Mechanical Engineering Computer

Zhuoyu Zhou

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(410) 585 – 7017 *******@***.***

More than 6 years of experience in computational physics, specialized in fluid-structure interaction (FSI), with solid knowledge of partial differential equations, numerical methods, and parallel programming for high performance computing (HPC). Seeking for opportunities in the areas of Aerodynamics, FSI, Heat Transfer, Multiphase Flow, Code Development, Scientific Computing, and HPC. Education

Johns Hopkins University, Mechanical Engineering, PhD Baltimore, MD, US

Expected Dec. 2017

Michigan Technological University, Mechanical Engineering, MS Houghton, MI, US

May 2013

University of Science & Technology of China, Thermal Science and Power Engineering, Bachelor

Hefei, Anhui, P.R. China

Jul. 2011

Skills

• CFD/FEA coding with C/Fortran/Matlab/MPI

• Post-processing software: Tecplot/Ensight/Paraview/Origin/Visit

• Computer aided design: Maya/ICEM/AutoCAD/SolidWorks

• Course experience in commercial software: COMSOL/Ansys/Abaqus/Chemkin Research Experience

Complex hydrodynamics of flapping membranes, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Sep. 2013 – present

• Developed and validated a 3D FSI solver in the non-inertial reference frame using the immersed boundary method that’s capable of simulating the locomotion of very complex geometries, significantly reduced computational time of self-propelled swimming structures

• Developed a Matlab program that mathematically describes and parametrically reconstructs 3D structure kinematics, enables exploring the locomotion of various swimming and flying animals

• Mimicked the kinematics of various sea animals performing bizarre locomotion, and studied the complex hydrodynamics of these animals by investigating its propulsive mechanism, efficiency, and wake topology

• Implemented a force partitioning method to identify the factors that impact the propulsive efficiency in various swimming strategies such as clap-and-fling, undulation, body pitching, etc. Multiphase flow in catalyst layer of PEM Fuel Cells, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

Sep. 2011 – May 2013

• Stochastically reconstruct the microstructure of the 3M Nano-Structure Thin Films

• Developed and validated a 3D sharp interface tracking method using the ghost-cell algorithm

• Developed and performed high-fidelity simulations using Lattice Boltzmann method to understand transportation and reaction properties of the catalysts which demonstrated significant improvement over the conventional Pt/C-based catalysts

Course Projects

• Developed computer programs implementing a neural network to recognize different images

• Developed computer programs tracking moving objects in animations

• Developed a 2D flow solver with the fractional-step method, able to solve problems with various boundary conditions, implemented the FSI feature by using the immersed boundary method

• Developed a 2D flow solver with the Lattice Boltzmann method, implemented the phase-tracking features using the level-set method

• Developed a 2D FEA solver

Teaching Experience

• Fundamentals of Physics, TA, Dep. of Physics and Astronomy, JHU May 2015 – May 2016

• Computational fluid dynamics, TA, Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, JHU

Spring 2015

Awards

• 2011 - Outstanding Graduate of USTC, P.R. China

• 2010 - 1st class prize of the 3rd University Students Social Practice and Science Contest on Energy Saving & Emission Reduction, P.R. China

Journal Papers & Conferences

• Zhuoyu Zhou, Rajat Mittal. “Swimming without a Spine: Computational Modeling and Analysis of the Swimming Hydrodynamics of the Spanish Dancer.” Bioinspir. & biomim, oct. 2017.

• Zhuoyu Zhou, Rajat Mittal. “The Swimming Performance and Unique Wake Topology of the Sea Hare

(Aplysia).” Phys. Rev. Fluids, 2017 (Submitted).

• Zhuoyu Zhou, Rajat Mittal. “Computational Modeling and Analysis of Self-propelled Swimming of Flatworms.” (2017, in preparation)

• Zhou, Z., & Mittal, R. (2016, November). The Complex Hydrodynamics of Swimming in the Spanish Dancer. In APS Meeting Abstracts.

• Zhou, Z., Shoele, K., Adhikari, D., Yen, J., Webster, D., & Mittal, R. (2015, November). Fluid Dynamics of Clap-and-Fling with Highly Flexible Wings inspired by the Locomotion of Sea Butterflies. In APS Meeting Abstracts.

• Zhou, Z., Mittal, R., Yen, J., & Webster, D. (2014, November). Fluid Dynamics of Underwater Flight in Sea Butterflies: Insights from Computational Modeling. In APS Meeting Abstracts.

• Kim, Seung Hyun, Zhuoyu Zhou, and Koji Moriyama. "High-Fidelity Simulations of Nano-Structured Thin Film (NSTF) Catalysts." The 222nd Electrochemical Society Meeting, Honolulu, USA, 2012.

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