Prof. Christopher Chao

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

Vice President (Research and Innovation) and Chair Professor of Thermal and Environmental

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1994 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, USA

1992 M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, USA

1988 B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, China

Publications (Selected)

1. Tennakoon, T., Lai, T. W., Chan, K. C., Liu, C. H., Leung, R. C. K., Chao, C. Y. H., & Fu, S. C. (2025). Leveraging microchannel cross-sectional geometry for acoustophoretic manipulation of submicron particles. Ultrasonics, 149, 107570.
2. Huang, C., Fu, S. C., Chan, K. C., Wu, C., & Chao, C. Y. (2025). Evaluating China's 2030 carbon peak goal: Post-COVID-19 systematic review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 209, 115128.
3. Yang, G., Wang, Y., Chan, K. C., Mui, K. W., Flemmig, T. F., Ng, S. T., ... & Fu, S. C. (2024, October). Effectiveness of air cleaner on mitigating the transmission of respiratory disease in a dental clinic environment. In Building Simulation (Vol. 17, No. 10, pp. 1789-1803). Beijing: Tsinghua University Press.
4. Feng, J., Lai, T. W., Fu, S. C., Chan, K. C., Liu, C. H., & Chao, C. Y. (2024). Dust resuspension from fabrics exposed to airflow. Aerosol Science and Technology, 58(6), 667-680.
5. Azizifar, S., Song, M., Chao, C. Y. H., Hosseini, S. H., & Pekař, L. (2024). A numerical study of multiphase flow boiling heat transfer of nanofluids in the horizontal metal foam tubes. International Journal of Thermofluids, 22, 100605.
6. Gao, R., Song, M., Chao, C. Y. H., Lin, S., Zhang, L., & Zhang, X. (2024). Review on condensation frosting and defrosting experiments for superhydrophobic surfaces. Applied Thermal Engineering, 236, 121691.
7. Yao, L., Liu, C. H., Brasseur, G. P., & Chao, C. Y. (2023). Winds and eddy dynamics in the urban canopy layer over a city: A parameterization based on the mixing-layer analogy. Building and Environment, 246, 110962.
8. Liu, Y., Liu, C. H., Brasseur, G. P., & Chao, C. Y. (2023). Empirical mode decomposition of the atmospheric flows and pollutant transport over real urban morphology. Environmental Pollution, 331, 121858.
9. Wong, R. Y., Tso, C. Y., Jeong, S. Y., Fu, S. C., & Chao, C. Y. (2023). Critical sky temperatures for passive radiative cooling. Renewable Energy, 211, 214-226.
10. Liu, Y., Liu, C. H., Brasseur, G. P., & Chao, C. Y. (2023). Proper orthogonal decomposition of large-eddy simulation data over real urban morphology. Sustainable Cities and Society, 89, 104324.
11. Zhang, L., Song, M., Chao, C. Y. H., & Shen, J. (2023). An experimental study on the dynamic frosting characteristics on the edge zone of a horizontal copper plate under forced convection. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 200, 123541.
12. Wong, R. Y., Tso, C. Y., Fu, S. C., & Chao, C. Y. (2022). Maxwell-Garnett permittivity optimized micro-porous PVDF/PMMA blend for near unity thermal emission through the atmospheric window. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 248, 112003.
13. Chan, Y. H., Zhang, Y., Tennakoon, T., Fu, S. C., Chan, K. C., Tso, C. Y., ... & Chao, C. Y. H. (2022). Potential passive cooling methods based on radiation controls in buildings. Energy Conversion and Management, 272, 116342.
14. Zhang, L., Song, M., Chao, C. Y. H., Dang, C., & Shen, J. (2022). Localized characteristics of the first three typical condensation frosting stages in the edge region of a horizontal cold plate. Micromachines, 13(11), 1906.
15. Wang, H., Yang, Y., Wang, Y., Chao, C. Y., & Qiu, H. (2022). Effects of non-wetting fraction and pitch distance in flow boiling heat transfer in a wettability-patterned microchannel. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 190, 122753.
16. Chan, K. C., Wong, V. T., Yow, A. K., Yuen, P. L., & Chao, C. Y. (2022). Development and performance evaluation of a chiller plant predictive operational control strategy by artificial intelligence. Energy and Buildings, 262, 112017.
17. Lin, C., Hur, J., Chao, C. Y., Liu, G., Yao, S., Li, W., & Huang, B. (2022). All-weather thermochromic windows for synchronous solar and thermal radiation regulation. Science advances, 8(17), eabn7359.

Profile Details

WoS ResearcherID: AAX-3279-2021

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2974-0403

https://www.polyu.edu.hk/beee/people/academic-staff/professor-chao-christopher/?sc_lang=en

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lMVq_rMAAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher-Chao/3