Associate Professor
Email: yinguan@hust.edu.cn
Research interests: Microfluidics, Electrohydrodynamic jet printing, Microdroplet motions, Electrowetting, Fluid Machinery, CFD
Academic Degrees
PhD, 2015, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, U.S.A.;
Bachelor, 2008, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Professional Experience
Assistant professor (2016-present); School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Selected Publications
Journal Papers:
·1. Y. Guan, J. Fu, S. Wu, X. Chen, C. Zhou*, The post-impact dynamics of drop rebound on inclined hydrophobic surfaces of various wettabilities. Phys. Fluids, 33(7), 072108 (2021)
·2. Y. Guan, J. Fu, S. Wu, C. Yu, X. Chen, C. Zhou*, The dynamical behaviors of water drop impacting and bouncing on an inclined hydrophobic surface. Colloid. Surface. A, 627, 127087 (2021)
·3. Y. Guan, J. Tu, B. Li, J. Fu, M. Zhu, X. Chen*, C. Zhou*, Stripped Electrode Based Electrowetting-on-Dielectric Digital Microfluidics for Precise and Controllable Parallel Microdrop Generation. Langmuir, 36(32), 9540–9550 (2020)
·4. Y. Guan, M. Zhu, B. Li, J. Tu, L. Xing, X. Chen*, Numerical investigation of continuous droplet transport in parallel-plate electrowetting-on-dielectric digital microfluidics (EWOD DMF) with stripped electrodes. Phys. Fluids, 32(1), 012010 (2020)
·5. Y. Guan*, B. Li, M. Zhu, S. Cheng, J. Tu, Deformation, speed, and stability of droplet motion in closed electrowetting-based digital microfluidics. Phys. Fluids, 31(6), 062002 (2019)
·6. L. Guo, Y. Duan, W. Deng, Y. Guan, Y. Huang*, and Z. Yin*, Charged Satellite Drop Avoidance in Electrohydrodynamic Dripping. Micromachines, 10(3), 172 (2019)
·7. Y. Guan, B. Li, L. Xing*, Numerical investigation of electrowetting-based droplet splitting in closed digital microfluidic system: Dynamics, mode, and satellite droplet. Phys. Fluids, 30(11), 112001 (2018)
·8. Y. Guan*, A. Y. Tong, N. Y. J. B. Nikapitiya, H. Moon, Numerical modeling of microscale droplet dispensing in parallel-plate electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) devices with various reservoir designs. Microfluid. Nanofluid., 20(2), 39 (2016)
·9. Y. Guan*, A. Y. Tong, A numerical study of microfluidic droplet transport in a parallel-plate electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) device. Microfluid. Nanofluid., 19(6), 1477–1495 (2015)
·10. Y. Guan* and A. Y. Tong, A numerical study of droplet splitting and merging in a parallel-plate electrowetting-on-dielectric device. J. Heat Transfer, 137, 091016 (2015)
Conference papers:
·1. Y. Guan*, B. Li, M. Zhu, S. Cheng, J. Tu, L. Xing, A Numerical Study of Electrode Arrangement for precise Microdrop Generation in an Electrowetting-based Digital Microfluidic Platform. ASME 2019 6th International Conference on Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019
·2. Y. Guan*, M. Zhu, B. Li, S. Cheng, and J. Tu, A Novel Design for Enhancing Droplet Transport Efficiency in Electrowetting-based Digital Microfluidic System. The 2019 American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE) Conference, 2019
·3. L. Xing, C. Ren, H. Luo, Y. Guan, D. Li et al., Feasibility of Hybrid Ground Source Heat Pump Systems Utilizing Capillary Radiation Roof Terminal in the Yangtze River Basin of China. The International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Condition, 2019
·4. Y. Guan* and A. Y. Tong, Numerical Modeling of Droplet Splitting and Merging in a Parallel-Plate Electrowetting-on-Dielectric (EWOD) Device. ASME 2013 4th International Conference on Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013
·5. A. Y. Tong*, A. Kadjo and Y. Guan, A Numerical Study on Droplet Formation from a Capillary Tube: from Dripping to Jetting. The 23rd International Symposium on Transport Phenomena, 2012
·6. A. Y. Tong, Y. Guan and S. K. Takkallapally, A Numerical Study of the Dynamics of Bubble Growth and Detachment from an Orifice. The 21st International Symposium on Transport Phenomena, 2010
Courses Taught
Modern Design of Hydraulic Fluid Machinery
Engineering Fluid Mechanics and its Applications
Projects
1.National Natural Science Foundation of China: 51906073, The investigation of high-frequency electrohydrodynamic drop-on-demand printing based on stable jet emission and meniscus oscillation, in charge, 2020/01—2022/12
2.National Natural Science Foundation of China: 11932009, The study on generation and impact dynamics of droplets from non-Newtonian fluids for flexible electronics manufacturing, participation, 2020/01—2024/12
3.National Natural Science Foundation of China: 51976067, The study of multiscale flow mechanism and transmission characteristics of the Knudsen compressor based on the thermal transpiration effect, participation, 2020/01—2023/12
