IntechOpen Book Series Heat and Mass Transfer Volume 1

Dr Yong Ren is an associate professor at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC). He obtained his BEng degree in mechanical engineering at the Beihang University, and was awarded his PhD degree in mechanical engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for the investigation of centrifugal microfluidic flow and mixing with applications in cell culture and cell lysing, and the research led to automated

bio-sample preparation and nucleic acid analysis for lab-on-a-chip applications. He has worked as a research assistant at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and postdoctoral research associate at the University of Hong Kong before joining UNNC. He has a broad range of academic interests including microscale fluid dynamics, enhanced heat transfer, CFD modelling, multiphase flow, microfluidic device fabrication, biomaterial synthesis, and biomedical applications using droplet microfluidics.

**Book Series Editor and Editor of Volume 1:** Yong Ren University of Nottingham Ningbo, China
