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Teng Cao is a Lecturer in the Thermofluids Division of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2015 from Whittle Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. After completing his doctoral studies, he continued as a Research Associate at the Whittle Lab before becoming a Senior Research Fellow at MHI and then a College Lecturer at Girton College. In September 2021, he was appointed as a Lecturer at Imperial College. His research primarily focuses on turbomachinery, a critical aspect of current and future energy systems. He has dedicated significant time to enhancing energy system performance by improving the understanding of aerothermal mechanics through numerical and experimental methods. His research areas include the development of high-performance centrifugal compressors, low-order modeling of turbomachinery, fan-intake interactions, and the effects of pulsating flow on turbocharger turbine performance. His contributions to the field have been acknowledged through publications in leading journals and presentations at peer-reviewed conferences. Notably, his recent work on centrifugal compressor tip leakage flow instability received the 'Turbomachinery Committee Paper' award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineering. In addition to his research, Cao is passionate about teaching and is committed to educational outreach in engineering.
Specialisms available in Materials for the Energy Transition or Theory and Simulation of Materials.