A. EDUCATION Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University 428 S. Shaw Lane, East Lansing, MI, USA, 48824 Phone: +1 (517) 353-6733 Email: junlin@msu.edu 1) Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Queen s University, Canada. July 2015. 2) M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Queen s University, Canada. August 2011. 3) B.Eng., Aerospace Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi an, China. June 2009. B. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES 1) Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Michigan State University. Oct. 2015 present. 2) Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Queen s University. Sept. 2009 Sept. 2015. 3) Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Queen s University. Sept. 2009 April 2015. 4) Research Intern, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, Angers, France. Mar. 2009 Jun. 2009 C. REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES 1) J. Yuan and U. Piomelli. Numerical simulation of a spatially developing accelerating boundary layer over roughness. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 780 192 214, 2015. 2) J. Yuan and U. Piomelli. Roughness effects on the Reynolds stress budgets in near-wall turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 760 R1, 2014. 3) J. Yuan and U. Piomelli. Estimation and prediction of the roughness function on realistic surfaces Journal of Turbulence, 15 350 365, 2014. 4) J. Yuan and U. Piomelli. Numerical simulations of sink-flow boundary layers over rough surfaces. Physics of Fluids, 26 015113, 2014. 5) J. Yuan, J. Nicolle, U. Piomelli and A.-M. Giroux. Modelling roughness and acceleration effects with application to the flow in a hydraulic turbine. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 22 022016, 2013. 1
6) U. Piomelli and J. Yuan. Numerical simulations of spatially developing, accelerating boundary layers. Physics of Fluids, 25 101304, 2013. D. INVITED TALK 1) J. Yuan and U. Piomelli. Large-eddy and direct simulations of sink flows over rough walls. In Proc. International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (TSFP-8), Poitiers, France, August 28 30, 2013. E. INVITED SEMINARS 1) Numerical simulation of rough-wall turbulent boundary layers, Université de Sherbrooke, Department of Mechanical Engineering, August 7, 2015. F. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 1) M. Aghaei Jouybari and J. Yuan. Roughness topographical effects on mean momentum and stress budgets in developed turbulent channel flows. Presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of APS-DFD, Denver, CO, November 19 21, 2017. 2) G. Brereton and J. Yuan. Wall-roughness eddy viscosity model for Reynoldsaveraged closures. Presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of APS-DFD, Denver, CO, November 19 21, 2017. 3) U. Piomelli, W. Wu and J. Yuan. Rotating channel flows over rough and smooth surfaces. Presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of APS-DFD, Denver, CO, November 19 21, 2017. 4) J. R. Zhang and J. Yuan. Wavelet-based synthesis of wall roughness for realistic turbulent flow simulations. Poster presented at the Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences (Mid-SURE), MSU, July, 2017. 5) J. Yuan. Effects of surface roughness topography in developed and transient channel flows In Proc. TSFP-10, Chicago, IL, July 6 9, 2017. 6) J. West and J. Yuan. Visualization of near-wall eddy evolution in turbulent channel flow. Poster presented at the Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences (Mid-SURE), MSU, July 27, 2016. 7) J. Yuan and U. Piomelli. Coupling between roughness and freestream acceleration in turbulent boundary layers. Presented at the 43rd Midwest Universities Fluid Mechanics Retreat, Rochester, Indiana, April 7 9, 2016. 8) J. Yuan and U. Piomelli. Coupling between roughness and freestream acceleration in turbulent boundary layers. Presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Boston, Massachusetts, November 22 24, 2015. 9) J. Yuan and U. Piomelli. Response of the rough-wall boundary layer to freestream acceleration. Presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Francisco, CA, November 23 25, 2014. 2
10) P. Mottaghian, J. Yuan and U. Piomelli. Numerical simulation of adversepressure-gradient boundary layer with or without roughness. Presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Francisco, CA, November 23 25, 2014. 11) J. Yuan, J. Nicolle, U. Piomelli, and A.-M. Giroux. Modelling roughness and acceleration effects with application to the flow over a hydraulic turbine. 27th International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) Symposium, Montreal, Canada, September 22 26, 2014. 12) J. Yuan and U. Piomelli. Estimation and prediction of the drag of realistic roughness. Presented at the 22nd Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada, Toronto, Canada, June 1 4, 2014. 13) J. Yuan and U. Piomelli. Numerical simulations of flow over realistic rough surfaces. Presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 23 26, 2013. 14) J. Yuan and U. Piomelli. Studies of near-wall effects of realistic roughness using Immersed Boundary Method based on the volume-of-fluid approach. In Proc. Joint EUROMECH/ERCOFTAC Colloquium 549 Immersed Boundary Methods: Current Status and Future Research Directions, Leiden, the Netherlands, June 17 19, 2013. 15) J. Yuan and U. Piomelli. Large-eddy and Direct numerical simulations of equilibrium accelerating turbulent boundary layers over rough surfaces. Presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada, Sherbrooke, Canada, May 6 9, 2013. 16) J. Yuan and U. Piomelli. Simulations of equilibrium accelerating turbulent boundary layers over rough walls. Presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Diego, California, November 18 20, 2012. 17) J. Yuan and U. Piomelli. Large eddy simulation of accelerating turbulent boundary layers over rough surfaces. Presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Baltimore, Maryland, November 20 22, 2011. 18) J. Yuan and U. Piomelli. Large eddy simulation of accelerating turbulent boundary layers over rough surfaces. In Proc. TSFP-7, Ottawa, Canada, July 28 31, 2011. 19) J. Yuan, V. Grazioso, and U. Piomelli. Large-eddy and direct simulations of accelerating boundary layers. Presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Long Beach, California, November 21 23, 2010. G. GRANTS 1) Turbulent wall-bounded flows with resolved, realistic roughness topography. Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), 1,605,589.0 SUs, US$55,730, July 2016 June 2017. 3
