Jifu Tan

Institute for Medicine and Engineering
University of Pennsylvania
Vagelos Research Labs
3340 Smith Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 215-573-3025
Email: jifutan@seas.upenn.edu

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, Lehigh University, 2015

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, Lehigh University, 2012

R.A., Mechanical & Aerospace, University of Texas at Arlington, 2010

B.E., Civil Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, 2009

Research Summary

I am working on developing a parallel computational model to study the platelet transport and adhesion. The fluid solver is based on Lattice Boltzmann method, the platelet is based on coarse grained molecular dynamics. The coupling is based on the immersed boundary method. For more information, check my personal website: https://sites.google.com/site/tanjifu/