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 CURRICULUM VITAE

RESEARCH AREAS

Applied and Computational Mathematics, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Rheology of Complex Fluids, Kinetic Theory, Continuum Mechanics, Computational Biomechanics, Biomaterials and Biofluids, Cell dynamics, Materials Science, Multiscale Modeling and Computation of Nanocomposites, High Performance Computing, and Parallel Computing

EDUCATION

Ph.D, Mathematics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1991

MS, Mathematics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1988

BS, Mathematics, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China, 1982

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT 

2003-Present,   Professor, Department of Mathematics, Florida State University

2004-2007,       Director of Applied and Computational Mathematics Program, Florida State University (FSU)

2001-2003,       Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Florida State University

1/1999-5/1999, Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)

1991-2001,       Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

1/1990-4/1990, Research Associate, CNLS, Los Alamos National Lab

GUEST APPOINTMENT

2005-Present,    S. S. Chern Professor, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China

ACTIVE RESEARCH GRANT

1.    9/1/2006-8/31/2009, NSF-DMS, PI.

2.   9/1/2006-8/31/2009, NSF-DMS, Co-PI.

3.  12/1/2007-11/30/2010, AFOSR, PI.  

4. 9/1/02007-8/31/2008, NSF-SCREMS, PI.

PUBLICATIONS

1.   M. G. Forest and Q. Wang, ``Change-of-Type Behavior in Viscoelastic Slender Jet Models'', Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2 (1990), pp. 1-25.

2.   S. E. Bechtel, M. G. Forest, and Q.  Wang, `` Non-isothermal Modeling of Fiber Spinning'', Recent Advances in Non-Newtonian Flows, edited by D. A. Siginer, AMD-Vol. 153, FED-Vol. 141, ASME, New York, 1992, pp. 37-48.

3.   M. G. Forest and Q. Wang, ``Dynamics of Viscoelastic Slender Jets'', Siam Journal on Applied Math, 54 (4) (1994), pp. 996-1033.

4.   M. G. Forest and Q. Wang, ``Numerical Simulation of Nonisothermal Fiber Spinning Processes'', Recent Advances In Non-Newtonian Flows, edited by G. C. Vradis and D. A. Signer, FED-Vol 179, ASME, New York, 1994, pp. 11-21.

5.    Q. Wang, M. G. Forest, and S. E. Bechtel, ``1-D models of Thin Filaments of Polymeric Liquid Crystals'', Developments in Non-Newtonian Flows, edited by D. A. Signer and S. E. Bechtel, AMD-Vol 191, FED-Vol 206, ASME, New York, 1994, pp. 109-118.

6.    Q. Wang, M. G. Forest, and S. E. Bechtel, ``Modeling Onset of Failure in Polymeric Liquid Filaments '', Developments in Non-Newtonian Flows, edited by D. A. Signer and S. E. Bechtel, AMD-Vol 191, FED-Vol 206, ASME, New York, 1994, pp. 97-108.

7.    Q. Wang, ``On a 1-D Thin Filament Model for Liquid Crystal Polymers'', Proceedings of the 14th Imacs World Congress, edited by W. F. Ames, Georgia Tech, July 11-15, 1994, pp. 986-988.

8.   Q. Wang, ``Interfacial Instability in Core-Annular Johnson-Segalman Flows'', Developments in Non-Newtonian Flows, edited by D. A. Signer and H. P. Wang, FED-Vol 231 MD-Vol 66, ASME, New York, 1995, pp. 53-63.

9.    Q. Wang, S. E Bechtel and M. G. Forest, ``Modeling and Computation of the Onset of Failure in Polymeric Liquid Filaments'', Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 58 (1995), pp. 97-129.

10.  Q. Wang, ``Stability of Thin Filament Flows of Polymeric Liquid Crystals'', Proceedings of ICIAM 95, Hamburg, Germany, July 4-7, 1995.

11.  Q. Wang, ``Couette Flows of Liquid Crystal Polymers'', Rheology and Fluid Mechanics of Nonlinear Materials, edited by D. A. Siginer and S. G. Advani, AMD-Vol. 217, ASME, New York, 1996, pp. 109-122.

12.  M. G. Forest, Q. Wang, and S. E. Bechtel, ``1-D Models for Thin Filaments of Liquid Crystalline Polymers: Coupling of Orientation and Flow in the Stability of Simple Solutions'', Physica D 99 (4) (1997), pp. 527-554.

13.  M. G. Forest, Q. Wang, and S. E. Bechtel, ``1 Dimensional Isothermal Spinning Models for Liquid Crystalline Polymer Fibers'', Journal of Rheology 41 (1997), pp. 821-850.

