Xiaofan Li, Ph.D.
Associate ProfessorDirector of Graduate Studies
Applied Mathematics
Office: Engineering 1, Room 117C
10 W. 32nd Street
Chicago, IL 60616
Office Hours: T Th 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm or by appointment
Phone: 312.567.5340
Fax: 312.567.3135
Email:
lix_AT_iit_DOT_edu
Web:
http://www.iit.edu/~xiaofan/
Expertise
- Computational Fluid Dynamics: particulate flows, rheology of suspensions and emulsions; Computational Material Science; Numerical Analysis: boundary integral method.
Education
- Ph.D. - University of California at Los Angeles
Curriculum Vitae
Research & Major Accomplishments
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Books
Selected Publications
- Two- and three-dimensional equilibrium morphology of a misfitting particle and the Gibbs-Thomson effect, with K. Thornton, Q. Nie, P. W. Voorhees and J. S. Lowengrub, Acta Meter. 52 (2004), 5829-5843.
- Microstructural evolution in three-dimensional inhomogeneous elastic media, with J. S. Lowengrub, Q. Nie, V. Cristini and P. H. Leo, Metal. Trans. 34A (2003), 1421-1431.
- Film flow of a suspension down an inclined plane, with C. Pozrikidis, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A 361, (2003) 847-869.
- Optimized shapes of oscillating resonators for generating high-amplitude pressure waves, with J. Finkbeiner, G. Raman, C. Daniels and B. Steinetz, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 116 (2004), 2814-2821.
- Effect of surfactants on drop deformation and on the rheology of dilute emulsions in Stokes flow, with C. Pozrikidis, J. Fluid Mech. 341 (1997), 165-194.