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Dr. Lian-Ping Wang

 

LIAN-PING WANG, Ph.D. 

Associate Professor 
Department of Mechanical Engineering 
126 Spencer Laboratory 
University of Delaware 
Newark, Delaware 19716-3140 

(302) 831-8160 (office) 
(302) 831-3619 (fax) 
lwang@udel.edu
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EDUCATION AND DEGREES

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, August 1990 
Washington State University, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Thesis Topic: On the Dispersion of Heavy Particles by Turbulent Motion. 

B.S., Fluid Mechanics, July 1984 
Zhejiang University, Department of Applied Mathematics and Engineering Mechanics 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

2001 -Present, UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE 
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering 

Sept 1994 - 2001, UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE 
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering 

Oct. 1992 - Aug. 1994, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY 
Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering and Meteorology 

Sept. 1990 - Sept. 1992, BROWN UNIVERSITY 
Visiting Research Associate, Applied Mathematics and Center for Fluid Mechanics 

Aug. 1986 - Aug. 1992, WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY 
Instructor/Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering 

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE 

1993-present, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nonlinear Studies and Theoretical Division 

1995-present, CFD Research Corporation 

AWARDS 

Empire Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals (2006) 

NCAR Faculty Fellowship (2005)

Francis Alison Young Scholars Award (1998)

Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Delaware (1996) 

Listings in Directories 

Honored member, Strathmore's Who'sWho (2001) 

Marquis Who'sWho in America (1999) 

Marquis Who'sWho in the East (1996) 

Marquis Who'sWho in the World (1994) 

Marquis Who'sWho in Science and Engineering (1992) 

REFEREED JOURNAL/BOOK PUBLICATIONS 

L.-P. Wang, O. Ayala, and W.W. Grabowski, 2006 ``Effects of aerodynamic interactions on the motion of heavy particles in a bidisperse suspension.'', J. of Fluid Mechanics (in review).

L.-P. Wang, B. Afsharpoya, 2006 ``Modeling fluid transport in PEM fuel cells using the lattice-Boltzmann approach".'', To appear in Advances in Fluid Mechanics, Vol VI (ed. M. Rahman and C.A. Brebbia), Wessex Institute of Technology, UK.

L.-P. Wang, O. Ayala, Y. Xue, and W.W. Grabowski, 2006 ``Comments on "Droplets to Drops by Turbulent Coagulation".'', J. of the Atmospheric Sciences (in press).

L.-P. Wang, Y. Xue, O. Ayala, and W.W. Grabowski, 2006 `` Effects of stochastic coalescence and air turbulence on the size distribution of cloud droplets.'', Atmospheric Research (to appear).

L.-P. Wang, C.N. Franklin, O. Ayala, W.W. Grabowski, 2006 `` On probability distributions of angle-of-approach and relative velocity for colliding droplets in a turbulent flow. .'', J. of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 63 (3), pages 881 - 900.

L.-P. Wang, O. Ayala, Y. Xue, 2005 `` Reconciling the cylindrical formulation with the spherical formulation in the kinematic descriptions of collision kern el", Physics of Fluids, Vol 17, No. 6, Art. No. 067103.

L.-P. Wang, O. Ayala, S.E. Kasprzak, and W.W. Grabowski, 2005 ``Theoretical formulation of collision rate and collision efficiency of hydrodynamically-interacting cloud droplets in turbulent atmosphere'', J. of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 62, No. 7, Part 2, pages 2433-2450.

L.-P. Wang, O. Ayala, and W.W. Grabowski, 2005 ``Improved formulations of the super position method'', J. of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 62, No. 4, pages 1255-1266.

G. He, R. Rubinstein, and L.-P. Wang, 2002, Effects of Eddy Viscosity on Time Correlations in Large Eddy Simulation. Phys. Fluids, Vol 14, Number 7, pp2186 - 2193.

L.-S. Luo, D. Qi, and L.-P. Wang, 2002 "Applications of the lattice Boltzmann method to complex and turbulent flows." in Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, (edited by M. Breuer, F. Durst, and C. Zenger), Vol 21, pp. 123-130.

