Yuan N. Young

"One moment can change a day,
one day can change a life and one life can change the world."
— Buddha?
Publication
76.
"Fluid Mechanics of Blood Cells and Vesicles Squeezing Through Narrow Constrictions", Z. Peng, A. Viallat, and Y.-N. Young, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, to appear in volume 58 (2026)
75.
"Hydrodynamic interactions between a sedimenting squirmer and a planar wall", Henry Shum, Devanayagam Palaniappan, and Y.-N. Young, J. Fluid Mech., submitted, under revision (2025)
74.
"Geometric model for dynamics of motor-driven centrosomal asters", Y.-N. Young, V. G. Herrera, H. Z. Huan, R. Farhadifar and M. J. Shelley, Phys. Rev. Research, 7 013004 (2025)
73.
"Microstructure-Based Modeling of Primary Ciliar Mechanics", N. Mostafazadeh, A. Resnick, Y.-N. Young and Z. Peng, Cytoskeleton, 1-13 (2024)
72.
"Hydrodynamics of Multicomponent Vesicle Under Strong Confinement", A. Gannon, B. Quaife, and Y.-N. Young, Soft Matter, 20 (3), 599-608 (2024)
71.
"Adaptive Micro-Locomotion in a Dynamically Changing Environment via Context Detection", Z. Zou, Y. Liu, A. C. H. Tsang, Y.-N. Young and O. S. Pak, Comm. Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 128, 107666 (2024)
70.
"Effects of tunable hydrophobicity on the collective hydrodynamics of Janus particles under flows", S.-P. Fu, R. Ryham, B. Quaife and Y.-N. Young, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 8, 050501 (2023)
69.
"From electrodiffusion theory to the electrohydrodynamics of leaky dielectrics through the weak electrolyte limit – Corrigendum", P. Marthaler, A. Class, Y. Mori and Y.-N. Young, J. Fluid Mech., 962, E1 (2023)
68.
"Influence of surface viscosities on the electrodeformation of a prolate viscous drop", H. Nganguia, D. Das, O. S. Pak and Y.-N. Young, Soft Matter, 19, 776-789 (2023)
67.
"A comparison of four boundary conditions for the fluid-hydrogel interface", Z. Xu, J. Zhang, Y.-N. Young, P. Yue and J. J. Feng, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 7, 093301 (2022)
66.
"Gait switching and targeted navigation of microswimmers via deep reinforcement learning", Z. Zou, Y. Liu, Y.-N. Young, O. S. Pak and A. C. H. Tsang, Comm. Phys., 5, 158 (2022)
65.
"Two-dimensional hydrodynamics of a Janus particle vesicle", S.-P. Fu, B. Quaife, R. Ryham and Y.-N. Young, J. Fluid Mech., 941, A41 (2022)
64.
"The effects of surface hydration on capillary adhesion under nanoscale confinement", S. Huang, C. E. Colosqui, Y.-N. Young, and H. A. Stone, Soft Matter, 18, 4786-4791 (2022)
63.
"The effect of rigid cells on blood viscosity: Linking rheology and sickle cell anemia", A. Perazzo, Z. Peng, Y.-N. Young, Z. Feng, D. K. Wood, J. M. Higgins and H. A. Stone, Soft Matter, 18, 554-565 (2022)
62.
"An arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method for simulating interfacial dynamics between a hydrogel and a fluid", L. Li, J. Zhang, Z. Xu, Y.-N. Young, J. J. Feng and P. Yue, J. Comp. Physics, 451, 110851 (2022)
61.
"Wall-induced translation of a rotating particle in a shear-thinning fluid", Y. Chen, E. Demir, W. Gao, Y.-N. Young and On Shun Pak, J. Fluid Mechanics Rapids, 927, September (2021)
60.
"Hydrodynamics of a semipermeable inextensible membrane under flow and confinement", B. Quaife, A. Gannon and Y.-N. Young, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 6, 073601, July (2021)
59.
"Effects of surfactant solubility on the deformation of a viscous drop in a DC electric field", H. Nganguia, W.-F. Hu, M.-C. Lai and Y.-N. Young, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 6, 064004, June (2021)
58.
"Mechanical rotation at low Reynolds number via reinforcement learning", Yuexin Liu, Zonghao Zou, Alan Chen Hou Tsang, On Shun Pak and Y.-N. Young, Phys. Fluids, 33, 062007, June (2021)
57.
