Dr. Tianyi Hu is a Senior Engineer at Veryst Engineering. He has an extensive background in fluid mechanics and computational modeling, with expertise in multiphase and multicomponent flows, cavitation inception and erosion, boiling and thermal management, fluid–structure interaction, wave propagation, dispersion phenomena, and multiscale analysis. Dr. Hu has co-authored peer-reviewed research articles in journals such as Science Advances, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Drug Delivery, and Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine.
Dr. Hu advises clients on multiphase fluid mechanics challenges such as leakage, bubble control or mitigation, and sprays. He has specialized expertise in flows with gas-liquid interphase mass transfer, including cavitation, evaporation, and electrolysis. His work has been recognized internationally, including receiving the prestigious Robert J. Melosh Medal, awarded to the best student paper on finite element analysis worldwide. He was also selected to participate in the highly competitive Rising Stars Workshop in Computational and Data Sciences, which recognizes and supports outstanding early-career professionals in the field.
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2025
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2025
M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering, Purdue University, 2025
B.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering (with distinction), Purdue University, 2019
Publications, Presentations and Awards
Publications
“Simulating Surfactant Effect in Phase Transformation Fluids: An In Silico Approach,” under review, 2025 (with K. Feng, S. Mukherjee, H. Gomez)
“Phase-Field/Discontinuity Capturing Operator for Direct van der Waals Simulation (DVS),” under review, 2025 (with T.J.R. Hughes, G. Scovazzi, H. Gomez)
“Quo vadis, wave? Dispersive-SUPG for Direct van der Waals Simulation (DVS),” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 433, 117471, 2025 (with H. Gomez)
“A MPET2-mPBPK Model for Subcutaneous Injection of Biotherapeutics with Different Molecular Weights: From Local Scale to Whole-Body Scale,” Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 108543, 2024 (with H. Wang, M. de Lucio, Y. Leng, H. Gomez)
“Stabilized Isogeometric Formulation of the Multi-Network Poroelasticity and Transport Model (MPET2) for Subcutaneous Injection of Monoclonal Antibodies,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 116362, 2023 (with H. Wang, Y. Leng, M. de Lucio, H. Gomez)
“MPET2: A Multi-Network Poroelastic and Transport Theory for Predicting Absorption of Monoclonal Antibodies Delivered by Subcutaneous Injection,” Drug Delivery, Vol. 30, 2163003, 2023 (with H. Wang, Y. Leng, M. de Lucio, H. Gomez)
“Direct van der Waals Simulation (DVS) of Phase-Transforming Fluids,” Science Advances, Vol. 9, eadg3007, 2023 (with H. Wang, H. Gomez)
“Phase-Field Modeling for Flow Simulation,” in Frontiers in Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow Simulation: Research from Lead Investigators Under Forty – 2023, T. E. Tezduyar (Ed.), Springer, pp. 79–117, 2023 (with H. Gomez, Y. Leng, S. Mukherjee, V. Calo)
“Numerical Solutions of a Gradient-Elastic Kirchhoff Plate Model on Convex and Concave Geometries Using Isogeometric Analysis,” Journal of Mechanics, Vol. 38, pp. 238–249, 2022 (with Y. Leng, S. R. Bhopalam, H. Gomez)
“Role of Non-Condensable Gas in Cavitation Inception,” Proceedings of the 34th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Washington D.C., 2022 (with S. Mukherjee, H. Gomez)
“A Novel Method to Impose Boundary Conditions for Higher-Order Partial Differential Equations,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 391, 114526, 2022 (with Y. Leng, H. Gomez)
Contributed Presentations
“Dispersive–SUPG for DVS – A New Paradigm for Studying Phase-Transforming Flows,” 18th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Chicago, IL, July 20–24, 2025 (with H. Gomez)
“Dispersive–SUPG for DVS – A New Paradigm for Studying Phase-Transforming Flows,” Rising Stars in Computational & Data Sciences, Austin, TX, April 22–23, 2025 (with H. Gomez)
“Dispersive–SUPG and DC for DVS – A New Paradigm for Studying Phase-Transforming Flows,” 12th International Conference on Isogeometric Analysis, St. Augustine, FL, October 27–30, 2024 (with H. Gomez)
“Thermally Coupled Direct van der Waals Simulation (DVS) and Pool Boiling,” Advances in Computational Mechanics, Austin, TX, October 22–25, 2023 (with H. Gomez)
“Direct van der Waals Simulation (DVS): Towards Predictive Simulations of Cavitation and Boiling,” Advances in Computational Mechanics, Austin, TX, October 22–25, 2023 (with H. Gomez)
“Direct van der Waals Simulation (DVS) of Phase-Transforming Fluids,” 17th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, July 23–27, 2023 (with H. Gomez)
“Role of Non-Condensable Gas in Cavitation Inception,” American Physical Society, 75th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Indianapolis, IN, November 20–22, 2022 (with S. Mukherjee, H. Gomez)
“Role of Non-Condensable Gas in Cavitation Inception,” 34th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Washington, DC, June 26–July 1, 2022 (with S. Mukherjee, H. Gomez)
“Stabilized Isogeometric Discretization of the Navier–Stokes–Korteweg Equations: Toward Predictive Cavitation Simulations,” 15th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Online, July 31–August 5, 2022 (with H. Gomez)
“A Novel Method to Impose Contact Angle Boundary Conditions of High-Order PDEs Using IGA,” International Conference on Isogeometric Analysis (Virtual), September 26–29, 2021 (with Y. Leng, H. Gomez)
Awards
Robert J. Melosh Medal, awarded by Duke University, 2024