周新平(Zhou Xinping, Professor)，华中科技大学机械科学与工程学院流体动力控制工程系教授，博士生导师；华中卓越学者。以第一或通讯作者在SCI期刊上发表论文50余篇，其中在颗粒漂浮平衡稳定性、奇特毛细管及界面稳定性、热流涡环重构、毛细堵塞、竖直液桥冻结等研究方向的成果发表在流体力学顶刊Journal of Fluid Mechanics(6篇)、Physical Review Fluids(1篇)。

欢迎有数学、机械、物理或力学专业知识背景，对从事科学研究感兴趣并能吃苦耐劳的学生报考硕士/博士研究生。也欢迎优秀博士后加入团队。

仿生流体机械/机器

界面流体力学

微流控

传热传质

科研项目：

    在国家自科基金、校自主创新基金等项目支持下，开展流体力学方面的研究工作；也开展了一些与工程相关的流体动力学模拟计算和分析工作。

代表性论文：

1. Weiqi Huang, Xinping Zhou*. Freezing of axisymmetric liquid bridges. Physical Review Fluids 5 (2020) 103601.

2. Chengwei Zhu, Xinping Zhou*, et al. Capillary plugs in horizontal rectangular tubes with non-uniform contact angles. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 901 (2020) R1.

3. Xinping Zhou, et al. Formation regimes of vortex rings in thermals. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 885 (2020) A44.

4. Fei Zhang, Xinping Zhou*. General exotic capillary tubes. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 885 (2020) A1.

5. Fei Zhang, Xinping Zhou*. Capillary surfaces in and around exotic cylinders with application to stability analysis. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 882 (2020) A28.

6. Fei Zhang, Xinping Zhou*, Chengwei Zhu. Effects of surface tension on a floating body in two dimensions. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 847 (2018) 489–519.

7. Xinping Zhou, et al. Evaluation of effect of diurnal ambient temperature range on solar chimney power plant performance. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 115 (2017) 398–405.

8. Xinping Zhou, et al. Effect of flow area to fluid power and turbine pressure drop factor of solar chimney power plants. ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 139 (2017) 041012.

9. Xinping Zhou, et al. Bifurcation of a partially immersed plate between two parallel plates. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 817 (2017) 122–137.

10. Xinping Zhou, et al. Novel concept of enhancing the performance of sloped solar collector by using natural anabatic winds. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 102 (2016) 1356–1361.

获奖情况:

指导博士生获国家奖学金4次、硕士生2次，校三好研究生标兵1次；

指导本科生获湖北省优秀学士学位论文奖4次等