• PhD, Northeastern University, China, 2009
• Master of Engineering, Northeastern University, China 2003
• Bachelor of Engineering, Baotou Iron and Steel Institute, China 2000

• Mathematical modelling of particles/particle-fluid systems
• Gas-solid flow in pneumatic conveying
• Multiphase flow in classifying hydrocyclone
• Multiphase flow in blast furnace

Full Publication List:

• S. B. Kuang, C.Q. LaMarche, J. S. Curtis and A. B. Yu. Discrete particle simulation of jet-induced cratering of a granular bed, Powder Technology, 2013, 239: 319-336.
• S. B. Kuang, K. Li, R. P. Zou, R. H. Pan, A. B. Yu. Application of periodic boundary conditions to CFD-DEM simulation of gas-solid flow in pneumatic conveying, Chemical Engineering Science, 2013, 93: 214-228.
• S. B. Kuang, R. P. Zou, R. H. Pan, A. B. Yu. Gas-solid flow and energy dissipation in inclined pneumatic conveying,Industrial Engineering & Chemistry Research, 2012, 51: 14289-14302.
• S. B. Kuang, K. W. Chu, A. B. Yu, A. Vince. Numerical study of liquid-gas-solid flow in classifying hydrocyclones: effect of feed solids concentration, Mineral Engineering, 2012, 31: 17-31.
• K. W. Chu, S. B. Kuang, A. B. Yu, A. Vince. Particle scale modelling of the multiphase flow in a dense medium cyclone: effect of fluctuation of solids flowrate, Mineral Engineering, 2012, 33:34-45.
• S. B. Kuang, A. B. Yu. Micromechanic modelling and analysis of the flow regimes in horizontal pneumatic conveying, AIChE J. 2011, 57: 2708-2725.
• Z. Y. Zhou, S. B. Kuang, K. W. Chu, A. B. Yu. Discrete particle simulation of particle fluid flow: model formulations and their applicability, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2010, 661: 482-510.
• K. J. Dong, S. B. Kuang, A. Vince, T. Hughes, A. B. Yu. Numerical simulation of the in-line pressure jig unit in coal preparation, Minerals Engineering, 2010, 23: 301-312.
• S. B. Kuang, A. B. Yu, Z. S. Zou. Computational study of flow regimes in vertical pneumatic conveying, Industrial Engineering & Chemistry Research, 2009, 48: 6846-6858.
• S. B. Kuang. A. B. Yu, Z. S. Zou. Flow regimes in vertical pneumatic conveying, AIP Conference Proceedings (Powders and Grains, M. Nakagawa and S. Luding (eds.), Springer Publisher, ISBN 978-0-7354-0682-7), 2009, 1145: 1005-1008.
• S. B. Kuang, A. B. Yu, Z. S. Zou. A new point-locating algorithm under three-dimensional hybrid meshes, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2008, 34: 1023-1030.
• S. B. Kuang, K. W. Chu, A. B. Yu, Z. S. Zou, Y. Q. Feng. Computational investigation of horizontal slug flow in pneumatic conveying, Industrial Engineering & Chemistry Research, 2008, 47: 470-480.
• S. B. Kuang, Z. S. Zou, A. B. Yu. Numerical Simulation of nonaxisymmetrical flows in cylindrical metallurgical reaction vessels, Journal of Iron and Steel Research, 2007, 18: 20-24.