Senior Lecturer Emeritus (Department Time: 1990 – 1997, 2006 – 2024)
Education
Ph.D, 1991, University of Virginia,
Professional Memberships and Fellowships
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Member
American Society of Engineering Education, Member
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member
Education
PhD, 1988, Brown University,
Professional Memberships and Fellowships
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Member
American Physical Society, Fellow 2006
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fellow 2008
American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers, Member
Teaching Interests
Computational fluid science (aka CFD), Large scale simulation of complex flows, transition and turbulence, multiphase flows, environmental flows
Education
Ph.D., 1988, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Professional Memberships and Fellowships
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Member
American Society of Engineering Education, Member
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member
Research Interests
My current research interests center on engineering education with emphasis on peer mentoring and advising processes, incorporation of AI augmented recommender systems in academic and career mentoring, and factors affecting matriculation of students from undergraduate to graduate study.
Dr. Chung is currently the Andrew H. Hines, Jr./Progress Energy Eminent Scholar Chair Professor at the University of Florida. He joined the University of Florida in 1998 after 19 years on the faculty at the Washington State University. Dr. Chung holds both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Nuclear Engineering and had spent 6 years working as a nuclear reactor safety engineer in the industry before receiving his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979. Dr. Chung’s research activities have been in the general areas of fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Dr. Chung is a co-author for a book entitled “Transport Phenomena with Drops and Bubbles”. He has authored and co-authored over 170 archival journal papers and received the College of Engineering Research Excellence Award in 1988 at the Washington State University. He was awarded the University of Florida, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award in 2008. Recent he received the 2014 ASME Heat Transfer Memorial award. Dr. Chung has served as a technical consultant to the Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the Hewlett-Packard Corporation. Dr. Chung is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Education
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1979,M.S. University of Missouri-Columbia, Nuclear Engineering, 1973,B.S. National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, Nuclear Engineering, 1970
Professional Memberships and Fellowships
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Member
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fellow 1996
Teaching Interests
Thermodynamics, heat transfer, phase change heat transfer and two-phase flow, energy conversion.
Research Interests
Dr. Chung’s research activities have been in the general areas of fluid mechanics and heat transfer with a special focus on bubble dynamics, phase change heat transfer, multiphase flows, microgravity boiling, turbulence in heated flows, micro-scale thermal transport, fuel cell thermal transport, space cryogenic line chilldown, storage and Transport, energy conversion, hydrogen Energy, biomass and solid waste conversion to clean energy by steam gasification.
Professor Fan joined UF in 2003. His research focus is to develop microfluidics and BioMEMS technologies and apply them to biomedical applications. Microfluidics involves device fabrication and manufacturing, study of fluid behavior in microscale, and exploiting the devices for a variety of applications including point-of-care testing, environmental monitoring, and detection of pathogens in the field.
Education
Ph. D., 1994, University of Alberta
Professional Memberships and Fellowships
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow 2016
American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineering, Fellow 2021
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fellow 2018
American Association for Cancer Research, Member
American Chemical Society, Member
Teaching Interests
Fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, microfluidics
Research Interests
Microfluidics, bioMEMS (biomedical microelectromechanical systems), sensors, medical diagnostics, and bioengineering
Selected Publications
- M. N. Le, Z. H. Fan, “Exosome Isolation Using Nanostructures and Microfluidic Devices”, Biomedical Materials, 16, 2021, 022005, DOI: 10.1088/1748-605X/abde70.
- K. Chen, P. Dopico, J. Varillas, J. Zhang, T. J. George, Z. H. Fan, “Integration of Lateral Filter Arrays with Immunoaffinity for Circulating-Tumor-Cell Isolation”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58, 2019, 7606–7610, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201901412.
- X. Jiang, J. C. Loeb, C. Manzanas, J. A. Lednicky, Z. H. Fan, “Valve-enabled Sample Preparation and RNA Amplification in a Coffee Mug for Zika Virus Detection”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57, 2018, 17211–17214, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201809993.
- J. L. Garcia-Cordero, Z. H. Fan, “Sessile droplets for chemical and biological assays”, Lab on a Chip, 17, 2017, 2150–2166, DOI: 10.1039/c7lc00366h.
- K. Ward, Z. H. Fan, “Mixing in Microfluidic Devices and Enhancement Methods”, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 25, 2015, 094001, DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/25/9/094001.
