Xiuling Wang

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Address

       Purdue University Calumet
       Department of Mechanical Engineering
       Powers 211I
       2200 169th Street Hammond, IN 46323-2094

       Phone: 219-989-8065

       To send email: wangx@purduecal.edu

Education

         BS, Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, 1995
         MS, Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, 1998
         PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2005

Areas of Instruction

         Heat Transfer
         Thermodynamics
         Fluid Mechanics
         Computational Fluid Dynamics
    

Research Interests

         Computational Fluid Dynamics
         Heat and Mass Transport
         Adaptive Finite Element Modeling
         Renewable Energy
      

Representative Publications

Selected Journal Papers:

• X. Wang , D. Pepper, “Application of an hp-adaptive FEM for solving thermal flow problems”, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, v21, n1, pp.190-198, 2007.



• X. Wang, D. Pepper, “Numerical Simulation for Under Floor Air Distribution System with Swirl Diffusers”, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, v129, pp. 589-594, 2007.



• D. Pepper, X. Wang, “Application of an h-adaptive FEM for Wind Energy Assessment in Nevada”, Renewable Energy, v32, n10, pp. 1705-1722, 2007.



• X. Wang , D. Pepper, “hp-adaptive FEM simulations of viscous flow including convection”, Numerical Heat Transfer, v51, pp. 491-513, 2007.



• D. Pepper, X. Wang, “A Self-Adapting Model for Assessing Hazardous Environmental Releases”, (in press), Natural Hazards Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, DOI 10.1007/s 11069-007-9127-0.
  
  

Selected Conference Papers:

• X. Wang , D. Pepper, “Modeling natural convection in obstructed channel”, 2007 ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Jul. 8-12, 2007, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  
  
• X. Wang , D. Pepper, “Application of h-, p- and hp-adaptation for convective heat transfer problems”, 45 th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Jan. 8-11, 2007, Reno, NV.
  
  
• X. Wang , D. Pepper, “an hp-adaptive FEM model for convective heat transfer in an attic space”, 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov. 5-10, 2006, Chicago, IL.
  
• X. Wang , D. Pepper, “hp-adaptive FEM for modeling 3-D natural convective heat transfer in a partitioned enclosure”, 13 th International Heat Transfer Conference, Aug. 13-18, 2006, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  
  
• X. Wang , D. Pepper, “An examination of natural convection within a spherical enclosure using hp-adaptive FEM”, 9 th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, Jun. 5-8, 2006, San Francisco, CA.
  
  
• X. Wang , D. Pepper, “A hybrid numerical model for simulating environmental dispersion”, 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov. 5-11, 2005, Orlando, FL.
  
  
• X. Wang , D. Pepper, Y. Chen “A Three Dimensional Finite Element Model for Emergency Response”, 43 rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Jan.10-13, 2005, Reno, NV.