Warmly welcome to attend the 4th International Symposium on Thermal-Fluid Dynamics (ISTFD 2023). Following the great success of ISTFD 2019 held in Xi’an, China, ISTFD 2021 held in Beijing, China and ISTFD 2022 held in Xi’an, China, ISTFD 2023 will be held in Nanjing, China on 27-29 July, 2023.

ISTFD aims to become one of the leading annual international forums and to advance scientific knowledge and technology development of Thermal-Fluid Dynamics and relevant emerging, cutting-edge and interdisciplinary subjects.

Thermal-Fluid Dynamics is the fundamental to a wide range of engineering subjects such as energy, power, environment, energy saving and storage, renewable energy, aerospace, astronautics, combined heating, cooling and power technology, nuclear energy, hydrogen energy, automotive, mechanical engineering, emerging and interdisciplinary subjects such as zero carbon technologies, micro- and nano-fluidics, advanced thermal processes and others. It plays a key role in the development and breakthrough of scientific theories, innovative technologies and revolution of industry and human society systems.

The goal of ISTFD 2023 is to gather scientists, researchers and industrial engineers from all over the world to present the latest research results, theoretical and modelling development, experimental methodology, practical design and industrial applications in the field of Thermal-Fluid Dynamics. It will not only provide an excellent platform to share new research findings and ideas, but also to promote extensive research collaboration and extend social networking.

ISTFD 2023 is hosted by the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA, Chinese: 南京航空航天大学), colloquially known as Nanhang (南航), which is a public research university in Nanjing, China. The university is part of the Project 211 and a Chinese state Double First Class University Plan university identified by the Ministry of Education of China. NUAA is a selective university that usually admits top 2% students in the National College Entrance Examination of China. It is ranked among the top 250 universities globally for Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering in the QS World University Rankings. It is also among the top 300 institutions of Asia, according to QS World University Rankings and Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

Information on the web will be updated in due course.

We look forward to seeing you in Nanjing, China in 2023.

Prof. Jinglei Xu

ISTFD 2023 Chairman

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

20 November 2022