- W. Sheng, T. Chen, W. Tan, and Z. H. Fan, “Multivalent DNA nanospheres for enhanced capture of cancer cells in microfluidic devices,” ACS Nano, 7, 2013, 7067–7076, DOI: 10.1021/nn4023747.
- K. Pitchaimani, B. C. Sapp, A. Winter, A. Gispanski, T. Nishida, Z. H. Fan, “Manufacturable Plastic Microfluidic Valves Using Thermal Actuation,” Lab on a Chip, 9, 2009, 3082–3087, DOI: 10.1039/b909742b.
- Z. Xia, R. Mei, M. Sheplak, and Z. H. Fan, “Electroosmotically-Driven Creeping Flows in a Wavy Microchannel,” Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 6, 2009, 37–52, DOI: 10.1007/s10404-008-0290-8.
- B.J. Lutz, Z. H. Fan, T. Burgdorf, B. Friedrich, “Hydrogen sensing by enzyme-catalyzed electrochemical detection”, Analytical Chemistry, 77, 2005, 4969–4975, DOI: 10.1021/ac050313i.
- K. Fredrickson, Z. H. Fan, “Macro-to-micro interfaces for microfluidic devices”, Lab on a chip, 4, 2004, 526–533, DOI: 10.1039/b410720a.
Applied AI and data analytics,Sensors,Energy,Space,Materials Under Extreme Environments,Lifelong workforce development
Claire Grégoire is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida. She received her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, US, and her M.S. from the University of British Columbia, CA. Her research entails the experimental study on combustion processes while developing detailed chemical kinetics model that are crucial for sustainable transportation energy and safety of next-generation lithium-ion batteries. She is an expert in laser absorption spectroscopy and optical diagnostics, specializing in their application in shock tube experiments to investigate reaction chemistry at conditions relevant to advanced combustion systems and solid rocket propellants.
Education
Ph.D., 2024, Texas A&M University, US
MS, 2018, University of British Columbia, CA
BS-MS, 2015, Université d’Orléans, FR
Teaching Interests
Compressive Flow, Combustion, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Optical Techniques.
Research Interests
Combustion, Gas Dynamics, Chemical Kinetics, Laser Diagnostics and Spectroscopy, Shock Tubes, Micro-Flow Reactors, Detonation, and Multiphase Flows.
Awards
• John H.S. Lee Young Investigator Award, ICDERS (2025)
• Dissertation Fellowship, TAMU (2023)
• Mike Walker ’66 Impact Award, TAMU (2022)
• Ralph-James Fellowship, TAMU (2021)
Selected Publications
• Mathieu, C. Grégoire, E.L. Petersen. Assessment of Detailed Kinetics Models for CO Formation in Ethylene Combustion via Time-Resolved Laser Absorption. Fuel 405 (2025) 136641.
• Grégoire, E.L. Petersen. Laser Absorption Measurements of HCl in a Shock Tube for Investigating the Chemical Kinetics of Rocket Propellants. AIAA SciTech 2025 Forum (2025) AIAA 2025-1381.
• Grégoire, O. Mathieu, J. Kalman, E.L. Petersen. Review and Assessment of the Ammonium Perchlorate Chemistry in AP/HTPB Composite Propellant Gas-Phase Chemical Kinetics Mechanisms. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 106 (2025) 101195.
• Mathieu, C. Grégoire, E.L. Petersen. Shock-Tube Study of the Oxidation of Ammonia by N2O. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 40:1-4 (2024) 105250.
• Grégoire, Y.M. Almarzooq, M. Khan-Ghauri, P. Diévart, L. Catoire, E.L. Petersen, O. Mathieu. Enhancing Lithium-Ion Battery Safety: Investigating the Flame-Retardant Efficacy of Bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl) Carbonate during Ethyl Methyl Carbonate Combustion. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 40:1-4 (2024) 105559.
• Grégoire, S.P. Cooper, M. Khan-Ghauri, S.A. Alturaifi, E.L. Petersen, O. Mathieu. Pyrolysis study of dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, and ethyl methyl carbonate using shock-tube spectroscopic CO measurements and chemical kinetics investigation. Combustion and Flame 249 (2023) 112594.
Ryan Houim received his BSME from North Dakota State University and his MS and Ph.D. degrees from the Pennsylvania State University. He was a National Research Council post-doctoral fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory and a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland prior to joining the University of Florida. His research is focused on understanding the dynamics of multiphase and chemically reactive flows using numerical simulation techniques. Applications of this work include dust explosions, detonation initiation, detonation engines, and the combustion of solid propellants and metal particles.
