Jie Feng

Jie Feng
Jie Feng
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Science and Eng.
(217) 300-1952
4421 Mechanical Engineering Lab

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Education

  • BSc Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2009
  • MSc Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2011
  • PhD Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 2016 (Advisor: Howard Stone)

Academic Positions

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Sep. 2016 - Dec. 2018
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Mechanical Science and Engineering, Jul. 2018 - Jan. 2019
  • Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Mechanical Science and Engineering, Jan. 2019 - present
  • Research Affiliate, Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Sep. 2021 - present

Research Interests

  • My group, the Fluids, Interface & Transport (FIT) Laboratory, are broadly interested in micro-scale transport phenomena corresponding to structurally complex fluids and interfaces to derive new insights in physico-chemical mechanisms and continuum-scale mechanics of multi-phase soft matter systems. The ultimate goal is to offer engineering solutions to some of most challenging problems in energy, environments and human health, such as enhanced oil recovery, mitigating pollutant and disease transmission, design of lab-on-a-chip, and vesicle-based drug delivery. We actively tackle problems and explore new research directions by using microscopy, microfluidics, high-speed imaging and image analysis, materials processing and characterization. We also complement our experiments with theoretical modeling and numerical simulations, using ideas from fluid dynamics, polymer physics, colloidal science and biophysics. Our work is thus highly multi-disciplinary, combining expertise from engineering, physics, chemistry, materials science and biology. The current research activities can be broken down into following three main thrusts, all of which include both fundamental and applied components. (1) Dynamics of bubble formation, rising and bursting with a structurally compound interface and their implication for pollutant and disease transmission; (2) Directed delivery and controlled release towards a programmable vesicle-based therapeutic delivery system; (3) Thin-film flows and soft hydraulics with complex fluids for environmental and microfluid-based application. 

Selected Articles in Journals

Patents

  • R. K. Prud'homme, B. Powell, V. Pansare, N. Caggiano, J. Feng, Dihydromyricetin Spray-dried Dispersion Formulations and Methods for Forming them. U.S. Provisional Patent Ser. NO. 62/767,197 filed November 14, 2018.
  • S. Shin, J. T. Ault, J. Feng, H. A. Stone. Zeta Potentiometer Using Diffusiophoresis and Diffusioosmosis. U.S. Provisional Patent Ser. NO. 62/594,871, filed on Dec 5, 2017.
  • J. T. Ault,  S. Shin, H. A. Stone, J. Feng, P. Warren. Methods of Particle Manipulation and Analysis. U.S. Provisional Patent Ser. NO. 16/210,760, filed on Dec 5, 2017.
  • R. K. Prud'homme, J. Feng, K. D. Ristroph, H. Lu, Y. Zhang, S. A. McManus, Cellulosic Polymer Nanoparticles and Methods for Forming them. U.S. Provisional Patent Ser. NO. 62/557,744, filed on Sep 12, 2017.

Professional Societies

  • Member, American Physical Society (APS), 2012-present
  • Member, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2018-present
  • Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018-present
  • Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), 2015-present
  • Member, Controlled Release Society (CRS), 2017-present

Teaching Honors

  • List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent - TAM 435 Fall 2024
  • List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent - ME 310 Spring 2024
  • List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent - TAM 435 Fall 2023
  • List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent - ME 310 Spring 2023
  • List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent - TAM 435 Fall 2021

Research Honors

  • Princeton's nominee for Blavatnik Regional Postdoctoral Award (2018)
  • Research Support, Campus Research Board (2019 )
  • ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award (2019 )
  • Soft Matter Emerging Investigator, Soft Matter Journal (2022 )
  • Research Support, Campus Research Board (2024 )
  • RSC Advances Emerging Investigators, RSC Advances Journal (2024 )
  • Nanoscale Emerging Investigator, Nanoscale Journal (2025)

Other Honors

  • Engineering Council Outstanding Advisor Award, The Grainger College of Engineering (2022)

Recent Courses Taught

  • ME 310 AE1 (ME 310 AE2, ME 310 ZJ1, ME 310 OE2) - Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics
  • TAM 335 ZJU (TAM 335 AE1, TAM 335 AE2, TAM 335 AL1, TAM 335 ZJ1) - Introductory Fluid Mechanics
  • TAM 435 - Intermediate Fluid Mechanics