Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Bioengineering
California Institute of Technology, 2009
Department of Mechanical Engineering 2009
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Duckering Building Room 329
P.O. Box 755905
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-5905
Phone: (907) 474-7399 | Fax: (907) 474-6141 | jf.peng@alaska.edu
Background and Research Interests
Dr. Peng’s current research interests include various fluid transport processes related to propulsion.
A major emphasis of his research program is to understand the propulsion mechanisms of various
aquatic animals and examine how animals effectively utilize fluid transports to achieve locomotion.
He is also interested in mixing processes, especially meso-scale oceanic and atmospheric mixing.
Courses
ME 641 Advanced Fluid Mechanics
ES 301 Engineering Analysis
Education
Ph.D. Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology, 2009
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2004
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, 2002
Research Projects
- Aquatic biological propulsion
- Vortex dynamics
- Flow measurement and visualization
- Meso-scale oceanic and atmospheric transport and mixing
Selected Publications
- Peng J, Dabiri JO (2009) "Transport of inertial particles by Lagrangian Coherent Structures: application to predator-prey interaction in jellyfish feeding," Journal of Fluid Mechanics 623: 75-84.
- Peng J, Dabiri JO (2008) "The 'upstream wake' of swimming and flying animals and its correlation with propulsive efficiency," Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 2669-2677.
- Peng J, Dabiri JO (2008) "An overview of a Lagrangian method for analysis of animal wake dynamics," Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 280-287.
- Franco E, Pekarek DN, Peng J, Dabiri JO (2007) "Geometry of unsteady fluid transport during fluid-structure interactions," Journal of Fluid Mechanics 589: 125-145.
- Peng J, Dabiri JO, Madden PG, Lauder GV (2007) "Non-invasive measurement of instantaneous forces during aquatic locomotion: A case study of the bluegill sunfish pectoral fin," Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 685-698.
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