YANG Wenming

Dr Wenming Yang is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National University of Singapore. He is the editor-in-chief of Energy Engineering and Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbine and Power, Alexandria Engineering Journal etc. His research interests include: sustainable marine transportation with high efficiency and net-zero GHG emissions, fuel design and its application in IC engines, microscale combustion and micro power generators etc. He has authored/co-authored over 400 papers in peer-reviewed reputable journals (such as Joule, Nature Communication, Applied Energy etc) and international conferences. His papers have been cited by over 21430 times with a H-index of 77. He has won a series of prestigious titles including the Dean’s Chair. He is also a regular reviewer for a lot of peer-reviewed reputable journals such as Nature, Nature Energy, Joule, Progress in Energy and Combustion Sciences, Combustion and Flame etc.

Qualification
2000.7, Ph.D (Mechanical Engineering)

Courses Taught
• Internal Combustion Engines (ME4227)
• Energy Engineering (ME5205)
• Advanced Sustainable Technologies: From Soft materials to System Design (ME5210)

Research Interests
• Development of the next generation ammonia marine engine with high efficiency and net-zero GHG emissions.
• Alternative fuels for cleaner combustion, sustainable transportation and power generation
• Microscale combustion and micro thermophotovoltaic power generator

Selected Publications
(Out of over 400 articles, * denotes corresponding author)