14.  Q. Wang, ``Comparative Studies on Closure Approximations in Flows of Liquid Crystal Polymers. I. Elongational Flows'', Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 72 (1997), pp. 141-162.

15.  Q. Wang, ``Comparative Studies on Closure Approximations in Flows of Liquid Crystal Polymers. II. Fiber Flows'', Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 72 (1997), pp. 163-185.

16.  Q. Wang, ``Biaxial Steady States and Their Stability in Shear Flows of Liquid Crystal Polymers'', Journal of Rheology 41 (1997), pp. 943-970.

17.  M. G. Forest and Q. Wang,  ``The Role of Microstructure in Taming the Raleigh Instability of Cylindrical Jets'', Physica D 123 (1998), pp. 161-182.

18.  M. G. Forest and Q. Wang,  ``Anisotropic microstructure-induced reduction of the Raleigh instability for liquid crystalline polymers'', Physics Letters A 245 (1998), pp. 518-526.

19.  Q. Wang, M. G. Forest and H. Zhou, ``Dynamics of free surface and pure elongational flows of liquid crystalline polymers'', Rheology and Fluid Mechanics of Nonlinear Materials, edited by D. A. Siginer and D. DeKee, FED-Vol 246, MD-Vol 81, ASME, New York, 1998, pp. 101-114.

20.  S. E. Bechtel, M. G. Forest, Q. Wang and Hong Zhou,  ``Free Surface Viscoelastic Fibers and Jets'', Advances in the Flow and Rheology of Non-Newtonian Fluids Parts A and B, Elsevier Science, 1999, pp. 1069-1116.

21.  Q. Wang and M. G. Forest, ``Near-equilibrium dynamics of Doi models for liquid crystal polymer flows:  catastrophic and regularized behavior'', Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 83 (1999), pp. 131-150.

22.  M. G. Forest, H. Zhou and Q. Wang, `` A model study of the spinning of thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers: fiber performance predictions and bounds on throughput'', Advances in Polymer Technology 18 (4) (1999), pp. 314-335.

23.  M. G. Forest, Q. Wang and H. Zhou, ``Nonhomogeneous patterns and core defects in elongational flows of liquid crystalline polymers'', Journal of Rheology 43 (6) (1999), pp. 1573-1583.

24.  M. G. Forest, Q. Wang and H. Zhou, ``Homogeneous pattern selection and director instabilities of nematic liquid crystal polymers induced by elongational flows'', Physics of Fluids, 12 (3) (2000), pp. 490-498.

25.  Q. Wang, ``Special cylindrical free surface jets of liquid crystalline polymers and their stability'', Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 90 (2000), pp. 25-45.

26.  M. G. Forest, H. Zhou and Q. Wang,  ``Thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer fibers'', Siam Journal on Applied Math, 60(4) (2000), pp. 1177-1204.

27.  Q. Wang,  ``Illposedness in thermomechanically consistent constrained theory for materials with prescribed temperature-dependent density'' Journal of Applied Mechanics, 67 (2000), pp. 29-32.

28.  M. G. Forest, Q. Wang and H. Zhou,  ``Exact banded patterns from a Doi-Marrucci-Greco model of nematic liquid crystal polymers'', Physical Review E, 61 (6) (2000), pp. 6655-6662.

29.  M. G. Forest, Q. Wang and H. Zhou, ``Methods for the exact construction of mesoscale spatial structures in liquid crystal polymers'', Physica D 152-152  (2001), pp. 288-309.

30. M. G. Forest, Q. Wang and H. Zhou, ``On the phase diagram for discotic liquid crystals in simple elongational flows'', Liquid Crystals 28(5)  (2001), pp. 717-720.

31.  Q. Wang, ``The role of Surface Elasticity in Capillary Instability of Cylindrical Jets of Liquid Crystalline Polymers'', Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 100 (1-3) (2001), pp. 97-114.

32.  Q. Wang, ``A hydrodynamic theory of nematic liquid crystalline polymers of different configurations'', Journal of Chemical Physics, 116 (2002) pp. 9120-9136,

33.  Qi Wang, Weinan E, Chun Liu, and Pingwen Zhang, `` Kinetic theories for flows of nonhomogeneous rodlike liquid crystalline polymers with a nonlocal intermolecular potential'', Physical Review E, 65(5) (2002), pp. 0515041-0515047.

34.  M. G. Forest and Q. Wang, `` Monodomain response of finite-aspect-ratio macromolecules in shear and related linear flows'', Rheological Acta 42 (2003), 20-46.

35.  M. G. Forest, Q. Wang, and R. Zhou, ``Symmetries of the Doi kinetic theory for nematic polymers of finite and infinite aspect ratio:  at rest and in linear flows,'' Physical Review E 66(3) (2003), P031712.