"The many behaviors of deformable active droplets", Y.-N. Young, M. J. Shelley and D. B. Stein, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 18, 2849-2881, March (2021) (an invited regular article for the special issue 'Complex fluids in living systems')
56.
"Primary cilium: a paradigm for integrating mathematical modeling with experiments and numerical simulations in mechanobiology", Z. Peng, A. Renick and Y.-N. Young, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 18, 1215-1237, January (2021) (an invited review for the special issue 'Complex fluids in living systems')
55.
"Boundary conditions at the gel-fluid interface", James J. Feng and Y.-N. Young, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 5, 124304, July (2020)
54.
"Amphiphilic interaction and dynamics of lipid-like particles by an integral equation method", S.-P. Fu, R. J. Ryham, A. Klöckner, M. Wala, S. Jiang and Y.-N. Young, SIAM J. Multiscale Modeling, 18, 79-103 (2020)
53.
"Hydrodynamics and rheology of a vesicle doublet suspension", B. Quaife, S. Veerapaneni and Y.-N. Young, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 4, 103601 (2019)
52.
"Effects of surfactant transport on electrodeformation of a viscous drop", H. Nganguia, O. Pak and Y.-N. Young, Phys. Rev. E, 99, 063104 (2019)
51.
"A slightly deformable Darcy drop in linear flows", Y.-N. Young, Y.-N. Young, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 4, 063601 (2019)
50.
"Mechanical properties of a primary cilium from the stochastic motions of the cilium tip", Z. Peng, A. Resnick and Y.-N. Young, J. Biomech. Eng., 10.1007/s10237-019-01220-7, September (2019)
49.
"Electrohydrodynamics of leaky dielectrics as the weak electrolyte limit of an electrodiffusion model", Y. Mori and Y.-N. Young, J. Fluid Mech., 855, 67-130 (2018)
48.
"Long-wave dynamics of an elastic sheet lubricated by a thin liquid film on a wetting substrate", Y.-N. Young and H. A. Stone, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 2, 064001 (2017)
47.
"On the gating of mechanosensitive channels by fluid shear stress", Z. Peng, O. Pak, Z. Feng, A. Liu and Y.-N. Young, Acta Mech. Sinica, 32, 1012-1022 (2016)
46.
"Lennard-Jones type pair-potential method for coarse-grained lipid bilayer membrane simulations in LAMMPS", S.-P. Fu, Z. Peng, H. Yuan, R. Kfoury and Y.-N. Young, Computer Physics Comm., 210, 193-203 (2016)
45.
"Electrohydrodynamics of a viscous drop with inertia", H. Nganguia, Y.-N. Young, A. T. Layton, M.-C. Lai and W.-F. Hu, Phys. Rev. E, 93, 053114 (2016)
44.
"Vesicle electrohydrodynamics simulations by coupling immersed boundary and immersed interface method", W.-F. Hu, M.-C. Lai, Y. Seol and Y.-N. Young, J. Comp. Phys., 317, 66-81 (2016).
43.
"The primary cilium is a self-adaptable, integrating nexus for mechanical stimuli and cellular signaling", An M. Nguyen, Y.-N. Young and C. R. Jacobs, BioOPEN, 4, 1733-1738 (2015).
42.
"Near-wall dynamics of concentrated hard-sphere suspensions: Comparison of evanescent wave DLS experiments, viral approximation and simulations", Y. Liu, J. Blawzdziewicz, B. Cichocki, J. K. G. Dhont, M. K. Lisicki, E. Wajnryb, Y.-N. Young and P. Lang, Soft Matt., 11, 7316-7327 (2015).
41.
"Gating of a mechxnosensitive channel due to cellular ows", O. Pak, Y.-N. Young, S. Veerapaneni, G. Marple, and H. A. Stone, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 112, 9822-9827 (2015).
40.
"Efficient Brownian dynamics simulation of a single DNA with hydrodynamic interactions in linear ows", S.-P. Fu, Y.-N. Young and S. Jiang, Phys. Rev. E, 91, 063008 (2015).
39.
"An immersed interface method for axisymmetric electrohydrodynamic simulations in Stokes ows", H. Nganguia, Y.-N. Young, A. T. Layton, W.-F. Hu and M.-C. Lai, Communication in Computational Physics, 18, 429-444 (2015).
38.
"Electrohydrodynamic instability of a capacitive elastic membrane", Y.-N. Young and M. J. Miksis, Phys. Fluids, 27, 022102 (2015).
