About

Fan-Bill Cheung is the George L. Guillet Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering at Penn State University. His research areas include energy systems, nuclear power, and thermal/fluid sciences, with specific interests in multiphase heat transfer, thermal processing of materials, and nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics and safety. He has contributed extensively to the understanding of boiling heat transfer, dispersed flow film boiling, and the thermal-hydraulic behavior of nuclear reactor components. His work involves developing correlations, mechanistic models, and experimental techniques to analyze complex thermal-fluid phenomena relevant to nuclear safety and energy systems. Cheung's research has advanced the scientific understanding of downward-facing boiling, spacer grid effects, and in-vessel retention strategies, among other topics. His publications reflect a focus on experimental and theoretical investigations aimed at improving the safety and efficiency of nuclear reactors and related thermal systems.

Research topics

• Mechanics
• Nuclear engineering
• Mechanical engineering
• Engineering
• Materials science
• Environmental science
• Computer Science
• Physics
• Aerospace engineering
• Thermodynamics
• Composite material

Selected publications

• Numerical and experimental investigations on melting heat transfer performance of PCM in finned cold thermal energy storage

  International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer · 2023 · 28 citations

  • Materials science
  • Nuclear engineering
  • Mechanics
  DOI

• Progress in reflood thermal hydraulics studies in the past 40 years

  Nuclear Engineering and Design · 2021 · 26 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding
  • Nuclear engineering
  • Engineering
  • Environmental science
  DOI

• Numerical investigation of rod bundle thermal–hydraulic behavior during reflood transients using COBRA-TF

  Annals of Nuclear Energy · 2020 · 23 citations

  • Computer Science
  • Nuclear engineering
  • Environmental science
  DOI

Frequent coauthors

• Stephen M. Bajorek

  United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

  42 shared

• J. L. Rempe

  37 shared

• Chris L. Hoxie

  27 shared

• L. E. Hochreiter

  Pennsylvania State University

  26 shared

• Kune Y. Suh

  Seoul National University

  25 shared

• Kirk Tien

  20 shared

• S. B. Kim

  16 shared

• Lokanath Mohanta

  Pennsylvania State University

  16 shared

Labs

• PSMES BoardPI

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