Dmitruk P., Wang L.P., Matthaeus W.H., Zhang R., and Seckel D., 2001 ``Scalable Parallel FFT for Spectral Simulations on a Beowulf Cluster.'' Parallel Computing, Vol. 27, pp. 1921-1936.

DeSpirito J. and Wang L.P., 2001 ``Linear Instability of Two-Way Coupled Particle-Laden Jet.'' International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 27, pp.1179-1198.

Y. Zhou,  A. S. Wexler, and L.-P. Wang 2001 Modelling turbulent collision of bidisperse inertial particles. J. Fluid Mechanics 433: 77-104.

Ulitsky M., Ghenai C., Gokalp I., Wang L.P. and Collins L., 2000 A Comparison of a Spectral EDQNM Model for Premixed Turbulent Flame Propagation to DNS and Experiments. Combustion Theory and Modelling,  Vol 4. No. 3: pp. 241-264.

L.-P. Wang,  A. S. Wexler, and Y. Zhou 2000 Statistical Mechanical Descriptions of Turbulent Coagulation of Inertial Particles. J. Fluid Mechanics 415: 117-153.

L.-P. Wang, S. Chen and J.G. Brasseur 1999 Examination of Hypotheses in Kolmogorov Refined Turbulence Theory through High-Resolution Simulations. Part 2. Passive Scalar Field.  Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 400: 163-197.

X.-L. Tong and L.-P. Wang 1999 Two-way coupled particle-laden mixing layer: Part 1. Linear Instability.  Int. J. Multiphase Flow 25: 575-598.

L.-P Wang, A.S. Wexler, and Y. Zhou 1998 Statistical Mechanical Descriptions of Turbulent Coagulation. Physics of Fluids, 10(10), 2647-2651.

Y. Zhou, A. S. Wexler, and L.-P. Wang 1998 On the collision rate of small particles in isotropic turbulence. Part 2. Finite inertia case. Physics of Fluids, 10(5): 1206-1216.

L.-P. Wang, A. S. Wexler, and Y. Zhou 1998 On the collision rate of small particles in isotropic turbulence. Part 1. Zero-inertia case. Physics of Fluids, 10(1): 266-276. 

Q. Wang, K.D. Squires and L.-P. Wang 1998 The effect of nonuniform seeding on particle dispersion in two-dimensional mixing layers. Physics of Fluids, 10(7): 1700-1714. 

B. Shome, L.-P. Wang, M.H. Santare, A.K. Prasad, and A. Z. Szeri 1998 Modeling of Airflow in the Nasopharynx with Application to Sleep Apnea. ASME J. Biomechanical Engineering, 120: 416-422.

X.-L. Tong and L.-P. Wang 1997 Direct simulations of 3D particle-laden mixing layers. In ADVANCES IN DNS/LES (ed. Chaoqun Liu and Zhining Liu). Greyden Press: pp615-622.

Maxey, M.R., B.K. Patel, E.J. Chang, L.-P. Wang 1997 Simulation of dispersed turbulent multiphase flow. Fluid Dynamics Research, 20, 143-156. 

Martinez, D.O., S. Chen, G.D. Doolen, L.-P. Wang, and Y. Zhou 1997 Energy spectrum in the Dissipation Range of Fluid Turbulence, J. Plasma Physics, 57: 195-201. 

Herr, S. L.-P. Wang, and L.R. Collins 1996 EDQNM model of a Passive Scalar with a Uniform Mean Gradient.   Physics of Fluids, 8, 1588-1608.

Wang, L.-P., S. Chen, J.G. Brasseur, and J.C. Wyngaard 1996 Examination of Hypotheses in Kolmogorov Refined Turbulence Theory through High-Resolution Simulations. Part  1. Velocity Field.  Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 309, 113-156.

Maxey, M.R., E.J. Chang and L.-P. Wang 1996 Interactions of particles and microbubbles with turbulence.  Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 12, 417-425.

Chen, S., Doolen, G.D., Kraichnan, R.H., Wang, L-P. 1995 Is the Kolmogorov Refined Similarity Relation Dynamic or Kinematic? Physics Review Letters, 74, 1755-1758. 

