
Lecturer
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R353, Fraser Noble Building
School of Engineering
King's College
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK
Biography
Wenbo Zhan is a Lecturer in Biological Engineering in the School of Engineering. He received his undergraduate degrees from Xi’an Jiatong University in 2008 and a master degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2010. He graduated from Imperial College London with his PhD degree in 2014 and then worked as a project consultant at Imperial College London and a postdoctoral research fellow at the National University of Singapore until 2016. Prior to joining the University of Aberdeen in 2019, he was a research associate at Imperial College London.
Qualifications
- PhD Chemical Engineering2014 - Imperial College London
- MSc Thermal Energy and Power Engineering2010 - Harbin Institute of Technology
- BEng Thermal Energy and Power Engineering2008 - Xi'an Jiaotong University
- BEc Finance2008 - Xi'an Jiaotong Univerisity
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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- Overall coordinator of the School MSc individual projects
- Deputy coordinator of MSc Biomedical Engineering programme
- Member of School Postgraduate Education Committee
- External Memberships
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- Editorial Advisory Board member of Pharmaceutical Research, 12/2022-present
- Research
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Research Overview
Wenbo Zhan's research centres on biological engineering and bioprocessing, with a particular focus on the biomechanics and transport processes in biological and physiological systems.
- Multiscale modelling of drug delivery processes
- Soft tissue deformation
- Image-based analysis of cardiovascular fluid mechanics
Funding and Grants
- HyWay: Hydrogen production from waste, European Commission, Co-I, 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2027
- Evaluation and optimisation of thermosensitive hydrogel for controllable drug delivery against brain tumour, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, PI, 01/02/2023 - 30/09/2023
- Image-based modelling and optimisation of convection-enhanced delivery for combination therapy against heterogeneous human brain tumour, The Royal Society, PI, 12/08/2022 - 11/08/2024
- Gender differences in sex hormone transport in abdominal aortic aneurysm, The Royal Society, PI, 31/03/2022 - 30/03/2024
- Optimisation of infusion catheter posture for improving convection-enhanced drug delivery to brain cancer, Children's Brain Tumour Drug Delivery Consortium, Children with Cancer UK, PI, 01/03/2022 - 30/09/2022
- Pore-scale investigation of drug transport in brain tumour tissue, University of Aberdeen, PI, 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2025
- Novel nanoparticle-embedded membranes for long-term bioactive SARS-CoV2 prevention, Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust, Co-I, 01/04/2021 - 31/03/2023
- Multifunctional liquid crystals stabilised by hydrogen-bounding and their integration in new devices for energy harvesting, conversion and storage, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, Co-I, 23/10/2020 - 30/12/2021
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Programme
MSc Biomedical Engineering programme
Course coordinator
- EG555L - Modelling of Biological Systems
- EG504Q - Introduction to Engineering for Life Scientists
- EG555N,EG59F1,EG59F2,EG59M2 - MSc Individual Project (all MSc programmes)
Course contributor
- EG555J - Research Methods for Bioengineers
- EG4578 - Group Design Project (Chemical Engineering)
- Publications
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Study on Hydrodynamic Characteristics in Liquid-Solid Reactor
Annual Meeting of Multiphase Flow.Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Other ContributionsPrediction on immersed tubes erosion using two-fluid model in a bubbling fluidized bed
Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 64, no. 13, pp. 3072-3082Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2009.03.033
Potential of Clean Development Mechanism Projects in Heilongjiang Province
Energy Conservation Technology, vol. 27, pp. 134-139Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStudy of the impact of the velocity inlet boundary condition to the bubbling fluidized bed
Kung Cheng Je Wu Li Hsueh Pao/Journal of Engineering Thermophysics, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 789-792Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Simulation of Particle Segregation Behavior in Bubbling Fluidized Bed
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsStudy on the Impact of Friction Model on Hydrodynamic Behavior in Bubbling Fluidized Bed
Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Multiphase Flow.Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Other Contributions