Chen Di-Lin | Ship and Ocean Engineering | Best Researcher Award Published on 27/09/202527/09/2025 by Applied Scientist Dr. Chen Di-Lin | Ship and Ocean Engineering | Best Researcher Award Ocean University of China | China Dr. Di-Lin Chen is a Lecturer in the College of Engineering at Ocean University of China, where he focuses on multiscale heat and mass transfer, multiphysics coupling, marine and offshore engineering, and viscoelastic fluid dynamics. He earned his Ph.D. from Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in March 2025, with a joint training period at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research emphasizes coupled transport mechanisms involving electricity, heat, fluid flow, and mass transfer, tackling critical challenges such as electro-thermal coupling, flow instabilities, microfluidic behavior, and ion transport regulation in polymer rheological systems. To date, Dr. Di-Lin Chen has published 16 peer-reviewed SCI-indexed papers, including 12 as first author, with 84 citations across 56 documents and an h-index of 5, in high-impact journals such as International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Physics of Fluids, Physical Review Fluids, Journal of Molecular Liquids, and Acta Mechanica Sinica. One of his works was recognized as an Editor’s Pick in a leading fluid mechanics journal, further highlighting the significance of his contributions. Beyond publishing, he has delivered four conference presentations, including two keynote talks, and actively serves the academic community as a guest editor for a SCI-indexed journal and as a reviewer for Physics of Fluids. His excellence has been recognized through several prestigious honors, including the Outstanding Doctoral Graduate of Heilongjiang Province, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award (top 5% at HIT), National Scholarship for Doctoral Students, and the China Scholarship Council Joint Doctoral Training Program. Currently, he leads the National Postdoctoral Researcher Support Program, manages a university-level seed fund project, and participates in a General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, reinforcing his position as a promising scholar in advanced heat and mass transfer and electrohydrodynamics. Profile : Scopus | ORCID Featured Publication Chen, D.-L., Luo, K., & Wu, J., Yi, H.-L. (2021). Electrohydrodynamic conduction pumping of a viscoelastic dielectric fluid with the Onsager–Wien effect. Physics of Fluids, 33(11), 113101. Chen, D.-L., Zhang, Y., & Luo, K., Yi, H.-L. (2024). Interfacial and dynamical behaviors of induced charge electroosmosis in polymer electrolyte solutions with pH modulation. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 409, 125512. Chen, D.-L., Luo, K., & Yang, C., Yi, H.-L. (2023). Assisted heat transfer enhancement in non-Newtonian dielectric fluids based on ion conduction phenomena. Physics of Fluids, 35(11), 113109. Chen, D.-L., Zhang, Y., Gao, X.-L., & Luo, K., Wu, J., Yi, H.-L. (2023). Electrohydrodynamic conduction phenomena of a viscoelastic dielectric fluid with electroelastic instability. Physical Review Fluids, 8(5), 053702. Chen, D.-L., Zhang, Z.-Y., Zhang, Y.-M., & Luo, K., Yi, H.-L. (2023). A mechanistic investigation of electroconvection transport of polymer electrolyte solutions on a perfectly selective membrane. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 673, 131813.
Dr. Di-Lin Chen is a Lecturer in the College of Engineering at Ocean University of China, where he focuses on multiscale heat and mass transfer, multiphysics coupling, marine and offshore engineering, and viscoelastic fluid dynamics. He earned his Ph.D. from Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in March 2025, with a joint training period at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research emphasizes coupled transport mechanisms involving electricity, heat, fluid flow, and mass transfer, tackling critical challenges such as electro-thermal coupling, flow instabilities, microfluidic behavior, and ion transport regulation in polymer rheological systems. To date, Dr. Di-Lin Chen has published 16 peer-reviewed SCI-indexed papers, including 12 as first author, with 84 citations across 56 documents and an h-index of 5, in high-impact journals such as International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Physics of Fluids, Physical Review Fluids, Journal of Molecular Liquids, and Acta Mechanica Sinica. One of his works was recognized as an Editor’s Pick in a leading fluid mechanics journal, further highlighting the significance of his contributions. Beyond publishing, he has delivered four conference presentations, including two keynote talks, and actively serves the academic community as a guest editor for a SCI-indexed journal and as a reviewer for Physics of Fluids. His excellence has been recognized through several prestigious honors, including the Outstanding Doctoral Graduate of Heilongjiang Province, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award (top 5% at HIT), National Scholarship for Doctoral Students, and the China Scholarship Council Joint Doctoral Training Program. Currently, he leads the National Postdoctoral Researcher Support Program, manages a university-level seed fund project, and participates in a General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, reinforcing his position as a promising scholar in advanced heat and mass transfer and electrohydrodynamics. Profile : Scopus | ORCID Featured Publication Chen, D.-L., Luo, K., & Wu, J., Yi, H.-L. (2021). Electrohydrodynamic conduction pumping of a viscoelastic dielectric fluid with the Onsager–Wien effect. Physics of Fluids, 33(11), 113101. Chen, D.-L., Zhang, Y., & Luo, K., Yi, H.-L. (2024). Interfacial and dynamical behaviors of induced charge electroosmosis in polymer electrolyte solutions with pH modulation. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 409, 125512. Chen, D.-L., Luo, K., & Yang, C., Yi, H.-L. (2023). Assisted heat transfer enhancement in non-Newtonian dielectric fluids based on ion conduction phenomena. Physics of Fluids, 35(11), 113109. Chen, D.-L., Zhang, Y., Gao, X.-L., & Luo, K., Wu, J., Yi, H.-L. (2023). Electrohydrodynamic conduction phenomena of a viscoelastic dielectric fluid with electroelastic instability. Physical Review Fluids, 8(5), 053702. Chen, D.-L., Zhang, Z.-Y., Zhang, Y.-M., & Luo, K., Yi, H.-L. (2023). A mechanistic investigation of electroconvection transport of polymer electrolyte solutions on a perfectly selective membrane. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 673, 131813.