award – National Conference on High Voltage & Discharge Plasmas
- 2020 🏅 Outstanding Paper Award – 2nd Sino-Russia Summer School & 6th Workshop on Plasma Physics and Applications
- 2018 🏆 Outstanding Paper Award – Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma and Terahertz Science
🔬 Research Fields & Achievements:
- Research Areas: ⚡ Ionic wind, 💧 Plasma-treated water
- Funded Project: 📜 National Natural Science Foundation of China
Publication Top Notes:
Experimental study on the effect of the electrode bending angle on the dielectric-barrier discharge performance
The effect of bending angle on a flexible electrode DBD plasma under sinusoidal excitation
Investigation of the behavior of plasma jet in the presence of water under different grounded conditions
Regulation methods for the operation of ionic wind thruster
Discharge characteristics under vortex airflow in plasma igniter
Discharge mode conversion of bending flexible electrodes
PVDF-based nanoceramic composite for improved SDBD thruster performance at low pressure