Jie Cui, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Office: Brown Hall 121
Phone: (931) 372-3357
Fax: (931) 372-6340
E-mail: jiecui@tntech.edu

Degrees:
B.S. - Mechanical Engineering, Beijing University, 1990
M.S. - Aerospace Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1993
Ph.D. - Mechanical Engineering, The University of Iowa, 2000

Professional Expertise: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Turbulence Modeling, Large Eddy Simulation, Numerical Heat Transfer, Thermal Fluids

Faculty Advisor - Student Human Powered Submarine Team

Recent Works/Projects Accomplished:

1.  “Friction Stir Welding Heat Transfer: Quasisteady Modeling and its Validation,” with S. Perivilli, and J. Peddieson, Journal of Manufacture Science and Engineering, Vol. 131, Issue 1, pp. 011007-1 ~ 011007-8, DOI 10.1115/1.3046138, 2009

2. "CFD Studies on Burner Secondary Air Flow," with A.K. Purimetla, Applied Mathematical Modeling, Vol. 33, Issue 2, pp. 1126-1140, DOI 10.1016/j.apm.2008.01.007, 2009

3. “Simplified Two-Dimensional Analytical Model for Friction Stir Welding Heat Transfer,” with S. Perivilli, and J. Peddieson, Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 130, Issue 9, pp. 092101-1 ~ 092101-9, 2008

4. "LES Study of Turbulent Flows with Submerged Vegetation," with V. S. Neary, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 307-316, 2008

5. “ Simplified Two-Dimensional Analytical Model for Friction Stir Welding Heat Transfer, ” with S. Perivilli, and J. Peddieson, Journal of Heat Transfer, in press, 2008