主要研究领域：
环境流体力学(Environmental Fluid Mechanics)方面
细颗粒泥沙物理过程(Physical Process of Cohesive Fine-grained Sediment)方面
研究项目：
1.2006.9—2007.12参与国家自然科学基金项目《粘性细颗粒泥沙絮凝发育时空动力学过程研究》（编号：50479003）
2. 2006.9—2009.7参与国家自然科学基金项目《粘性细颗粒泥沙絮凝相态转变及紊动剪切影响的研究》（编号：50679032）
3. 2012.6—2012.9负责东京大学新领域创成科学研究科博士生学术资助课题（Academic Research Grant for GSFS Doctor Students, UT）《Theoretical considerations on blue tide in Tokyo Bay based on a two-layered model》
4. 2013.10—2015.10负责北京师范大学自主科研基金《粘性细颗粒泥沙悬浮体系类凝胶网络结构特性研究》（编号：2013NT50）
5.正在申请教育部留学回国人员科研启动基金《粘性细颗粒泥沙悬浮体系流变特性研究》
论文发表：
泥沙方面
1朱中凡，赵明，杨铁笙.紊动水流中粘性细颗粒泥沙絮凝发育特征的实验研究.水力发电学报, 2010,4: pp77-83.
2朱中凡，杨铁笙，赵明，梁朝皇.粘性细颗粒泥沙絮团发育与絮网发育临界判据的初步研究.泥沙研究,2009,1:pp20-25.
3朱中凡，赵明，杨铁笙.水流剪切对粘性细颗粒泥沙絮凝作用实验研究的综述.泥沙研究, 2010, 4: pp73-80.
环境水力学方面
4 Zhu, Z and M. Isobe 2012. Criteria for the occurrence of wind-driven coastal upwelling associated with "Aoshio” on the southeast shore of Tokyo Bay, Journal of Oceanography, Vol. 68, 4:pp561-574.
5 Zhu, Z and J. Yu 2014. Estimating the Occurrence of Wind-Driven Coastal Upwelling Associated with "Aoshio” on the Northeast Shore of Tokyo Bay, Japan: An Analytical Model, The Scientific World Journal, vol. 2014, Article ID 769823, 11 pages.
6 Zhu, Z 2014. Minimum Wind Stress for the Occurrence of Blue Tide on the Southeast Shore of Tokyo Bay. Journal of Geo-science and Environment Protection, Vol. 2, pp126-134. doi: 10.4236/gep.2014.23017.
7 Zhu, Z 2014. The analytical solution to zonal wind-driven current in a flat-bottomed ocean domain. Proceeding of International Conference on Material and Environmental Engineering (ICMAEE 2014), pp 95-98. March 21-23, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China.
8 Zhu, Z 2014. Qualitative discussion of influences of some factors on the occurrenceof wind-driven coastal upwelling associated with "Aoshio” on the northeast Shore of Tokyo Bay using the developed analytical model. Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vols. 641-642, pp1040-1045.
9 Zhu, Z 2014. The optimal wind direction for the occurrence of wind-driven coastal upwelling associated with "Aoshio" on the southeast shore of Tokyo Bay. Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vols. 641-642, pp1046-1050.