Dr. Jinxiang Xi

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
E-mail:jxi@vcu.edu
Phone: (804) 827-7000, ext. 314
Fax: (804) 827-7030
www.people.vcu.edu/~jxi/index.html

Address

601 West Main Street, Room 404A
P.O. Box 843015
Richmond, Virginia 23284-3015

Education

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2005
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China 1999
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China 1996

Honors

Nominee of STLE award for Excellence in Technical Publishing (2006)
AUF Graduate Scholarship, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (2004)
MAE Fellowship, University of California, Irvine, Calif. (2001)
Research Scholar Fellowship, National University of Singapore (2000)
Outstanding Graduate Scholarship, Xi'an JiaoTong University, Xi'an, China (1998)
Undergraduate Excellence Award (2 percent of 2,500 students), Shanghai JiaoTong University (1995)

Research topics

Respiratory flow and aerosol dynamics
Health effects of environmental aerosols
Flow induced vibrations
Turbomachinery flows, sprays and combustion
Perturbation method, turbulence and transport modeling, and LES
High performance computing

Journal publications

J. Xi, and P. W. Longest, “Evaluation of a Novel Drift Flux Model for Simulating Submicrometer Aerosol Dynamics in Human Upper Tracheobronchial Airways,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, under review, 2007.
P. W. Longest, M. Hindle, J. Xi, S. Das Choudhuri, P. R. Byron, “Experimental and Numerical Studies of Capillary Aerosol Generation in Ideal and Realistic Oral Airway Models,” Journal of Aerosol Medicine, under review, 2007.
P. W. Longest, and J. Xi, “Adequacy of the Lagrangian Model for Simulating Ultrafine Aerosol Deposition in the Upper Airways,” Aerosol Science and Technology, 41, 380-397 2007.
J. Xi, and P. W. Longest, “Effects of the Oral Airway Geometry on the Diffusional Deposition of Inhaled Nanoparticles,” ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, in press, 2007.
J. Xi, and P. W. Longest, “Transport and Deposition of Micron Size Aerosols in Realistic and Simplified Models of the Oral Airway,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 35, 560-581, 2007.
P. W. Longest, and J. Xi, “Comparison of Eulerian and Lagrangian Particle Transport Models for Simulating the Deposition of Fine and Ultrafine Respiratory Aerosols,” Journal of Aerosol Science, 38, 111-130, 2007 (listed as the 11th of the “Top 25 hottest Articles” in Journal of Aerosol Science, January – March, 2007)
J. Xi, X. Si, P. W. Longest, and M Gad-el-Hak, “A Curvature-sensitized Wall Function for Swirling Axial Flows in Rotating Machinery,” ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 129, 169-178, 2007
J. Xi, and D. L. Rhode, “Rotordynamics of Impeller Eye Seal with Teeth Damage in Centrifugal Compressors,” STLE Tribology Transactions, 49, 328-337, 2006 (nominee of STLE award for Excellence in Technical Publishing).
J. Xi, and D. L. Rhode, “Rotordynamics of Turbine Labyrinth Seal with Rotor Axial Shifting,” International Journal of Rotating Machinery, 2006, 1-11, 2006
J. Xi, and D. L. Rhode, “Seal-Inlet Disturbance Boundary Condition Correlations for Rotordynamics Models, Part 1: Correlation Development”, STLE Tribology Transactions, 49, 574-583, 2006
J. Xi, and D. L. Rhode, “Seal-Inlet Disturbance Boundary Condition Correlations for Rotordynamics Models, Part 2: Assessment”, STLE Tribology Transactions, 49, 584-591, 2006
C. Methring, J. Xi and W. A. Sirignano, “Dynamic Stretching of a Planar liquid Bridge,” Physics of Fluids, 16, 728 -747, 2004
Z.Y. Yu, J. Xi, T. M. Xu, and S. E. Hui, “A New Typed Cyclone Separator with Downward Exhaust Gas,” Power Engineering, 22, 1941-1944, 2002.
J. Xi, Z.Y. Yu, and T. M. Xu, “Efficiency of Cyclone Separator with Downward Exhaust Gas,” Journal of Xi’anJiaotongUniversity, 5, 28-31, 2000
J. Xi, Y. Wang, and T. M. Xu, “Gas–particle resistance characteristics in pulverized coal conveying system,” Xinjiang Electricity, 6, 47-51, 1998.

Conference proceedings

J. Xi, and P. W. Longest, “Improved Predictions of Micron Aerosol Deposition in the Oral Airway Geometry using Anisotropic Turbulence Models and Near-wall Interpolation,” Proc. 2007 ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Keystone, CO, 2007.
J. Xi, “Curvature Law of the Wall for Swirling Axial Flow,” Proc. 2005 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting and Exhibition, FEDSM2005-77450, Houston, TX, June 2005.
J. Xi, and D. L. Rhode, “Influence of Teeth Damage on Rotordynamic Instability of Impeller Eye Seals in Centrifugal Compressors,” Proc. 2005 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting and Exhibition, FEDSM2005-77452, Houston, TX, June 2005.
J. Xi, and D. L. Rhode, “Influence of Rotor Axial Thermal Growth on Rotordynamic Forces of High-Low Labyrinth Seals in Steam Turbines,” Proc. 2005 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting and Exhibition, FEDSM2005-77453, Houston, TX, June 2005.
J. Xi, and D. L. Rhode, “Prediction of Rotordynamic Coefficients for Labyrinth Seals with a Mid-Gland Plenum,” Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2005, GT2005-68929, Reno-Tahoe, NV, June 2005.
J. Xi, and D. L. Rhode, “Improved Flow Disturbance Boundary Conditions for Seal Rotordynamics Models,” Proc. Turbomachinery ResearchConsortium (TRC), College Station, TX, May 2004.
C. Mehring, J. Xi, and W. A. Sirignano, “Dynamic Stretching of a Thin Planar Liquid Bridge,” Proc. ILASS 15th Annual Conference, 325-331, Madison, WI, May 2002.
W. A. Sirignano, J. Xi, and C. Mehring. “Dynamic Straining of Viscous Liquid Film,” Proc. APS Fluid Dynamics Meeting, 502-508, San Diego, CA, November 2001.