Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, Lehigh University (2015)
M.S. in mechanical engineering, Lehigh University (2012)
B.E. with honors in structural engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University (2007)
Research Interests
Blood flow simulation
Drug delivery
Cellular mechanics
Tumor cell detection
Microfluidics design
Multiphase flow
Parallel computing
Computational fluid dynamics
Finite element methods
Fluid structure interaction
Lattice Boltzmann method
Immersed boundary method
Honors and Awards
Top 3 poster presentation at the 45th Annual Philadelphia Workshop on Hemostasis, Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis (2016)
Rossin Doctor Fellow, Lehigh University (2012)
Consortium for Nanomaterials for Aerospace Commerce and Technology (CONTACT) research grant award, Rice University (2010)
Review Activities
Applied Mathematical Modelling
American Journal of Biomedical Engineering
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
Journal of Fluids and Structures
Computers & Fluids
Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Selected Publications
S. Sohrabi, S. Wang, J. Tan, Y. Liu, "Nanoparticle Transport and Delivery in a Heterogeneous Pulmonary Vasculature", Journal of Biomechanics, 50, p240-247, 2017.
Y. Zhou, S. Sohrabi, J. Tan, Y. Liu, "Mechanical Properties of Nanoworm Assembled by DNA and Nanoparticle Conjugates", J. of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,16(6), p5447-5456, 2016.
J. Tan, W. Keller, Y. Liu, "Characterization of Nanoparticle Dispersion in Red Blood Cell Suspension by Lattice Boltzmann–Immersed Boundary Method", Nanomaterials, 6, 30, 2016.
A. Thomas, J. Tan, Y. Liu, "Characterization of nanoparticle delivery in microcirculation using a microfluidic device", Microvascular Research, Vol 94, p17-27, 2014.
S. Wang, Y. Zhou, J. Tan, J. Xu, J. Yang, Y. Liu, "Computational modeling of magnetic nanoparticle targeting to stent surface under high gradient field", Computational Mechanics, Vol 53(3), p403-512, 2014.
J. Tan, S. Wang, Y. Liu, "Coupled particulate and continuum model for nanoparticle targeted delivery", Computers & Structures, Vol 122, p128–134, 2013.
J. Tan, S. Shah, A. Thomas, D. Ou-Yang, Y. Liu, "The influence of size, shape and vessel geometry on nanoparticle distribution", Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Vol 14, p77-87, 2013.
Y. Wan, Y.Liu, P. Allen, W. Asghar, A. Mahmood, J. Tan, H. Duhon, Y. Kim, A. Ellington, S. Iqbal,"Capture, isolation and release of cancer cells with aptamer-functionalized glass bead array", Lab on a Chip, Vol 12(22), p4693-4701, 2012.
Y. Liu, S. Shah, J. Tan, "Computational modeling of nanoparticle targeted drug delivery", Reviews in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol 1(1), p66-83, 2012.
Y. Liu, J. Tan, A. Thomas, D. Ou-Yang, V. Muzykantov, "The shape of things to come: importance of design in nanotechnology for drug delivery", Therapeutic Delivery, Vol 3(2), p181-194, 2012.
J. Tan, A. Thomas, and Y. Liu, "Influence of red blood cells on nanoparticle targeted delivery in microcirculation", Soft Matter, Vol 8(6), p1934-1946, 2012.
Y. Wan, J. Tan, W. Asghar, Y. Kim, Y. Liu, S. Iqbal, "Velocity effect on aptamers-based circulating tumor cell isolation in microfluidic devices", The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol 115 (47), p13891–13896, 2011.
S. Kona, J. Dong, Y. Liu, J. Tan, K. Nguyen, "Biodegradable nanoparticles mimicking platelet binding as a targeted and controlled drug delivery system", International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Vol 423(2), p516-24, 2011.
Selected Conference Presentations and Posters
"Coupling lattice Boltzmann fluid solver with molecular dynamics using multiple CPUs", Society of Engineering Science Annual Technical Meeting, Maryland, MD, Oct., 2016
"Lattice Boltzmann method and its applications in soft matter", invited talk at the division of applied mathematics at Brown University, Providence, RI, May, 2015
"Mesoscale simulation in soft matter: Numerical studies in drug delivery and tumor cell detection", Lehigh University High Performance Computing Symposium, Bethlehem, PA, Apr. 2015
"Coupled particulate and continuum model for nanoparticle targeted delivery", 7th M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid & Solid Mechanics, Boston, MA, Jun. 2013
"Influence of Red Blood Cells on Nanoparticle Targeted Delivery in Microcirculation", ASME 2nd global congress on nanoengineering for medicine & biology, Boston, MA, Feb. 2013
"Coupling LAMMPS with lattice Boltzmann fluid solver: theory, implementation, and applications", symposium of molecular dynamics of materials from assembly to fracture at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 2016
"Nanoparticle targeted delivery in microcirculation: modeling and experiments", Biophysical Society Pennsylvania Network Meeting, Bethlehem, PA, Sep. 2012
"Characterization of Nanoparticle Distribution in Microcirculation: the Influence of Blood Cells and Vascular Geometry", 38th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 2012
"Characterization of Nanoparticle Distribution in Microcirculation Through a Microfluidics Device", ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, Farmington, PA, Jun. 2011
Work Experience
Assistant professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northern Illinois University (2017-present)
Postdoctoral scholar, University of Pennsylvania (2015-2017)
Research and teaching assistant, Lehigh University (2010-2015)