Wang, L-P. and M.R. Maxey 1995 Particle Transport in 3D Hyperviscous Turbulence. ASME Gas-Solid Flows, FED-Vol. 228, 419-426. 

Maxey, M.R., E.J. Chang, and L.-P. Wang 1994 Simulation of Interactions between Microbubbles and Turbulent Flows. Applied Mechanics Reviews, 47(6), part 2, S70-S74. 

Wang, L.-P. and D.E. Stock 1994 Numerical Simulation of Heavy Particle Dispersion: II. Scale Ratio and Flow Decay Considerations. ASME J. of Fluids Engineering, 116(1), 154-163. 

Wang, L.-P. and M.R. Maxey 1993 Settling Velocity and Concentration Distribution of Heavy Particles in a Forced Isotropic and Homogeneous Turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 256, 27-68. 

Wang, L.-P. and M.R. Maxey 1993 The Motion of Microbubbles in Isotropic Turbulence. Applied Scientific Research, 51, 291-296. 

Wang, L.-P. and D.E. Stock, 1993, Dispersion of Heavy Particles by Turbulent Motion. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 50(13), 1897-1913. 

Wang, L.-P. 1992 Dispersion of Particles Injected Non-Uniformly in a Mixing Layer. Physics of Fluids A, 4(8), 1599-1601. 

Wang, L.-P. and M.R. Maxey. 1993 Kinematical Descriptions for Mixing in Stratified or Homogeneous Shear Flows, in Mixing in Geophysical Flows - Effects of Body Forces in Turbulent Flows,  (Ed. J.M. Redondo and O. Metais), Kluwer, Dordrecht. 

Wang, L.-P., M.R. Maxey, T.D. Burton, and D.E. Stock 1992 Chaotic Dynamics of Particle Dispersion in Fluids. Physics of Fluids A, 4(8), 1789-1804. 

Wang, L.-P. and D.E. Stock 1992 Stochastic Trajectory Models for Turbulent Diffusion: Monte-Carlo Process versus Markov Chains. Atmospheric Environment, 26(9), 1599-1607. 

Wang, L.-P. and D.E. Stock 1992 Numerical Simulation of Heavy Particle Dispersion: I. Time Step and Nonlinear Drag Considerations. ASME J. of Fluids Engineering, 114, 100-106. 

Wang, L.-P., T.D. Burton, and D.E. Stock 1991 Quantification of Chaotic Dynamics for Heavy Particle Dispersion in ABC Flow. Physics of Fluids A, 3(5), 1073-1080. 

Wang, L.-P., T.D. Burton, and D.E. Stock 1990 Chaotic Dynamics of Heavy Particle Dispersion: Fractal Dimension versus Dispersion Coefficients. Physics of Fluids A, 2(8), 1305-1308. 
 

COLLOQUIUM, KEYNOTE, SEMINARS, AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS 

01/2005, `` On the accuracy and Convergence of numerical solution of the collision-coalescence equation''. MMM Seminar at NCAR, Boulder, CO. (Mesoscale and microscale Meteorology Division at National Center for Atmospheric Research), Boulder, CO.

11/2004, ``Towards Better Understanding and Quantification of Turbulence Effects on Collision Rates of Cloud Droplets.'' Mini-Symposium on Incorporation of Particle-Turbulence Interactions in Geophysical Suspensions, American Physical Society/2004 Annual Meeting of Division of Fluid Dynamics, Seattle, WA.

08/2004, ``Towards Better Understanding and Quantification of Turbulence Effects on Collision Rates of Cloud Droplets.'' Seminar at Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology (MMM) Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, August 26, 2004.

08/2004, ``Multiscale simulations of turbulent particle-laden flows.'' At 13th International Conference on the Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics, Boston, MA, August 16-20, 2004.

06/2004, ``Direct Simulations of Turbulent Particle-Laden Flows.'' Invited seminar at Institute of Fluid Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, June 18, 2004.

05/2004, ``Droplet-Turbulence Interactions in Atmospheric Clouds and Their Implications on the Warm Rain Formation: Recent Progress and Open Issues.'' Workshop on Warm-Rain Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, May 17, 2004.

