CV
Education
Tsinghua University, PhD Candidate in Vehicle Engineering, 2024 - Present
- School of Vehicle and Mobility (SVM)
- Advisor: Prof. Dr. Yangjun Zhang
Tsinghua University, B.S. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2020 - 2024
- Xingjian College
Tsinghua University, B.Eng. in Vehicle Engineering, 2020 - 2024
- Dual Degree
Research Interests
- Vehicle Engineering
- Ducted Fan Propulsion & Dynamics
- Boundary Layer Meteorology
Research Experience
PhD Research 2024 - Present
- Focuses on the mechanism and modelling of ducted fan eVTOLs' propulsion and dynamics amidst various disturbances.
- Investigating proximity effects and meteorological hazards (e.g., wind effects).
Selected Publications
- He, Y., et al. (2026). "Wind-Induced Period-Doubling Bifurcation and Stability Loss of a Ducted Fan in Urban Boundary Layer". Physics of Fluids. (Featured Article)
- He, Y., et al. (2026). "Physics-Inspired Permutational UNet with Reference Fusion for Real-Time Thrust Modeling of Ducted-Fan eVTOLs in Ground Effect". Aerospace Science and Technology.
- He, Y., et al. (2025). "Data-physical modelling of eVTOL in-ground-effect thrust with physics-inspired adversarial temporal convolutional network". Propulsion and Energy.
(See Publications page for full list)
Awards & Honors
- ChangXin Memory Technologies Scholarship (2025)
- Outstanding Graduate of Beijing Municipality (2024)
- Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award, SVM Tsinghua (2024)
- Interdisciplinary Award of Milan Academic Week, China-Italy Design Innovation Hub (2024)
- Mingwei Zhang Scholarship (2023)
- Toyota Scholarship (2022)
- Tsinghua University Scholarship (2022)
- Tsinghua University "Xingjian Zhiyuan" Scholarship (2021)
Skills & Personal
- Languages: Chinese (Native), English (Proficient, 108 in TOEFL), and French (B1, everyday life)
- Interests: Amateur transportation photography, Traveling (Visited 18 countries/regions including US, UK, France, etc.)