Jiarong Hong

Jiarong Hong
Professor, Mechanical EngineeringContact
Mechanical Engineering Room 233 111 Church Street SEMinneapolis, MN 55455
Affiliations
Education
Ph.D. 2011, Johns Hopkins University
M.S. 2008, Johns Hopkins University
B.S. 2005, University of Science and Technology of China
Professional Background
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2012-2018
Scientific & Professional Societies
- American Physical Society (APS)
Biography
Jiarong Hong is interested in developing novel flow imaging techniques aka flowscopes that allow us to “see” the flow and particle movement within the flow at unprecedented spatial and temporal resolutions across a broad range of disciplines. Using such flowscopes, his work not only addresses challenging fundamental questions in the field of fluid dynamics, but also enables research in other fields including oceanography, agriculture, robotics, microbiology, medical sciences, material sciences, etc.
Lab
Flow Field Imaging Lab - ME 76
Cavitation and Bubbly Flows - SAFL water tunnel
ME Research Areas
Fluid Mechanics
Particle Technology
ME Impact Areas
Energy Transition
Environment & Sustainability
Human Health
Next-Generation Manufacturing
- Fundamental fluid mechanics related to turbulence, atmospheric and multiphase flows
- Wind turbine aerodynamics
- Cavitation and bubbly flows
- Microfluidic systems
- Optical imaging and instrumentation with applications in flow diagnostics, biophysics, geophysics, medical and material sciences
Honors and Awards
- McKnight Land-Grant Professorship 2016-2018 from University of Minnesota
- Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 2016
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2015
- Corrsin-Kovasznay Outstanding Paper Award, 2012 from Johns Hopkins University
- Robert T. Knapp Award, 2011 from ASME
Selected Publications
- Li, J., Abraham, A., Guala, M., & Hong, J. (2021). Evidence of preferential sweeping during snow settling in atmospheric turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 928, A8. doi:10.1017/jfm.2021.816
- Shao, S., Mallery, K., Kumar, S. & Hong, J. (2020). Machine learning holography of 3D particle field imaging. Optics Express, 28(3), 2987-2999.
- Mallery, K. & Hong, J. (2019). Regularized inverse holographic volume reconstruction for PTV. Optics Express,27(13),18069-18084.
- Wu, Y., Liu, Y., Shao, S. & Hong, J. (2019). On the internal flow of a ventilated supercavity. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 863, 1135-1165. doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.1006
- Dasari, T., Wu, Y., Liu, Y. & Hong, J. (2019). Near-wake behavior of a utility-scale wind turbine. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 859, 204-246. doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.779