Professor Wei-Fan Hu
Principal Luo, Jia-Lun Outstanding Youth Research Award.
<This article is proffered by Professor Wei-Fan Hu>

I am deeply honored to receive the Luo Jialun Outstanding Young Researcher Award. This award holds great significance for me as it represents a significant recognition of my academic works and research accomplishments.
 
My expertise lies in scientific computing, particularly in the field of computational fluid dynamics. In the early stages of my research career, my focus was on developing immersed boundary and immersed interface methods for tackling complex fluid systems, such as inextensible vesicle hydrodynamics, interfacial flows with soluble surfactant, and electrohydrodynamic systems.
 
In recent years, my research has centered around three-dimensional diffusiophoretic systems. We have developed a systematic mathematical analysis along with elegant numerical methods. It is interesting to see that, even in Stokes flows, a rigid body can exhibit chaotic motion without the effect of fluid inertia. Our findings have been published in the prestigious journal, Physical Review Letters. Additionally, we have successfully developed a series of machine learning techniques. These methods employ simple yet ingenious mathematical techniques to efficiently solve elliptic interface problems. We have further extended these techniques to address high-dimensional anisotropic interface problems, which are recognized as challenging and widely applicable research topics.
 
I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the Department of Mathematics at NCU for providing ample academic resources and supports, which have been instrumental in enabling me to achieve these research outcomes. Lastly, I would like to thank my family and friends for consistently brightening my spirits. I firmly believe that happiness is the best catalyst for exceptional research, and I am committed to continuing my efforts and pursuing excellence.