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Yuchen (Yuri) Shen, Ph.D.

Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Office Location: 218
Office Phone: 815-753-9979
Email: yshen1@niu.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • M.S. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • B.S. in Biosystem Engineering, Zhejiang University

Research Interests

  • Thermal management and electronics cooling
  • Phase change phenomena and anti-icing/frosting technologies
  • Advanced thermal sensing and diagnostic methods
  • Multiphysics modeling and energy systems optimization

Professional Associations and Honors

Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Professional Activities

Served as a reviewer of international journals: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Droplet, RSC Advances, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Heat Transfer Engineering

Selected Publications

  • Yuchen Shen, Feifei Wu, Fangying Chena, Kuwin Wykea, Kesava Vardhan Pegallapatia, Xianming Dai, Predicting Critical Heat Flux Using Localized Sensing at Invisible Vapor-Liquid Interfaces, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 267 (2026): 128960.
  • Yuchen Shen, Fangying Chen, Dylan Boylan, Guo Feng, Meiying He, Xianming Dai, High-Efficiency Frost and Ice Control via Sensing-Assisted Nanovibrational Slippery Surfaces, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 13.22 (2025): 16797-16806.
  • Yuchen Shen, Jiong Chen, Sophie Wang, Freezing Droplet Distribution Prediction for Condensation Frosting Considering Edge Effects on Structured Surfaces, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17.33 (2025): 47696-47706.
  • Yuchen Shen, Sophie Wang, Condensation Frosting Characteristic Detection Using Capacitance Sensing Approach, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer (2020) 147, 118968

Work Experience

  • Assistant professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 麻豆精品 (2026-present)
  • Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, Texas A&M University (2025-2026)
  • Research associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas (2024-2025)
  • Postdoctoral scholar, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington (2022-2024)

Yuchen (Yuri) Shen

Contact Us

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590 Garden Rd, DeKalb, IL
815-753-2256
ceet@niu.edu