| Employment 2023.05-present, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Research Associate (Postdoctoral Researcher) 2023.02-2023.04, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences Education 2018.09-2022.12, National University of Defense Technology, Aeronautical and Astronautical Science and Technology, Doctor 2015.09-2018.06, Central South University, Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics, Master 2011.09-2015.06, Central South University, Thermal Energy and Power Engineering, Bachelor Interests (1) Spray and combustion characteristics of liquid propellants. (2) Mechanical design of the injectors in liquid rocket engines. Projects (1) National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.12072367, 2021-2024, Participate. (2) Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, No.2020JJ4666, 2020-2022, Participate. Achievements [1] Chibing Shen*, Rui Zhou*. Experimental study on the combustion characteristics of LOX/LCH4 pintle injectors[J]. Fuel. 2023, 339:126909. [2] Rui Zhou, Chibing Shen*. Influence of momentum ratio control mode on spray and combustion characteristics of a LOX/LCH4 pintle injector[J]. Journal ofZhejiang University-ScienceA. 2022, 23(5):415-420. [3] Rui Zhou, Chibing Shen*. Experimental study on the spray characteristics of a pintle injector element[J]. Acta Astronautica. 2022, 194:255-262. [4] Rui Zhou, Chibing Shen*, Xuan Jin. Numerical study on the morphology of a liquid-liquid pintle injector element primary breakup spray[J]. Journal ofZhejiang University-ScienceA. 2020, 21(8):684-694. Reviewer of the journal《American Journal of Aerospace Engineering》 | 