Yuan N. Young

Research
Main research focuses
  1. Fluid-structure interactions in Stokes flow
    • Elasto-hydrodynamics of semiflexible filaments and vesicles
    • Soft lubrication flow and squeezing hydrodynamics in confinement
    • Active colloids, droplets and squirmer/swimmer in Stokes flow
    • Reinforcement training of a Stokesian swimmer
    • Numerical algorithms for simulating fluid-structure interactions
  2. Electrohydrodynamics of a deformable/moving boundary
    • From electrokinetics to leaky dielectric
    • Electrohydrodynamics of vesicles and viscous drops
    • Electrohydrodynamics of soft lubrication flows
  3. Poroelastic hydrodynamics
    • Deformation of a hydrogel drop
    • Boundary conditions at a gel-fluid interface
  4. Cellular mechanics with hydrodynamic interactions
    • Primary cilium: from its microstructures to its mechanosensing functions/roles
    • Microtubule-mediated dynamics of centrosomes and nucleus
PhD works
  1. Mixing in Rayleigh-Taylor flow and Kolmogorov flow
Fundings
  1. Links to a list of NSF fundings from 2006 to now
  2. Links to a list of NIH fundings (stay tuned)
  3. Links to a list of other fundings (stay tuned)