36.  M. G. Forest, Q. Wang, and R. Zhou, ``Explicit flow-aligned orientational distribution function for dilute nematic polymers in weak shear,’’ RHEOLOGY AND FLUID MECHANICS OF NONLINEAR MATERIALS, edited by D. A. Siginer, D. DeKee, and S. Bakhatiyarov, ASME, New York, 2002.

37.  M. G. Forest, Q. Wang, and R. Zhou, ``Full tensor alignment criteria for sheared nematic polymers'', J. of Rheology 47(1) (2003), pp. 105-127.

38.  S. E. Bechtel, M. G. Forest, F. J. Rooney, Q. Wang, ``Thermal Expansion Models of Viscous Fluids Based on Limits of Free Energy'', Physics of Fluids, 15(9) (2003), 00. 2681-2693.   

39.  Q. Wang, M. G. Forest and R. Zhou, ``A hydrodynamic theory for solutions of nonhomogeneous nematic liquid crystalline polymers with density variations,'' J. of Fluid Engineering, 126 (2004), pp180-188.

40.  M. G. Forest, Q. Wang, and R. Zhou, ``The weak shear phase diagram for nematic polymers,'' Rheological Acta, 43(1) (2004), pp. 17-37.  

41.  M. G. Forest, R. Zhou, and Q. Wang, "Scaling behavior of kinetic orientational distributions for dilute nematic polymers in weak shear," J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 116 (2004), pp. 183-204.

42.  M. G. Forest, Q. Wang, H. Zhou, R. Zhou, "Scaling Structure scaling properties of confined nematic polymers in plane Couette cells: the weak flow limit," J. Rheology, 48(1) (2004), pp.175-192.

43.  M. C. Calderer, M. G. Forest, and Q. Wang, "Kinetic Theories and Mesoscopic Models for Solutions of Nonhomogeneous Liquid Crystal Polymers," J. Non-Newtonain Fluid Mechanics, 120 (2004), pp. 69-78.

44.  M. G. Forest, Q. Wang, R. Zhou, and E. Coate, "Monodomain response of arbitrary aspect ratio nematic polymers in general linear planar flows," J of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 118(1) (2004), pp. 17-31.

45.  S. E. Bechtel, F. Rooney, and Q. Wang, "A thermodynamic definition of pressure for incompressible viscous fluids," International J. of Engineering Science, (42) 19-20 (2004), pp. 1987-1994.

46.  M. G. Forest, Q. Wang, and R. Zhou, The flow-phase diagram of Doi-Hess theory for sheared nematic polymers II:  finite shear rates,  Rheological Acta, Vol 44(1) (2004), pp. 80-93.  

47.  X. Zheng, M. G. Forest, R. Zhou, and Q. Wang, "Likelohood and expected -time statistica of monodomain attractors in sheared discotic and rodlike nematic polymers," Rheological Acta, Vol 44(3) (2005), pp. 219-234.  

48.  S.  E. Bechtel, M. G. Forest, F. Rooney, and Q. Wang, "Investigation of simplified thermal expansion models compressible Newtonian Fluids applied to nonisothermal plane Couette and Poisuille flows," Physics of Fluids, in press 2005.

49.  M. G. Forest, R. Zhou, and Q. Wang, "Chaotic boundaries of nematic polymers in mixed shear and extensional flows," Physical Review Letters, 93 (8) (2004), pp. 088301-088305.

50.  X. Zheng, M. G. Forest, R. Lipton, R Zhou, Q. Wang, “Exact scaling laws for electrical conductivity properties of nematic polymer nano-composite monodomains,” Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 15 (4) (2005), pp. 627-638.

51.  R. Zhou, M. G. Forest, and Q. Wang, “Kinetic structure simulations of nematic polymers in plane Couette cells, I: The algorithm and benchmarks,” SIAM MMS, Vol. 3 (4), pp. 853-870, 2005.

52.  H. Zhou, M. G. Forest, X. Zheng, Q. Wang, R.  Lipton, “Extension-enhanced conductivity of liquid crystalline polymer nano-composites,” Macromolecular Symposia, 228 (2005), pp. 81-89.

53.  M. G. Forest, R. Zhou, Qi Wang^, X. Zheng, R. Lipton, “ Anisotropy and Heterogeneity of Nematic Polymer Nano-Composite Film Properties,” IMA Volume 141, Moldeing of Soft Matter, pp. 85-98, 2005.  

54.  H. Zhou, H. Wang, M. G. Forest, and Q. Wang, “A new proof on uniaxial equilibria of Smoluchowski equation for rodlike nematic polymers,” Nonlinearity (18) (2005), pp. 2815-2825.