Education
Ph.D., 2011, The Pennsylvania State University
Professional Memberships and Fellowships
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Member
American Physical Society, Member
Teaching Interests
Fluid mechanics, combustion, heat transfer, thermodynamics, computational fluid dynamics
Research Interests
Combustion and multiphase flows including detonation initiation and propagation, dust explosions, propulsion, spray combustion, solid propellant and metal particle combustion.
Dr. Thomas L. Jackson (Citizenship: USA). Dr. Thomas L. Jackson is a Research Scientist in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Previously he was Technical Manager for the Center for Compressible Multiphase Turbulence at the University of Florida. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1985, after which he joined the staff of the Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (ICASE). From 1987 to 1992 he has been an Assistant and then an Associate Professor at Old Dominion University in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. In 1993 he returned to ICASE for five years before moving to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At Illinois he was a Research Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and a Computational Science and Engineering Affiliate. In January 2014 he moved to the University of Florida, Gainesville, where he now works. He has co-edited two books, co-authored a textbook on hydrodynamic stability, and authored or co-authored more than 250 papers. He is currently a Fellow of APS, a Fellow of ASME, a Fellow of the Combustion Institute, and an Associate Fellow of AIAA. He has been an Associate Editor for AIAA Journal, and is currently a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power. His expertise is in the area of fluid mechanics, multiphase flows, combustion, stability, solid propellant combustion, energetic material modeling, particle packing, and the large-scale simulation.
Education
PhD, Mathematics, 1985, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Teaching Interests
Rocket Propulsion, Combustion, Fluid Mechanics
Research Interests
Fluid mechanics, multiphase flows, combustion, stability, solid propellant combustion, energetic material modeling, particle packing, and the large-scale simulation.
Originally from Korea, Sunjae moved to West Lafayette, IN in 2020 for his doctoral study at Purdue. Following his graduate work, he started as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida in January 2026.
His research focuses on understanding the effects of gravity on multiphase thermal-hydraulic characteristics, with a particular emphasis on cryogenic flow boiling physics. His primary goal is to leverage multiphase fluid-thermal science to innovate in-space thermal management systems. Prior to his doctoral studies, he worked as a Research Engineer at the Agency for Defense Development, a national lab in South Korea, where he focused on developing advanced thermodynamic systems for naval defense applications.
Education
Ph.D., 2025, Purdue University
M.S., 2017, Mechanical Engineering, Korea University
B.S., 2015, Mechanical Engineering, Korea University
Research Interests
Cryogenic Propellant Management (CFM)
Two-phase Thermal Management Systems
Boiling and Condensation
Parabolic Flight Experiments
Ultra-High Power Electronics Cooling
Teaching Interests
Heat Transfer
Thermodynamics
Fluid Mechanics
Two-phase flow and heat transfer
Research Groups
Space Systems
Thermal Transport, Thermodynamics and Power
Energy
Fluid Dynamics and Acoustics
Professor Emeritus (Department Time: 1990 – 2024)
Education
Ph.D., 1990, University of Illinois
Research Interests
Two-phase flow, turbulence, computational fluid mechanics.
Professor Mohseni received his Ph.D. in 2000 from California Institute of Technology. After a year as a Postdoc in Control and Dynamical Systems at Caltech he joined the Aerospace Engineering Sciences department at the University of Colorado in Boulder as an Assistant Professor. Professor Mohseni joined the University of Florida as W. P. Bushnell Endowed Professor in MAE and ECE departments in 2011. Professor Mohseni is the director of Institute for Networked Autonomous Systems (INAS).
Education
PhD, 2000, California Institute of Technology,MS, Imperial College, UK,BS, Science of Technology University, Iran
Professional Memberships and Fellowships
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Member
American Physical Society, Member
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member
Institute of Electrics and Electronics Engineers, Member
Teaching Interests
State Variable Control Method, Control theory, Fluid dynamics, Sources of Vorticity, Control of Marine and Aerial Vehicles, Sources of Vortices & Vortex Dynamics, State Variable Methods in Linear Systems.
