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Shumeng XIE
Ph.D. candidate
@ National University of Singapore
About Me

I am Shumeng Xie, a final-year ME Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, where I have been conducting research under the supervision of Prof. Huangwei Zhang since Jan. 2023.

Prior to joining the National University of Singapore, I did my Master of Science in Fluid Mechanics at the Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking Univeristy, supervied by Prof. Zheng Chen.

👩‍🎓Education
  • National University of Singapore
    National University of Singapore
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Ph.D. Student
    Jan. 2023 - Present
  • Peking University
    Peking University
    M.S. in Fluid Mechanics
    Sep. 2019 - Jun. 2022
  • Peking University
    Peking University
    B.E. in Aerospace Engineering
    Sep. 2015 - Jun. 2019
👩‍💻 Experience
  • Southern University of Science and Technology
    Southern University of Science and Technology
    Visiting Student
    Oct. 2022 - Dec. 2022
🏆 Honors & Awards
  • The President's Graduate Fellowship (PGF)
    2024
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Research Overview

A central theme of my doctoral research is the ammonia combustion. My work spans from numerical simulation to experiments.

Below is an overview that showcases all of my papers through a single identity! (To be updated)

News
2023
Joined to the National University of Singapore.
Jan 09
Star Selected Publications (view all )
Effects of reactant stratification on the propagation, NOx formation and fuel slip of ammonia/air flames
Proc. Combust. Inst.
Effects of reactant stratification on the propagation, NOx formation and fuel slip of ammonia/air flames

Shumeng Xie, Thorsten Zirwes, Huangwei Zhang

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 41 (2025) 105954

[Paper] [Doi]

Effects of reactant stratification on the propagation, NOx formation and fuel slip of ammonia/air flames

Shumeng Xie, Thorsten Zirwes, Huangwei Zhang

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 41 (2025) 105954

[Paper] [Doi]

Proc. Combust. Inst.
Numerical study of laminar premixed ammonia/air flames enriched with nitrogen oxides
Combust. Flame
Numerical study of laminar premixed ammonia/air flames enriched with nitrogen oxides

Shumeng Xie, Peng Ma, Jinzhou Li, Samir Boset Rojas Chávez, Surendra Kumar Soni, Hao Hu, Huangwei Zhang

Combustion and Flame 283 (2026) 114518

[Paper] [Doi]

Numerical study of laminar premixed ammonia/air flames enriched with nitrogen oxides

Shumeng Xie, Peng Ma, Jinzhou Li, Samir Boset Rojas Chávez, Surendra Kumar Soni, Hao Hu, Huangwei Zhang

Combustion and Flame 283 (2026) 114518

[Paper] [Doi]

Combust. Flame
On the extinction and burning limits of stretched premixed ammonia flames at elevated pressures
Combust. Flame
On the extinction and burning limits of stretched premixed ammonia flames at elevated pressures

Shumeng Xie, Huangwei Zhang

Combustion and Flame 279 (2025) 114248

[Paper] [Doi]

On the extinction and burning limits of stretched premixed ammonia flames at elevated pressures

Shumeng Xie, Huangwei Zhang

Combustion and Flame 279 (2025) 114248

[Paper] [Doi]

Combust. Flame
Existence and chemistry of stretched ammonia/hydrogen weak flames at elevated pressures
Combust. Flame
Existence and chemistry of stretched ammonia/hydrogen weak flames at elevated pressures

Shumeng Xie, Huangwei Zhang

Combustion and Flame 266 (2024) 113528

[Paper] [Doi]

Existence and chemistry of stretched ammonia/hydrogen weak flames at elevated pressures

Shumeng Xie, Huangwei Zhang

Combustion and Flame 266 (2024) 113528

[Paper] [Doi]

Combust. Flame
Forced ignition of a rich hydrogen/air mixture in a laminar counterflow: a computational study
Flow Turbul. Combust.
Forced ignition of a rich hydrogen/air mixture in a laminar counterflow: a computational study

Shumeng Xie, Xinyi Chen, Hannes Böttler, Arne Scholtissek, Christian Hasse, Zheng Chen

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion 110 (2023) 441-456

[Paper] [Doi]

Forced ignition of a rich hydrogen/air mixture in a laminar counterflow: a computational study

Shumeng Xie, Xinyi Chen, Hannes Böttler, Arne Scholtissek, Christian Hasse, Zheng Chen

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion 110 (2023) 441-456

[Paper] [Doi]

Flow Turbul. Combust.
Numerical study on forced ignition and flame propagation in a counterflow of nitrogen-diluted hydrogen versus air
Fuel
Numerical study on forced ignition and flame propagation in a counterflow of nitrogen-diluted hydrogen versus air

Shumeng Xie, Xinyi Chen, Yiqing Wang, Tianhan Zhang, Zheng Chen

Fuel 357 (2024) 129863

[Paper] [Doi]

Numerical study on forced ignition and flame propagation in a counterflow of nitrogen-diluted hydrogen versus air

Shumeng Xie, Xinyi Chen, Yiqing Wang, Tianhan Zhang, Zheng Chen

Fuel 357 (2024) 129863

[Paper] [Doi]

Fuel
Effects of curvature on triple flame propagation in fuel-oxidizer counterflow
Combust. Flame
Effects of curvature on triple flame propagation in fuel-oxidizer counterflow

Shumeng Xie, Dehai Yu, Joel Daou, Zheng Chen

Combustion and Flame 245 (2022) 112353

[Paper] [Doi]

Effects of curvature on triple flame propagation in fuel-oxidizer counterflow

Shumeng Xie, Dehai Yu, Joel Daou, Zheng Chen

Combustion and Flame 245 (2022) 112353

[Paper] [Doi]

Combust. Flame
Effects of strain rate and Lewis number on forced ignition of laminar counterflow diffusion flames
Combust. Flame
Effects of strain rate and Lewis number on forced ignition of laminar counterflow diffusion flames

Shumeng Xie, Zhanbin Lu, Zheng Chen

Combustion and Flame 226 (2021) 112353

[Paper] [Doi]

Effects of strain rate and Lewis number on forced ignition of laminar counterflow diffusion flames

Shumeng Xie, Zhanbin Lu, Zheng Chen

Combustion and Flame 226 (2021) 112353

[Paper] [Doi]

Combust. Flame
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