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Mechanical Engineering
Yifei Guan

Yifei Guan

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Steinmetz Hall 218A
(518) 388-6889
guany@union.edu
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Research interests

Turbulence Modeling, Machine Learning, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Climate Change

Teaching interests

Fluid mechanics, Heat transfer

Publications

Jakhar, K., Guan, Y., and Hassanzadeh, P. 2026. Analytical and AI-Discovered Stable, Accurate, and Generalizable Subgrid-Scale Closure for Geophysical Turbulence. Physical Review Letters (Featured in Physics and Editors' Suggestion) [ https://doi.org/10.1103/v28b-5qmp ]

Qin, Y., Guan, Y., and Wu, J. 2025. Application of the ghost fluid lattice Boltzmann method to injection-induced electroconvection in a dielectric liquid. Applied Mathematical Modelling [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2025.116546 ]

Guan, Y., Wang, Q., Zhang, M., Zhang, Y., and Wu, J. 2025. Numerical investigation of two-dimensional electro-thermo-hydrodynamic turbulence: Energy budget and scaling law analysis. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2025.127094 ]

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Academic credentials

Postdoc, University of Chicago, Rice University; Ph.D., University of Washington