MEET THE GROUP!

Principal Investigator

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Dr. Jie Feng

Jie Feng is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Science & Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University under the guidance of Prof. Howard A. Stone, and did his postdoctoral research with Prof. Robert Prud’homme in Chemical & Biological Engineering at Princeton University before joining the University of Illinois in 2019. He received the Gordon Wu Prize for Excellence and Wallace Memorial Honorific Fellowship for exceptional promise in research from Princeton University in 2016.

Graduate Students

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Vinit Kumar

Ph.D. student Mechanical Science and Engineering, 2019-

M.E. Mechanical Engineering,
IISc Bangalore, 2016

B.E. Mechanical Engineering,
YMCA University, 2014

Research focus: I am interested in the mechanics of vesicle encapsulation for effective and controlled delivery. By employing both theoretical modeling and experimental manipulations, I approach this challenge from multiple complementary angles.

vinitk2@illinois.edu
SungGyu Chun

SungGyu Chun

Ph.D student Mechanical Science and Engineering, 2019-

M.S. Mechanical Science and Engineering,
UIUC, 2014

B.S. Mechanical Science and Engineering,
UIUC, 2012

Research focus: I work on developing Flash-NanoPrecipitation platform for bioengineering nanoparticles and liposomes for agrochemical delivery and control release.

chun7@illinois.edu

Zhengyu Yang

Zhengyu Yang

Ph.D student in Mechanical Science and Engineering, 2020-

B.E. Engineering Mechanics,
Tsinghua University, 2019

Research focus: I am interested in dynamics of bubbles and drops in complex fluids. I mainly work on the bubble bursting process, especially the droplets produced by bubble bursting and the pinching-off of liquid films and jets.


zhengyu7@illinois.edu

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Anxu Huang

Master student in Mechanical Science and Engineering, 2022-

B.S. Civil Engineering,
UIUC, 2022

Research focus: I'm currently working on investigating microscale fluid-structure interaction for the flow behavior of non-Newtonian fluids in deformable microchannels, with a focus on the exploration of pressure-flow rate relation as well as the corresponding deformation of the wall.


anxuh2@illinois.edu

Undergraduate Students

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Spencer A. Mar

B.S. Mechanical Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2024

Research focus: I'm currently working with Vinit Kumar on investigating the encapsulation of magnetic particles into a bilayer lipid vesical and active transportation using a magnetic field.


smar2@illinois.edu

Past Members

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  • Alice Lin (Master, Columbia University)
  • Haomin Wang (Master, UC Berkeley)
  • Kexun Li (Master, UC Berkeley)
  • Bingqiang Ji (Postdoc, The City University of Hong Kong)
  • Amrit Singh (Master, Stanford University)