About Me

My name is Chen Cui (in Chinese, 崔忱) and I am a Ph.D. candidate in Astronautical Engineering at University of Southern California. I am advised by Prof. Joseph Wang and I am currently working on the numerical modeling of plasma flows.

I graduated from Shenyuan Honors College of Beihang University (Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, BUAA). I received my Bachelor of Engineering(B.E.) degree in Aerospace Engineering in June 2017. I was an exchange student at TU Dresden in Germany in 2016-2017 winter sememster.

My research interests mainly focus on:

1. Kinetic studies of plasma flow/physics, applications include: electric propulsion modeling, space plasma turbulence/instability.
2. Computational physics: development of grid-based vlasov solver.
3. High-performance computing.

My education background:

• Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) in Astronautical Engineering
  • 08.2017-Now (In Progress)
  • University of Southern California (USC), Viterbi School of Engineering
  • Advisor: Prof. Joseph Wang
• M.S. (Master of Science) in Computer Science (High-performance Computing)
  • 08.2019-05.2021
  • University of Southern California (USC), Viterbi School of Engineering
• M.S. (Master of Science) in Astronautical Engineering
  • 08.2017-12.2019
  • University of Southern California (USC), Viterbi School of Engineering
• B.E. (Bachelor of Engineering) in Aerospace Engineering
  • 09.2013-06.2017
  • Beihang University (Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics), Shenyuan Honors College

Please see the tab Research for my research details. You can also find my publications in the tab Publications.