Hongxia Yang

Hongxia Yang is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Yang’s research integrates experimental, numerical, and analytical approaches to advance the fundamental understanding of combustion characteristics in reactive gases and dusts, as well as industrial explosions and detonation hazard mitigation.

• Reactive flows
• Shock Waves
• Detonation
• Explosion Safety
• Compressible Flows
• Sustainable Energy
• Hydrogen Technologies

• 2025, Postdoctoral, Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Canada
• 2021, Doctorate, Safety Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, China
• 2020, Visiting Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Canada
• 2015, Master's, Safety Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, China
• 2013, Bachelor's, Safety Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, China

• 2023, Best paper award, The 10th International Conference on Hydrogen Safety
• 2020, Young Researcher Grant, The 25th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Organizing Committee

• Yang, H. X., Rakotoarison, W., Sow, A., Radulescu, M.I., End-wall pressure evolution from head on reflection of high-speed deflagrations, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 40.1-4 (2024): 105595.
• Cheevers, K., Yang, H. X., Pekalski, A., Radulescu M.I., Flame surface area enhancement resulting from the head-on interaction with an expansion wave, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 40.1-4 (2024): 105743.
• Cheevers, K., Yang, H. X., Raut, M., Hong, Z., Radulescu, M. I., A flame technique to isolate the detonation/product interface relevant to rotating detonation engines, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 39.3 (2023): 3095-3105.
• Yang, H. X., & Radulescu, M. I., Dynamics of cellular flame deformation after a head-on interaction with a shock wave: reactive Richtmyer-Meshkov instability, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 923 (2021): A36.
• Yang, H. X., & Radulescu, M. I., Enhanced DDT mechanism from shock-flame interactions in thin channels, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38.3 (2021): 3481-3495.
• Li, G., Yang, H. X., Yuan, C. M., & Eckhoff, R. K., A catastrophic aluminium-alloy dust explosion in China, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries 39 (2016): 121-130.