Pengtao Yue

Assistant Professor
Mathematics Department 
Virginia Tech

Email:ptyue@math.vt.edu Phone:(540) 231-7533 FAX:(540) 231-5960 Office:440 McBryde Hall

Mailing address: 460 McBryde Hall Department of Mathematics Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061-0123

Teaching

• Current Teaching (2009 Fall)
  • Math 2214 Introduction to Differenial Equations
  • Math 5474 Finite Difference Methods
• Past Teaching
  • Math 3214 Calculus of Several Variables(2009 Spring)
  • Math 2214 Introduction to Differential Equations (2008 Fall)

Research Interests

I am interested in scientific computing and fluid mechanics. Currently my research focuses on the numerical simulation of moving contact lines.

• Numerical Methods
  • Finite Difference, Finite Volume, Finite Element, and Spectral methods.
  • Numerical methods for interfacial flows: phase-field, level-set, volume of fluid (VOF), and Marker and Cell (MAC) methods.
  • Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method for moving boundary problems (including free surface flows).
• Physical Problems
  • Drop/bubble dynamics in complex fluids (e.g., viscoelastic liquids and liquid crystals)
  • Polymer foaming
  • Polymer coextrusion
  • Moving contact line
  • Microfluidics
  • Biofluids
  • Water transport in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells
• Past research interests
  • Shock wave dynamics
  • Combustion in supersonic flows
  • Multiphase flow of atomized liquid fuels in supersonic airstreams
  • Debris flow

Selected Publications

Curriculum Vitae  

 Last Update: 8/7/2009

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