Zhiwei Peng

Active Matter | Fluid and Statistical Mechanics

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12-324 DICE

9211 116 Street NW

Edmonton, AB, T6G 1H9

zhiwei.peng@ualberta.ca

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta. Our group develops theoretical machinery and high-performance (e.g., CUDA-enabled) computational libraries to study the mechanics of soft and active matter. The key aim is to bridge the gap between micromechanics of constitutive particles and macroscopic phenomena.

I earned my Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from Caltech under the supervision of John Brady.

Current research topics include transport, microrheology, statistical mechanics, fluctuations, and collective motion of colloidal (active) matter.

If you are interested in joining our group, please read this page. For any other inquires, please contact Dr. Peng.

news

Oct 15, 2024 Two papers published in JFM and JCP
Jan 12, 2024 Our work was featured on Caltech News and Scientific American
Jan 9, 2024 Join us
Oct 31, 2023 Our new website is now live! :sparkles:

selected publications

  1. Rotational Taylor dispersion in linear flows
    Zhiwei Peng
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Oct 2024
  2. Macrotransport of active particles in periodic channels and fields: rectification and dispersion
    Zhiwei Peng
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, Oct 2024
  3. AI-aided geometric design of anti-infection catheters
    Tingtao Zhou, Xuan Wan, Daniel Zhengyu Huang, and 6 more authors
    Science Advances, Jan 2024
  4. Forced microrheology of active colloids
    Zhiwei Peng, and John F. Brady
    Journal of Rheology, Sep 2022