Research Interests
(1) Fluid dynamics including bio-propulsion, shocks, turbulence, vortex dynamics (2) Robotics & Control: including bioinspired unmanned systems, sensor networking in harsh environments (3) Digitized heat transfer
Dr. Patrick Musgrave received his PhD from Virginia Tech in 2018 and BSc & BSE from the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. Dr. Musgrave’s research focuses on adaptive and morphing systems operating in fluidic environments, in particular systems subject to dynamic fluid-structure interactions. These systems are inherently multi-physical and sit at the intersection of structures, hydro/aerodynamics, mechatronics, smart materials, and controls. To investigate these systems, Dr. Musgrave’s research emphasizes a combination of experimentation and analytic/reduced-order modeling. Applications of interest include bio-inspired underwater propulsion, underwater robotics, embedded sensing, and compliant aerospace systems.
Prior to joining the University of Florida in the Fall of 2021, Dr. Musgrave was a research scientist at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in the Naval Center for Space Technology. At NRL, he was a Jerome Karle’s Fellow and received early career funding in the area of bio-inspired underwater propulsion. Dr. Musgrave is a DAAD Scholar, having held a post-baccalaureate research position at the Technical University of Munich.
Education
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), 2018, Virginia Tech
BSc (Physics) & BSE (Mechanical Engineering), 2012, University of Pittsburgh
Research Interests
Bio-inspired propulsion, adaptive systems, embedded sensing, fluid-structure interactions, structural dynamics
Alicia Petersen is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) at the University of Florida. Through data analysis, instrumentation and modeling, Dr. Petersen researches the kinetic physics, magnetism and dynamics at play during the transit and interaction of space weather phenomena in the inner solar system, their impacts on spacecraft, and strategies for mitigating the impacts of space weather.
Dr. Petersen joined the Department of MAE in 2022 after being an NRC Research Fellow at the Space Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory where she researched the propagation of space weather events in order to improve space weather forecasting, with the aim of enhancing space situational awareness and protecting space-based assets for the US Air Force and Space Force. Dr. Petersen earned her PhD and MS from the Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Dept. at the University of Michigan.
Research
Space weather events have damaging effects on spacecraft, communications, GPS, air transportation, and power systems. Space weather is caused by phenomena which originate at the Sun and propagate through the inner solar system before reaching Earth. This region is dominated by the Sun’s heliospheric magnetic field, which is both shaped by and shapes the propagation of ionized plasma and particles throughout the solar system. This includes explosive eruptions of plasma known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and energetic particles known as solar energetic particles (SEPs). Dr. Petersen’s lab, SWIFT (Space Weather Impacts, Forecasting and Transit) at MAE does computational modeling of the Sun’s magnetic field and solar electrons in the inner solar system, designing/building instrumentation for monitoring space weather and using in situ space-based observations of solar particles to investigate the propagation and interactions of space weather events.
Education
Dr. Alicia Petersen earned her PhD & MS in Space Physics, Engineering and Scientific Computing from the Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. Dr. Petersen spent two years studying particle physics and German while studying abroad in Erlangen, Germany and doing research at the Remeis-Sternwarte Observatory in Bamberg, Germany. She earned her undergraduate degree in Physics and Mathematics from Kalamazoo College in Michigan.
Teaching
The Space Environment; Space Physics; Heliophysics; Dynamics; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Justice (DEIJ) in STEM,
Engineering Education and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Dr. Petersen has served on the Executive Committee of the American Geophysical Union’s Education Section. She researches and implements research-based education practices in her lab and classroom to create engaging and inclusive learning environments. Dr. Petersen is passionate about promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and has extensive training and experience engaging in actions to enhance DEI in the teaching, research and culture of academia.
Professor Subrata Roy studies ionized gas physics and its various applications: (1) Atmospheric plasma actuators for flow mixing, propulsion, and turbulent flow control; (2) Hypersonic flows; (3) Space propulsion; and (4) Hydrodynamic models for micro and nanofluidics by incorporating Knudsen’s theory. Prof. Roy is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, a Fellow of the ASME, and an Associated Fellow of the AIAA. He serves as a member of the Editorial Board of Nature Scientific Reports and Actuators. He has over 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals and bound volumes and holds over 30 patents including one on Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle. Prof. Roy is also a nation appointed member to the NATO Science and Technology Organisation working group on plasma actuator and signature technologies. He served as the Forum Technical Chair for SciTech in 2018, Technical Discipline Chair for the 2016 SciTech Plasma Dynamics & Lasers Conference. Prior to his academic career, he spent several years in industry.
