Name: Ben Yuan. 

Hometown: Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. 

Department: Mechanical Engineering. 

Research: Turbulence modeling and bubble transport/entrainment models to improve two-phase prediction of large-scale ship flows and other engineering applications using computational fluid dynamics. 

Plans after graduation: Work as a computational fluid dynamics engineer at FlexCompute. 

Things you’ll miss about Iowa City: Slow-paced life style, friendly local residents and the view of Iowa river. 

What you enjoyed most about your research/the graduate program: Challenging research topics and our very supportive department. 

What you’re looking forward to after graduation: Continue working on solving engineering problems related to fluid dynamics using simulations and modeling.