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57
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2637
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109

Overview

James J. Feng is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and has contributed extensively to multiple fields of study, primarily in engineering and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans a variety of subfields, including computational mechanics, biomedical engineering, cell biology, molecular biology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics and venues, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach. Key papers include:

  • Human disease models in drug development (2023) published in Nature Reviews Bioengineering
  • Development and Validation of a Machine Learning-Based Decision Support Tool for Residency Applicant Screening and Review (2021) in Academic Medicine
  • Simulation of nanoparticle transport and adsorption in a microfluidic lung-on-a-chip device (2020) in Biomicrofluidics
  • Boundary conditions at a gel-fluid interface (2020) in Physical Review Fluids
  • Drag force on a particle straddling a fluid interface: Influence of interfacial deformations (2020) in The European Physical Journal E

The frequent topics covered in their work highlight a focus on the mechanics and interactions at the cellular and molecular level, as well as the use of advanced simulation methods and biomedical technology, including:

  • Cellular mechanics and interactions
  • Lattice Boltzmann simulation studies
  • 3D printing in biomedical research
  • Microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Surfactants and colloidal systems
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications

James J. Feng has collaborated frequently with a set of co-authors, contributing to joint research efforts in overlapping or complementary fields. These frequent collaborators include Pengtao Yue, Zelai Xu, Sarah Hedtrich, Don D. Sin, and Jiaqi Zhang.

Their work has been disseminated in several notable scientific venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • Soft Matter
  • Biomicrofluidics
  • The European Physical Journal E
  • Physical Review Fluids
  • Physical Review E

Throughout their career, James J. Feng has maintained a research focus that integrates engineering principles with biomedical and molecular biology concepts, employing computational and experimental methods to address complexities in cellular mechanics, fluid interfaces, and biomedical device simulation.

Best Publications

  • A diffuse-interface method for simulating two-phase flows of complex fluids

    Pengtao Yue;James J. Feng;Chun Liu;Jie Shen

  • Direct Simulation of Initial Value Problems for the Motion of Solid Bodies in a Newtonian Fluid Part 1. Sedimentation

    James Feng;Howard H. Hu;Daniel D. Joseph

  • Direct simulation of initial value problems for the motion of solid bodies in a Newtonian fluid. Part 2. Couette and Poiseuille flows

    James Feng;Howard H. Hu;Daniel D. Joseph

  • The stretching of an electrified non-Newtonian jet: A model for electrospinning

    J. J. Feng

  • Phase-field simulations of interfacial dynamics in viscoelastic fluids using finite elements with adaptive meshing

    Pengtao Yue;Chunfeng Zhou;James J. Feng;Carl F. Ollivier-Gooch

  • Sharp-interface limit of the Cahn-Hilliard model for moving contact lines

    Pengtao Yue;Chunfeng Zhou;James J. Feng

  • Stretching of a straight electrically charged viscoelastic jet

    J.J. Feng

  • Short note: Spontaneous shrinkage of drops and mass conservation in phase-field simulations

    Pengtao Yue;Chunfeng Zhou;James J. Feng

  • Numerical simulations of jet pinching-off and drop formation using an energetic variational phase-field method

    Xiaofeng Yang;James J. Feng;Chun Liu;Jie Shen

  • Formation of simple and compound drops in microfluidic devices

    Chunfeng Zhou;Pengtao Yue;James J. Feng

  • Numerical simulations of self-propelled jumping upon drop coalescence on non-wetting surfaces

    Fangjie Liu;Giovanni Ghigliotti;James J. Feng;Chuan-Hua Chen

  • Lubrication theory in highly compressible porous media: the mechanics of skiing, from red cells to humans

    J. Feng;S. Weinbaum

  • Aggregation and dispersion of spheres falling in viscoelastic liquids

    D. D. Joseph;Y. J. Liu;Massimo Poletto;J. Feng

  • Flow patterns in the sedimentation of an elliptical particle

    Zhenhua Xia;Kevin W. Connington;Saikiran Rapaka;Pengtao Yue

  • A particle-based model for the transport of erythrocytes in capillaries

    S. Majid Hosseini;James J. Feng

  • Direct numerical simulation of the sedimentation of solid particles with thermal convection

    Hui Gan;Jianzhong Chang;James J. Feng;Howard H. Hu

  • Direct simulation of the motion of solid particles in Couette and Poiseuille flows of viscoelastic fluids

    P. Y. Huang;James J Feng;Howard H. Hu;Daniel D. Joseph

  • Diffuse-interface simulations of drop coalescence and retraction in viscoelastic fluids

    Pengtao Yue;James J. Feng;Chun Liu;Jie Shen

  • 3D phase-field simulations of interfacial dynamics in Newtonian and viscoelastic fluids

    Chunfeng Zhou;Pengtao Yue;James J. Feng;Carl F. Ollivier-Gooch

  • Closure approximations for the Doi theory: Which to use in simulating complex flows of liquid-crystalline polymers?

    J. Feng;C. V. Chaubal;L. G. Leal

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel D. Joseph
Daniel D. Joseph University of Minnesota
Jie Shen
Jie Shen Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo
Chun Liu
Chun Liu Illinois Institute of Technology
L. G. Leal
L. G. Leal University of California, Santa Barbara
Xi-Yun Lu
Xi-Yun Lu University of Science and Technology of China
Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos
Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos University of British Columbia
Hang Ding
Hang Ding University of Science and Technology of China
Nickolay V. Lavrik
Nickolay V. Lavrik Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Michael Shelley
Michael Shelley Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Afzal Suleman
Afzal Suleman University of Victoria

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