Yao Shi (施尧)
Associate Research Fellow (特聘副研究员), School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Email:shiyao@ecust.edu.cn
Biography
Yao Shi was born in Jiangsu, China, in 1994. He obtained his Bachelor degree of Oil-Gas Storage and Transportation Engineering from East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) in 2016, and his PhD degree of Chemical Engineering and Technology from ECUST in 2022. He has been a Postdoctoral Researcher at ECUST since October 2022, and in January 2026, he joined the School of Chemical Engineering at ECUST as an Associate Research Fellow. His current research interests focus on Multi-Energy-Driven Chemical Process Intensification Technology.
Education
2012.09~2016.07
BS, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
2016.09~2022.09
PhD, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
2019.10~2020.09
Visiting PhD Student, Department of Chemistry, University of Namur
Work Experience
2022.10~2025.12
Postdoc, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
2026.01~present
Associate Research Fellow, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Research Interests
AI + Chemical Engineering: Data-driven multi-scale modeling and intelligent optimization of industrial catalysts
Build integrated pore–pellet–bed–reactor multiscale models to quantify and enhance transport (diffusion, heat transfer, and flow distribution). Combine resolved simulations with ML surrogates and optimization to enable intelligent industrial catalyst design and accelerate structure-performance-design mapping.
Electrified Processes: Joule-Heated Reactor Engineering
Develop electrified reactor concepts with a focus on Joule-heated reactors. Advance conductive catalyst/material synthesis and electro-thermal reactor design, supported by lab-scale prototyping and reactor evaluation, to improve heating uniformity, energy efficiency, and scale-up feasibility.
CO2 reactor design: Electrified and Intensified Reactor System
Design and evaluate CO2 capture reactors enabled by electrified heating and process intensification, including electrically heated plate reactors for high heat transfer and circulating fluidized beds for enhanced gas–solid contact. Focus on improved temperature control, mass transfer, and energy efficiency.
Selected Publications
1.Shi Yao, Sui Yanan, Yao Jianheng, Qian Gang*, Zhou Xinggui, Chen De, Yuan Weikang, Duan Xuezhi*. Engineering Joule-Heated Reactor with Embedded Conductive Tube for Efficient Propane Dehydrogenation. Chemical Engineering Science 2025, 321, 123006.
2.Sui Yanan, Shi Yao*, Hu Yitu, Zhou Jinghong, Duan Xuezhi*, Zhou Xinggui. Numerical investigation of a Joule-heated catalytic reactor for enhanced ammonia decomposition to hydrogen. Chemical Engineering Science 2025, 320, 122403.
3.Liu Wugang, Shi Yao*, Hu Yitu, Sui Yanan, Qian Gang*, Luo Yu, Duan Xuezhi, Jiang Lilong, Zhou Xinggui. Innovative internal Joule-Heated Reactor design: Toward enhanced efficiency in hydrogen production via ammonia decomposition. Chemical Engineering Science 2025, 315, 121906.
4.Liu Xiangkun, Qiu Qihuan, Chen Bingxu, Shi Yao*, Gu Longqin, Zhou Xinggui, Duan Xuezhi*. CFD-ML integrated multi-objective optimization for n-butane partial oxidation reactor. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering 2025, 88, 53-64.
5.Shi Yao, Sui Yanan, Cao Yueqiang*, Ge Xiaohu, Liu Xiangkun, Li Hongyu, Chen Wenyao, Qian Gang*, Zhou Xinggui, Duan Xuezhi. Insights into reaction-diffusion behaviors of acetylene selective hydrogenation on pellet catalysts. AIChE Journal 2024, 70, e18454.
6.Liu Xiangkun, Raza Khan Ali, Shi Yao*, Chen Wenyao, Duan Xuezhi*. Dependences of catalyst layer thickness and pellet grading mode on partial oxidation of n-butane. Chemical Engineering Science 2024, 296, 120235.
7.Chen Hao, Shi Yao*, Liu Xiangkun, Sui Yanan, He Yijian, Yu Jian, Xu Guangwen, Zhou Xinggui, Duan Xuezhi*. Numerical investigation of honeycomb channel design: Effect of rounded corners on selective catalytic reduction of NO. Chemical Engineering Science 2024, 285, 119588.
8.Li Zhao, Shi Yao*, Chen Wenyao, Cao Yueqiang, Qian Gang, Zhou Xinggui, Duan Xuezhi*. Structure optimization and selection of catalyst particle for highly efficient gas oil hydrodenitrogenation. Chemical Engineering Science 2023, 277, 118871.
9.Shi Yao#, Ye Guanghua#, Yang Changfeng, Tang Yanqiang, Peng Chong, Qian Gang, Yuan Weikang, Duan Xuezhi*, Zhou Xinggui. Pore engineering of hierarchically structured hydrodemetallization catalyst pellets in a fixed bed reactor. Chemical Engineering Science 2019, 202, 336-346.
10.Shi Yao, Yang Changfeng, Zhao Xingqiang, Cao Yueqiang, Qian Gang, Lu Mengke, Ye Guanghua, Peng Chong*, Sui Baokuan, Lv Zhenghui, Yuan Weikang, Duan Xuezhi*, Zhou Xinggui. Engineering the hierarchical pore structures and geometries of hydrodemetallization catalyst pellets. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2019, 58, 9829-9837.
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