37.
"A hybrid immersed boundary and immersed interface method for electrohydrodynamic simulations", W.-F. Hu, M.-C. Lai and Y.-N. Young, J. Comp. Phys., 282, 47-61 (2015).
36.
"Multiscale modeling of primary cilia" , Y.-N. Young, L. C. Esphinha, An. M. Nguyen and C.R. Jacobs, Multiscale Modeling in Biomechanics and Mechanobiology, edited by Surranu De,Wonmuk Huang and Ellen Kuhl, Springer (2014). Invited Review Article.
35.
Dynamics of a primary cilium in time-periodic flows , Y.-N. Young, Contemporary Mathematics, 628, 91 (2014).
34.
"Long-wave dynamics of an inextensible planar membrane in an electric field", Y.-N. Young, S. Veerapaneni and M. J. Miksis, J. Fluid Mech., 751, 406-431 (2014).
33.
"Equilibrium electro-deformation of a spheroidal vesicle in an AC electric field", H. Nganguia and Y.-N. Young, Phys. Rev. E, 88, 052718 (2013).
32.
"Equilibrium electro-deformation of a surfactant-laden viscous drop", H. Nganguia, Y.-N. Young, P. M. Vlahovska, J. Blawzdziewcz, J. Zhang and H. Lin, Phys. Fluids, 25, 092106 (2013).
31.
"Dynamics of the primary cilium in shear flow", Y.-N. Young, M. Downs and C. R. Jacobs, Biophys. J., 103, 629-639 (2012).
30.
"Modeling a semi-flexible filament in cellular Stokes flow using regularized Stokeslets", E. Bouzarth, A. T. Layton and Y.-N. Young, Int. J. Numer. Meth. Biomed. Engng., 27, 221-247 (2011).
29.
"Dynamics of a compound vesicle in shear flow", S. Veerapaneni, Y.-N. Young and P. Vlahovska, Phys. Rev. Lett., 106, 158103 (2011).
28.
"Dynamics of a non-spherical microcapsule with incompressible interface in shear flow", P. Vlahovska, Y.-N. Young, G. Danker and C. Misbah, J. Fluid Mech., 678, 221-247 (2011).
27.
Dynamics of a semi flexible polar lament in Stokes flow , Y.-N. Young, Phys. Rev. E, 82, 016309 (2010)
26.
"Nonlinear hydrodynamic phenomena in Stokes flow regime", J. Blawzeziewicz, R. H. Goodman, N. Khurana and E. Wajnryb and Y.-N. Young, Physica D, 14, 1214-1224 (2010).
25.
"Influence of surfactant solubility on the deformation and breakup of a bubble or capillary jet in a viscous fluid", Y.-N. Young, M. R. Booty, M. Siegel and J. Li, Phys. Fluids, 21, 072105 (2009).
24.
"Hydrodynamic interactions between two semi-flexible in-extensible filaments in Stokes flow", Y.-N. Young, Phys. Rev. E, 79, 046317 (2009).
23.
"Hysteretic and chaotic dynamics of viscous drops in creeping flows with rotation", Y.-N. Young, J. Blawzdziewicz and V. Cristini and R. H. Goodman, J. Fluid Mech., 607, 203-234 (2008).
22.
"Influence of surfactant on the deformation and breakup of a bubble in a viscous surrounding", M. Hameed, M. Siegel, Y.-N. Young, J. Li, M. Booty and D. Papageorgiou, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 594, 307 (2008).
21.
"Hysteretic and chaotic dynamics of viscous drops in creeping flows with rotation", Y.-N. Young, J. Blawzdziewicz, V. Cristini and R. H. Goodman, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 607, 209 (2008).
20.
"Stretch-coil transition and transport of fibers in cellular flows", Y.-N. Young and M. Shelley, Phys. Rev. Lett., 99, 058303 (2007).
19.
"Surface tension in incompressible Rayleigh-Taylor mixing flow", Y.-N. Young and F. Ham, J. Turbulence, 7, 1-23 (2006).
18.
"Limits of the potential flow approach to the single-model Rayleigh-Taylor problem", Phys. Rev. E, 74, 066308 (2006).
17.
"Stratified Kolmogorov flow: Part II", N. Balmforth and Y.-N. Young, J. Fluid Mech., 528, 23-42 (2005).
16.
"Registration-based morphing of active contours for segmentation", Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2, 79-96 (2005).
15.
