Like Li

Like Li

Associate Professor

Office: 207 Carpenter Hall
Email: likeli@me.msstate.edu
Phone: 662.325.7311

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Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, 2013
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, 2010
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Central South University, China, 2007

Experience Record

  • Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2023-Present
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2017-2023
  • Fixed-Term Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, 2016-2017
  • Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2015-2016
  • Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, 2013-2015
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, 2010-2013
  • Graduate Research Assistant, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, 2007-2009

Introduction

I have more than 10 years of experience studying and working in the areas of thermal/fluids and energy conversion. I am currently an Associate Professor in mechanical engineering. I joined the ME Department in the Fall of 2017. I enjoy the collaborative environment among faculty and interacting and working with students.

Subject Areas Taught

  • Thermodynamics II
  • Conduction Heat Transfer
  • Convective Heat Transfer
  • Air Conditioning

Research Overview

  • High-temperature thermal and thermochemical energy storage (TES/TCES)
  • Solar receivers/reactors design, modeling and prototype testing
  • Thermal-mechanical stress and creep-fatigue analysis of receivers/reactors
  • Low-temperature TES/TCES for buildings
  • Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) for complex flows and heat mass transfer
  • Phase field method (PFM) for advanced manufacturing processes (e.g., additive manufacturing)

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Selected Publications

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  • Hayes, D. Korba, P. Schimmels, J. Klausner, J. Petrasch, N. AuYeung, L. Li, and K. Randhir, “Experimental demonstration of high-temperature (> 1000° C) heat extraction from a moving-bed oxidation reactor for thermochemical energy storage.” Appl. Energy 349, 121625 (2023)
  • Korba, L. Li, “Effects of pore scale and conjugate heat transfer on thermal convection in porous media.” J. Fluid Mech. 944, A28 (2022)
  • Korba, W. Huang, K. Randhir, J. Petrasch, J. Klausner, N. AuYeung, and L. Li, “A continuum model for heat and mass transfer in moving-bed reactors for thermochemical energy storage.” Appl. Energy 313, 118842 (2022)
  • Wang, D. Korba, Z. Liu, R. Prabhu, M.W. Priddy, S. Yang, L. Chen, and L. Li, “Phase-field-lattice Boltzmann method for dendritic growth with melt flow and thermosolutal convection-diffusion.” Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng. 385, 114026 (2021)
  • Wang, I. Kaur, P. Singh, and L. Li, “Prediction of effective thermal conductivity of porous lattice structures and validation with additively manufactured metal foams.” Appl. Therm. Eng., 187, 116558 (2021)

Honors and Awards

  • NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Research Fellow, 2020
  • MSU Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Award, 2019
  • University of Florida MAE Department Outstanding Graduate Research Award, 2014
  • Top 1 of the 5 Most Downloaded Journal of Computational Physics Articles in 2013
  • Top 10 Most Downloaded Journal of Heat Transfer Articles in November 2011 and December 2011
  • NSF Travel Award for ICMMES 2014