Director: Prof. Hui Meng
Titles
- Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and
- Research Professor of Neurosurgery
- Co-Director, Toshiba Stroke Research Center
- Director, Hemodynamics Laboratory, Laser Flow Diagnostics Lab
- Coordinator, Biomechanical Engineering
Address
- Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- State University of New York at Buffalo
- 324 Jarvis Hall
- Buffalo, NY 14260
- Tel: (716)645-2593 ext.2354
- Fax: (716)645-3875
- Alternative:
- Toshiba Stroke Research Center
- 447 Biomedical Research Building
- Buffalo, NY 14214
- (716) 829-3595 Ext. 107
- Fax: (716) 829-2212
- Email: huimeng@eng.buffalo.edu
Education
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, 1994
- DAAD Scholar, Applied Physics, Technische Universität, Berlin 1987-90
- M.E., Optical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 1987
- B.E., Optical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 1984
Positions Held
- 8/04-Present, Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, SUNY Buffalo
- 12/01-Present, Research Professor, Neurosurgery, SUNY Buffalo
- 8/99-Present, Associate Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, SUNY Buffalo
- 6/99-7/99 Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Kansas State University
- Summer 1996 Visiting Faculty, Wright Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
- 1/95 - 5/99 Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Kansas State University
- 8/94 - 12/94 Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston
Awards and Honors
- NIH Mentored Quantitative Research Career Award, 2004-2009
- Invited Speaker, US-Japan Symposium on Biofluids, APS-DFD, 2005
- Keynote Speaker, International Symposium on Holographic Metrology in Fluid Mechanics, 2003
- AIAA Best Paper Award, 2000
- Invited Speaker, 30th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, 1999
- National Science Foundation CAREER (formerly Presidential Young Investigators) Award, 1996
- AFOSR Summer Faculty Research Award, 1996
- Keynote Speaker, Sixth Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, Singapore, 1995
- Sloan Fellow, 1995
- German Academic Exchange Agency (DAAD) Fellowship, 1987-1990
Research Interests
- - Hemodynamics, vascular remodeling, cellular mechanisms of cerebral aneurysm formation, endothelial cell biology in response to shear stresses, vascular biology and pathology
- - Modeling and analysis of biological systems, Image-based Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), quantitative analysis of cerebral aneurysms to aid clinical decisions
- - Holographic Particle Image Velocimetry (HPIV), optical measurements of complex flows, multiphase flows, turbulence, particle-fluid interactions
Professional Societies
- American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP), Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES),
- American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME)
Professional Activities
- NIH Study Section, 2006/05 Council MABS
- NSF Review Panels, CTS Division
- Proposal Reviewer, NSF, NASA, Institute for Petroleum Research,
- Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter
- Journal Reviewer, Journal of Biomechanics, Journal of Biomechanical
- Engineering, Neurosurgery, Stroke, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Physics of Fluids, Experiments in Fluids, Journal of Fluids Engineering, Measurement Science and Technology, Applied Optics, Optical Engineering, Optics Express, Optics Communications
Services
- Community/Societies: Fund Usage Committee, Division of Fluid
- Dynamics, American Physical Society; Scientific Advisory Committee, International Workshop on PIV, '97, '99, '01, '03
