Ningyuan Xu

Nanyang Technological University

M.Sc. in Chemical Modelling

Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Ran Ni

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

B.Eng. in Communication Engineering

Honours Research Certificate
Supervisors: Prof. Dehui Wang, Prof. Xu Deng

University of Glasgow

B.Eng. (Hons) in Electronics and Electrical Engineering with Communications Engineering

Joint undergraduate programme with UESTC

M.Sc. Research Assistant · Computational Soft Matter Group, NTU

Monte Carlo modelling of depletion-driven colloidal assembly

Undergraduate Research Assistant · Center for Materials Surface Science, UESTC

Surface engineering and droplet experiments

Teaching Assistant · Team Design Project and Skills, UESTC

Project planning, design reviews, troubleshooting and course coordination

From particle shape to colloidal assembly

I am developing a modular C++ Monte Carlo framework for hard particles and implicit ideal depletants. The work combines accelerated overlap detection, checkpoint/restart and literature benchmarks, and compares pairwise and many-body descriptions of depletion.

Surface & interface science

My research at UESTC focused on the physical chemistry of surfaces and interfaces, spanning superhydrophobic coatings, droplet dynamics and droplet–surface interactions, condensation, icing and frost formation. My experimental expertise includes particle synthesis and surface modification, coating formulation and fabrication, and scaling up coating production, supported by surface characterisation, wetting measurements and high-speed imaging.

Watching droplets meet structured materials

I assisted droplet-impact testing and 10,000-fps video production for a superhydrophilic–Janus bilayer window screen, and co-analysed penetration data. This work was published in Small in 2025.