Research Interests

  • Computational fluid dynamics, lattice Boltzmann method, finite element method, finite volume method
  • Multi-phase flows, multi-scale flows, reacting flows
  • Aerospace propulsion, bio-fluid mechanics, micro-fluidics, drug delivery technologies

Honors and Awards

  • NMSU COE Synergy One-College Faculty Award, College of Engineering, New Mexico State University, 2025.
  • NMSU MAEA 2025 Outstanding Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, New Mexico State University.

Funded Projects

  • Wang, Y. (PI), “CAREER: A Multiscale Mechanistic Framework for the Human Body's Active Regulation of Digestion and Absorption through the Control of Mixing and Transport in the Small Intestine and Transport in the Small Intestine”, Sponsoring Organization: National Science Foundation, Total Award: $570,583.
  • Wang, Yanxing (PI), “Multi-Fidelity Modeling of Diffusion- and Hydrodynamics-Driven Monodisperse and Polydisperse Particle Dissolution”, Sponsoring Organization: Eli-Lilly and Company. Total Award: $118,190.
  • Wang, Y. (Co-I), “Electromagnetic Field for Membrane Scaling Control”, Sponsoring Organization: National Alliance for Water Innovation, Co-I, Total Award: $650,001.00.
  • Wang, Y. (PI), "ERI: Shear-Flow-Driven Coupled Mechanisms as a Means to Actively Control Particle Dissolution”, Sponsoring Organization: National Science Foundation, PI Total Award: $193.274.00.

Selected Publications

  • Yanxing Wang, Hui Wan, Cody Barka, Tie Wei, Fangjun Shu, Quasi steady-state modelling and characterization of diffusion-controlled dissolution from polydisperse spheroidal particles, II: characterization, Proceedings of The Royal Society A, 480 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2023.0768.
  • Yanxing Wang, Hui Wan, Rusitan Refuaiti, Tie Wei, Fangjun Shu, Quasi steady-state modelling and characterization of diffusion-controlled dissolution from polydisperse spheroidal particles, I: modelling, Proceedings of The Royal Society A, 480 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2023.0721.
  • Tie Wei, Zhaorui Li,Yanxing Wang, New momentum integral equation applicable to boundary layer flows under arbitrary pressure gradients, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 984, A64 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.207.
  • Tie Wei, Zhaorui Li,Yanxing Wang, New formulations for the mean wall-normal velocity and Reynolds shear stress in a turbulent boundary layer under zero pressure gradient, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 969, A3 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.541.
  • Yanxing Wang, David Vazquez, Hui Wan, Ruben Gonzalez Pizarro, Fangjun Shu, Advection-enhanced heat and mass transport from neutrally suspended droplet in simple shear flow, Physics of Fluids, 35, 063317 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0153117.
  • Yanxing Wang, Hui Wan, Ruben Gonzalez Pizarro, Seokbin Lim, Fangjun Shu, Heat and mass transport from neutrally suspended oblate spheroid in simple shear flow, Physics of Fluids, 35, 033319 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0140778.
  • Yanxing Wang, Hui Wan, Tie Wei, Dominick Nevares, Fangjun Shu, quasi steady-state modeling and characterization of diffusion-controlled dissolution from monodisperse prolate and oblate spheroidal particles, Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 478, 2267 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2022.0283.
  • Yanxing Wang, Hui Wan, Tie Wei, John Abraham, Enhancement of heat and mass transfer by herringbone microstructures in a simple shear flow, Physics of Fluids, 34, 082012 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0094725.
  • Yanxing Wang, Vigor Yang, Vaporization of liquid droplet with large deformation and high mass transfer rate, I: constant-density, constant-property case, Journal of Computational Physics, 392, 56-70, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2019.03.013, 2019.
  • Yanxing Wang, Xiaodong Chen, Xingjian Wang, Vigor Yang, Vaporization of liquid droplet with large deformation and high mass transfer rate, II: variable-density, variable-property case, Journal of Computational Physics, 394, 1-17, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2019.04.052, 2019.
  • Xingjian Wang, Yanxing Wang, Vigor Yang, Three-dimensional flow dynamics and mixing in a gas-centered liquid-swirl coaxial injector at supercritical pressure, Physics of Fluids, 31, 065109, DOI: 10.1063/1.5097163, 2019. (Featured Paper, Front Cover)
  • Yanxing Wang, James Brasseur, Enhancement of mass transfer from particles by local shear-rate and correlations with application to drug dissolution, AIChE Journal, DOI: 10.1002/aic.16617, 2019.
  • Yanxing Wang, Vigor Yang, Central recirculation zones and instability waves in internal swirling flow with tangential entry, Physics of Fluids, 30, 013602, DOI: 10.1063/1.5000967, 2018. (Featured Paper, AIP Scilight).
  • Yanxing Wang, Xingjian Wang, Vigor Yang, Evolution and transition mechanisms of internal swirling flows with tangential entry, Physics of Fluids, 30, 013601, DOI: 10.1063/1.5001073, 2018. (Editor’s Pick)
  • Xingjian Wang, Yixing Li, Yanxing Wang, Vigor Yang, Near-field flame dynamics of liquid oxygen/kerosene bi-swirl injection at supercritical conditions, Combustion and Flame, 190, 1-11, DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2017.11.007, 2018. (Most downloaded Combustion and Flame articles)
  • Yanxing Wang, James Brasseur, 3D Mechanisms of macro-to-micro scale transport and absorption enhancement by gut villi motions, Physical Review E, 95, 062412, 2017.
  • Xingjian Wang, Yanxing Wang, Vigor Yang, Geometric effects on liquid oxygen/kerosene bi-swirl injector flow dynamics at supercritical conditions, AIAA Journal, DOI: 10.2514/1.J055952, 2017.
  • Xingjian Wang, Hongfa Huo, Yanxing Wang, Vigor Yang, Comprehensive study of cryogenic fluid dynamics of swirl injectors at supercritical conditions, AIAA Journal, DOI: 10.2514/1.J055868, 2017. 
  • Yanxing Wang, Bertil Abrahamsson, Lennart Lindfors and James Brasseur, Analysis of diffusion-controlled dissolution from polydisperse collections of drug particles with an assessed mathematical model, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol. 104, 2998-3017, 2015.
  • Yanxing Wang, Bertil Abrahamsson, Lennart Lindfors and James Brasseur, Comparison and analysis of theoretical models for diffusion-controlled dissolution, Molecular Pharmaceutics, Vol. 9, 1052-1066, 2012.
  • Yanxing Wang, James Brasseur, Gino Banco, Andrew Webb, Amit Ailiani, and Thomas Neuberger, A multiscale lattice Boltzmann model of macro- to micro-scale transport, with applications to gut function, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, vol. 368, 3863-2880, 2010.
  • Yanxing Wang, James Brasseur, Gino Banco, Andrew Webb, Amit Ailiani, and Thomas Neuberger, Development of a lattice-Boltzmann method for multiscale transport and absorption with application to intestinal function, in Computational Modeling in Biomechanics, edited by Suvranu De et al., 69-97, 2010.
  • Ming-Hsun Wu, Yanxing Wang, Richard Yetter, and Vigor Yang, Liquid Monopropellant Combustion in Mesoscale Vortex Chamber, Journal of Propulsion and Power, vol. 25, 229-832, 2009.
  • Ming-Hsun Wu, Yanxing Wang, Vigor Yang, and Richard Yetter, Combustion in Meso-Scale Vortex Chambers, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, 3235-3242, 2006.