近年獲得“光華工程科技獎─青年獎”(中國工程院)、“日本化學工學會亞洲研究獎(SCEJ Asia Research Award)”、“國家自然科學獎二等獎”、“中國青年科技獎”、“中國石油和化學工業協會技術發明獎一等獎”、“全國優秀科技工作者”、“中國化學會-巴斯夫公司青年知識創新獎”、“中國科學院青年科學家獎”、“侯德榜化工科學技術獎─創新獎”、“茅以升科學技術獎─北京青年科技獎”、“中國石油和化學工業聯合會青年科技突出貢獻獎”等。已發表期刊論文152篇(SCI收錄95篇,化工三大期刊AIChEJ、CES、IECR上38篇),出版英文專著1本,申請專利32項,獲軟體著作權11項。
(1) Dang Cheng, Xin Feng, Jingcai Cheng, Chao Yang*, Zai-Sha Mao, “Experimental study on the dispersed phase macro-mixing in an immiscible liquid–liquid stirred reactor”, Chemical Engineering Science, 2015, 126, 196-203.
(2) Run Li, Jingsheng Zhang, Chao Yang*, Zai-Sha Mao, Xiaolong Yin, “Numerical Study on Steady and Transient Mass/Heat Transfer Involving a Liquid Sphere in Simple Shear Creeping Flow”, AIChE Journal, 2014, 60(1), 343-352.
(3) Zhihui Wang, Ping Lu, Yang Wang, Chao Yang*, Zai-Sha Mao, “Experimental Investigation and Numerical Simulation of Marangoni Effect Induced by Mass Transfer during Drop Formation”,AIChE Journal, 2013, 59(11), 4424-4439.
(4) Jingsheng Zhang, Chao Yang*, Zai-Sha Mao, “Mass and heat transfer from or to a single sphere in simple extensional creeping flow”, AIChE Journal, 2012, 58(10), 3214-3223.
(5) Jingcai Cheng, Chao Yang*, Zai-Sha Mao, “CFD-PBE simulation of premixed continuous precipitation incorporating nucleation, growth and aggregation in a stirred tank with multi-class method”, Chemical Engineering Science, 2012, 68(1), 469-480.
(6) Xin Feng, Jingcai Cheng, Xiangyang Li, Chao Yang*, Zai-Sha Mao, “Numerical simulation of turbulent flow in a baffled stirred tank with an explicit algebraic stress model”, Chemical Engineering Science, 2012, 69(1), 30-44.
(7) Chao Yang*, Jingsheng Zhang, Donald L. Koch, Xiaolong Yin, “Mass/Heat transfer from a neutrally buoyant sphere in simple shear flow at finite Reynolds and Peclet numbers”, AIChE Journal, 2011, 57(6), 1419-1433
(8) Jianfeng Wang, Zhihui Wang, Ping Lu, Chao Yang*, Zai-Sha Mao, “Numerical simulation of the Marangoni effect on transient mass transfer from single moving deformable drops”, AIChE Journal, 2011, 57(10), 2670-2683.
(9) Qingshan Huang, Chao Yang*, Gengzhi Yu, Zai-Sha Mao, “CFD simulation of hydrodynamics and mass transfer in an internal airlift loop reactor using a steady two-fluid model”, Chemical Engineering Science, 2010, 65(20), 5527-5536.
(10) Qinghua Zhang, Yumei Yong, Zai-Sha Mao, Chao Yang*, Chengjun Zhao, “Experimental determination and numerical simulation of mixing time in a gas–liquid stirred tank”, Chemical Engineering Science, 2009, 64(12), 2926-2933.
(11) Yanhong Zhang, Chao Yang*, Zai-Sha Mao*, “Large eddy simulation of the gas-liquid flow in a stirred tank”, AIChE Journal, 2008, 54(8), 1963-1974.
(12) Chao Yang and Zai-Sha Mao, “Numerical simulation of multiphase reactors with continuous liquid phase”, Academic Press (Elsevier), 2014 (320 pages).