Qi Wang

Assistant Professor, 2020-Present
Aerospace Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, US

Ph. D., 2014-2020
Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, US
B.S., 2010-2014
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Peking University, Beijing, Beijing, CN

Profile updated October 8, 2026.

Academic Publications

Localization of sources in weakly nonlinear fluid systems using linear and quadratic sensitivity analysis

Qi Wang; Zejian You

Physical Review Fluids, 2026, journal article,

Physical Review Fluids (2026)

SJR: 0.8670
H-index: 73
Publisher: American Physical Society
ISSN: 2469990X
Country / region: United States / Northern America
Coverage: 2016-2026
SCImago release: 2025

Journal quartile details
Department	Department quartile	Overall quartile	SCImago categories
Department of Aerospace Engineering		Q1	Not reported

A department-specific subject ranking was unavailable; the title-level overall quartile is shown.

, Cited by 1

Acoustic localization Fluid dynamics Mathematical optimization Nonlinear systems

Mitigating adjoint chaos in wall turbulence

Qi Wang; Tamer A. Zaki

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2026, journal article,

Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2026)

SJR: 1.2830
H-index: 281
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 14697645, 00221120
Country / region: United Kingdom / Western Europe
Coverage: 1956-2026
SCImago release: 2025

Journal quartile details
Department	Department quartile	Overall quartile	SCImago categories
Department of Aerospace Engineering		Q1	Not reported

A department-specific subject ranking was unavailable; the title-level overall quartile is shown.

Computational fluid dynamics Engineering Fluid dynamics Turbulence

Scalar Field Reconstruction on an Arbitrary Closed Surface from Measured Scalar Gradient Distributions and the Unfolded Surface Integration on Developable Surfaces

Mohamed Amine Abassi; Qi Wang; Xiaofeng Liu

2026, preprint

Computer science Geometry

Domain of dependence for wall-pressure measurements in high-speed boundary layers

Qi Wang; Tamer A. Zaki

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2025, journal article,

Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2025)

SJR: 1.2830
H-index: 281
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 14697645, 00221120
Country / region: United Kingdom / Western Europe
Coverage: 1956-2026
SCImago release: 2025

Journal quartile details
Department	Department quartile	Overall quartile	SCImago categories
Department of Aerospace Engineering	Q1	Q1	Applied Mathematics: Q1; Condensed Matter Physics: Q1; Mechanical Engineering: Q1; Mechanics of Materials: Q1

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, Cited by 11

Aerodynamics Fluid mechanics Turbulent boundary layer Wall pressure (Aerodynamics)

Inference of inertial particle dynamics from limited measurements

Daniel Domínguez-Vázquez; Nicolas Escobar-Castaneda; Qi Wang; Gustaaf B. Jacobs

Physics of Fluids, 2025, journal article,

Physics of Fluids (2025)

SJR: 0.7140
H-index: 220
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
ISSN: 10706631, 10897666
Country / region: United States / Northern America
Coverage: 1958-1988, 1994-2026
SCImago release: 2025

Journal quartile details
Department	Department quartile	Overall quartile	SCImago categories
Department of Aerospace Engineering	Q1	Q1	Computational Mechanics: Q1; Condensed Matter Physics: Q2; Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes: Q1; Mechanical Engineering: Q1; Mechanics of Materials: Q2

Department quartiles are specific to the faculty department and publication year.

, Cited by 1

Dynamics Mechanics Particle dynamics Physics

Adjoint-based data assimilation in a subdomain using omnidirectional-integration-enabled pressure Dirichlet boundary conditions

Mohamed Amine Abassi; Qi Wang; Xiaofeng Liu

Physics of Fluids, 2025, journal article,

Physics of Fluids (2025)

SJR: 0.7140
H-index: 220
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
ISSN: 10706631, 10897666
Country / region: United States / Northern America
Coverage: 1958-1988, 1994-2026
SCImago release: 2025

Journal quartile details
Department	Department quartile	Overall quartile	SCImago categories
Department of Aerospace Engineering	Q1	Q1	Computational Mechanics: Q1; Condensed Matter Physics: Q2; Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes: Q1; Mechanical Engineering: Q1; Mechanics of Materials: Q2

Department quartiles are specific to the faculty department and publication year.