"A comparative study of the turbulent Rayleigh-Taylor instability using higher resolution 3D numerical simulations: The alpha-group collaboration", G. Dimonte et al., Phys. Fluids, 16, 1668-1693 (2004).
14.
"Weakly non-linear analysis of wind-driven gravity waves", A. Alexakis, Y.-N. Young and R. Rosner, J. Fluid Mech., 503, 171-200 (2004).
13.
"Whirling and defect chaos in non-Boussinesq convection", Y.-N. Young, H. Riecke and W. Pesh, New Journal of Physics, 5, 135.1-135.16 (2004).
12.
"Penta-hepta defect chaos in a model for rotating hexagonal convection", Y.-N. Young and H. Riecke, Phys. Rev. Lett., 90, 134502 (2003).
11.
"Induced defect nucleation and side-band instabilities in hexagons with rotation and mean flow", Y.-N. Young and H. Riecke, Physica D, 176, 107-124 (2003).
10.
"Universality of scalar statistics in stably stratified turbulence", S. Wunsch and Y.-N. Young, Phys. Rev. E, 66, 166-182 (2002).
9.
"Mean flow in the hexagonal convection: stability and non-linear dynamics", Y.-N. Young and H. Riecke, Physica D, 163, 166-183 (2002).
8.
"Shear instability of fluid interfaces: stability analysis", A. Alaxakis, Y.-N. Young and R. Rosner, Phys. Rev. E, 65, 026313 (2002).
7.
"Stratified Kolmogorov flow", N. Blamforth and Y.-N. Young, J. Fluid Mech., 450, 131-167 (2002).
6.
"On the C/O enrichment of novae ejecta", R. Rosner, A. Alaxakis, Y.-N. Young, J. Truran and W. Hilderbrandt, Astrophysical Journal Letters, L177-L179 (2001).
5.
"On the miscible Rayleigh-Taylor instability: two and three dimensions", Y.-N. Young, H. Tufo, A. Dubey and R. Rosner, J. Fluid Mechs., 447, 377-408 (2001).
4.
"Flash code: Studying astrophysical thermonuclear flashes", R. Rosner et al., Computing in Science and Engineering, 2, 33-38 (2000).
3.
"Numerical simulation of double-diffusive convection in rectangular box", Y.-N. Young and R. Rosner, Phys. Rev. E, 61, 2676-2694 (2000).
2.
"Linear and weakly non-linear analysis of doubly diffusive vertical slot convection", Y.-N. Young and R. Rosner, Phys. Rev. E, 57, 5554-5563 (1998).
1.
"Linear stability analysis of double-diffusive vertical slot convection", Y.-N. Young and R. Rosner, Phys. Rev. E, 57, 1183-1186 (1998).
Fundings:
  • PI, "Collaborative Research: Mathematical, Numerical, and Experimental Investigation of Flow Sensing by the Primary Cilium", NSF/DMS, $199,999, 08/01/2020-07/31/2025.
  • PI, "Collaborative Proposal: Theoretical, computational, and experimental investigations on the interaction between a lipid bilayer membrane and a solid substrate or particle", NSF/DMS, $165,000, 09/01/2016-09/31/2022.
  • Co-PI, "Numerical methods and analysis for induced-charge electrokinetic flow with deformable interfaces", NSF/DMS, $373,997, 08/01/2014 - 08/31/2017.
  • PI, "Collaborative Proposal: Mathematical and experimental study of lipid bilayer shape and dynamics mediated by surfactants and proteins", NSF/DMS, $212,603, 09/15/2012 - 08/31/2016.
  • Co-PI, "Numerical methods and analysis for interfacial fluid flow with soluble surfactant", NSF/DMS, $330,008, 10/01/2010 - 09/01/2014.
  • PI, "Direct numerical simulations of elastic filament suspensions and multi-scale modeling of soft-particle suspensions", $159,793, 09/01/2009 - 08/31/2011.
  • Co-PI, "Analysis and numerical computations of free boundaries in fluid dynamics: surfactant solubility", $298,851, 07/10/2007 - 06/30/2010.
  • Co-PI, "CMG Collaborative Research: A systematic approach to large amplitude internal wave dynamics: An integrated mathematical, observational, and remote sensing model", $286,533, 08/18/2006 - 08/31/2009.
  • Investigator, "CSUMS: Research and education in computational mathematics for undergraduates in the mathematical sciences at NJIT", $536,696, 01/01/2007 - 12/31/2010.