Introduction
There are currently 12 full-time personnel, including 4 professors (1 foreign professor), 4 associate professors and 4 lectures.
The institute has been focused on the field of energy and environment. Scientific research works on indoor heat and humidity environment, flow and enhanced heat transfer, heat pump energy-saving drying technology, phase change energy storage materials, energy-saving design of refrigeration equipment and bio-mechanics has been conducted. More than 30 projects including the National Natural Science Foundation Project, the Sub Project of National Key R&D Plan, the Project of Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation and the Project of school-enterprise cooperation have been completed by the institute with a research funding of over five million yuan.  

Research field
● Energy Saving Technology for Indoor Heat and Humidity Environment
● Flow and Enhanced Heat Transfer
● Heat Pump Energy-Saving Drying Technology
● Phase-Change Energy Storage Materials and Energy-Saving Wall
● Bio-Heat Transfer and Human Thermal Comfort
● Energy-Saving Design of Refrigeration Equipment

Representative Research
The research team has published over a hundred high-level journal papers, including Renew. Sust. Energ. Rev., Energ. Buildings, App. Therm. Eng., Int. J. Heat Mass Trans., Thin Wall Struct., etc. Over 10 invention patents have been authorized and 2 Science and Technology Progress Awards in provincial and ministerial level have been achieved.

Typical Cases of Applications
The relevant researches are closely combined with the industrial advantages and enterprise needs of the Yangtze River Delta, especially in the basic theory and application technology of passive and active phase-change energy storage, waste heat utilization of air source heat pump, heat recharge system of ground source heat pump, collaborative operation optimization strategy of composite energy systems such as solar energy and night radiation.

National research project
Project of National Natural Science Foundation
● Multi-scale motion mechanism of viscous particles in pressurized medium-high temperature gas-solid fluidized bed （ No. 51806088）
● Phase change heat transfer in improved composite shape-stabilized material and its applied research in phase change wall（ No. 51808262）
● Heat and mass transfer mechanism of phase change materials embedded in metal foams under microscopic interface effect（ No. 52108077）
● Dynamic water erosion test and damage mechanism of porous ecological concrete based on freeze-thaw and sulfate erosion environment （ No. 51608235）

Sub Project of National Key R&D Plan
● Study on the multiphase flow characteristics of adsorbent particles and the key technology in furnace（ No. 2018YFB0605102-5）

Our people
Main members

	Yingze Wang Young Core Instructor of UJS Director Professor/Master Advisor		Zhicheng Hu Deputy Director Associate Professor/Master Advisor
	Huibin Xu Deputy Director Young Core Instructor of UJS Associate Professor/ Master Advisor		Fenghua Ge Professor/Master Advisor
	Zhi Han Professor/Master Advisor		Hany ElMesiry Professor/Master Advisor
	Xinglong Guo Associate Professor /Master Advisor		Xiaoli Dai Associate Professor /Master Advisor