Baole Wen is an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics. Before joining New York Institute of Technology in 2022, he had been a postdoctoral assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Michigan and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Baole received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of New Hampshire in 2015. His Ph.D. research was focused on understanding the underlying flow and transport mechanisms governing the spatiotemporally-chaotic system of porous medium convection at large Rayleigh numbers. He obtained a master's degree in fluid mechanics and a bachelor's degree in engineering mechanics from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2010 and 2007, respectively.
Baole's research interests cover broad areas of applied and computational mathematics, including fluid mechanics, mathematical modeling, PDE-constrained optimization, scientific computing, model order reduction, efficient numerical algorithms, and pattern formation and nonlinear dynamics in high-dimensional spatiotemporal dynamical systems. To conduct his research, Baole employs direct numerical simulations, high-performance computing, variational and stability analyses, optimization, dynamical system theory, and experimental validation.
Recent Projects and Research
- Exact coherent states in Rayleigh-Bénard convection
- Flow and transport in porous media
- Optimal mixing by incompressible flows
Selected Publications
- B. Wen, Z. Ding, G. P. Chini, R. R. Kerswell. Heat transport in Rayleigh-Bénard convection with linear marginality. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 380, 20210039.
- B. Wen, D. Goluskin, C. Doering. 2022 Steady Rayleigh-Bénard convection between no-slip boundaries. J. Fluid Mech. 933, R4.
- B. Wen, Z. Shi, K. Jessen, M. Hesse, T. Tsotsis. 2021 Convective carbon dioxide dissolution in a closed porous medium at high-pressure real-gas conditions. Adv. Water Resour. 154, 103950.
- B. Wen, D. Goluskin, M. LeDuc, G. P. Chini, C. Doering. 2020 Steady Rayleigh-Bénard convection between stress-free boundaries. J. Fluid Mech. 905, R4.
- B. Wen, K. W. Chang, M. Hesse. 2018 Rayleigh-Darcy convection with hydrodynamic dispersion. Phys. Rev. Fluids 3, 123801.
- Y. Liang, B. Wen, M. Hesse, D. DiCarlo. 2018 Effect of dispersion on solutal convection in porous media. Geophys. Res. Lett. 45, 9690–9698.
- B. Wen, D. Akhbari, L. Zhang, M. Hesse. 2018 Convective carbon dioxide dissolution in a closed porous medium at low pressure. J. Fluid Mech. 854, 56–87.
- B. Wen, G. P. Chini. 2018 Reduced modeling of porous media convection in a minimal flow unit at large Rayleigh number. J. Comput Phys. 371, 551–563.
- B. Wen, G. P. Chini. 2018 Inclined porous medium convection at large Rayleigh number. J. Fluid Mech. 837, 670–702.
- Z. Shi, B. Wen, M. Hesse, T. Tsotsis, K. Jessen. 2018 Measurement and modeling of CO2 mass transfer in brine at reservoir conditions. Adv. Water Resour. 113, 100–111.
- B. Wen, G. P. Chini, R. R. Kerswell, C. R. Doering. 2015 Time-stepping approach for solving upper-bound problems: Application to two-dimensional Rayleigh-Bénard convection. Phys. Rev. E 92, 043012.
- B. Wen, L. T. Corson, G. P. Chini. 2015 Structure and stability of steady porous medium convection at large Rayleigh number. J. Fluid Mech. 772, 197–224.
- B. Wen, G. P. Chini, N. Dianati, C. R. Doering. 2013 Computational approaches to aspect-ratio-dependent upper bounds and heat flux in porous medium convection. Phys. Lett. A 377, 2931–2938.
Professional Honors and Awards
- 2015–2017: UT ICES Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2014–2015: UNH Dissertation Year Fellowship
- 2014 Summer: UNH Summer Teaching Assistants Fellowship
- 2010–2011: UNH CEPS Graduate Fellowship
Courses Taught at New York Tech
- Calculus III