hgao1@iastate.edu
Assistant Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering
Iowa State University
Principal Investigator
I am an assistant professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department at Iowa State University. I completed my postdoctoral training at Harvard University. I received my Ph.D. in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame (2018–2023), my M.S. in Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science from Washington University in St. Louis, and my bachelor's degree from Shanghai University of Electric Power.
Research Statement
My research focuses on the interdisciplinary integration of AI and numerical methods for PDE-governed systems, with applications in fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, and biological systems.
Our Team
Meet the team members who contribute to our research and projects.
Han Gao
Principal Investigator
XH
Visiting Scholar
Hao Mao
Graduate Student
Zhongjian Ling
Graduate Student
Shawn Ding
Undergraduate Student
Zach Liu
Undergraduate Student
Research Projects
Our group explores interdisciplinary research at the interface of artificial intelligence, numerical methods, and physics-based modeling. We focus on PDE-governed systems, with applications in fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, and biological transport.
Generative Artificial Intelligence
Developing physics-consistent generative models for solving and emulating PDE systems.
Model Reduction & Surrogates
Creating efficient reduced-order and surrogate models to accelerate large-scale simulations.
AI-Based Scientific Computing
Integrating AI with numerical solvers to enhance accuracy and speed in scientific simulations.
Flow-Physics Applications
Applying advanced models to aerodynamic, bio-flow, and multiphysics transport problems.
Network Structure
Design structure-preserved network.