EDUCATION
PhD, 1994, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Associate Fellow 2001
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fellow 2004
Royal Academy of Engineering, Distinguished Visiting Fellow 2013
Royal Aeronautical Society, Fellow 2015
National Academy of Inventors, Inducted Fellow 2021
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, Hypersonics, Magnetogasdynamics, Plasma Based Flow Control, Electric Propulsion, and Micro/Nanoscale Flows.
Jonathan Scheffe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida. Prof. Scheffe’s research is focused on the conversion and storage of solar energy in the form of renewable fuels/electricity through thermochemical routes. He is the former chair of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Solar Energy Division and has co-authored more than 35 peer received publications in the field of solar thermal energy conversion. Prof. Scheffe receives research funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, Florida Department of Transportation, Qatar National Research Foundation and Industry.
Education
Ph.D., 2010, University of Colorado, Boulder
Professional Memberships and Fellowships
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member
Teaching Interests
Thermodynamics, heat transfer, kinetics, solar engineering
Research Interests
Solar thermochemical and electrochemical energy conversion, defect chemistry and thermodynamics of nonstoichiometric oxides
Education
Ph.D., 1991, University of Virginia
Professional Memberships and Fellowships
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Member
Combustion Institute, Member
Research Interests
Combustion, fluid diagnostics, Fluid mechanics, aircraft design.
Mark Sheplak is currently a Professor holding joint appointments in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida. Prior to joining UF in 1998, he was a postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories, Cambridge, MA from 1995-1998. He received a BS degree in 1989, a MS degree in 1992, and a Ph.D. degree in 1995 in Mechanical Engineering from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. During his Ph.D. studies he was a GSRP Fellow at NASA-LaRC in Hampton, VA from 1992-1995.
Education
Ph.D., 1995, Syracuse University
Professional Memberships and Fellowships
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Member
Acoustical Society of America, Fellow 2009
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member
Institute of Electrics and Electronics Engineers, Member
Teaching Interests
Acoustics, MEMS, Aerodynamics, and Fluid Mechanics
Research Interests
His current research focuses on the design, fabrication, and characterization of high-performance, instrumentation-grade, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based sensors and actuators that enable the measurement, modeling, and control of various physical properties. Specific applications include technology development to enable large-channel count micromachined directional microphone arrays for aeroacoustic noise source localization and miniature skin-friction sensors for aerodynamic drag characterization and flow control.
Education
Ph.D., 1985, Iowa State University
Professional Memberships and Fellowships
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Associate Fellow 2002
American Society for Engineering Education, Member
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Fellow 2002
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fellow 2000
Royal Aeronautical Society, Fellow 2017
American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers, Fellow 2023
International Association for Hydrogen Energy, Member
International Institute of Refrigeration, Member
International Solar Energy Society, Member
Research Interests
Heat and Mass Transfer, Thermodynamics, Thermal System Design and Optimization, Refrigeration and Cryogenics, HVAC, Solar and Hydrogen Energy
Links
- US-Australia Sustainable Energy Initiative
- UF Industrial Assessment Center
- International Association for Hydrogen Energy
- Google Scholar Page
- ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
- ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications
- Applied Thermal Engineering
- Heat Transfer
- International Journal of Exergy
- International Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
- Handbook of Hydrogen Energy
- International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
- Journal of Thermal Science
- Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer Research
- Journal of King Saud University – Engineering Sciences
- International Journal of Energy and Environment
- International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering
- Highlights of Sustainability
- ORCID
- ASME Frank Kreith Energy Award
- Cryo
- Energies
Professor Xin Tang received his Post-doctoral training from Harvard University and Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research centers at the interface of engineering, physics, chemistry, and biology. His lab studies cell and molecular mechanics in cancer, cardiovascular system, and neurons; unconventional mechano-electrophysiology; quantitative in vivo/vitro functional bio-imaging; AI/ML-powered bio-nanotechnology; and development of new biophysical tools to probe biological function/structure. His research is supported by NIH, NSF, AFOSR/DoD, UF Health Cancer Center, UF Opportunity Funds, and etc. He was awarded the NIH Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award (R35), American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Tumor Microenvironment (TME) Junior Investigator, Researcher of the Year 2024 Award in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, NIH/NCI-designated UF Health Cancer Center Rising Star of the 2024 Year Award, and Faculty Advisor/Mentor of the Year 2025 Award in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.
