Shanbin Shi

Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
Associate Professor, Director of the N-Phase Lab and the NuScale E2 Center at RPI

About

Dr. Shanbin Shi joined the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) as Assistant Professor in 2018.  He was promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure in July 2025. 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. He is the recipient of the Class of 1951 Outstanding Teaching Award (2025). 

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 77 indexed publications in the subjects of Energy, Engineering, Energy.

Computational advances in three-phase flow with phase change for nuclear reactor safety analysis: methods, coupling strategies, and applications
Avinash Moharana, Parth Singh, Shanbin Shi
Advances in Engineering Software
, 221
, 2026
.
Modeling and Simulation of Thermal Power Dispatch System for a Boiling Water Reactor
Muiz Adekunle Agbaje, Shanbin Shi
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
, 134
, 2026
, pp.377-380
.
Design and Imaging Analysis of Particle-Coolant Interaction Test Facility
Caleb Malinowski, Peter Iascone, Shanbin Shi
Nuclear Technology
, 2026
.
Measurement of Liquid Film and Droplet Dynamics in Upward Annular Flow
Peter Iascone, Eymon Lan, Caleb Malinowski, Shanbin Shi, Devlin Harvey, Ayden Cohn, Yang Liu
Nuclear Technology
, 2026
.
Recent Developments and Findings of Heat Pipe Experiments for Microreactor Applications
Nuclear Technology
, 211
, 2025
, pp.905-939
.
A data-driven based concurrent coupling approach for cryogenic propellant tank long-term pressure control predictions
Qiyun Cheng, Huihua Yang, Shanbin Shi, Wei Ji
Cryogenics
, 149
, 2025
.
Experimental Investigation of Heat Pipe Flow Dynamics and Performance
Ilyas Yilgor, Shanbin Shi
Nuclear Science and Engineering
, 199
, 2025
, pp.1691-1711
.
Experimental Study of Upward Annular Two-Phase Flow
Peter Iascone, Shanbin Shi, Yang Liu
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
, 132
, 2025
, pp.1429-1432
.
High-Speed Imaging System for Particle Transport Investigation
Caleb Malinowski, Peter Iascone, Shanbin Shi
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
, 132
, 2025
, pp.1452-1455
.
A Eulerian three-fluid flow framework for the study of fuel dispersal behavior under loss-of-coolant accident conditions
Avinash Moharana, Benjamin W. Spencer, Shanbin Shi
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
, 239
, 2025
.

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