2) Simulation and modeling of effects of rough walls on non-equilibrium turbulent boundary layers. PI: J. Yuan, co-pi: G. J. Brereton. ONR. Award number: N00014-17-1-2102. Program officer: Thomas Fu. $852,465. 2017/01/02 2021/01/01. H. AWARDS AND HONORS 1) 2 nd Place in graduate student paper contest, CFD Society of Canada annual meeting. Jun. 2013. 2) Sun Microsystems of Canada Scholarship in Computational Sciences and Engineering. May 2010. 3) Outstanding Graduate in Shaanxi Province, awarded by Provincial Education Department of Shaanxi, China. Jun. 2009. I. RESEARCH EXPERIENCES 1) Fundamental studies of roughness effects on near-wall physics in wall-bounded turbulent flows. Oct. 2015 present. 2) Modeling of roughness effects in non-equilibrium turbulent boundary layers using single-point, structure-based RANS models (collaboration with Giles Brereton, MSU). Jan 2017 present. 3) Maximally effective vertical-axis wind turbine design (collaboration with John Foss, MSU). 2016 present. 4) Consortium II for the development of Ultra-High Efficiency Quiet Fans (collaboration with John Foss, MSU, Stéphane Moreau, U. of Sherbrooke, Scott Morris, UND). Jan. 2017 present. 5) Fundamental studies of equilibrium and non-equilibrium turbulent boundary layers over smooth or rough surface using numerical simulations (Turbulent Modeling and Simulation Laboratory, Queen s University). Sep. 2009 present. 6) Modeling fish-swimming as a forced hydro-elastic oscillator, from muscle actuation to body waveform and swim performance (collaboration with Brian Feeny, MSU). 2016 present. 7) Modelling and predicting roughness effects on hydraulic turbine efficiency (collaboration with Hydro-Québec Research Institute). Apr. 2012 Jul. 2015. 8) Numerical study of elongational effect of non-newtonian fluids (Arts et Métiers ParisTech, Angers, France). Mar. 2009 Jun. 2009. J. TEACHING EXPERIENCES 1) Mentoring in Turbulence Simulation and Modeling Group, MSU i. Jinrong Zhang (undergrad). Wavelet-based surface roughness synthesis and interpreting evolving and moving patterns in turbulent flows. Nov. 2016 Jun. 2017. ii. Jonathan West (undergrad). Visualization technique development of roughwall turbulence, 2016 Summer EnSURE. May Jul. 2016. iii. Guangchen Shen (doctoral). Lower-order modeling fluid forces on fish swim. Sep. 2017 present 4
iv. Mostafa Aghaei Jouybari (doctoral). Roughness effect characterizations. Sep. 2016 present v. Berk Can Duva (doctoral). Maximally effective vertical-axis wind turbine design. Sep. 2016 Jan. 2017 2) Mentoring in Turbulence Simulation and Modeling Laboratory, Queen s University i. Pouya Mottaghian (master). Separating turbulent boundary layers over roughness. Sept. 2013 Jul. 2015. ii. Anzhu Sun (undergrad). Turbulent data compression based on wavelet transform. May 2014 Sept. 2014. iii. Roberto Zonza (master). Response of turbulent boundary layer over heterogeneous roughness. Aug. 2011 Feb. 2012. 3) Teaching in MSU i. Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (ME433/840, Spring 2018) ii. Fluid Mechanics (ME332, Fall 2016, Spring/Fall 2017) iii. Mechanical Engineering Design Project (ME481, Winter 2016): Environmental Protection Agency: Energy-Efficient Road-Speed Fan for Dynamometer Testing iv. Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering (ME490): A. Active Drag Control Aachen Project (2016); B. Wake prediction for wind turbine (2017). 4) Teaching in Queen s University i. Airplane aerodynamics and performance (2013, 2014, 2015) ii. Engineering problem analysis and modeling (2014) iii. Fluid mechanics laboratory (2012, 2013) iv. Fluid mechanics (2010) v. Compressible fluid flow(2009) vi. Heat transfer (2011, 2012) K. SERVICE TO PROFESSION 1) NSF Fluid Dynamics Panel reviewer, Jan. 2016 2) Article reviewer i. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2015 2017 ii. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 2015. iii. Journal of Turbulence. 2016 2017. iv. AIAA Journal. 2016. v. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 2014, 2015. vi. Journal of Hydraulic Research. 2014. vii. International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics. 2015 5
L. OUTREACH ACTIVITIES 1) High School Engineering Institute (HSEI), MSU Engineering, Mechanical Engineering session, Airfoil Lift Generation Using ANSYS Fluent and Aircraft Wind Design. July 17, 2017 2) High School Engineering Institute (HSEI), MSU Engineering, Mechanical Engineering session, Airfoil Lift Generation - An Investigation Using ANSYS Fluent and Hydrogen Bubble Visualization. June 27, 2016 M. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS 1) Turbulence modeling and simulations (direct, large-eddy and Reynolds-averaged simulations), immersed boundary methods 2) Programming: Fortran and C (MPI parallelization), Python, Matlab, Perl/Shell script. 3) CFD-related: ANSYS Fluent and CFX, OpenFOAM, Tecplot N. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 1) American Physical Society 2) CFD Society of Canada 3) European Mechanics Society East Lansing, USA, January 2018 6