Xueliang Yang - Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering - North ...

Xueliang Yang
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Office: 919-515-1807
North Carolina State University Mobile: 732-763-4074
Raleigh, NC, 27695 Email: xyang14@ncsu.edu
Education:
2000.9-2006.7 Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Physics
University of Science and Technology of China, P. R. China
Dissertation: Experimental and theoretical study on the reaction kinetics of
halocarbene radicals
1995.9-2000.7 Bachelor of Science in Chemical Physics
University of Science and Technology of China, P. R. China
Dissertation: Laser induced fluorescence spectrum of transition metal containing
radicals generated by direct current discharge
Professional Experience:
2010.12 – present Research Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University
High temperature combustion kinetics of fuels in low pressure premixed
laminar flames using molecular-beam mass spectrometry
Quantum Chemistry and RRKM master equation prediction on
elementary reaction kinetics
2008.6 - 2010.12 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Argonne National Laboratory
Shock tube studies on the high temperature reactions relevant to
combustion
2006.3 - 2008.5 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California at Davis
Photodissociation and photoionization dynamics of atoms, radicals and
molecules by velocity mapping image
Vacuum ultraviolet laser implementation and application
2000.9 - 2006.1 Research Assistant, University of Science and Technology of China
Laser induced fluorescence spectrum of small radicals
Reaction kinetics of halocarbene with pollutant gases
Professional Affiliations:
Member of Combustion Institute since 2009
Member of American Chemical Society since 2007
Talks and Presentations:
University of California Davis, Department of Chemistry, April 2011
7 th
U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2011
33th International Symposium on Combustion-Beijing, China August 2010
Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Urbane, IL, March 2010
CSE Postdoctoral Colloquium, Argonne, IL, December, 2009
Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Irvine, CA, October 2009
Argonne Postdoctoral Symposium, Argonne, IL, September 2009
238 th ACS National Meeting, Washington DC, August 2009
6 th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, May 2009
235 th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2008

Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, Jan 2008
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, Jan 2008
Research Interests:
Photodissociation and photoionization dynamics of small molecules and radicals
Experimental studies on gas phase chemical kinetics relevant to combustion
Laser spectroscopy and mass spectrometry development for the trace gas detection
Numerical modeling on the fuel pyrolysis and oxidation, pollution formation and reduction (NO ,
X
CO, Hydrocarbons and PAHs)
Archived Journal Publications:
High temperature reaction kinetics
1. Thermal dissociationof Ethylene Glycol Vinyl Ether Xueliang Yang, J. H Kiefer and R. S.
Tranter (submitted to Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.)
2. High Temperature Dissociation of Ethyl Radicals and Ethyl IodideXueliang
Yang and R. S.
Tranter (submitted to J. Phys. Chem. A)
3. A shock tube and theoretical study on the pyrolysis of 1,4-dioxane Xueliang Yang, A. W. Jasper,
J. H. Kiefer and R. S. Tranter submitted to Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13 (2011), 3686
4. An experimental and theoretical investigation of the self-reaction of phenyl radicalsR.
S. Tranter,
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6.
7.
S. J. Klippenstein, L. B. Harding, B. R. Giri, Xueliang Yang and J. H. Kiefer J. Phys. Chem. A,
114(2010),8240
Dissociation of C H I and Rates for C H Combination at High Temperatures R. S. Tranter,
3 3
3 3
Xueliang Yang and J. H. Kiefer Proc. Combust. Inst.33 (2010), 259
Decomposition and Vibrational Relaxation in CH I and Self-Reaction of CH RadicalsXueliang
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3
Yang, G. C. Franklin and R. S. Tranter J. Phys. Chem. A 113 (2009), 8307
The Dissociation of Diacetyl: A Shock Tube and Theoretical Study Xueliang Yang A. W. Jasper,
J. H. Kiefer and R. S. Tranter J. Phys. Chem. A 113 (2009), 8318
Photodissociation and ionization of atoms and small molecules:
8. The temporal changes in the emission spectra of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 after Deep Impact W. M.
Jackson, Xueliang Yang, X. Shi and A. L. Cochran, Astrophysical J. 298(2009), 1609
9. Vacuum ultraviolet excitation spectroscopy of autoionizing Rydberg states of atomic sulfur in the
range of 73,350-84,950 cm -1
Xueliang Yang, J. Zhou, B. Jones, C. Y. Ng and W. M Jackson, J.
Chem. Phys. 123 (2008), 084303
10. A Vacuum ultraviolet laser photoionization and pulse field ionization study of nascent S( 1
D) and
S( 3
P) formed in the 193.3 photodissociation of CS J. Zhou, B. Jones, Xueliang Yang, W. M.
2
Jackson and C. Y. Ng, J. Chem. Phys. 123(2008), 014305
Low temperature reaction kinetics by laser photolysis and laser induced fluorescence:
11. The kinetic study on the reaction of CHF + SO Xueliang Yang, G. Xu, Y. Chen and C. Chen,
2
Acta Chim. Sin. 64(2006), 47
12. Time-resolved kinetic studies on quenching of HCF(A 1
A′′) by alkane and alcohol
moleculesXueliang
Yang, W. Zhang, M. Ji, Y. Chen, C. Chen, J. Phys. Chem. A 109(2005), 4989
13. Time-resolved kinetic studies on quenching of HCCl(A 1
A′′(040)) by alkane and alcohol
molecules, Xueliang Yang, Y. Liu, H. Wang, Y. Chen and C. Chen, Chem. Phys. Lett. 406(2005),
345
14. Theoretical investigation on the kinetics of the CH + NO Reaction Xueliang Yang, H. Wang, D.
3
Zhao, Y. Chen and C. Chen, Chin. J. Chem. Phys. 18(2005), 479

15. The collisional quenching of CCl (A
2
1
B ) in different vibrational states by alcohols and ketones Y.
1
Gao, Y. Chen, Xueliang Yang and C. Chen, Chem. J. Chin. Univ. 23(2002), 1339
Laser induced fluorescence spectrum of metal-containing radicals:
16. Spectroscopic investigation of four electronic states of NiF in the 17500-25000 cm -1
regionJ.
Jin, Q.
Ran, Xueliang Yang, Y. Chen and C. Chen, J. Phys. Chem. A 105(2001), 11177
17. Identification of the high-lying Π component of NiF by laser-induced fluorescenceJ.
Jin, Y. Chen,
Xueliang Yang, Q. Ran and C. Chen, J. Mol. Spectro. 208(2001), 18
18. Fluorescence excitation spectrum of a 2Π -2Π transition of NiF Y. Chen, J. Jin, C. Hu,
3/2 3/2
Xueliang Yang and C. Chen, J. Mol. Spectro. 203(2000), 37
Nanoparticle synthesis:
19. CdTe nanocrystallites with different morphologies and phases by solvothermal processJ.
Yang,
Xueliang Yang, S. Yu, X. Liu and Y. Qian, Mater. Res. Bull. 35(2000), 1509
20. A new solvothermal- reduction pathway to nanocrystalline MTe (M = Zn, Pb) J. Yang, S. Yu,
Xueliang Yang and Y. Qian, “Chem. Lett. 8(1999), 839