• Zhou XY, Li T*, Yang WM*, Ammonia-hydrogen engine with single ammonia fuel supply, Joule 9, (2025) 101922.
• Zhou XY, Li T*, Wei YJ, Wang XR, Wang N, Chen R, Li SY, Kuang M, Yang WM*, Ammonia marine engine design for enhanced efficiency and reduced greenhouse gas emissions, Nature Communications, 15(1), (2024) 2110.
• Gao M, Jiang YJ, Lu D*, Gao YF, Dai S*, Dai ZH, Yu GS, Yang WM*, Wang FC*, Mechanism of the noncatalytic oxidation of soot using in situ TEM, Nature Communications 14(1), (2023) 6256.
• Zhu QR, Lyu JY, He RN, Bai X, Li Y, Yang WM*, Detailed kinetic mechanism of polyxymethylene dimethyl ether 3 (PODE3) Part I: Ab initio thermochemistry and kinetic predictions for key reactions, Combustion and Flame 256, (2023) 112990.
• Lyu JY, Zhu QR, Bai X, Ren X, Li J, Chen D, VG Kiselev, Li Y*, Yang WM*, A detailed chemical kinetic mechanism of 1, 1-diamino-2, 2-dinitroethylene (FOX-7) initial decomposition in the gas phase, Combustion and Flame 255, (2023) 112877.
• Zhu JZ, Zhou DZ*, Yang WM*, Qian Y, Mao YB, Lu XC, Investigation on the potential of using carbon-free ammonia in large two-stroke marine engines by dual-fuel combustion strategy, Energy 263, (2023) 125748.
• Zhu QR, Zong YC, Tan YR, Lyu JY, Yu WB, Yang WM*, M Kraft, Evaluating the effect of n-butanol additive on particulate matter emission in diesel engine, Fuel 332, (2023) 126003.
• Zhu QR, Zong YC, Yu WB, Yang WM*, (2022) Markus K, Understanding the particulate formation process in the engine fueled with diesel/Jet A-1 blends, Fuel 313, 122675.
• Li H, Yang WM*, (2022) Towards developing high-fidelity yet compact skeletal mechanisms: an effective, efficient and expertise-free strategy for systematic mechanism reduction, Chemical Engineering Journal 428, 132117.
• Li H, Yang WM*, (2021), An innovative automatic dynamic target species selection technique for skeletal chemical reaction mechanism development for various fuels, Fuel 305, 121504.
• Zhu QR, Zong YC, Yu WB, Yang WM*, Markus K, (2021), Understanding the blending effect of polyoxymethylene dimenthyl ethers as additive in a common-rail diesel engine, Applied Energy 300, 117380.
• Li ZW, Xu HP, Yang WM*, Wu S (2021), Numerical study on the effective utilization of high sulfur petroleum coke for syngas production via chemical looping gasification, Energy 235, 121395.
• Li QJ, Tay KL, Yu WB, Zong YC, Yang WM*, Rivellini LH, Ma M, Lee AKY, (2021) Polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether 3 (PODE3) as an alternative fuel to reduce aerosol pollution, Journal of Cleaner Production 285, 124857.
• Li H, Yang WM*, Zhou DZ, An innovative, highly efficient and expertise-free mechanism reduction method: important species identification through species’ participation in element flux, Combustion Theory and Modelling 25, (2021) 832-860.
• Zhou AQ, Xu HP, Meng XX, Yang WM*, Sun R (2021), Development of a numerical model for co-combustion of blended solid waste fuel in the grate boiler, Chemical Engineering Journal 405, 126604.
• Yu WB, Zhao FY*, Yang WM*, Zhu QR, (2021) uncertainty quantifications of calibrating laser-induced incandescence intensity on sooting propensity in a wick-fed diffusion flame burner, Fuel 289, 119921.
• Peng QG, Yang WM*, Li ZW, Xu HP, Fu G, Li SB, Investigation on H2/air combustion with C3H8 addition in the combustor with part/full porous medium, Energy Conversion and Management 228, (2021) 113652.
• Yu WB, Zhao FY, & Yang WM*, (2020), Qualitative analysis of particulate matter emission from diesel engine fueled with Jet A-1 under multivariate combustion boundaries by principal component analysis. Applied Energy 269, 115068.
• Zhou DZ, Yang WM*, Yang L, & Lu X, (2020), Modelling internal combustion engines with dynamic staggered mesh refinement. Combustion Theory and Modelling 24, 142-175.
• Tu YJ, Xu ST, Xu MC, Liu H, Yang WM*, Numerical study of methane combustion under moderate or intense low-oxygen dilution regime at elevated pressure conditions up to 8 atm, Energy 197, (2020) 117158.
• Li GZ, Yang WM*, Tay KL, Yu WB, Chen LF*, A reduced and robust reaction mechanism for toluene and decalin oxidation with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon predictions, Fuel 259, (2020) 116233.
• Lin QJ, Tay KL, Zhou DZ, & Yang WM*, (2019), Development of a compact and robust Polyoxymethylene Dimethyl Ether 3 reaction mechanism for internal combustion engines. Energy Conversion and Management 185, 35-43.
• Wu SH, Zhou DZ, & Yang WM*, (2019), Implementation of an efficient method of moments for treatment of soot formation and oxidation processes in three-dimensional engine simulations. Applied Energy 254, 113661.
• Wu SH, Yang WM*, Xu H, & Jiang Y, (2019), Investigation of soot aggregate formation and oxidation in compression ignition engines with a pseudo bi-variate soot model. Applied Energy 253, 113609
• Wu SH & Yang WM* (2019), Comparisons of methods for reconstructing particle size distribution from its moments. Fuel 252, 325-338.
• Li H, Yang WM*, Zhou DZ, & Yu WB (2019), Skeletal mechanism construction for heavy saturated methyl esters in real biodiesel fuels. Fuel 239, 263-271.
• Tu YJ, Xu MC, Zhou DZ, Wang QX, Yang WM*, Liu H*, CFD and kinetic modelling study of methane MILD combustion in O2/N2, O2/CO2 and O2/H2O atmospheres, Applied Energy 240, (2019) 1003-1013.
• Yu WB, Zhao FY, Yang WM*, Tay KL, & Xu HP, (2018), Development of an optimization methodology for formulating both jet fuel and diesel fuel surrogates and their associated skeletal oxidation mechanisms. Fuel, 231, 361-372.
• Zhou DZ, Tay KL, Li H & Yang WM*, (2018), Computational acceleration of multidimensional reactive flow modelling using diesel/biodiesel/jet-fuel surrogate mechanisms via a clustered dynamic adaptive chemistry method. Combustion and Flame, 196, 197-209.
• Yu WB, Yang WM*, Tay KL & Zhao FY, (2018, An optimization method for formulating modelbased jet fuel surrogate by emulating physical, gas phase chemical properties and threshold sooting index (TSI) of real jet fuel under engine relevant conditions. Combustion and Flame, 193, 192-217.
• Li H, Yang WM*, Zhou DZ, & Yu WB, (2018), Numerical study of the effects of biodiesel unsaturation on combustion and emission characteristics in diesel engine. Applied Thermal Engineering 137, 310-318.
• Li J, Ling X, Liu D, Yang WM*, & Zhou DZ, (2018), Numerical study on double injection techniques in a gasoline and biodiesel fueled RCCI (reactivity controlled compression ignition) engine. Applied Energy 211, 382-392.
• Zhao FY, Yang WM*, Yu WB, Li H, Sim YY, Liu T, & Tay KL, (2018), Numerical study of soot particles from low temperature combustion of engine fueled with diesel fuel and unsaturation biodiesel fuels. Applied Energy, 211, 187-193.
• Zhou DZ, & Yang WM* (2018), A heterogeneous multiscale method for stiff combustion chemistry integration in reactive flows. Combustion and Flame 188, 428-439.
• Yu WB, Yang WM*, Tay KL, & Zhao FY, (2018), Development of a new skeletal mechanism for decalin oxidation under engine relevant conditions. Fuel, 212, 41-48.
• Tay KL, Yang WM*, Li J, Zhou DZ, Yu WB, Zhao FY, Chou SK, Balaj M, Numerical investigation on the combustion and emissions of a kerosene-diesel fueled compression ignition engine assisted by ammonia fumigation, Applied Energy 204, (2017) 1476-1488.