Pioneering Research in Fluid Mechanics for Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering

Hi there! I am Huang Chen, an Assistant Professor at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Before joining UNLV, I was a postdoctoral Fellow working with Professors Lakshmi Prasad Dasi and Ajit Yoganathan in Biomedical Engineering Department at Georgia Tech/Emory University. I earned my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering under the supervision of Professor Joseph Katz at Johns Hopkins University. During my PhD study, I worked primarily on the flow and cavitation in turbomachines. I am currently working on complex fluid dynamics problems in biomedical and aerospace applications.

Flow past a transcatheter aortic valve (3D PTV),
in a ventricular assist device (CFD),
and in a brain aneurysm (3D PTV)

My broad research interests revolve around:

1. pushing the boundaries of fluid measurement techniques (3D PIV, PTV, holography) for turbulence and biomedical research;
2. understanding complex flow phenomena associated with extreme events in turbomachines, including surge, stall and cavitation;
3. studying how blood cells interact with medical devices and how to make these devices more hemocompatible
4. developing data-driven models for modeling turbulence and blood flow based on high-resolution experimental data.

Outside the lab, I enjoy fishing, hiking, stargazing, reading, and traveling. I also like to make electronic prototypes with arduino and other single board computers for fun. I think I would be an astronomer if I had a chance to do another job outside of engineering.

Courses
ME480/680 Gas Dynamics
ME702 Computational Fluid Dynamics
ME482/682 Aerodynamics