Biography
Yiding Cao, a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering (MME) at Florida International University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Dayton in 1992 and joined FIU in 1993.
Cao’s career spans a broad range of expertise in thermal-fluid sciences, heat transfer, electronics cooling, and advanced energy systems, including gas turbine and internal combustion engines, green air-conditioning technologies, and novel heat engines for solar-energy applications. He has published more than 90 journal articles, holds 20 U.S. patents, and has served as PI or Co-PI on research projects totaling over $9.7 million, funded by the Air Force, DARPA, Navy, NASA, NSF, DOE, and industry partners.
Since the early 1990s, Cao has been recognized as an expert in heat pipe technology and is a pioneer in high-temperature heat pipe startup and transient modeling, gas turbine and diesel engine cooling using heat pipes, and miniature heat pipes for electronics thermal management. In recent years, he has invented reciprocating-airfoil-driven VTOL aircraft, air–water thermal power plants, and hot-water-powered vehicles.
Awards & Honors
- A World’s Top 2% Most Cited Scientist, 2020.
Education
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Dayton, 1991
- MS, Thermal Engineering, Chongqing University, China, 1984
- BS, Power Engineering, Harbin Institute of Shipbuilding, Harbin, China, 1982