Tong Gao
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering (ME), College of Engineering
Associate Professor - Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering (CMSE) in the College of Engineering, College of Natural Science
Engineering Building, 428 S Shaw Ln Room 2459
Biography
Dr. Gao's research covers a diverse array of problems in fluid mechanics and biophysics, with particular focus on active/soft matter, fluid-structure interactions, and multiphase flows. He is also interested in developing and integrating numerical methods to resolve multiscale physics in complex fluids.
Education
Ph.D., 2012, Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
M.S., 2007, Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei)
B.S., 2004, Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei)
Awards
2020 NSF Career Grant
Publications
T. Gao, R. Blackwell, M. A. Glaser, M. D. Betterton, M. J. Shelley, "Multiscale polar theory of microtubule and motor-protein assemblies", Phys. Rev. Lett. 114 (2015), 048101.
T. Gao, H. H. Hu, P. Ponte Castañeda, "Shape dynamics and rheology of soft elastic particles in a shear flow", Phys. Rev. Lett. 108 (2012), 058302.
T. Gao, H. H. Hu, P. Ponte Castañeda, "Rheology of a suspension of elastic particles in a viscous shear flow", J. Fluid Mech. 687 (2011), 209-237.
T. Gao, H. H. Hu, "Deformation of elastic particles in viscous shear flow", J. Comput. Phys. 228 (2009), 2132-2151.