Ann Arbor, MI 48105 352-871-5461 (M) Career Objective Seek the full-time position in industry with needs for depth knowledge and assoc iated application in the field of computational fluid/biofluid dynamics; heat/ma ss transfer; multiphase flow and aeroacoustics. Strengths * Expert in designing and developing numerical codes in the area of biofluid me chanics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, multiphase flow, and aeroacous tics with over ten years of experience * Excellent communication and organizational skills * Highly motivated and team oriented Research Experience Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Advisor: Professor James B. Grotberg Research Fellow 2008 - present * Developed a 3D lung tree network model to simulate/predict the drug delivery in the respiratory system * Investigated the epithelial cell injury due to the mechanical stress during t he airway closure process and the drug transport in the respiratory system * Developed a numerical code for multiphase simulation based on the immersed bo undary method * Exploring the impact on the mechanical properties of the liquid film due to t he surfactant in the respiratory system (current project) Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gaine sville, FL Research Assistant 2001 - 2008 * Developed a numerical code based on the optimized prefactored compact scheme with local grid refinement technique to simulate the interaction between the aco ustic waves and the solid objects * Developed a numerical code based on the sharp interface method with the algeb raic multigrid technique to simulate the two-phase cryogenic flow transported in pipes with phase change and studied the convective heat transfer Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University, Tain an, Taiwan Research Assistant 1995 - 1997 * Developed a 3D numerical code based on the artificial compressible method wit h turbulence model to simulate the slender body at the high angle of attack and investigated the flow patterns and the aerodynamic performance * Generated a chimera grid method for multiblock computation Work Experience Universal Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd, Nantou, Taiwan, www.usi.com.tw RD Engineer 1999 - 2000 * Performed mechanical tests such as thermal, acoustic, shock tests according t o the ISO standards to ensure the reliability of electric devices * Conducted thermal test and analysis to optimize the design of the CPU cooler, the layout of motherboards and the chassis of computers Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gaine sville, FL Teaching Assistant 2001 - 2008 * Supervised courses in Intermediate Engineering Analysis, Statics, Thermodynam ics, Fluid Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials Education University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Advisor: Professors Wei Shyy and Jacob N. Chung 20 08 * Dissertation title: "Cryogenic Two-Phase Flow and Phase-Change Heat Transfer in Microgravity " National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Advisor: Professor San-Yi Lin 1997 * Thesis title: "Development of Numerical Method for Three-Dimensional Incompre ssible Flows" National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 1995 B.S., Mechanical Engineering Computer Skills * Language: FORTRAN, C, C++ * Parallel computation: OpenMP * Software: Tecplot, Maple, Matlab Publications Peer reviewed papers: 1. Tai, C.-F. and Chung, J. N., "A Direct Numerical Simulation of Annular Two-Ph ase Laminar Flow and Heat Transfer in a Circular Pipe", International Journal fo r Computational Methods in Engineering Science & Mechanics, Vol.11, pp. 230-246, 2010. 2. Bian, S., Tai, C.-F., Halpern, D., Zheng, Y. and Grotberg, J. B., "Experiment al Study of Flow Fields in an Airway Closure Model", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 647, pp. 391-402, 2010. 3. Tai, C.-F. and Chung, J. N., "A Direct Numerical Simulation of Axisymmetric L iquid-Gas Two-Phase Laminar Flows in a Pipe", International Journal for Numerica l Methods in Fluids, Online: DOI: 10.1002/fld.2250, 2010. 4. Agarwal, A., Tai, C.