Yanghan Su

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PhD Student (2025 -)

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Research Centre for Fire Safety Engineering

Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering

Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

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Email: yanghan1.su@connect.polyu.hk

Office: ZN 808

Biography

Mr. Yanghan is currently a PhD student at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received his Bachelor's degree at Central South University in 2021 and received his master’s degree at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2024. His research interests include battery thermal management and battery safety.

苏杨涵，香港理工大学建筑环境及能源工程学系，在读博士生；中南大学工学学士、南京航空航天大学硕士。研究领域涉及电池热管理和电池热安全防护应用。

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Background of Education

• 2025 - Present, Ph.D., Dept.of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• 2024 - 2025, Research Assistant. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• 2017 - 2024, M.Eng. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

• 2017 - 2021, B.Eng. Central South University

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Research Areas

Battery thermal management and the thermal safety of batteries.

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Prizes

• Best oral presentation on the The 4th International Symposium on Lithium Battery Fire Safety (2025)

• Outstanding Master’s Thesis, awarded by NUAA, (2024)

• Second Prize, National Post-Graduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (2023)

• First-Class Academic Scholarship, NUAA, (2021–2024)

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Publications

• Y. Su, L. Zhang, Y. Zhou, M. Geng, S. Liu, L. Chen, X. Huang*,(2025) Thermal management performance of flat heat pipe in prismatic battery module. Applied Thermal Engineering.

• Y. Su, J. Shen, X. Chen, X. Xu, S. Shi, X. Wang, F. Zhou*, X. Huang, (2024) Bio-based eutectic composite phase change materials with enhanced thermal conductivity and excellent shape stabilization for battery thermal management. Journal of Energy Storage.

• L. Zhang, Y. Su, Y. Zhang, P. Sun, C. Ye, Y. Liu, X. Huang*, (2025) Early emergency cooling for mitigating the onset of battery thermal runaway. Journal of Energy Storage.

• M. Geng, Y. Su, C. Liu, L. Chen, X Huang*, (2025) Interpretable deep learning with uncertainty quantification for lithium-ion battery SOH estimation. Energy.

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Conference

• Y. Su, M. Geng, X. Huang*, Integrating Heat Pipe with Insulation for Battery Thermal and Safety Management. 15th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, La Rochelle, France. 7 – 12 June 2026. [Poster]

• Y. Su, L. Zhang, Y. Zhou, M. Geng, X. Huang*, Thermal Management Performance of Flat Heat Pipe in Prismatic Battery Module. The 4th International Symposium on Lithium Battery Fire Safety, Hong Kong, 30 Oct – 2 Nov 2025. [Oral]

• Y. Su, L. Zhang, X. Huang*, Modelling and Prediction of Heat-Pipe-based Thermal Management Performance in Prismatic Battery Modules. ICEIV 2025: International Conference on Energy Storage and Intelligent Vehicles, Singapore, 5 – 7 Dec 2025. [Oral]

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（Last updated on 10/08/2026)

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