Degrees

Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, Dec. 2014

Dissertation: Thermodynamically consistent modeling and simulation of multiphase flows [link].
Thesis advisor: Prof. Thomas J.R. Hughes

M.S.C.A.M., The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2011

B.S., Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R.China, 2008

Professional Employment

Assistant professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, Dec. 2020 - present

Postdoctoral fellow, Stanford University, May 2016 - Nov. 2020

Mentor: Prof. Alison L. Marsden

Postdoctoral fellow, The University of Texas at Austin, Jan. 2015-May 2016

Mentor: Prof. Thomas J.R. Hughes

Awards and Honors

2018 Invited talk at Stanford Fluid Mechanics Seminar

2013 Robert J. Melosh Medalist, Duke University

2011 NIMS fellowship, ICES, The University of Texas at Austin

2007 First Class National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of P.R.China

Group Members

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Sun, Yu (Administrative Associate) Group organization.

Guan, Jiashen (PhD student in MAE, MS@SJTU, Fall 2021 - present) Computational inelasticity and higher-order methods.

Sun, Yujie (PhD student in MAE, MS@SUSTech, Fall 2022 - present) Fluid-structure interaction.

Ding, Chi (PhD student in MAE, MS@Clarkson, Fall 2024 - present) Fluid-structure interaction and medial devices.

Luo, Jiawei (PhD student in MAE, MS@Tsinghua, Fall 2023 - present) Inelasticity.

Huang, Xuanming (PhD student in MAE, MS@SUSTech, Fall 2025 - present) Computational fluid dynamics and high-performance computing.

Hou, Huaiyu (PhD student in MAE, MS@UC San Diego, Fall 2025 - present) Computational fluid dynamics and optimization.

Zhao, Chongran (MS student in MAE, BS@SUSTech, Fall 2021 - present) Growth and remodeling

Yue, Xinhai (MS student in MAE, BS@SUSTech, Fall 2021 - present) Reduced-order modeling

Fang, Jincheng (MS student in MAE, co-advised with Prof. Padovani@GTIIT, BS@Wuhan University, Fall 2023 - present) Medical device

Hu, Wen (MS student in MAE, co-advised with Prof. Wang@GTIIT, BS@SUSTech, Fall 2023 - present) 3D printing

Liu, Bo (MS student in MAE, co-advised with Prof. Cioncolini@GTIIT, BS@SUSTech, Fall 2024 - present) Experimental fluid mechanics

Ou, Jinsheng (MS student in MAE, co-advised with Prof. Li@GTIIT, BS@Changsha Institute of Tech., Fall 2025 - present) Experimental fluid mechanics

Alumni

Huang, Xuanming (MS student in MAE, 2022 - 2025) PhD student at SUSTech

Huang, Jiayi (MS student in MAE, 2021 - 2024) BYD Auto Co., Ltd.

Lu, Qingshuang (MS student in MAE, 2021 - 2024) BYD Auto Co., Ltd.

Su, Yuzhang (MS student in MAE, 2021 - 2024) China Railway