From November 2010 to now, Professor, Department of Power and Energy Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University

From November 2012 to November 2013, University of Maryland, Department of Mechanic Engineering, Visiting Professor

From 1998 to November 2010 , Associate Professor, Department of Power, Beijing Jiaotong University

• Thermo-chemical treatment (combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, hydrothermal gasification) of solid wastes including biomass, waste tires, sludge and technical solid waste and spent ion exchange resin in nuclear power plant
• Numerical simulation of multiple physical fields
• Heat and mass transfer in wet porous media
• Thermodynamic theory analysis and application
• Molecular dynamics simulation of complex thermochemical reactions 

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (Joint Fund projects)：Investigation on migration and reverse migration mechanism of trace nuclides in disposal for radioactive spent resin. 2022-2025
• National Natural Science Foundation of China：Research on Reaction Mechanism and Model Building of Near-Supercritical Hydrolysis for Waste Tires. 2021-2024
• National Key R&D Program of China：Numerical Simulation of Energy-saving Circulating Fluidized bed and Performance Evaluation of Desulfurizer (Sub-project).2017-2022
• Sino-British Cooperation and Exchange Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China: Effect of salinity on drying mechanism of municipal sewage sludge. 2016-2018

1.           Nie SQ, Chen MQ, Li QH. Investigation of the depolymerization process of hydrothermal gasification natural rubber with ReaxFF-MD simulation and DFT computation. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 2022;147:9999-10011.

2.           Liang, B., Chen, M., Guan, J., 2022. Experimental assessment on the thermal and moisture migration of sand-based materials combined with kaolin and graphite. Heat and Mass Transfer 58, 1075-1089.

3.           Liang, B., Chen, M., An Fu, B., Guan, J., 2022. Thermal and flow characteristics in a vertical spiral-type ground heat exchanger based on linear non-equilibrium thermodynamic principle. Energy and Buildings 266, 112111.

4.           Fu K, Chen M. Evaluation on migration of radioactive metal in irradiated graphite waste during an innovative thermal treatment based upon the Gibbs free energy minimization. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 2022;147:10145-61.

5.           Liang B, Chen M, Guan J. Assessment on the thermal and moisture migration of sand-based materials coupled with kaolin additive. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 2022;147:10163-76.

6.           B. Liang, M. Chen, Y. Orooji, Effective parameters on the performance of ground heat exchangers: A review of latest advances, Geothermics, 98 (2022) 102283

7.           K. Fu, M. Chen, S. Wei, X. Zhong, A comprehensive review on decontamination of irradiated graphite waste, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 559 (2022) 153475.

8.           Nie SQ, Chen MQ, Li QH. Evaluation on hydrothermal gasification of waste tires based on chemical equilibrium analysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2022;47:1435-48.

9.           H.W. Wang, M.Q. Chen, K. Fu, S.H. Wei, X.B. Zhong, Evaluation on migration and transformation of trace nuclides in thermal degradation for low-level radioactive waste, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 161 (2022) 105420.

10.         P.K. Wu, M.Q. Chen, H.W. Wang, S.H. Wei, X.B. Zhong, Steam gasification characteristics of char pellets of typical technical solid wastes, Thermochimica Acta, 699 (2021) 178907.

11.         Zhang HS, Chen MQ, Wei SH, Zhong XB. Evaluation on drying performance of typical technical solid waste during microwave-combined hot air. Experimental Heat Transfer. 2021;34:121-39.

12.         Zhang HS, Chen MQ, Fu BA, Li QH. Evaluation on microwave drying of waste paper towel with multi-magnetron and mode stirrer. Drying Technology. 2021;39:882-95.

13.         Zhou T, Chen M, Liang B. Thermal performance of a ground U-shaped tube with twisted tapes in sand/graphite backfill materials. Experimental Heat Transfer. 2021;34:186-200.

14.         B.A. Fu, M.Q. Chen, X.Y. Zhang, Drying and mechanical performance of hematite pellet in dielectric and magnetic heating, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 115 (2020) 104608.

15.         Li HF, Chen MQ, Liang B, Fu BA. Thermal characteristics in a spiral-tube buried in sand/bentonite/graphite under cooling and heating modes. Experimental Heat Transfer. 2020;33:547-59.

16.         Fu BA, Chen MQ. Microwave drying performance of spent coffee grounds briquette coupled with mineral additives. Drying Technology. 2020;38:2094-101.

17.         Fu BA, Chen MQ, Li QH. Non-equilibrium thermodynamics approach for the coupled heat and mass transfer of wet mineral porous media in dielectric and magnetic drying. Drying Technology. 2020;38:2067-82.

18.         Y.W. Huang, M.Q. Chen, Q.H. Li, Decentralized drying-gasification scheme of sewage sludge with torrefied biomass as auxiliary feedstock, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45(46) (2020) 24263-24274.

19.         D.H. Hu, M.Q. Chen, Y.W. Huang, S.H. Wei, X.B. Zhong, Evaluation on isothermal pyrolysis characteristics of typical technical solid wastes, Thermochimica Acta, 688 (2020) 178604.

20.         Bai YJ, Chen MQ, Li QH, Huang YW. Sulfation performance of CaO under circulating fluidized bed combustion-like condition. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 2020;142(2):1031-42. doi:10.1007/s10973-020-09857-8.