- University: Bioengineering program development core group, Science
- Coalition UB delegation, '01 J.D. Watson Award Review Panel, '04
- School/College: Dean's Research Advisory Committee, Department
- Head Search Committee, Dean's Ambassador to Zhejiang University, Dean's Delegation to PNNL
- Department: Coordinator of Bioengineering, Undergraduate
- Committee, Graduate Committee, Scholarship Committee, Chair Search Committees, Faculty Search Committees
Courses Taught
- Undergraduate Level
- MAE 338 Fluids and Heat Transfer Lab, MAE 431 Energy Systems, MAE 478 Cardiovascular Biomechanics, ME 513 (KSU) Thermodynamics I, ME 571 (KSU) Fluid Mechanics
- Graduate Level
- MAE 578 Cardiovascular Biomechanics, MAE 519 Turbulent Flows, MAE 513 Advanced Diagnostics, ME 720 (KSU) Intermediate Fluid Mechanics, ME 773 (at KSU) Intermediate Heat Transfer, ME 831 (KSU) Boundary Layer Theory, ME 815 (KSU) Gas Dynamics, ME (KSU) 920 Lasers and Holography Techniques for Thermo-Fluids Diagnostics
Research Supervision
- Current Graduate Students
- Lujie Cao (PhD), Yiemeng Hoi (PhD), Minsouk Kim (PhD), Zhijie Wang (PhD), Eleni Metaxa (PhD), Jeromy de Jong (PhD), Michael Szymanski (MS), Andrew Jennings (MS)
Students Graduated--Degree, Year of Graduation, Thesis Title- Ling Ye
- M.S. 2006, Three-dimensional Measurement of Bubble Growth Using Digital HPIV with Statistical Analysis
Suxian Huang- M.S. 2005, Four-Dimensional Holographic Microscopy
Gang Pan- Ph.D. 2004, Digital Holographic Imaging for 3D Particle and Flow Measurements Currently Project Manager at TSI
Stephanie Harvey- M.S. 2003, Transcatheter Delivery of Fibrin Gel for Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms: An In Vitro Study
Zhijie Wang- M.S. 2003, Stenting Effectiveness Assessment on Curved Vessel Aneurysm
Gaelle Campagne- M.S. 2003, Three-dimensional Measurement of Benchmark Flows Using Digital Holographic Particle Image Velocimetry
Jonathan Dudley- M.S. 2003, A Biomechanical Study of Intracranial Aneurysm
Amol Mulay- M.S. 2003, Computational Modeling of Cerebral Aneurysm Hemodynamics: Effect of Stenting
Yixiang Feng- M.S. 2003, A Biomechanical Model of Rupture of Intracranial Aneurysms
Ye Pu- Ph.D. 2002, Holographic Particle Image Velocimetry: From Theory to Practice Currently Postdoctoral Fellow at Caltech under Prof. Dimetri Psaltis
Suchuan Dong- Ph.D. 2001, Direct Numerical Simulation of Mixing Tab Flow Currently Assistant Professor at Brown U. under Prof. George Karniadakis
Dib Mukherjee- M.S. 2001, Fluid-Phase Characterization in Particle-laden Isotropic Turbulence
Matthieu Delahaye- M.S. 2000, Use of PIV to Study Particulate Flows
Weiwei Jia- M.S. 1999, Development of PIV for Large Area Air Flow Measurement
Mike Richardson- M.S. 1999, PIV Measurements of Interaction of Air Motion and the Human Body in Confined Spaces
Vishal Khosla- M.S. 1999, Flow Visualization Study of High Efficiency Vortab Mixer
Jian Sheng- M.S. 1998, Development of Data Processing Systems, Algorithms, and Application for PIV and Holographic PIV
Ye Pu- M.S. 1998, An Advanced Holographic PIV System
Wei Jin- M.S. 1998, Laser Doppler Velocimetry Calibration of a Water Tunnel
Winston Yang- M.S. 1997, A Study of Coherent Structures in the Wake of a Passive Mixing Tab Using Particle Image Velocimetry
Grants Received (excluding Institutional match)
| Project Title, Funding Agency, Period, Collaborators | Total for Institution | Meng’s Share |
| Investigation of Particle Clustering Using 3D Digital Holographic Imaging and Direct Numerical Simulation, NASA (NRA 02 OBPR 03C), 6/2005-5/2009, PIs: Lance Collins (Cornell), H. Meng (UB), |
$637,744 |
$331,069 |
| Hemodynamic Intervention of Intracranial Aneurysm, NIH/NINDS (1K25 NS047242-01), 02/01/04-01/31/08, PI: H. Meng |
