彭张立
彭张立教授现任教于美国圣母大学航空与机械工程系，主要从事生物力学,科学计算,新能源方面的研究。
在赴美之前，彭张立1989年在原义宁镇第三小学入学，后在修水二中、修水一中就读。2000年，他凭借全县理科第二名的好成绩考入上海同济大学土木工程系。四年后他又以优异的成绩被学校保送到浙江大学土木工程系读硕士研究生，师从国际著名空间结构学者、浙江大学建工学院院长董石麟院士。2005年彭张立协助董石麟院士参与北京奥运会主游泳馆水立方设计。2011年彭张立在美国加州大学获得博士学位,并在麻省理工学院攻读博士后，师从该院工学院院长SURESH院士。
Zhangli Peng
Assistant Professor
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Education
Postdoc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2014
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, CA, 2011
M.S., Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 2006
B.S., Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 2004
Biography
Zhangli Peng got his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of California San Diego under the supervision of Qiang Zhu, and carried out his postdoctoral research in Subra Suresh and Ming Dao's group in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His main research areas are multiscale/multiphysics modeling, cell biomechanics/biophysics, red blood cells, and diagnostic microfluidics. Specifically, the goal of his group is to investigate how molecular mutations and alternations influence the cell-microenvironment interactions in microcirculation and microfluidics, and to understand the mechanisms of related diseases such as hematologic disorders, malaria, and cancer metastasis. In pursuit of this goal, the objective of his group is to integrate atomistic-based simulations such as molecular dynamics (MD) and coarse-grained dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) with continuum-based modeling approaches such as finite element method (FEM) and boundary element method (BEM) to model the cell-microenvironment interactions starting from the molecular scales, and to work closely with experimental collaborators for validations and hypothesis testing. His group is also applying multiphysics modeling to help develop mechanical-based, acoustic-based, thermal-based, and electric-based microfluidics/nanofluidics for disease diagnostics. In addition, he also studied several kinds of bio-inspired structures, including a flow energy harvester of flapping foils inspired by fish swimming, artificial nacre shells, and tensegrity structures.
