LI GAN

Researcher PhD Candidate at Institution for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems

Trowbridge, England, United Kingdom

About

Born and bred close to the Shanghai International Circuit, I am a passionate motorsport fan and petrolhead. Alongside my PhD focusing on the simulations of Turbocharged Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engines, I also work on vehicle restoration and modification projects in my house garage, participate in karting racing, and am dedicated to the diecast model collection and LEGO technics building. I am a dedicated and quick learner and am looking forward to working in the Motorsport and Automotive Industry.

Experience

  • Researcher PhD Student at IAAPS - Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems
    Sep 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

    PhD research area: Simulations of Turbocharged Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engines by adapting Active Pre-chamber and Variable Divided Exhaust Period to reduce pumping loss as well as turbo inlet temperature. - Collected a wide variety of knowledge on Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine technologies histories and developments. - Used GT Power to simulate the application of Divided Exhaust Ports and Pre Chamber technologies to the Hydrogen Combustion Engines, collected data such as BMEP and BSFC and compared its performance to the baseline model. - Used CFD simulation to estimate the combustion behaviour inside the chamber of a Hydrogen Combustion Engine. - Used Ricardo WAVE to convert a gasoline baseline engine running Hydrogen and collected 1D simulation data.

  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant at University of Bath
    Sep 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

    - Undergraduate Modules Tutoring: Including Turbocharging and Engine Boosting, Thermodynamics, Solid Mechanics, Thermal Power and Heat Transfer, Internal Combustion Engine Technology, Instrumentation electronics and electrical drives, Vehicle Engineering, Aircraft performance and design, and Vehicle Dynamics. - Undergraduate Experiments Supervision: Supervise and lead various Undergraduate Experimentation modules including Bridge Building Lab, Belt Drive Lab, Air Jet Lab, Materials Test Lab, Instrumentation and Electronics Lab.

  • F1 in Schools Supervisor at Shanghai Shixi High School
    Aug 2023 - Sep 2023 · 2 mos

    As an alumnus, I offer suggestions for my former high school students participating in F1 in Schools, an international STEM competition for school children, in which groups of 3–6 students have to design and build a miniature car out of the official F1 Model Block using CAD/CAM design tools.

  • Team Bath Racing (Bath, United Kingdom)
    • Powertrain Cooling System Engineer
      Jul 2019 - Sep 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos

      In my final year, I changed to take charge of the thermal management/cooling system of the powertrain. My role includes using Matlab to create a 1-D radiator heat transfer model and designing the radiator based on the airflow. Designing the thermal management and cooling system for the KTM 500 race engine. Testing the feasibility of using brushless drone motors and propellers to replace the traditional radiator fans. Testing the correlation between the inclination and cooling effect of the radiator. The Final Year Project Thesis is Optimisation of the cooling system on a Formula Student vehicle

    • Vehicle Dynamics Engineer
      Feb 2019 - Sep 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos

      In my third year, I was in charge of the design and development of the rear inboard suspension of Team Bath Racing's 2020 car, TBR20. I used Autodesk Nastran to analyze the stress and deflection in the clevises and rod ends of the rear inboard suspension.

    • General Support
      Nov 2015 - Feb 2019 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • Casual Retail/Shop Assistant at FRESH grocery store in University of Bath
    Jan 2016 - Jun 2020 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    - Worked at the till as well as arranged and organised the products on the shelf. - Enhanced my ability of communication, teamwork, and time management.