Principle Investigator
Professor Sunny Ri Li (李日)
Dr. Sunny Li is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus. He is a Professional Engineer registered in Canada. He received his Master of Applied Science and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto. Before joining UBC, he was a research scientist at the Global Research Center of General Electric, Schenectady, New York.
Graduate Research Assistants
Ruoyao Li
PhD Candidate, Research Assistant
ruoyao.li@ubc.ca
Ruoyao Li obtained her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Xi’an University of Science and Technology in China. During her master study in China, she focused on earth-air heat exchanger system (EAHE). She has developed the thermal management for baseboard electrical heaters. She is currently studying the transport phenomena of textile related to thermal comfort.
Jianxun Huang
PhD student, Research Assistant
Jianxun obtained his B.Eng. from the Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada). During his bachelor’s study, he actively participated in several research, including passive anti-icing techniques with different surface wettability, decarbonization technologies for marine transportation, and thermal management of EVs battery modules. His research at UBC focuses on investigating bubble formation and departure induce velocity change using particle image velocimetry (PIV) and the effect of surface wettability on flow boiling heat transfer.
Hangfei Duan
PhD student
dhf2023@student.ubc.ca
Jiedong Ye
Visiting PhD student
jiedongy@student.ubc.ca; jiedongye@whut.edu.cn
Jiedong is a PhD candidate at Wuhan University of Technology and works in heat transfer optimization in battery thermal management system. He has joined Prof. Li’s team as a visiting student. At UBC, his research focuses on improving the heat transfer uniformity.