Dr. Lian-Ping Wang received a Batchelor’s degree in Mechanics from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China in 1984, and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University, USA in 1990. He was then a Visiting Research Associate at Brown University, USA from 1990 to 1992, after which he was a Research Associate at Pennsylvania State University, USA from 1992 to 1994 and an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware, USA from 1994 to 2001. He became an Associate Professor in 2001 and a Professor in 2010 at the University of Delaware. In 2017, he was appointed a Chaired Professor at Southern University of Science and Technology, China. His main research interests include computational fluid dynamics, turbulence, particle-laden flow and immiscible multiphase flow. In recent years, he has focused on the mesoscopic CFD method based on Boltzmann equation and its application in direct numerical simulation of complex flows. Relevant applications include cloud microphysics, transport in soil porous media, and modeling of complex flows. He has published over 170 refereed journal papers and delivered over 100 invited talks worldwide. Dr. Wang became an elected Fellow of American Physical Society in 2011 and an elected Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2016, and an Invitation Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (9/2016 – 3/2017). Currently he also served as Affiliate Scientist of NCAR. In May 2022, he becomes Associate Editor of Journal Fluid Mechanics.

2018-present, Chair Professor, South University of Science and Technology

2009-present, Professor, University of Delaware, USA

2001-2009, Associate Professor, University of Delaware, USA

1994-2001, Assistant Professor, University of Delaware, USA

1992-1994, Research Associate, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

1990-1992, Visiting Research Associate, Brown University, USA

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University, USA, 1990

B.S. in Mechanics, Zhejiang University, China, 1984

MAE505/MAE403 Computational Fluid Dynamics（open to both undergraduates and graduate students）

Due to availability of high-speed computers and advanced algorithms, direct numerical simulation of complex flows along with theoretical analysis and physical experiments are considered the three pillars of fluid mechanics research. High-performance fluid-flow simulation is a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field combining physics, mathematics, algorithms, computer science, and engineering. This course focuses on direct simulation methods of viscous fluid flows, including finite difference methods, finite volume methods, and Boltzmann equation-based mesoscopic methods; numerical convergence, physical accuracy and stability analysis; and programming experience with Fortran code. This course trains system analysis skills and classroom presentation skills.

MAE7001/MAE321 Multiphase Flow（open to both undergraduates and graduate students）：

This course covers physical description of fluid-solid and fluid-fluid interfaces, diluted two-phase flow and dense two-phase flow with particles or droplets; local and average equations for mass, momentum and energy exchange, dimensionless parameters; numerical methods for two-phase flow and related industrial and environmental applications.

Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016

Invitation Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2016

Fellow, American Physical Society, 2011

Distinguished Overseas Young Investigator Award, NSF of China, 2006

Faculty Fellow, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 2005

Francis Alison Young Scholars Award, University of Delaware, 1998

Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Delaware, 1996

Dr. Lian-Ping Wang’s research interests include computational fluid dynamics and turbulent multiphase flow. Over the years, he has visited and worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NASA Langley Research Center, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology.

He developed and applied direct numerical simulation methods including mesoscopic methods based on Boltzmann equations, and conducted a series of original work to advance computational models and to reveal physical mechanisms of multiphase and turbulent flows.

His work on the effects of turbulent small-scale structures on particle transport, preferential concentration, and sedimentation has been widely cited by researchers in the fields of engineering, geophysics, aerosol science, and marine ecology.

Dr. Wang’s work on turbulent collision of cloud droplets and its theoretical modeling has motivated developments of next-generation numerical weather forecasting models. Because of his pioneering work in atmospheric cloud physics, he was invited to write a review article in Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics in 2013.

In recent years, he has devoted his efforts to advance mesoscopic computational fluid dynamics methods based on the Boltzmann equation (LB method and DUGKS method), and made a series of original theoretical contributions. His group has successfully applied the mesoscopic approaches to wall-bounded particle-laden turbulent flows and immiscible two-phase flows.

Meanwhile, he is interested in high-performance computing and is serving as the founding director of Center for Computational Science and Engineering at SUSTech.

Wang has published about 209 journal papers, primarily in the fluid mechanics journals such as Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech., J. Fluid Mech, Phys. Fluids, J. Atmos. Sci., Phys. Rev. Lett., Int. J. Multiphase Flow, J. Comp. Phys., and Parallel Computing. As of February, 2024, ISI gives Wang’s citations as over 6,100 with an h-index of 45; Google Scholar reports 9,600 citations of his publication, with an h-index of 51.