Shanbin Shi

Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
Assistant Professor, Director of RPI Thermal Hydraulics Laboratory

About

Dr. Shanbin Shi joined the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) as an Assistant Professor in 2018. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Thermal Engineering from the Southeast University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University respectively, and a Ph.D. degree in Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University.

Education & Training

Ph.D., Purdue University

Research

Primary Research Focus
Multiphase Flow Experiments and Modeling, Particle Transport and Deposition, Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Reactor Safety, Advanced Nuclear-based Integrated Energy System
Other Focus Areas

Thermal and Fluids Engineering, Cryogenic Propellant Storage, Thermal Energy Storage, Heat Exchanger Design, Modeling, and Testing

Publications

The following is a selection of recent publications in Scopus. Shanbin Shi has 65 indexed publications in the subjects of Energy, Engineering, Physics and Astronomy.

Recent Developments and Findings of Heat Pipe Experiments for Microreactor Applications
Ilyas Yilgor, Zachary D. Sellers, Jeremy L. Hartvigsen, Katrina M. Sweetland, Pei Hsun Huang, Taehwan Ahn, Joseph Seo, Annalisa Manera, Victor Petrov, Mark Anderson, Yassin Hassan, Shanbin Shi, Piyush Sabharwall
Nuclear Technology
, 2024
.
Droplets Measurement with High-Speed Camera and Defocusing Method
Ayden Cohn, Yang Liu, Shanbin Shi, Eymon Lan
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
, 130
, 2024
, pp.1244-1247
.
A Eulerian Framework for Modeling and Simulation of Particle Transport during Fuel Dispersal
Avinash Moharana, Shanbin Shi
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
, 130
, 2024
, pp.1160-1163
.
Modeling and simulation of cryogenic propellant tank pressurization in normal gravity
Eymon Lan, Shanbin Shi, Wei Ji, Mamoru Ishii
Applied Thermal Engineering
, 236
, 2024
.
Coupled modeling and simulation of tank self-pressurization and thermal stratification
Eymon Lan, Shanbin Shi
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
, 232
, 2024
.
RANS-CFD Simulation of Cryogenic Tank Depressurization by Jet Induced Mixing
Eymon Lan, Shanbin Shi
Proceedings of Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, NETS 2024
, 2024
, pp.94-101
.
Computational model development and validation of fuel dispersal phenomena
Avinash Moharana, Shanbin Shi, Trevor Howard, Wade Marcum, Benjamin W. Spencer
Nuclear Engineering and Design
, 413
, 2023
.
RANS-Based CFD Simulation of Jet-Induced Mixing and Jet Impingement on Large Bubble in Microgravity
Eymon Lan, Shanbin Shi
Nuclear Technology
, 209
, 2023
, pp.2016-2029
.
Design and Thermal-Hydraulic Performance Analysis of a Low-Temperature Heat Pipe Test Facility
Ilyas Yilgor, Eymon Lan, Shanbin Shi
Nuclear Science and Engineering
, 197
, 2023
, pp.753-770
.
Scaling laws for two-phase flow and heat transfer in high-temperature heat pipes
Ilyas Yilgor, Shanbin Shi
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
, 189
, 2022
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