-F. and Chung, J. N., "Unsteady Development of a Deformab le Bubble Rising in a Quiescent Liquid", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics a nd Engineering, Vol. 199, pp. 1080-1090, 2010. 5. Singh, R. K., Chao, J., Popescu, M., Tai, C.-F., Mei, R. and Shyy, W., "Multi phase/ Multidomain Computations Using Continuum and Lattice Boltzmann Methods", Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 19, pp. 288-295, 2006. 6. Tai, C.-F., and Shyy, W., "Multigrid Computations and Conservation Law Treatm ent of a Sharp Interface Method", Numerical Heat Transfer: Part B, Vol. 48, pp.4 05-424, 2005. 7. Ye, T., Shyy, W., Tai, C.-F. and Chung, J. N., "Assessment of Sharp- and Cont inuous-Interface Methods for Drop in Static Equilibrium", Computers and Fluids, Vol. 33, pp.917-926, 2004. 8. Tai, C.-F., Bian, S., Halpern, D., Zheng, Y. and Grotberg, J. B., "Numerical Study of Flow Fields in an Airway Closure Model", submitted to Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2010. 9. Tai, C.-F. and Chung, J. N., "A Direct Numerical Simulation of Cryogenic Axis ymmetric Liquid-Vapor Two-Phase Flows in a Pipe with Phase-Change", submitted to Computers and Fluids, 2010. Conference presentations, abstracts and posters: 1. Tai, C.-F. and Grotberg, J. B., "Semi-infinite Gas Bubble Propagation in a 2D Channel with a Mucus Layer", 2010 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Me eting, 2010. 2. Bian, S., Tai, C.-F., Halpern, D., Zheng, Y. and Grotberg, J. B., "Experiment al and Numerical Study of Flow Fields in an Airway Closure Model", 16th US Natio nal Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2010. 3. Tai, C.-F., Halpern, D. and Grotberg, J. B., "The Effect of Gas Flow during A irway Closure", ASME 2010 Summer Bioengineering Conference, 2010. 4. Tai, C.-F., Halpern, D. and Grotberg, J. B., "Two Layer Fluid Stress Analysis during Airway Closure", 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynami cs, 2009. 5. Tai, C.-F. and Grotberg, J. B., "Liquid and Drug Delivery into a 3D Lung Tree Network", 2009 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting, 2009. 6. Tai, C.-F., Halpern, D. and Grotberg, J. B., "Fluid Stress Analysis during Ai rway Closure", ASME 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference, 2009. 7. Tai, C.-F., Halpern, D. and Grotberg, J. B., "Stress Analysis in Lung's Airwa y with Moving Semi-Infinite Liquid Plug and Porous Wall", 61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2008. 8. Halpern, D., Tai, C.-F., Fujioka, H. and Grotberg, J. B., "The Effect of Visc oelasticity on the Stability of the Lung's Liquid Layer", 61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2008. 9. Agarwal, A., Tai, C.-F. and Chung, J. N., "Direct Numerical Simulation of the Unsteady Development of a Deformable Rising Bubble in a Quiescent Liquid", 2008 ASME Fluids Engineering Conference, 2008. 10. Popescu, M., Tai, C.-F. and Shyy, W., "Cartesian Cut-Cell Method with Local Grid Refinement for Wave Computations ", 12th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (27th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), 2006. 11. Popescu, M., Tai, C.-F. and Shyy, W.,"A Finite Volume-Based High Order Carte sian Cut-Cell Method for Computational Aeroacoustics", 11th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoust ics Conference (26th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference), 2005. 12. Singh, R., Uzgoren, E., Tai, C.-F. and Shyy, W., "A Marker-Based, Adaptive/M ulti-Grid Technique for Interfacial Fluid Dynamics", Fourth International Confer ence on Computational Fluid Dynamics in the Oil and Gas, Metallurgical & Process Industries, 2005. 13. Shyy, W. Wu, J., Utturkar, Y. and Tai, C.-F., "Interfacial-Dynamics-Based Ca vitation Model and Multiphase Flow Computation", European Congress on Computatio nal Methods in Applied Science and Engineering, 2004. Affiliations * American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) * American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) * Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) * American Physical Society (APS) Immigration Status * Permanent residence in the Unites States References: Available upon request
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