On September 15, 2018, the Hong Kong Qiu Shi Science and Technologies Foundation held its annual awards at the University of Science and Technology of China. Associate Professor Wan Minping from the Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) was awarded the “Outstanding Young Scholar Award.”

Wan Minping graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Tsinghua University in 2002 and received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 2008. In 2015, he joined SUSTech. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering.

Wan Minping is mainly engaged in the study of turbulence theory and numerical simulation, focusing on nonlinear, unsteady and intermittent studies of turbulence and magnetic fluids. During his Ph.D., he studied the original mechanism of the physical mechanism of the two-dimensional turbulent energy inverse string and the Lagrangian characteristics of the energy-level string. Following the completion of his doctoral studies, he completed a ground-breaking study into the relationship between energy dissipation and turbulent coherent structure in the space plasma turbulence. He has published more than 50 papers in mainstream journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, and Physics of Fluids. The paper has been cited more than 1,700 times, with a Google Scholar H factor of 22.

Wan Minping’s recent work on turbulent application research is to study the core turbulence problems in power generation. As a clean and renewable form of energy, the tidal currents are plentiful, and both their development and utilization have less impact on the ecology and environment. In addition, their utilization does not need to occupy valuable land resources. Wan Minping hopes to study the different factors affecting the efficiency of tidal power generating turbines. He is analysing the turbulent flow field during the power generation process and optimizing both the turbine design and the distribution array of the power plants in order to improve the efficiency of power generation.