Principal Investigator
Dmitry Pashchenko
Associate Professor, PI
Dr. Pashchenko received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a Distinction honor from Saratov State Technical University, Russia. His PhD degree (2012) was received in Mechanical Engineering from Samara State Technical University, Russia.
Prior to joining GTIIT, he was an Associate Professor at Samara State Technical University (2015-2022). Since 2022, Dmitry Pashchenko is an Associate Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
Assoc. Prof. Pashchenko received several scholarships and awards, including the Scholarship of the President of the Russian Federation for Young Scientists and Graduate Students, the Russian Ministry of High Education and Science’s award, Excellent Young Talents in Guangdong.
Dmitry Pashchenko has received as a PI many research grants from the different funding agencies, Russian Science Foundation, Russian Foundation for Basic Research, etc.
Members
Post-Doctoral / Research Fellow
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Maxim Nikitin
Lab manager
Dr. Nikitin holds a B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, all earned with distinction from Samara State Technical University, Russia. Prior to joining GTIIT, he served as an Associate Professor at Samara State Technical University (2014–2025). With a strong background in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), Dr. Nikitin has over a decade of expertise in heat transfer and fluid dynamics, particularly in industrial and HVAC applications. He is also the inventor of five patented heat-power equipment designs. Currently, his work focuses on developing experimental setups for CFD model validation, bridging theoretical research with practical engineering solutions.
Andrés Arriagada Romero
Visiting Research Fellow
Dr. Andrés Arriagada Romero is a lecturer/research fellow at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM), Valparaíso, Chile. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from UTFSM in 2025 and has published more than ten scientific papers as first or corresponding author in prestigious journals, such as Chemical Engineering Journal, Fuel, and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Dr. Arriagada Romero is an expert in the field of thermochemical conversion of solid and gaseous fuels in porous media reactors both at experimental and numerical level focusing on heterogeneous combustion and sustainable fuel blends.
PhD students
Igor Karpilov
PhD Student
Igor Kapilov received his BSc and MSc degrees from Samara State Technical University in 2019 and 2021, respectively. In 2023, he joined the ATE Lab as a Research Assistant. In March 2024, he enrolled in the PhD program at the Technion Graduate School under the joint supervision of two co-advisors: Prof. Leonid Tartakovsky (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology) and Assoc. Prof. Dmitry Pashchenko (Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology).
MSc students
Viacheslav Papkov
Master Student
Viacheslav Papkov received his BSc degree from Samara State Technical University in 2023. In 2023, he joined the ATE Lab as a Research Assistant. In October 2024, he enrolled in the MSc program at the Technion Graduate School under the joint supervision of two co-advisors: Prof. Leonid Tartakovsky (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology) and Assoc. Prof. Dmitry Pashchenko (Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology).
Yinjun Gao
Master Student
Yinjun Gao obtained his bachelor's degree in engineering in 2025, majoring in aerospace engineering. Now he is pursuing M.S. in GTIIT under the guidance of Prof. Dmitry Pashchenko (GTIIT) and Prof. Bo Zhou (SUSTech).
Assistants / Lab managers
Nikita Shadymov
Research Assistant
Nikita Shadymov joined the ATE Lab as a Research Assistant in October 2024. His focus is on software development for applications in applied thermal engineering.
Alina Shadymova
Research Assistant
Prior to joining the ATE laboratory team, she worked at the "Pedagogical Quantorium" of Samara State Socio-Pedagogical University
Haojie Chen
Student Assistant
Haojie Chen is an exceptional student, currently pursuing his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the Technion in China, where he has maintained an impressive GPA of 89.0/100. He was included to the Dean’s List for Academic Excellence during
the 2022/23 academic year.
Han Su
Student Assistant
Han Su is an exceptional student, currently pursuing his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the Technion in China, where he has maintained an impressive GPA of 89.6/100 and is ranked 8th
out of 63 students in his cohort
Boyan Zhang
Student Assistant
Boyang Zhang is an exceptional student, currently pursuing his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the Technion in China. During fall semester of 2024/25 academic year he stayed at the Denmark Technical University (Copenhagen, Denmark).
Open Positions
Post-Doc
The Applied Thermal Energy Laboratory (ATE Lab) at the Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) is seeking highly motivated candidates to join our dynamic research team as post-doc. If you are passionate about cutting-edge research in thermal energy systems, fluid dynamics, and sustainable energy technologies, this is an excellent opportunity to advance your academic and professional career! If you'd like to join our team, please send your CV to: alina.shadymova@gtiit.edu.cn
PhD student
The Applied Thermal Energy Laboratory (ATE Lab) at the Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) is seeking highly motivated candidates to join our dynamic research team as postgraduate student. If you are passionate about cutting-edge research in thermal energy systems, fluid dynamics, and sustainable energy technologies, this is an excellent opportunity to advance your academic and professional career! If you'd like to join our team, please send your CV to: alina.shadymova@gtiit.edu.cn
MSc student
The Applied Thermal Energy Laboratory (ATE Lab) at the Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) is seeking highly motivated candidates to join our dynamic research team as master students. If you are passionate about cutting-edge research in thermal energy systems, fluid dynamics, and sustainable energy technologies, this is an excellent opportunity to advance your academic and professional career! If you'd like to join our team, please send your CV to: alina.shadymova@gtiit.edu.cn