Xiangchun Xuan

 

Research ID, Google Scholar

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University

239 Fluor Daniel Engineering Innovation Building, Clemson, SC 29634-0921

Phone: (864) 656-5630 | Fax: (864) 656-7299 | Email: xcxuan@clemson.edu

 

Education

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto (2006)

Doctor of Engineering Physical Electronics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, CAS (2000)

B.S. Engineering Thermophysics, University of Science and Technology of China (1995)

 

Professional experience

Clemson University, 2019- , Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Clemson University, 2013-2019, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Clemson University, 2007-2013, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

National University of Singapore, 2000-2002, Postdoctoral Fellow of Mechanical Engineering

Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, 1997-2000, Principal Designer of Cryogenics

 

Research interests

Our group specializes in micro/nanoscale fluid mechanics and microfluidic system design. Our research includes the investigation (both theoretical and experimental) of hydrodynamic, electrokinetic, and magnetophoretic transport phenomena in microfluidic devices, and the development of lab-on-a-chip devices for the manipulation of liquids and species (ions, molecules, particles, and cells) involving pumping, mixing, focusing, concentration, and separation etc.

 

Courses taught

ME 203 Foundations of Thermal and Fluid Systems

ME 303 Thermodynamics

ME 308 Fluid Mechanics

ME 310 Introduction to Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

ME 810 Macroscopic Thermodynamics

ME 830 Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer

ME 893 Electrokinetic Phenomena in Microfluidics

 

Current graduate students

Amirreza Malekanfard (2017- ), PhD student

Mahmud Kamal Raihan (2019- ), PhD student

Joseph Bentor (2019- ), master student

Karthikeyan Karunanithi (2019- ), master student

Kuldip Bawankule (2019- ), master student

Le Song (2018- ), visiting PhD student

Song-Yu Lu (2019- ), visiting master student

Sen Wu (2019- ), visiting PhD student

 

Publications

 

Alumni

PhD graduates (5)

Di Li (PhD 2019)

Xinyu Lu (PhD 2016), winner of the 2016 Outstanding Graduate Research Award in both the Graduate School and the College, and the 2015 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad

Akshay Kale (PhD 2015)

Saurin Patel (PhD 2014), winner of the Departmental Eastman Chemical PhD award in 2012 and 2013

Junjie Zhu (PhD 2011), winner of the 2012 Outstanding Graduate Research Award in the College, and the 2010 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad

 

Master graduates (11)

Purva Jagdale (MS 2019), PhD student (2016-2019)

Abhinav Kalkhanda (MS 2017)

Rama Prabhakaran (MS 2016), winner of the Departmental Masters Award in 2017

Xuchen Liu (MS 2016)

Dhileep Thanjavur (MS 2015), winner of the Departmental Masters Award in 2015

John DuBose (MS 2014), winner of the Departmental Masters Award in 2014

Litao Liang (MS 2013), PhD student (2009-2011)

Jian Zeng (MS 2013) winner of the Departmental Masters Award and the Departmental Graduate Student Poster Competition in 2013

Sriram Sridharan (MS 2011)

Christopher Church (MS 2010), winner of the Best Presentation Award of ASME-IMECE Microfluidics 2009

Christian Davidson (MS 2008), winner of the Departmental Masters Award in 2008

 

Other graduate students

Yilong Zhou (2013-2016), PhD student, switched to non-thesis master

Asher Antao (MS 2016), non-thesis master

Emre Gonel (MS 2014), non-thesis master

Vincent Brown (MS 2014), non-thesis master

Bhaskar Ramesh (MS 2012), non-thesis master

Srijeet Sathyamurth (MS 2012), non-thesis master

Amit Srivatsa (MS 2011), non-thesis master

LaToya McDonald (2010-2011), PhD student, transferred to other department

 

Visiting graduate students (3)

Qi Chen (2016-2017), visiting student from China Agricultural University

Zhijian Liu (2016-2017), visiting student from Dalian Maritime University

Chien-Hsuan KO (2017-2018), visiting student from National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (Taiwan)

 

Thesis undergraduates (7)

Cory Thomas (15F, 16S), Honor Undergraduate Research, winner of the Departmental Excellence in Engineering Award in 2017

Christian Brumme (15F, 16S), Honor Undergraduate Research

Herbert Harrison (13F, 14S), Honor Undergraduate Research, winner of the Departmental Excellence in Engineering Award in 2015

James Wilbanks (12F, 13S), Honor Undergraduate Research, winner of the Departmental Excellence in Engineering Award in 2014

Mark Johnson (12S, 12F), Honor Undergraduate Research, winner of the Departmental Excellence in Engineering Award in 2013

Daniel Showers (11F, 12S), Honor Undergraduate Research, winner of the Departmental Excellence in Engineering Award in 2012

Cameron Canter (10F, 11S), Honor Undergraduate Research, winner of the Departmental Excellence in Engineering Award in 2011

 

Creative Inquiry (CI) undergraduate students (incomplete list)

Erl Ibarra (09S-10S), Creative Inquiry

Gyunay Keten (09S-10F), Creative Inquiry

Juan Nieto (09S-10S), Creative Inquiry

Lance Clark (09S, 09F), Creative Inquiry

Joe Willis (09S, 09F), Creative Inquiry

Anna Little (10S), Creative Inquiry

William Stoker (10S), Creative Inquiry

Jian Zeng (10S-11S), Creative Inquiry

Robert Anderson (12F-13S), Creative Inquiry

Garrett Kiessling (12F-13S), Creative Inquiry

John Rivers (11F-13F), Creative Inquiry

Haitham Barakat (10F), Undergraduate Research

Jeffrey Watterworth (09F), Undergraduate Research

Nathaniel Tupper (12F-14S), Creative Inquiry

Steven Pasternak (14S-14F), Creative Inquiry

Andrew Todd (2014- ), Creative Inquiry

Jackson Homnick (2014- ), Creative Inquiry

Shruti Kaul (2014- ), Creative Inquiry

Ryan Shaw (2015- ), Creative Inquiry

Kane Travis (2015- ), Creative Inquiry

 

High school students (7)

Ianara Natividad (Su12), Summer Program for Research Interns (SPRI)

Jones Jenkins (Su14), Summer Program for Research Interns (SPRI)

Zachary Johnson (Su15), Summer Program for Research Interns (SPRI)

Marlena Kolesinska (Su15), Summer Program for Research Interns (SPRI)

Nikki Bono (Su16), EUREKA! Honors early-start research program

Alexander Spitzer (Su16), Summer Program for Research Interns (SPRI)

Wes, Robinson (Su16), Summer Program for Research Interns (SPRI)

 

 

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