Lu Yi, Founder and CEO of Rankyee Technology.

Undergraduate at Xi’an Jiaotong University, direct PhD at Tsinghua University, joint PhD training at the University of Cambridge, and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge; visiting scholar at Stanford and MIT; National-level Talent, Distinguished Expert of Beijing.

Since 2008, he has led the team in R&D of CAE/CFD industrial software. He co-proposed STE-KEP-FR (Spacetime Extension-Kinetic Energy Conservation-Flux Reconstruction numerical method), lifting simulation efficiency and resolution to internationally leading standards. His achievements serve key sectors including national defense, military industry and energy equipment, with multiple invention patents granted.

He also serves as Director of R&D Centers at the Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen and Suzhou Research Institute of Xi’an Jiaotong University. His research focuses on numerical algorithms, AI and industrial digitalization. He promotes industry-university-research integration and talent cultivation, striving to pioneer a new paradigm of industrial simulation through algorithm revolution.

Zhang Yang, Co-founder of Rankyee Technology.

He received his bachelor’s degree from Northwestern Polytechnical University and PhD in Thermal Engineering from Tsinghua University. He visited the University of Oxford in 2013 and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Bath and University of Cambridge in 2016. He joined Rankyee in 2021. He leads commercial deployment of DIMAXER in metallurgy, aerospace and other industries, and facilitates software ecosystem cooperation between Rankyee and top universities including Tsinghua, Zhejiang and Xi’an Jiaotong University.

Zhang Shanshan, Doctor of Engineering, School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University.

She has 15 years of experience in advanced low-emission combustor design, product development and R&D team management for aero-engines and gas turbines. She has published more than 10 research papers and holds over 100 invention and utility model patents at home and abroad. She joined Rankyee Technology in 2026 as Sales Director.

Li Minghao holds a master’s degree in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, and completed his aerodynamics graduation project at Volvo Headquarters. With 3 years of overseas and 6 years of domestic working experience, he owns an international vision and diversified thinking.

He is deeply engaged in CFD fluid simulation. He once served as a guest workshop lecturer at UCL in the UK to promote open-source technologies. He has accumulated abundant engineering experience in flow & heat transfer, multiphase flow, particle flow and multi-physics coupling. He has published more than 10 academic papers and delivered over 50 engineering projects.

He joined Rankyee in 2022 and took deep part in two major core iterations of our product. He boasts outstanding product thinking and full-cycle delivery capability. Currently he focuses on the promotion of industrial software products for high-end equipment. He is committed to solving practical engineering challenges with professional simulation technology, creating incremental value for customers and continuously feeding back to product iteration and optimization.

Zhang Weiran, undergraduate in Aircraft Manufacturing Engineering from Beihang University, master’s degree in Fluid Mechanics from École Polytechnique and Paris-Saclay University with full scholarship from French government. He finished his master thesis at Porsche Motorsport in Germany.

He has lived and worked in France, Germany and China. From 2017 to 2021, he worked as Senior Aerodynamics Engineer at Renault Group France, participating in high-performance vehicle aerodynamics and powertrain development. In 2021 he returned to China and joined Li Auto as Aerodynamics Expert and team lead, leading aerodynamic development for L9, L8, L7, L6, MEGA, i8, i6 and other models, building teams and technical frameworks. He joined Rankyee in 2024, responsible for overseas market development and civil industry solution delivery.

He holds 3 French invention patents and more than 10 Chinese patents, with fluent business English & French and global perspective.

Fang Can, PhD in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. During his doctoral study, he focused on complex fluid mechanics such as combustion, multiphase flow and gas-liquid mass transfer, with solid theoretical foundation and strong research capability.

Core technology & major project delivery: He has led / participated in national key projects including MIIT key product “one-stop” program and National Key R&D Program. He has published more than 20 SCI/EI papers and holds 15 authorized invention patents. As a core team member, he won the First Prize of China Electric Power Construction Science and Technology Progress Award in 2025. After joining Rankyee, he took part in the R&D of complex combustion and multiphase flow models including high-dimensional FGM, and gradually realized industrial deployment.

Overall business coordination & digital twin empowerment: He now leads / participates in function development and business promotion for combustion, multiphase flow and digital twin modules. He integrates cutting-edge physical field simulation theory with industrial digitalization, translating complex scientific models into reliable industrial modules and continuously expanding our technical boundary in combustion, digital twin and other core businesses.

Sang Zhenkun, PhD in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, former Assistant Researcher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

His research covers high-resolution numerical algorithms on heterogeneous platforms and their applications, gas turbine power generation. He proposed a staged combustion technology for hydrogen fuel with high efficiency and low NOx emission.

He has participated in major national and Shanghai municipal projects, and published 10 papers in renowned journals including ASME and International Hydrogen Energy conferences. Awards: Honorable Mention, “Innovation & Creativity Contest - Hydrogen Combustor Scheme with Low NOx Emission”, Shanghai Branch of Chinese Aeronautical Establishment, 2022; 3rd Prize, National Postdoctoral Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, 2023; First Prize of China Electric Power Construction Science and Technology Progress Award, 2025.