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Publications

Papers in Preparation or Under Review

  1. Skinder Dar, David Butler, David Jeon, Morteza Gharib, Cong Wang*, “On the Anisotropic Turbulent Wake Flows Near an Unsteady Free Surface,” AIAA Journal, under review. 

  2. Chukwudum Eluchie, Skinder Dar, Cong Wang*, “Comparative Analysis of Vortex Dynamics in Orifice-Driven and Deformable-Surface Synthetic Jets,” AIAA Journal, under review. 

  3. Skinder Dar, Cong Wang*, “On the Physics of a Special Synthetic Jet Created by the Oscillation of Compliant Surfaces”, in preparation. 

  4. Cong Wang*, Skinder Dar, David Butler, Minh Nguyen, Kaiqi Zhou, Chukwudum Eluchie, Morteza Gharib, “Spatio-Temporal Anisotropic Character of Turbulent Free-Surface Wake Flows Measured Using Three-Dimensional Particle Image Velocimetry,” in preparation.

Journal Publications

  1. Minh Nguyen, Mohammad Mohammadzadeh Sanandaji, Ikram Haider, Hongtao Ding, Cong Wang*. (2026). “Hybrid Turbulent Drag Reduction via Interactions of Deformable Air Films and Injected Air Bubbles over Superhydrophobic Surfaces,” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 175. 

  2. Minh Nguyen, Cong Wang*. (2026). “Dynamic Slip Effects of Patterned Superhydrophobic Surfaces on Transition Turbulent Boundary Layers,” AIAA Journal, 1–10. 

  3. Skinder Dar, Chukwudum Eluchie, David Butler, Paloma García-Guillén, Cong Wang*. (2026). “Experimental Study of Novel Synthetic Jets Induced by Dynamic Deformable Surfaces,” AIAA Journal, accepted. 

  4. David Butler, Stella J. Gerlock, Skinder Dar, Cong Wang*. (2026). “Characterization of the Free-Surface Turbulent Wakes of Surface-Piercing Bluff Bodies,” AIAA Journal, 1–6. 

  5. Skinder Dar, Chukwudum Eluchie, Cong Wang*. (2026). “Experimental Characterization of Duty Cycle Modulation in Square-Wave Synthetic Jet Actuators,” Physics of Fluids, DOI: 10.1063/5.0309807. 

  6. David Butler, Minh Nguyen, Skinder Dar, Cong Wang*. (2026). “Design and Development of a Low-Turbulence Water Flume: Initial Application to Turbulent Wake Flow Near an Unsteady Free Surface,” Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, 16(1). 

  7. Chukwudum Eluchie, Skinder Dar, Cong Wang*. (2025). “Development of a Novel Synthetic Jet Using a Deformable Dynamic Surface,” Physics of Fluids, 37(12). 

  8. Stella Gerlock, Zhanghe Wang, David Butler, Cong Wang*. (2025). “Exploring the Wild World of Vortex Shedding in a Hydrodynamics Research Laboratory,” Synthesis: A Digital Journal of Student Science Communication, 6(2). 

  9. Cong Wang*, Morteza Gharib, “On the Turbulent Drag Reduction Effect of the Dynamic Free-Slip Surface Method,” Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(7), 879 (2022). 

  10. Cong Wang*, Morteza Gharib, “Physics of a Strongly Oscillating Axisymmetric Air–Water Interface with a Fixed Boundary Condition,” Physical Review Fluids, 7(4), 044003 (2022). 

  11. Cong Wang*, Morteza Gharib, “Turbulent Drag Reduction Using a Dynamic Free-Slip Surface,” 34th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics (2022). 

  12. Cong Wang*, Morteza Gharib, “Re-Laminarization Mechanism Generated by a Dynamic Free-Slip Boundary,” Physical Review Fluids, 6, 084604 (2021). 

  13. Cong Wang, Morteza Gharib*, “Effect of the Dynamic Slip Boundary Condition on the Near-Wall Turbulent Boundary Layer,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 901 (2020). Featured on the front cover of Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 

Patents
  1. Wang, C., Jeon, D., Grivel, M., Pereira, F., & Gharib, M. (2020). U.S. Patent No. 10,787,231. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  2. Darolles, I. M., Fahimi, A., Wang, C., Aria, A. I., Cendon, L., & Gharib, M. (2021). U.S. Patent No. 11,056,712. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Conference Papers

  1. Skinder Dar, Cong Wang*, “Vectoring of a Synthetic Jet Using a Dynamic Deformable Surface,” AIAA SciTech Forum, Jan 11–15, Orlando, FL, 2027. 

  2. Kaiqi Zhou, Minh Nguyen, Jake Bleeden, Cong Wang*, Zhi Chen, “AI-Enabled Turbulent Flow Field Prediction Based on Experimental Measurement Data,” AIAA SciTech Forum, Jan 11–15, Orlando, FL, 2027. 

  3. Cong Wang*, David Butler, Skinder Dar, Chukwudum Eluchie, David Jeon, Morteza Gharib, “On the Anisotropic Turbulent Wake Flows Near an Unsteady Free Surface,” AIAA SciTech Forum, Jan 12–16, Orlando, FL, 2026. 

  4. Cong Wang*, Chukwudum Eluchie, David Jeon, Morteza Gharib, “Measurement of Turbulent Wake Flows Near an Unsteady Free Surface Using Defocusing PIV,” International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, Tokyo, Japan, 2025. 

  5. Skinder Dar, Chukwudum Eluchie, Zhanghe Wang, Paloma García-Guillén, Cong Wang*, “Experimental Study of Novel Synthetic Jets Induced by Dynamic Deformable Surfaces,” AIAA Aviation Forum, Jul 21–25, Las Vegas, NV, 2025. 

  6. Chukwudum Eluchie, Skinder Dar, Cong Wang*, “Comparative Analysis of Vortex Dynamics in Orifice-Driven and Deformable-Surface Synthetic Jets,” AIAA Aviation Forum, Jul 21–25, Las Vegas, NV, 2025. 

  7. David Butler, Stella Gerlock, Cong Wang*, “Characterization of the Free-Surface Turbulent Wakes of Surface-Piercing Bluff Bodies,” AIAA Aviation Forum, Jul 21–25, Las Vegas, NV, 2025. 

  8. Minh Nguyen, Cong Wang*, “Air Bubble Techniques in Reducing Friction Drag in Turbulent Boundary Layer,” AIAA Aviation Forum, Jul 21–25, Las Vegas, NV, 2025. 

  9. Cong Wang*, Morteza Gharib, (2022). "Turbulent drag reduction using a dynamic free-slip surface." The 34th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics. 

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