Work Address

Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo (IIS)

Dw-205, Shikazono Lab,

4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku,

Tokyo 153-8505, Japan

Tel : 081-08037-149136

e-mail : zhenjun@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Zhenjun Jiao

Citizenship : Chinese ▪ Date of birth : 04 Nov 1982

Education

2005 to 2008 Ph.D. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Supervisors: Prof. Xiaoyang Huang & Prof. Nguyen Namtrung

Thesis: Thermocapillary Actuation and Droplet Manipulation in Microfluidics

Division of Thermal and Fluid Engineering,

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

2002 to 2005 Bachelor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

(Acceleration program: 3 years + 6 months industrial attachment)

Supervisor: Prof. Nguyen Namtrung

Thesis: Thermocapillary Actuation of Microfluidic Droplet in Microchannel

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

2002 English Courses

Singapore National Scholarship

National Institute of Education, Singapore.

Work Experience

2012 to now Assistant Professor in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell under CREST

(Core Research for Evolution Science and Technology).

Institute of Industrial Science (Shikazono Lab),
The University of Tokyo.

2008 to 2011 Post-doctoral Researcher in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell under NEDO

(New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization).

Division of Turbulence and Heat Transfer (Nobuhide Kasagi Lab),

Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo.

2005 to 2008 Teaching Assistance of Tutorials (Subjects: Mathematics and Thermodynamics) &

Experiments Classes

Division of Thermal and Fluid Engineering, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

2005 to 2005 Industrial internship

Division of Research and Development, BD Medical Technology Company Singapore.

Academic Awards and Honors

2013 Co-organizer of the Solid State Electrochemistry workshop 2013 in Heidelberg University.

(http://sse2013.uni-hd.de)

2008 Post-doctoral fellowship of Japan New Energy and Industrial Technology Development

Organization, leader of the research group in the University of Tokyo.

2007 Candidate of top-five presentation in ASME Micro/Nano-scale Heat Transfer International

Conference, Tainan, Taiwan.

2005 Singapore government scholarship (SM3).

Membership of Academia

2009 to now Member of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Research Society of Japan

Research Funding Obtained

2008 to 2011 New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) funding under

the Development of System and Elemental Technology on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC)

Project.

2012 to now Core Research for Evolution Science and Technology (CREST) under the Development of

Technology on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Project

Current Research Topic

Quantitative Modeling of Nickel Coarsening Against Time in High Temperature Operation for Composite SOFC Cermet Anodes (Ni/YSZ) by Using Phase Field Method.

Key Skills

Hardware Skills Prototyping of polymeric devices for microfluidics,

FIB-SEM station (Carl Zeiss, NVision40), XRD, EDX, RAMAN, TEM

SOFC fabrication and measurement devices.

Software Skills Microsoft office, Adobe Illustrator, Latex, Matlab, Comsol, Avizo and so on.

Languages Chinese (native), English (fluent),

Japanese (JLPT level II),

French (beginner)

Activities and Interests

Hobbies Swimming, basketball and traveling

Publications List

Journal Papers

❖ Z. Jiao and N. Shikazono, Simulation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anode Microstructure Evolution Using Phase Field Method, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 160 (6), pp. F1-F7, 2013.

❖ Z. Jiao, N. Shikazono and N. Kasagi, Quantitative Study on the Correlation Between Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Ni-YSZ Composite Anode Performance and Sintering Temperature Based on Three- dimensional Reconstruction, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 159 (7), pp. F278-F286, 2012.

❖ Z. Jiao, N. Shikazono and N. Kasagi, Quantitative Characterization of SOFC Nickel-YSZ Anode Microstructure Degradation Based on Focused-Ion-Beam 3D-Reconstruction Technique, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 159 (3), pp. B1-B7, 2012.

❖ Z. Jiao, N. Shikazono and N. Kasagi, Study on Degradation of solid oxide fuel cell anode by using pure Ni electrode, Journal of Power Sources, 196, pp. 8366–8376, 2011.

❖ Z. Jiao, N. Shikazono and N. Kasagi, An Ultra-fast fabrication technique for anode support solid oxide fuel cells by microwave, Journal of Power Sources, 196 (13), pp. 5490-5493, 2011.

❖ Z. Jiao, Takagi, N. Shikazono and N. Kasagi, Study on local morphological changes of nickel in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell anode using porous Ni pellet electrode, Journal of Power Sources, 2010, 196 (3), pp. 1019-1029, 2011.

❖ Z. Jiao, N. Shikazono and N. Kasagi, Comparison of ultra-fast microwave sintering and conventional thermal sintering in manufacturing of anode support Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, Journal of Power Sources, 195 (24), pp. 8019-8027, 2010.

❖ Z. Jiao, N. Shikazono and N. Kasagi, Performance of an anode support solid oxide fuel cell manufactured by microwave sintering, J. Power Sources, 195 (1), pp. 151-154, 2010.