55. M. G. Forest, R. Zhou, and Q. Wang, Kinetic structure simulations of nematic polymers in plane Couette cells, II. SIAM MMS, (4) (2005), pp. 1280-1304.

56.  M. G. Forest, R. Zhou, Qi Wang^, X. Zheng, R. Lipton, “Anisotropy and dynamics ranges in effective properties of sheared nematic polymer nano-composites,” Advanced Functional Materials, (15)(2005), pp. 2029-2035.

57. Q. Wang, S. Sircar, and H. Zhou, “Steady state solutions of the Smoluchowski equation for nematic polymers under imposed fields,” Communications in Mathematical Sciences, 4(3) (2005), 605-620.

58.  M. G. Forest and Q. Wang, Hydrodynamic theories for blends of flexible polymer and nematic polymers, Physical Review E, 72 (2005), 041805.

59.  Z. Cui, M. G. Forest, and Q. Wang, "On weak plane Couette and Poiseuille flows of rigid rod and platelet ensembles," Siam Journal on Applied Math, 66(4) (2006), pp. 1227-1260.

60.   Z. Cui, M. C. Calderer, Q. Wang, "A kinetic theory for flows of cholesteric liquid crystal polymers," Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B, 6(2) (2006), pp 291-310.

61.  Z. Cui and Q. Wang, "A continuum mechanics model for flows of chiral nematic polymers and permeation flows," J. of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 128(1) (2006), 44-61.

62.   G. Ji, Q. Wang, P. Zhang, H. Zhou, “Equilibrium solution of Smoluchowski equations of an extended polar nematic liquid crystals,” Physics of Fluids 18 (2006), 1-17.  

63.   M. G. Forest, S. Sircar, Q. Wang, and R. Zhou, “Monodomain dynamics for rigid rod & platelet suspensions in strongly coupled coplanar linear flow and magnetic fields II: Kinetic theory “, Physics of Fluids, 18 (10) 2006, pp. 103102 (1-14).  

64.  A. Kataoka, B. C. W. Tanner, J. M. Macpherson, X. Xu, Q. Wang, M. Reginier, T. Daniel and Chase   P. B. Chase, “Spatially explicit, nanomechanical models of the muscle half sarcomere: Implications for mechanical tuning in atrophy and fatigue,” Acta Astronautica, 60 (2) (2007), pp 111-118. 

65.   H. Zhou, H. Wang, Q. Wang, and M. G. forest, “Characterization of stable kinetic equilibria of rigid, dipolar rod ensembles for coupled dipole-dipole and excluded-volume potentials,” Nonlinearity, 20 (2007), 27-297.

66.   M. G. Forest, Q. Wang, and R. Zhou,  “Monodomain dynamics for rigid rod & platelet suspensions in strongly coupled coplanar linear flow and magnetic,” J. Rheology, 51 (2007), 1-21.

67.  M. G. Forest, R. Zhou, and Q. Wang, “Nano-rod suspension flows:  a 2D Smoluchowski-Navier-Stokes solver”, International Journal of Numerical Analysis and modeling, 4 (3-4) (2007), pp. 478-488.

68.  H. Zhou, H. Wang, and Q. Wang, “Nonparallel solutions of extended nematic polymers under an external field, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B, 7 (4) (2007), pp. 907-929.   

69.  H.  Zhou, M. G. forest, and Q. Wang, “Anchoring-induced texture & flow feedback of nematic polymers in shear cells,” to appear Discrete Dynamical Systems Series B, 8 (3) (2007), pp. 707-733.

70.    M. G. Forest, R. Zhou, and Q. Wang, “Spatial coherence, rheological chaotic dynamics, and hydrodynamic feedback of nematic polymers in plate-driven shear,” Siam Journal on Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, MMS, 6 (3) (2007), pp. 858-878. 

71.   G Ji, Q. Wang, P. Zhang, H. Wang, and H. Zhou, “Steady states of homogeneous, rigid, extended nematic polymers under imposed magnetic fields and their stability,” in press Communication in Mathematical Sciences, 5(4) (2007), pp. 917-950.

72.   T. Y. Zhang, N. Cogan, and Q. Wang, “Phase Field Models for Biofilms. II. 2-D Numerical Simulations of Biofilm-Flow Interaction,”  Communications in Computational Physics,  to appear 2008.

73.   Xiaofeng Yang, Zhenlu Cui, M. G. Forest, Qi Wang, and Ruhai Zhou, Dimensional Robustness & Instability of Sheared Semi-dilute, Nano-rod Dispersions, submitted to Siam Journal on Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, to appear 2008.

74.   T. Y. Zhang, N. Cogan, and Q. Wang, “Phase Field Models for Biofilms. I. Theory and 1-D simulations,” Siam Journal on Applied Math., to appear 2008.

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