Education
Ph.D., Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, 2016
M.S., Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, 2014
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, China, 2010
Awards and Recognitions
2024,
Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award,
AFOSR
2022,
Lewis F. Moody Award,
ASME
2021,
Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award,
NSF
2019,
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award,
ORAU
2017,
Polak Young Investigator Award,
AChemS
Research Interests
Fluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Immersed-Boundary Method, Data-Driven Reduced Order Modeling, High-Performance Computing, Biomimetic and Bioinspired Flows, Biomedical Flows
Teaching Interests
Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics
Professional Leadership and Service
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 -
Jul. 16, 2026,
CFDTC, Vice Chair,
ASME
Wednesday, August 23, 2023 -
PRESENT,
Senior Member,
AIAA
Other Affiliations
2018 -
2024,
Assistant Professor,
Villanova University
2016 -
2018,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
The Ohio State University