, Cited by 4

Boundary value problems Differential equations, Partial Numerical analysis

Green's function integral method for pressure reconstruction from measured pressure gradient and the interpretation of omnidirectional integration

Qi Wang; Xiaofeng Liu

Physics of Fluids, 2023, journal article,

Physics of Fluids (2023)

SJR: 0.7140
H-index: 220
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
ISSN: 10706631, 10897666
Country / region: United States / Northern America
Coverage: 1958-1988, 1994-2026
SCImago release: 2025

Journal quartile details
Department	Department quartile	Overall quartile	SCImago categories
Department of Aerospace Engineering		Q1	Not reported

A department-specific subject ranking was unavailable; the title-level overall quartile is shown.

, Cited by 11

Green's functions Mathematical models Numerical analysis Physics

Adjoint-based Particle Forcing Reconstruction and Uncertainty Quantification

Daniel Domínguez-Vázquez; Qi Wang; Gustaaf B. Jacobs

2022, preprint, Cited by 2

Computational physics Fluid dynamics Numerical analysis Particle methods (Numerical analysis)

What is observable from wall data in turbulent channel flow?

Qi Wang; Mengze Wang; Tamer A. Zaki

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022, journal article,

Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2022)

SJR: 1.2830
H-index: 281
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 14697645, 00221120
Country / region: United Kingdom / Western Europe
Coverage: 1956-2026
SCImago release: 2025

Journal quartile details
Department	Department quartile	Overall quartile	SCImago categories
Department of Aerospace Engineering		Q1	Not reported

A department-specific subject ranking was unavailable; the title-level overall quartile is shown.

, Cited by 34

Fluid dynamics Fluid mechanics Turbulence

From wall observations to turbulence: The difficulty of flow reconstruction

Qi Wang; Mengze Wang; Tamer A. Zaki

2021, preprint

Fluid dynamics Fluid mechanics Turbulence

Discrete adjoint of fractional-step incompressible Navier-Stokes solver in curvilinear coordinates and application to data assimilation

Mengze Wang; Qi Wang; Tamer A. Zaki

Journal of Computational Physics, 2019, journal article,

Journal of Computational Physics (2019)

SJR: 1.5520
H-index: 321
Publisher: Academic Press Inc.
ISSN: 10902716, 00219991
Country / region: United States / Northern America
Coverage: 1966-2026
SCImago release: 2025

Journal quartile details
Department	Department quartile	Overall quartile	SCImago categories
Department of Aerospace Engineering		Q1	Not reported

A department-specific subject ranking was unavailable; the title-level overall quartile is shown.

, Cited by 59

Computational fluid dynamics Curvilinear coordinates Navier-Stokes equations Numerical analysis

Kriging-enhanced ensemble variational data assimilation for scalar-source identification in turbulent environments

Vincent Mons; Qi Wang; Tamer A. Zaki

Journal of Computational Physics, 2019, journal article,

Journal of Computational Physics (2019)

SJR: 1.5520
H-index: 321
Publisher: Academic Press Inc.
ISSN: 10902716, 00219991
Country / region: United States / Northern America
Coverage: 1966-2026
SCImago release: 2025

Journal quartile details
Department	Department quartile	Overall quartile	SCImago categories
Department of Aerospace Engineering		Q1	Not reported

A department-specific subject ranking was unavailable; the title-level overall quartile is shown.

, Cited by 42

Computational science and engineering Kriging Machine learning Turbulence

Spatial reconstruction of steady scalar sources from remote measurements in turbulent flow

Qi Wang; Yosuke Hasegawa; Tamer A. Zaki

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2019, journal article,

Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2019)

SJR: 1.2830
H-index: 281
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 14697645, 00221120
Country / region: United Kingdom / Western Europe
Coverage: 1956-2026
SCImago release: 2025

Journal quartile details
Department	Department quartile	Overall quartile	SCImago categories
Department of Aerospace Engineering		Q1	Not reported

A department-specific subject ranking was unavailable; the title-level overall quartile is shown.

, Cited by 44

Fluid dynamics Physics Remote sensing Turbulence

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