Education
Teaching
Prof. Yu routinely teaches the following courses in Mechanical Engineerning, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI
• ME 200 Thermodynamics [sample syllabus]
• ME 500 Advanced Thermodynamics [sample syllabus]
• ME 509 Intermediate Fluid Dynamics [sample syllabus]
• ME 520 Imaging-based Computational Hemodynamics for Cardiovascular Assessment [sample syllabus]
• ME 60101 Computational Modeling of Turbulence [sample syllabus]
• ME 61400 Computational Fluid Dynamics [sample syllabus]
Prof. Yu used to teach the following courses in Physics (Equivalent to IUPUI curriculum), Department of Physics, Zhejiang Normal University, China
• PHYS 15200 Mechanics
• PHYS 21800/21900 General Physics
• PHYS 41600 Thermal Physics
• PHYS 50100 Physics Science
• PHYS 51000 Physical Mechanics
Prof. Yu used to teach the following courses in Chinese Language for Foreigners, International Chinese Language & Culture Center of Tsinghua University, China.
• Elementary Chinese — Oral Communication
• Elementary Chinese — newspaper reading
Thesis Advisory Committee
Prof. Yu Served as the committe chiar (with thesis title) or a committe member for the following Graduate Degrees.
Doctoral Degree
• 2022 Ph.D., Hao Wu, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI.
• 2021 Ph.D., Joan Gomez, Mechanical Engineering, City College of New York
• 2019 Ph.D. Rou Chen, "GPU accelerated Lattice Boltzmann Analysis for Dynamics of Bubble Coalescence in Microchannels”, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI. (PDF)
• 2018 Ph.D.,Zengting Bai, Mathematical Sciences, IUPUI.
Master's Degree
• 2023 M.S., Jared C. Miller, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI
• 2022 M.S., Talamantes Jr, John E, “Experimental Measurement of Blood Pressure in 3-D Printed Vessels”, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI. (PDF)
• 2022 M.S., Islam, Md Mahfuzl, “Image Segmentation, Parametric Study, and Supervised Surrogate Modeling of Image-based Computational Fluid Dynamics”, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI. (PDF)
• 2020 M.S., Abootorabi, Seyedalireza. “Computational Fluid Dynamics for Modeling and Simulation of Intraocular Drug Delivery and Wall Shear Stress in Pulsatile Flows in Pulsatile Flows,” Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI. (PDF)
• 2021 M.S., Richard Zachary Rowe, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI
• 2019 M.S., Monsurul Khan, "Image-based Computational Hemodynamics for Non-invasive and patient-specific assessment of arterial stenosis" Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI. (PDF)
• 2017 M.S., Md Minal Nahin, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI
• 2017 M.S., Shuyi Zhou, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI
• 2017 M.S., Vaibhav R. Shrivastav, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI
• 2015 M.S., Arash Jamali, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI
• 2015 M.S., Kyong-Yup Paik, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI
• 2015 M.S., Md Nazmuzzaman Khan, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI
• 2015 M.S., Yuanzhi Cao, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI
• 2014 M.S., Spandana Gannavaram, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI
• 2014 M.S., Zijie Ou, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
• 2013 M.S., Debanjan Deep, “A Study of Blood Flow in Normal and Diseased Aorta”, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI.(PDF)
• 2013 M.S., Nan Chen, “Mechanisms of Axis-switching and Saddle-back Velocity Profile in Laminar and Turbulent Rectangular Jets”, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI.(PDF)
• 2013 M.S., Prasanna Chinnathambi, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI.
• 2013 M.S., Nathan Fitzpatrick, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, IUPUI.
Sponsor of Senior Design Projects, Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI
• 2023 Spring, "Design and Prototype Compliance Elements for Mock Circulation Loop", Jerran Leakes, Skyler Goff, Tyler Spencer, Tosin Bolarin, Eric Petersen.
• 2022 Spring, "Mounting Device for Artificial and Real Human Arteries", Duante Berry, Nick Hanas, Daniel Mills, Daniela Salazar-Perez, Braden Weilbaker.
• 2021 Fall, "Pulsatile Heart Pump, Phase II", Michael Waddell, Soumia Hassane, Chase Swingle, Abdulrahman Alotaib
• 2021 Fall, "Compliance Element for Image-based Biological Fluid Mechanics", Joe Colbert, Victor Popov, Hassan Alshafie, and Darren Dlima
• 2021 Spring, "Pulsatile Heart Pump, Phase I", Le Bao, Eduardo Chacon, Shannon Gray, GiaHung Tat Athul Kumar, Eric McIntire, Mohammed Mistarihi
• 2021 Spring, "Artery Mounting System, Phase II", Malcolm Butler, Amanda Beall, Gabby Goeke, Brendan Kelly, Sydney Ishmael, Clair O’Brien
• 2020 Fall, "Artery Mounting System Design, Phase I". Logan Earlywine, Blayre Underhill, Riyadh Althiyabi, Mark Manda
• 2020 Spring, "Arterial Mounting Apparatus", Daniel Biehl, Catrionna Bruce, Holly Dunn, Bradley Marcum, Muhammad Pirzada
• 2018 Spring, "Experimental Measurement of Arterial Blood Pressure", Joshua Etchberger, Helen Heimark, Brodie Meyer, Andrew Ozga, Ryan Straughn
• 2017 Spring, "An Advanced Design for Viscometer Apparatus in ME Fluid Lab", Ahmed Al Nooraldeen, Boliang Wu, Curt Collingwood, Grant Gieringer, Hassan Obaidan, Tianyu Song, YoungHoon Kwon
• 2016 Fall, "Water Tunnel. Kailiang Cheng, Andrea Hammans", Joe Leineweber, Daniel Robinson, Jiani Xie, and Hongkun Zhu
• 2014 Fall, "Human Aortic Renal Artery Study", Brandon Fricke, Orry Hefner, Evan Hill, Matt Jarvi, and Jomar Mendoza