Chengyu Li

Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Case School of Engineering

Develop computational models to investigate the underlying flow physics and transport phenomena associated with biological and biomedical flows.

View the Flow Simulation & Flow Physics Lab

Teaching Information

Teaching Interests

Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics

Research Information

Research Interests

Fluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Immersed-Boundary Method, Data-Driven Reduced Order Modeling, High-Performance Computing, Biomimetic and Bioinspired Flows, Biomedical Flows

Awards and Honors

Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award
2024
AFOSR
Lewis F. Moody Award
2022
ASME
Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award
2021
NSF
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
2019
ORAU
Polak Young Investigator Award
2017
AChemS

External Appointments

  • Jul. 16, 2024 - Jul. 16, 2026 , CFDTC, Vice Chair, ASME
  • Aug. 3, 2022 - Jul. 16, 2024 , CFDTC, Secretary, ASME
  • Sep. 1, 2011 - PRESENT, Member, Division of Fluid Dynamics, APS
  • May. 21, 2018 - PRESENT, Member, Fluids Engineering Division, ASME
  • Dec. 20, 2013 - PRESENT, Senior Member, AIAA

Other Affiliations

  • 2018 - 2024 , Assistant Professor Villanova University
  • 2016 - 2018 , Postdoctoral Researcher The Ohio State University

Publications

Education

PhD
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
University of Virginia
2016
M.S.
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
University of Virginia
2014
B.S.
Mechanical Engineering
Dalian Jiaotong University, China
2010