❖ X. Huang, C. Y. Wen and Z. Jiao, A standing wave model for acoustic pumping effect in microchannels, APPLIED ACOUSTICS 71 (2), pp. 164-168, 2010.

❖ Z. Jiao, X. Huang, N. T. Nguyen, Scattering and attenuation of surface acoustic waves in droplet actuation, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, Vol. 41, pp. 355502, 2008.

❖ S.S.Wang, Z. Jiao, X. Huang, N. T. Nguyen, Acoustically induced bubbles in a microfluidic channel for mixing enhancement, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, under review, 2008.

❖ Z. Jiao, X. Huang, N. T. Nguyen, Manipulation of droplet in a planar channel by periodic thermocapillary actuation, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 045027, 2008.

❖ Z. Jiao, X. Huang, N. T. Nguyen, P. Abgrall, Thermocapillary actuation of droplet in a planar microchannel, Microfuidics and Nanofuidics, Vo. 5, No. 2, pp. 205-214, 2007.

❖ Z. Jiao, N. T. Nguyen, X. Huang, Thermocapillary actuation of a water droplet encapsulated in an oil plug, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 17, No. 9, pp. 1843-1852, 2007.

❖ Z. Jiao, N. T. Nguyen, X. Huang, Thermocapillary actuation of liquid plugs using a heater array, Sensors and Actuators A , Vol. 140, No. 2, pp. 145-155, 2007.

❖ X. Huang, N. T. Nguyen, Z. Jiao, Nonlinear standing waves in a resonator with feedback control, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 122, No. 1, pp. 38-41,2007.

❖ Z. Jiao, N. T. Nguyen, X. Huang, Chaotic motion of micro plugs under high-frequency thermocapillary actuation, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 17, pp. 180-185, 2007.

❖ Z. Jiao, N. T. Nguyen, X. Huang, Y. Z. Ang , Reciprocating thermocapillary plug motion in an externally heated capillary, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Vol 3, No.1, pp. 39-46, 2006.

Conference Papers

❖ Z. Jiao, N. Shikazono and N. Kasagi, Simulation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anode Microstructure Evolution by Using the Phase Field Method, the 21th Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells in Japan, Tokyo, 21-151, 2012.

❖ Z. Jiao, N. Shikazono and N. Kasagi, 3D Quantitative Characterization of Nickel-Yttria- stabilized Zirconia Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anode Microstructure in Operation, 10th European Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Forum, Lucerne, Switzerland, June 26-June 29, 5-211, 2012.

❖ Z. Jiao, N. Shikazono and N. Kasagi, 3D Quantitative Characterization of Nickel-Yttria-stabilized zirconia Solid Oxide Fuel Cell anode Microstructure in Discharge, the 20th Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells in Japan, Tokyo, 20-153, 2011.

❖ Z. Jiao, N. Shikazono and N. Kasagi, Study on degradation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell with pure Ni anode, ECS Trans., Montreal, Canada, 35 (1), pp.1735-1742, 2011.

❖ Z. Jiao, N. Shikazono and N. Kasagi, Study on degradation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell with pure Ni anode, the 19th Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells in Japan, Tokyo, pp.60-63, 2010.

❖ Z. Jiao, N. Shikazono and N. Kasagi, Comparison of ultra-fast microwave sintering and conventional thermal sintering in manufacturing of anode Support Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, Proc. JSME Thermal Eng. Conf. 2010,pp. 291-292, 2010.

❖ Z. Jiao, N. Shikazono and N. Kasagi, Advantages of microwave sintering in manufacturing of anode Support Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, 9th European Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Forum, Lucerne, Switzerland, June 29-July 2 2010, 5-211, 2010.

❖ Z. Jiao, N. T. Nguyen, X. Huang, Y. Z. Ang , Thermocapillary actuation and cycling of liquid plugs, The first ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer International Conference (MNHT2008-52145), Tainan, Taiwan, 2008. [Top five article]

❖ Z. Jiao, N. T. Nguyen, X. Huang, Programmable manipulation of a droplet in a plannar microchannel, The Sixth International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels June 23-25, 2008, Darmstadt, Germany, 2008.

❖ Nguyen, N. T., Jiao, Z.J, Huang, X.Y., Thermocapillary effect of a water/oil system, ASME Micro/ Nanoscale Heat Transfer International Conference, Tainan, Taiwan, MNHT2008-52061, 2008.

❖ Nguyen N.T., Jiao Z, Huang X, 2006, Thermocapillary actuation of microplugs, International Conference on Bio-Nanotechnology ICBN, Al AIn, UAE, pp 205-209, 2006.

Book Chapter Contribution

❖ Nguyen N. T., 2008, Micromixers: Fundamentals, Design and Fabrication, William Andrew Micro & Nano Technologies Series, ISBN 081551543X, 9780815515432.

❖ Dongqing Li, 2008, Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Springer Reference, ISBN0387324682, 9780387324685.