Professor, Aerospace-Mechanical Engineering | Member of the Graduate Faculty
PEIWEN (PERRY) LI EDUCATION: Ph. D. Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, April 1995. Dissertation: “Experimental test and numerical analysis for the convective condensation heat transfer of new refrigerants in horizontal tubes” (Advisor Prof. Tao, Wen-Quan) S. Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, July 1991. Thesis: “Experimental and numerical investigation for the heat/mass transfer of the internal surfaces of rectangular cavities impinged by a jet” (Advisor Prof. Tao, Wen-Quan) S. Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, July 1988. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE/POSITIONS: 8/2015- Professor, Dept. of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona 8/2012-7/2015 Associate Professor, Dept. of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona 7/2006-7/2012 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona 12/2001-7/2006 Research Associate, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh 4/2000-11/2001 Research Scientist, sponsored by Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST) in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyoto University. 6/1997-3/2000 NEDO Research Scientist (Industrial Technology Researcher), Japanese National Mechanical Engineering Laboratory at Tsukuba. Sponsored by Energy Conservation Center and New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan. 6/1996-5/1997 Assistant Professor/Lecturer, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University. 3/1996-6/1996 JSPS Fellow/Research Scientist (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyoto University. 4/1995-3/1996 Assistant Professor/Lecturer, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Society: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), since 2003