Research Expertise

•	Experimental Fluid Mechanics
•	Wind tunnel testing techniques for aircraft
•	Turbulent shear flows
•	Laminar-turbulent transition
•	Active flow control for drag reduction, lift augmentation, and noise reduction
•	Digital data acquisition and signal processing
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Education

•	1964-67	:	PostGraduate Studies, Aerodynamics, NorthWestern Uni. Technology, Sian, China. - U.S. Ph.D. equivalency granted (1992) by Credentials Evaluation Service, International Education Research Foundation, Inc., Los Angeles
•	1955-62	:	Undergraduate Studies, Beijing Aeronautical Institute(now, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics), Beijing, China
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Courses Taught  (since 2000)

•	AME 321	:	Aircraft Performance
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Employment

•	2003	:	The University of Arizona: Research Professor Emeritus
•	1991-date	:	Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona: Research Associate 1991-93; Research Professor 1993-2003
•	2001-date	:	Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Scientist at the State Key Laboratory for Studies of Turbulence and Complex Systems (LSTCS), Peking University, Beijing, China
•	1986-date	:	Aerodynamics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China: Professor
•	9/99-12/99	:	HermannFoettinger Institute, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany: Senior Visiting Scientist
•	6/91-8/91	:	Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern California: Research Associate
•	6/90-7/90	:	HermannFoettinger Institute, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany: Senior Visiting Scientist
•	7/89-12/90	:	Aerospace Engineering, University of Southern California: Research Associate
•	9/85-7/89	:	Board of Post Graduate Studies, Nanjing Aeronautical Institute, Nanjing, China: Dean
•	8/88-10/88	:	Hermann Foettinger Institute, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany: Senior Visiting Scientist
•	4/87-5/87	:	Institute of Experimental Fluid Mechanics, DFVLR (now DLR), Goettingen, Germany: Guest Scientist
•	5/85-6/85	:	Institute of Experimental Fluid Mechanics, DFVLR (now DLR), Goettingen, Germany: Guest Scientist
•	11/83-4/84	:	Institute of Experimental Fluid Mechanics, DFVLR (now DLR), Goettingen, Germany: Guest Scientist
•	9/80-10/82	:	Engineering, Cambridge University, United Kingdom: Visiting Scholar
•	7/73-11/86	:	Aerodynamics, Nanjing Aeronautical Institute, Nanjing, China: Lecturer
•	9/67-6/73	:	Aeronautics, Harbin University of Technology, Harbin, China: Instructor
•	10/62-9/64	:	Aeronautics, Harbin University of Technology, Harbin, China: Instructor
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Honors and Awards

•	Who's Who in the World, 2000-date
•	Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 1994-date
•	International Man of the Year 199192, International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England, 1993
•	National Award for Progress in Science and Technology, China, Third Class (1982 and 1984) and First Class (1985) [with others]
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Professional Societies: China

•	Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics
•	Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
•	Society of Aerodynamic
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International Cooperatives

•	1988-1993	:	In charge, on the Chinese side, of TU Berlin Nanjing Aeronautical Institute Cooperative between Prof. H. Fernholz and Prof. Zhou Ming de, under auspices of the VW Foundation's China Programme.
•	1985-1989	:	In charge of the scientific cooperation (from the China side) between Institute of Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Goettingen and Nanjing Aeronautical Institute, under the framework of DFVLR-CAE Cooperations.
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Publications  (since 2000; selected)

•	Wu, J. Z., Ma, H. Y., and Zhou, M. D., Vorticity and Vortex Dynamics, Springer, 2006.
•	Han, G., Zhou, M. D., and Wygnanski, I., On Streamwise Vortices and Their Role in the Development of a Curved Wall Jet, Phys. Fluids 18:Paper 095104, 2006.
•	Jiang, X-Q., Gong, H., Liu, J-K., Zhou, M-D., and She, Z-S.., Hierarchical Structures in Turbulent Free Shear Flow, J. Fluid Mech. 569:259-286, 2006
•	Zou, Z., Zhu, Y., Zhou, M. D., and She, Z. S., Hierarchical Structures in a Turbulent Pipe Flow, Fluid Dyn. Res. 33:493-508, 2003.
•	Zhou, M. D. and Wygnanski, I., The Response of a Mixing Layer Formed Between Parallel Streams to a Concomitant Excitation at Two Frequencies, J. Fluid Mech. 441:139-168, 2001.
•	Elsberry, K., Loeffler, J., Zhou, M. D., and Wygnanski, I., An Experimental Study of a Boundary Layer that is Maintained on the Verge of Separation, J. Fluid Mech. 423:227-261, 2000.
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Patents

•	Method and Apparatus for Influencing a LaminarTurbulent Boundary Layer Transition on Bodies in Flow, U.S. Patent 4,989,810 (with H. U. Meier and A. Maier).
•	Method and Apparatus for Influencing a LaminarTurbulent Boundary Layer Transition on Bodies in Flow, German Patent DE 3738366 C2 (with H. U. Meier and A. Maier).
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