Understanding mechanisms of Fontan failure and key predictors for patient outcome

1. Industrial-Oriented Projects a. Contaminants transport in an indoor environmental chamber; (2010 ~ 2012) + The spray effect and mixing procedure in a 3D room with HVAC; * Wei, Z., Zheng, Z.C., Bennett, J.S., and Yang, X., “Turbulent simulation and comparison of particle injection in an indoor environment using the species transport and discrete phase/parcel Models”, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering (in preparation) b. Particle transport in a fully turbulent room with objects inside; (2012 ~ 2014) + The boundary layer effect on the mixing procedure of the contaminants near a helicopter; c. Evolution of aircraft wake vortices in the vicinity of either a smooth or a rough ground. (2012) d. Influence of atmosphere turbulence on wind turbine wakes;2. A parallel implementation of the immersed-boundary method and its applications on bio-inspired aerodynamics (Ph.D Thesis); a. Species transport through porous media; * Wei, Z., Zheng, Z.C. and Yang, X., “Computation of flow through a three-dimensional periodic array of porous structures by a parallelized immersed-boundary method.”, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 136 (4), 040905, 2014. b. Theoretical comprehension of vortex dynamics with flapping wings; * Zheng, Z.C., and Wei, Z., “Study of Mechanisms and Factors That Influence the Formation of Vortical Wake of a Heaving Airfoil”, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 24, 103601, 2012 * Wei, Z., and Zheng, Z.C., “Mechanisms of Wake Deflection Angle Change behind a Heaving Airfoil”, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 48, pp. 1-13, 2014 c. Energy Harvesting of passive or active flapping airfoils; * Wei, Z, and Zheng, Z.C., “Energy harvesting of a flapping airfoil in a vortical wake”, (In preparation) * Wei, Z, and Zheng, Z.C., “Energy harvesting by a purely passive heaving foil from vortical wakes”, (In preparation)

Fall semesters for "Fundamentals of Aerodynamics"- Prepare and instruct lab sections involving subsonic/supersonic wind tunnel experiments;- Assist students for homework, review section and occasionally give in-class lectures.

Spring semesters for "Computational Fluid Dynamics - I"- Prepare and lecture sections for ICEM CFD, ANSYS Workbench and ANSYS Fluent. - Assist students for homework and projects.

Human thermal system and cooling process in normal walking motions. (2008 ~ 2009)