Zuo, Zhi-Ping, Associate Professor of Chongqing University, China

Zhi-Ping Zuo was born in Chongqing, China, in 1989. He received the bachelor’s degree from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree from the School of Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China. His current research interests include the fabrication of anti-icing materials application on insulators and wireless power transfer.

Contact Information

Email: zpzuo@cqu.edu.cn

Address: Shazheng Street174#, Shapingba District, Chongqing, 400044, China

Education

Ph.D. (E.E.), Chongqing University, Chongqing, P. R. China, 2017.

B.S. (E.E.), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China, 2012.

Academic Experience

Associate Professor, 9/2019– present, Chongqing University, Chongqing, P. R. China

Lecturer, 7/2017– 8/2019, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, P. R. China

Research Interests

Wireless Power Transfer, Safety Operation of Smart Grid

Publications

Part I – Referred Journal Papers (selected)

[1] Zuo, Z., Song, X., Liao, R., Zhao, X., & Yuan, Y. Understanding the anti-icing property of nanostructured superhydrophobic aluminum surface during glaze ice accretion. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 133, 119-128, 2019.

[2] Zuo, Z., Liao, R., Song, X., Zhao, X., & Yuan, Y. Improving the anti-icing/frosting property of a nanostructured superhydrophobic surface by the optimum selection of a surface modifier. RSC advances, 8(36), 19906-19916, 2018.

[3] Zuo, Z., Gao, J., Liao, R., Zhao, X., & Yuan, Y. A novel and facile way to fabricate transparent superhydrophobic film on glass with self-cleaning and stability. Materials Letters, 239, 48-51, 2019.

[4] Zuo, Z., Liao, R., Zhao, X., Song, X., Qiao, Z., Guo, C., ... & Yuan, Y. Anti-frosting performance of superhydrophobic surface with ZnO nanorods. Applied Thermal Engineering, 110, 39-48, 2017.

[5] Zuo, Z., Liao, R., Guo, C., Yuan, Y., Zhao, X., Zhuang, A., & Zhang, Y. Fabrication and anti-icing property of coral-like superhydrophobic aluminum surface. Applied Surface Science, 331, 132-139, 2015.

Part II- Conference Papers

Published 10 Conference papers including IEEE PELS Workshop on Emerging Technologies: Wireless Power (WoW), International Conference on Power Electronics Systems and Applications: Future Mobility and Future Power Transfer (PESA), IEEE International Conference on Electronics Information and Emergency Communication (ICEIEC)

Patents

Hold over 3 patents

Research Grants

Received over 4 research grants/awards as Principal Investigator (PI):

i National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), xxxxxxxx, Construction of Superhydrophobic Interface of Nanostructured Semiconductor with High Aspect Ratio and Narrow Gap and Its Mechanism of Inhibiting Frosting/Icing Process of Insulator at Low Temperature and High Humidity, 2019-01 to 2021-12, ¥240,000, Ongoing, PI