Baoyuyun

Bao Yuyun, a professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, served as the person in charge of the Chemical Engineering and Technology major from 2017 to 2023 and is currently a responsible professor for interdisciplinary platform construction.

She teaches the bilingual course “Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering I&II" and she got School-level Teaching Master Title at Beijing University of Chemical Technology in 2019. In 2022, she won the first prize of Beijing Municipal Teaching Achievement Award.

Her main research directions include: research and industrial application of multiphase flow stirred reactors; research on fluid mixing, heat transfer, and mass transfer, etc. She has published more than 100 papers in core journals, including over 60 SCI-indexed articles. As a key contributor, she participated in the research, development, and industrial application project of large-scale high-efficiency stirred tanks/reactors, which won the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.

Educational and Professional Background

Professional Experience:

· 1998–Present: Professor (since 2011) and Doctoral Supervisor (since 2008), College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology

· 1995–1998: Process Engineer, Central Laboratory, Beijing Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co., Ltd.

Educational Background:

· 2006: Visiting Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

· 2001–2005: Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (part-time), Beijing University of Chemical Technology

o Advisors: Prof. Litian Shi, Prof. Zhengming Gao

o Dissertation: Hydrodynamic Performance Study of Gas-Liquid-Solid Three-Phase Stirred Reactors at Ambient and Elevated Temperatures

· 1992–1995: M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology

o Advisor: Prof. Litian Shi

o Dissertation: Development of Liquid Phase Velocity Measurement Technology in Solid-Liquid Stirred Tanks and Its Application in Water Treatment

· 1988–1992: B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Chemical Technology

o Advisor: Prof. Yingchen Wang

o Dissertation: Flow Field Study in Stirred Tanks Using Hot-Film Anemometry

Research Interests:

· Mixing of high-viscosity fluids

· Interphase mass transfer mechanisms

· Multiphase flow dynamics, including gas-liquid and gas-liquid-solid stirred reactors

· Powder and particle mixing

Research Projects

National and Government-Funded Projects:

1. National Key R&D Program

o Project: Key Technologies and Applications for High-Performance Lubricant Production

o Subtopic: Development of Efficient Oligomerization Reactors for Long-Chain Alpha-Olefins

o Funding: CNY 300,000 (2017.07–2021.06)

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China

o Project: Synergistic Mechanisms of Transfer and Reaction in Typical Organic Chemical Processes

o Subtopic: Micronano-Scale Mixing and Transfer-Reaction Mechanisms in Multiphase Systems

o Funding: CNY 775,000 (2009.01–2013.12)

Educational Reform Projects:

· 2016: Special Education Reform Fund for Central Universities – Talent Cultivation under Chemical Engineering Background (CNY 100,000)

· 2012–2013: National-Level Shared Course Development – Chemical Engineering Principles

Industry Collaboration Projects:

· Over 20 enterprise-sponsored R&D projects, with total funding exceeding CNY 5 million

Teaching Experience

· Since 2017: Bilingual course instructor of Chemical Engineering Principles for international joint programs, recognized for excellent teaching outcomes

· 1998–2017: Undergraduate instructor for Chemical Engineering Principles, honored as an “exempted evaluation” teacher