$766,555 |
$766,555 |
| Radiographic Guidance of New Cerebral Aneurysm Stent, NIH/NINDS (R01 NS043924-01A2), 4/15/04-3/31/08, PI: Stephen Rudin, Co-I’s: H. Meng, D. Bednarek, K. Hoffmann, L. N. Hopkins, L. Guterman |
$2,589,418 |
$179,014 |
| Microradidographic Guidance of Flow Modifying Stents, NIH/NIBIB (1R01 EB002873-01), 09/20/03-07/31/08, PI: Stephen Rudin, Co-I’s: H. Meng, D. Bednarek, K. Hoffmann, L. N. Hopkins, L. Guterman |
$3,199,913 |
$419,869 |
| Understanding and Characterization of Hemodynamics in Non-stented and Stented Cerebral Aneurysms, National Science Foundation (BES-0302389), 07/01/03-6/30/06, PI: H. Meng, Co-PI’s: Dale Taulbee, L.N. Hopkins |
$333,363 |
$200,000 |
| Holographic Measurement of Particle-Turbulence Interaction in Isotropic Turbulence, NSF, 12/12/01-11/30/04, PI: H. Meng |
$200,000 |
$200,000 |
| Hemodynamics of Cerebral Aneurysms, Cumming Foundation, 2002-2003, PI: H. Meng. |
$100,000 |
$100,000 |
| Hemodynamics Laboratory for Intracranial Aneurysm Study, WNY Foundation, 2002-2003, PI: H. Meng. |
$100,000 |
$100,000 |
|
New York Environmental Quality Systems Center, NYSTAR, 2002-2003
(Lead Institution: Syracuse University, total funding $15.9M) PI: Ezzat Khalifa, UB Co-I’s: H. Meng, Bob Baier, Lisa Stephan |
$1,273,000 |
$400,000 |
| Dynamics of Aerosol particles in Stationary, Isotropic Turbulence, NASA Microgravity Fluid Physics Program, 2000-2004. PI: Lance Collins, Co-PI: H. Meng |
$350,000 |
$200,000 |
|
Nonequilibrium Turbulence Study using Holographic PIV,
AFOSR (DEPSCoR), 1998-2001, PI: H. Meng. |
$213,000 |
$213,000 |
| New Approaches of Holographic Particle Velocimetry for Studying Turbulence, NSF–CAREER Award, 1996-2001, PI: H. Meng. |
$385,000 |
$385,000 |
| Industrial Match for CAREER Award, The Dow Chemical Company. 1996-2001, PI: H. Meng. |
$125,000 |
$125,000 |
| CAREER Supplement: Stereo PIV Measurement for Stirred Tank, NSF, 1998-1999, PI: H. Meng. |
$23,100 |
$23,100 |
| Equipment Upgrade for Development of Holographic PIV, NSF – REG, 1997-1998, PI: H. Meng. |
$ 98,613 |
$ 98,613 |
| Acquisition of Major Research Equipment (PIV) for Kansas Universities, NSF-EPSCoR, 1998. PI: M. Hosni, 5 co-PI’s. |
$150,000 |
$30,000 |
| Interaction of Air Motion and Human Body in Confined Spaces, ASHRAE, 1997-1999. PI: B. W. Jones, Co-PIs: H. Meng, M. Hosni. |
$97,331 |
$ 32,444 |
| Non-Contact Diagnostics in Manufacturing: A New Precision Measurement Lab, NSF–EPSCoR, 1998-2000, PI: S. Madanshetty, 5 co-PI’s. |
$499,541 |
$ 70,000 |
| Kansas Program for Complex Fluid Flows, NSF–EPSCoR: $902,000, 1997-1998, PI: C. Sorensen, 9 co-PIs. |
$902,000 |
$105,005 |
| Development of a Comprehensive Research Initiative in Complex Fluid Flows, KSU, 1996-1998. PI: R. O. Fox, 4 co-PI’s. |
$ 243,200 |
$ 48,640 |
| Holographic Visualization and Velocimetry Techniques for Combustion Studies, AFOSR, 1997. PI: H. Meng. |
$ 25,000 |
$ 25,000 |
| Development of HPIV for Studying Vortex-Flame Interaction, AFOSR – Summer Faculty, 1996, PI: H. Meng. |
$ 10,000 |
$ 10,000 |
| New Approaches of Holographic Particle Velocimetry for Studying Turbulence, K*STAR – First Award, 1996. PI: H. Meng. |
$ 48,313 |
$ 48,313 |
| Investigation of PIV Application in Wright Lab, Chemineer, Inc., Ford Research Laboratory, K*STAR – RSI, 1995-1996, PI: H. Meng. |
$ 10,500 |
$ 10,500 |
| Development of Holographic Particle Image Velocimetry for Environmental Research, Sloan Foundation, 1995-1996, PI: H. Meng. |
$ 9,600 |
$ 9,600 |
| Non-Contact On-Line Surface Measurement Using OptoStylus, Advanced Manufacturing Institute, 1995-1998, PI: H. Meng. |
$ 75,000 |
$ 75,000 |
|
TOTAL |
$12,465,191 |
$4,205,722 |