11/2003, ``Effects of turbulence on the coagulational growth of cloud droplets'' Department of Mechanical Engineering Fall 2003 Colloquium Series, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey.

11/2003, ``Droplet-Turbulence Interactions in Atomspheric Clouds and Their Implications on the Warm Rain Formation'', Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series, University of Delaware.

7/2003, ``Effects of turbulence on the coagulational growth of cloud droplets - An overview and recent results". Ninth International Symposium on Gas-Particle Flows, 2003 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, July 6-10, 2003, Honolulu, Hawaii (keynote presentation).

6/2003 with P. Paxton Marshall (University of Virginia) and Henry W. Brandhorst, Jr. (Auburn University), Panel discussion on "Learning and Doing: The Solar Decathlon.", AAUP 89th Annual meeting "Liberal Education and Social Responsibility", Washington D.C., June 11-15, 2003.

11/2003, ``Effects of turbulence on the coagulational growth of cloud droplets'' Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Seminar Series, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado.

1/2001, ``Particle Transport and Flow Modulation in Particle-Laden Shear Flows '', National National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.

1/2001, ``Simulation and Modeling Turbulent Coagulation of Inertial Particles'', National Taiwan University, Taiwan.

9/2000, ``Simulation and Modeling Turbulent Coagulation of Inertial Particles'', Levich Institute, CUNY.

8/2000: "Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulence: LBE and Spectral Methods'' at a workshop on ``Kinetic Methods for CFD and Parallel Computing'', ICASE/NASA Langley, Hampton, Virginia.

6/2000, ``Modeling Turbulent Coagulation of Inertial Particles'', ASME Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting, Boston.

6/1998, ``Simulation of Two-way Coupled, Particle-laden Mixing Layer'', Forum on Multiphase Flows - Work in Progress, ASME Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting, Washington D.C.

5/1998, ``On Statistical Mechanical Descriptions of Turbulent Coagulation'', Mini-Symposium on Multiphase Flows and Fluid Turbulence, The 19th Annual Meeting of Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society and 13th Canadian Symposium on Fluid Dynamics, Simon Fraser University, BC.

12/1997, ``On the Average Settling Velocity of Aerosols in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer'', US Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland.

11/1997, ``Turbulent Collision of Finite-Inertia Particles'' at Dept of Mechanical Engineering, U. of Maryland.

10/1997, ``Direct Simulation of Three-Dimensional Particle-Laden Mixing Layer'', Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University.

9/1997, ``Towards Numerical Experiments of Single- and Two-Phase Flows in a Mixing Vessel'', DuPont Experimental Station.

6/1997, ``Direct Simulations of Particle Transport in Two and Three Dimensional Mixing Layers'', The State Key Lab for Turbulence Research and Center for Nonlinear Science, Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking University.

5/1997, ``Transport and Collision Rate of Heavy Particles in Fully-Developed Turbulence'', Department of Engineering Mechanics and National Key Lab of Coal Combustion, Tsinghua University, China.

11/1996, ``Transport and Collision Rate of Heavy Particles in Fully-Developed Turbulence'', Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania.

8/1995, ``Study of Passive Scalar Dynamics through High-Resolution Simulations'', Scaling Dynamics and Fluid Turbulence Workshop, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
 

REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES 

Acta Mechanica Sinica
Aerosol Science and Technology
AIAA Journal
ASCE J. of Hydraulic Engineering
ASME J. of Fluids Engineering
Computers & Fluids
Deep-Sea Research
Europhysics Letter
Experiments in Fluids
Heat and Fluid Flow
Int. Journal of Multiphase Flow
J. Atmospheric Sciences
J. of Comp. Physics
J. Fluid Mechanics
J. Fluids Engineering
J. Geophysical Research: Ocean
J. Marine Research
J. Rheology
J. Plasma Physics
J. Turbulence
J. Zhejiang University Science
Numerical Heat Transfer
Physics of Fluids
Powder Technology
The Royal Society Proceedings A
 

TEACHING

Thermodynamics
Heat transfer
Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
Computer solution of Engineering Problems
Turbulence
Two-Phase Flow
 

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