Ongoing Projects

1. Advanced Algorithms research, fast solver development and parallel finite element simulation on 3D direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC), with Jinchao Xu and Chaoyang Wang’s groups from Penn State.

2. Fast numerical simulations of 3D hydrogen-type proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), UNLV.

3. Numerical studies of heat transfer for fuel cell stack in sub-freezing environment, Tongji University & UNLV.

Participated Projects

1. Fuel Cell Vehicle and Powertrain System Engineering Technologies, Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline –"111-project", College of Automotive Engineering, Tongji University, China, Summer 2008.

2. Algorithms research and finite element simulation on 3D direct methanol fuel cell, with Chaoyang Wang’s group, Electrochemical Engine Center (ECEC), Penn State University, 2006.

3. Adaptive finite element method for thin film flow, with Robert Russell, Simon Fraser University, Canada, 2005.

4. 3D numerical simulation for Cahn-Hilliard equation derived from diblock copolymer, with Rustum Choksi, Simon Fraser University, Canada, 2004.

5. Finite element simulation for PEM fuel cell, with Chaoyang Wang’s group, Electrochemical Engine Center (ECEC), Penn State University, 2003.

6. Finite element simulation for black hole binary system, with Pablo Laguna, Department of Physics, Penn State University, 2003.

7. Phase field method for the fingering of gel, with Chun Liu and Andrew L Belmonte, Department of Mathematics, Penn State University, 2003.

8. Adaptive mesh method for convection dominated diffusion problem, with Long Chen and Jinchao Xu, Penn State University, 2002.

9. CAD application in Shoes Design System, FEGEN Software Co. Ltd., Beijing, China, 2001.

10. Online Finite Element Program Generator, FEGEN Software Co. Ltd., Beijing, China, 2001.

11. Finite element computing of two-phase compressible displacement in porous media, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, 2000.

12. 3D computational fluid dynamics for coating die optimal designing, China Lucky Film Corporation, China, 2000.

13. Stress analysis of pressure vessel, China National Standardization Committee on Pressure Vessel, Beijing, China, 1999.

14. Parallel algorithms and software for domain decomposition finite element method, National Research Center for Intelligent Computing Systems, Beijing, China, 1999.

15. Stability analysis of surrounding rock, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, China, 1998.

16. Heat and material conduction on semiconductor chip, Motorola (China) Electronics Ltd., China, 1998.

17. DDM with non-matching grids and its application on Basin Modeling with multi-fault and multiphase, Offshore Oil Exploration and Development  Research Center, China National Offshore Oil Corp., and Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 1997.

Typical Problems

• Black hole simulation

• Two phase flows

• Fuel cell modeling

• Convection dominated diffusion problem

• Anisotropic mesh adaptivity

Developed Software Packages

1. Finite element simulation on fuel cell dynamics.

2. Finite element simulation on thin film flow.

3. Finite element simulation on black hole binary system.

4. Finite element simulation with phase field method.

5. Parallel finite element codes for domain decomposition method.

6. Adaptive finite element codes with local refinement method.

7. Adaptive finite element codes with moving mesh method.

8. Geometric multigrid solver.

9. Stress analysis system arising in pressure vessel.

10. 3D Computational Fluid System arising in coating die optimal design system.

11. Basin Modeling System.

12. Stability Analysis System arising in plastically deforming surrounding rock.

13. Generic Finite Element Discretization Package.

14. Shoes Design CAD System.