Staff profile
| Affiliation | Telephone |
|---|---|
| Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering |
Biography
Brief Biograhpy
Dr Sheng Chen is recognized as a Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientist. He has (co-)authored over 100 journal papers with an H-index of 40, as well as 4 book chapters ( ORCID: 0000-0002-9377-2426; Scopus Author ID: 7410256260 ). He has served as a guest editor for several international journals and as an external reviewer for several national funding agencies. He also served as an engineer at a Fortune 500 company and holds more than 10 granted patents. Following the completion of his doctoral degree, he was awarded several prestigious research fellowships, including a Newton International Fellowship and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship.
Prior to joining Durham in 2026, Dr Chen was a Senior Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University, where he was awarded a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Dr Chen's research covers a broad range of fluid mechanics topics, including: AI4Fluids, Thermofluids in sustainable energy systems (e.g. flow battery, fuel cell), Multiphase flow in porous media, Droplet and particle interactions, Heat and mass transport in environmental engineering, Climate-smart agriculture, Clean combustion (e.g. hydrogen, oxyfuel, MILD) and CCS. He is keen to establish exciting new collaborations beyond academia and industry, both nationally and internationally. Please do not hesitate to contact him at sheng.chen@durham.ac.uk.
Research Grants (since 2026)
- STFC "(UK-GAP: diSMART) UK-Ghana Agrophysics Partnership: deepening insight into Soil Moisture dynAmics for pRecision irrigaTion" (UKRI4200). 2026-2028, Total Value £508,981, Project PI;
- Innovate UK Innovation Awards for Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnership: UK-Brazil-Africa "HunT SOIL: Harvest Sun Twice by Solar pOwered Irrigated Land". 2025-2026, Total Value £109,477, Project PI;
- Innovate UK African Agriculture Knowledge Transfer Partnership (10098109). 2024-2026, Total Value £201,078, Project PI.
Research interests
- AI4Fluids;
- Thermofluids in sustainable energy systems (e.g. flow battery, fuel cell);
- Multiphase flow in porous media;
- Droplet and particle interactions;
- Heat and mass transport in environmental engineering;
- Climate-smart agriculture;
- Clean combustion (e.g. hydrogen, oxyfuel, MILD) and CCS;
- Engineering Education.
- Dr Sheng Chen is keen to establish exciting new collaborations beyond academia and industry, both nationally and internationally. Please do not hesitate to contact him at sheng.chen@durham.ac.uk.