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Name Ningkang ZHAO
Label Master of Engineering in Energy and Power Engineering
Email ningk.zhao@gmail.com
Phone +86 18771767338
Url https://ningkang-zhao.github.io/
Summary Master of Engineering in Energy and Power Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, with research experience in accident-tolerant nuclear fuel cladding, first-principles calculations, and molecular dynamics.

Education

  • 2022.09 - 2025.03

    Shanghai, China

    Master of Engineering
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Energy and Power Engineering
  • 2017.09 - 2021.06

    Changsha, China

    Bachelor of Engineering
    Changsha University of Science & Technology
    Electrical Engineering and Automation

Research Experience

  • 2025.09 - 2026.06

    Shanghai, China

    Research Assistant
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Computational research on zirconium-alloy surfaces, oxidation, and multilayer coating/cladding systems.
    • Performed first-principles calculations using Quantum ESPRESSO, including bulk and surface model construction, k-point and cutoff-energy convergence testing, structural relaxation, and surface-related calculations.
    • Assisted with molecular-dynamics studies of zirconium-alloy oxidation, including model design, parameter assessment, convergence evaluation, and interpretation of atomistic transport behavior.
    • Proposed an oxygen-impedance model to describe coupled oxygen transport and reaction across multilayer coating/cladding systems and bridge atomistic transport parameters with macroscopic oxidation kinetics.

Publications

  • Master's thesis

  • 2022.09 - 2025.03
    Accident Tolerant Mechanism of Zirconium Alloy Fuel Cladding Based on Nanodiamond Coating

    Master's thesis on the high-temperature quenching and oxidation behavior of nanocrystalline-diamond-coated zirconium alloy cladding.

    • Designed and constructed high-temperature quenching and steam-oxidation experimental systems with temperature acquisition and high-speed visualization.
    • Characterized coating morphology and structural evolution using SEM/EDS, AFM, XPS, and Raman spectroscopy, with MATLAB-based image and transient-boiling analysis.
    • Demonstrated a 21.3% shorter film-boiling stage, a 15.06% higher boiling-transition temperature, and a 17.7% increase in peak cooling rate for NCD-coated zirconium alloy.

  • Selected Projects

  • 2024 Joint Summer School on Nuclear Science and Technology

    Conceptual design and thermal-hydraulic evaluation of a lead-bismuth-cooled natural-circulation reactor at Kyushu University, Japan.

  • Intelligent Identification and Conversion of Nuclear Power Plant System Flow Charts

    Artificial Intelligence Competition project.

    • Developed and optimized a YOLOv10-based object-detection model for automated recognition of components in nuclear power plant system diagrams.
  • Intelligent Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Modeling of Hemorrhagic Stroke

    Mathematical Modeling Competition project.

    • Developed BP neural-network and random-forest models for multi-parameter clinical-data analysis and outcome prediction.

  • Patents & Software

  • Patent Applications and Software Copyright

    Patent applications and registered software.

    • High-temperature quenching and high-temperature steam oxidation experimental device (Patent Application No. CN202211454786.5).
    • Modification method for nuclear fuel cladding based on nanodiamond coatings (Patent Application No. CN202311253006.5).
    • Fuel Cladding Film Boiling Flow Pattern Recognition and Key Parameter Calculation (MAST v1.0), Software Copyright.

Awards & Honors

Skills

Computational
Quantum ESPRESSO
Python
MATLAB
C
ASE (basic)
VESTA (basic)
Experimental
High-temperature quenching
Steam oxidation
SEM/EDS
AFM
XPS
Raman spectroscopy
High-speed imaging
Languages
Chinese (native)
English