Education
Postdoc, 2017, Harvard University
Ph.D., 2013, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Teaching Interests
Active Soft Matter Biophysics; Biomechanics at Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Scales; Quantitative Optical Bio-imaging; Continuum Mechanics; and Finite-element Analysis
Research Interests
Biomechanics, Mechanobiology and Soft Matter: Cell and molecular mechanics in cancer development and metastasis, cardiovascular system, and neurons; unconventional mechano-electrophysiology; quantitative in vivo/vitro functional bio-imaging; bio-nanotechnology; and development of new biophysical tools to probe biological function/structure.
Recent Publications
Yin Xin, Keming Li , Miao Huang, Chenyu Liang, Dietmar Siemann, Lizi Wu, Youhua Tan, and Xin Tang, Biophysics in tumor growth and progression: from single mechano-sensitive molecules to mechanomedicine. 2023, Oncogene (Nature), https://www.nature.com/articles/s41388-023-02844-x.pdf.
Note: This article is selected as “The best of Oncogene 2023″.
Chenyu Liang, Qian Zhang, Xin Chen, Jiawei Liu, Mai Tanaka, Shu Wang, Sharon E. Lepler, Zeyuan Jin, Dietmar W. Siemann, Bo Zeng, and Xin Tang, Human cancer cells generate spontaneous calcium transients and intercellular waves that modulate tumor growth, Biomaterials (Impact Factor: 15.3), 2022, 290, 121823, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014296122200463X.
Chenyu Liang, Miao Huang, Tianqi Li, Lu Li, Hayley Sussman, Yao Dai, Dietmar W. Siemann, Mingyi Xie, and Xin Tang, Towards an integrative understanding of cancer mechanobiology: calcium, YAP, and microRNA under biophysical forces, Soft Matter (Impact Factor: 4.1), 2022,18, 1112-1148, https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/sm/d1sm01618k
Professor Thakur received his Ph.D. in 1993 from University of Florida. His research interests include computational fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and combustion modeling.
Education
Ph.D., 1993, University of Florida,
Research Interests
Computational fluid dynamics, heat transfer, combustion modelling.
Professor Emeritus (Department Time: 2018 – 2024)
Professor Trainham’s research interests are in renewable energy. Before joining UF, Trainham spent most of his professional career in industry: four years as chief technology officer JDC Phosphate, four years as vice president, distinguished fellow and director of the Research Triangle Solar Fuels Institute at RTI International, senior vice president of Sundrop Fuels (a solar fuel company), served as global vice president of Science and Technology at PPG Industries, and had a 25-year career at the DuPont Company. Trainham was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1997. Received the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Award for Chemical Engineering Practice, 2002; selected as “one of the 100 Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era” by the AIChE, 2008; Elected Fellow AIChE, 2012; and Received the Industry Leadership Award, 2016. His industrial expertise is in technology commercialization of both product and process technologies.
Education
PhD, 1979, University of California, Berkeley
Professional Memberships and Fellowships
National Academy of Engineering, Member
American Institute of Chemical Engineer, Member
Research Interests
Renewable energy, synthetic fuels including hydrogen production, energy storage, electrochemical engineering, and techno-economics of energy alternatives
Lawrence Ukeiley is currently a Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of Florida. His primary research interests are in experimental fluid dynamics and turbulence as related to flow control, aeroacoustics, fluid structure interactions and the development of low order models. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Alfred University in 1989 and his MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University in 1992 and 1996 respectively. Since graduating with his doctorate he has held positions at BEAM Technologies (Research Scientist), NASA Langley Research Center (NRC Post-Doctoral Associate) and the Jamie Whitten National Center for Physical Acoustics at the University of Mississippi (Research Scientist and Research Assistant Professor) before joining the faculty at UF. Dr. Ukeiley is an active member in many professional society and has served on the Technical Committees in both the AIAA and ASME.
Education
Ph.D., 1996, Clarkson University
Professional Memberships and Fellowships
American Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Member
American Physical Society, Member
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fellow 2018
Sigma Xi, Member
Teaching Interests
Fluid Dynamics, Aerodynamics, Experimental Methods
Research Interests
Fluid Mechanics, Experimental Methods, Turbulence, Aeroacoustics, Flow Control, Reduced Order Modeling, Bio-Inspired Low Reynolds Number Fluid Dynamics, Fluid Structure Interactions