Educational Background:
- Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, 2016
- M.S., Mathematics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, 2014
- B.S., Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing,
China, 2011
Selected Publications:
Multifunctional materials
- Zhang P., Ulbricht N., Boldini A., Ohanian O., Porfiri M., 2023: 鈥淢ultifunctional
nylon filaments for simultaneous ultra-violet light and strain sensing鈥, The European
Physical Journal D, 77(3), 44.
- Zhang P., Ohanian O., Porfiri M., 2022: 鈥淪piropyran-functionalized photochromic nylon
webbings for long-term ultraviolet light sensing鈥, Journal of Applied Physics, 132(6),
064504. (Cover image of the issue)
- Zhang P., Carrillo Segura S., Boldini A., Di Trolio P., Ohanian O., Porfiri M., 2021:
鈥淎 photochromic nylon webbing for ultra-violet light sensing鈥, Smart Materials and
Structures, 30, 085015.
- Zhang P., Porfiri M., 2022: 鈥淢odeling the actuation of curved ionic polymer metal
composites鈥, Smart Materials and Structures, 31, 035013.
Fluid-structure interactions
- Zhang P., Carretto A., Porfiri M., 2020: 鈥淪imultaneous digital image correlation/particle
image velocimetry to unfold fluid-structure interaction during air-backed impact鈥,
Journal of Fluids and Structures, 95, 102980.
- Zhang P., Rosen M., Peterson S., Porfiri M., 2018: 鈥淎n information-theoretic approach
to study fluid-structure interactions鈥, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 848, 968-986.
- Carrillo Segura S., Zhang P., Porfiri M., 2022: 鈥淭hree-dimensional exact solution
of free vibrations of a simply supported rectangular plate in contact with a fluid鈥,
Journal of Sound and Vibration, 534, 117007.
Aerodynamics of road vehicles
- Zhang P., Vo A.-V., Laefer D., Porfiri M., 2021: 鈥淚ntegrated evolutionary algorithms/computational
fluid dynamics for drag reduction in highway design鈥, Journal of Infrastructure Systems,
27(3), 04021025.
Hydrodynamics of fish swimming
- Zhang P., Peterson S., Porfiri M., 2023: 鈥淒ipole- and vortex sheet-based models of
fish swimming鈥, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 556, 111313.
- Porfiri M., Zhang P., Peterson S., 2022: 鈥淗ydrodynamic model of fish orientation in
a channel flow鈥, eLife, 11, e75225.
- Zhang P., Krasner E., Peterson S., Porfiri M., 2019: 鈥淎n information-theoretic study
of fish swimming in the wake of a pitching airfoil鈥, Physica D, 396, 35-46.
- Mwaffo V., Zhang P., Romero Cruz S., Porfiri M., 2017: 鈥淶ebrafish swimming in the
flow: a particle image velocimetry study鈥, PeerJ, 5, e4041.