Journal Publications:

  1. Y. Zhang, W. Wang, T. J.R. Hughes. Solid T-spline Construction from Boundary Representations for Genus-Zero Geometry. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CMAME) HOFEIM Special Issue, 2012. DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2012.01.014

  2. Y. Zhang, J. Qian. Dual Contouring for Domains with Topology Ambiguity. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CMAME), 2012. DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2012.01.004

  3. W. Wang, Y. Zhang, G. Xu, T. J.R. Hughes. Converting an Unstructured Quadrilateral/Hexahedral Mesh to a Rational T-Spline. Computational Mechanics, 2012. DOI: 10.1007/s00466-011-0674-6

  4. J. Qian, Y. Zhang. Automatic Unstructured All-Hexahedral Mesh Generation from B-Reps for Non-Manifold CAD Assemblies. Engineering with Computers, 2011. DOI: 10.1007/s00366-011-0232-z

  5. X. Liang, Y. Zhang. Matching Interior and Exterior All-Quadrilateral Meshes with Guaranteed Angle Bounds. Engineering with Computers, 2011. DOI: 10.1007/s00366-011-0221-2

  6. W. Wang, Y. Zhang, M. A. Scott, T. J.R. Hughes. Converting an Unstructured Quadrilateral Mesh to a Standard T-Spline Surface. Computational Mechanics, 48(4):477-498, 2011.

  7. X. Liang, Y. Zhang. Hexagon-based All-Quadrilateral Mesh Generation with Guaranteed Angle Bounds. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CMAME). 200(23-24):2005-2020, 2011.

  8. E. Johnson, Y. Zhang, K. Shimada. Estimating an Equivalent Wall-Thickness of a Cerebral Aneurysm through Surface Parameterization and a Non-linear Spring System. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering. 27(7):1054-1072, 2011.

  9. R. Zhang, Y. Zhang, K. P. Lam, D. Archer. A Prototype Mesh Generation Tool Development for CFD Simulations in Architecture Domain. Building and Environment. 45(10):2253-2262, 2010.

  10. X. Liang, M. Ebeida, Y. Zhang. Guaranteed-Quality All-Quadrilateral Mesh Generation with Feature Preservation. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CMAME). 199(29-32):2072-2083, 2010.

  11. J. Qian, Y. Zhang, W. Wang, A. C. Lewis, M.A. S. Qidwai, A. B. Geltmacher. Quality Improvement of Non-Manifold Hexahedral Meshes for Critical Feature Determination of Microstructure Materials. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 82(11):1406-1423, 2010.

  12. Y. Bazilevs, M.-C. Hsu, Y. Zhang, W. Wang, T. Kvamsdal, S. Hentschel, J. Isaksen. Computational Vascular Fluid-Structure Interaction: Methodology and Application to Cerebral Aneurysms. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. 9(4):481-498, 2010.

  13. Y. Bazilevs, M.-C. Hsu, Y. Zhang, W. Wang, X. Liang, T. Kvamsdal, R. Brekken, J. Isaksen. A Fully-Coupled Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulation of Cerebral Aneurysms. Computational Mechanics. 46(1):3-16, 2010.

  14. W. Wang, Y. Zhang. Wavelets-based NURBS Simplification and Fairing. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CMAME). 199(5-8):290-300, 2010.

  15. Y. Zhang, T. J.R. Hughes, C. L. Bajaj. An Automatic 3D Mesh Generation Method for Domains with Multiple Materials. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CMAME). 199(5-8):405-415, 2010.

  16. Y. Zhang, W. Wang, X. Liang, Y. Bazilevs, M.-C. Hsu, T. Kvamsdal, R. Brekken, J. Isaksen. High Fidelity Tetrahedral Mesh Generation from Medical Imaging Data for Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of Cerebral Aneurysms. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. 42(2):131-149, 2009.

  17. Y. Bazilevs, J. R. Gohean, T. J.R. Hughes, R. D. Moser, Y. Zhang. Patient-Specific Isogeometric Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of Thoracic Aortic Blood Flow due to Implantation of the Jarvik 2000 Left Ventricular Assist Device. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CMAME). 198(45-46):3534-3550, 2009.

  18. Y. Zhang, C. Bajaj, G. Xu. Surface Smoothing and Quality Improvement of Quadrilateral/Hexahedral Meshes with Geometric Flow. The special issue of the Journal Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering (CNME). 25(1):1-18, 2009. (invited paper) (pdf) (html)

  19. Y. Zhang, B. C. Cheng, C. Oh, J. L. Spehar, J. Burgess. Dynamic Neural Foramina Cross Section Measurement and Kinematic Analysis of Lumbar Spine Undergoing Extension. Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences. 29(2):55-62. 2008.

  20. C. Bajaj, Y. Zhang, G. Xu. Physically-based Texture Synthesis using A Coupled Finite Element System. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 4975:344-357, 2008.

  21. Y. Bazilevs, V. M. Calo, T. J.R. Hughes, Y. Zhang. Isogeometric Fluid-Structure Interaction: Theory, Algorithms and Computations. Computational Mechanics. 43:3-37, 2008.

  22. Y. Cheng, C. Chang, Z. Yu, Y. Zhang, M. Sun, T.S. Leyh, M. Holst, J.A. McCammon. Diffusional Channeling in the Sulfate Activating Complex: combined continuum modeling and coarse-grained Brownian dynamics studies. Biophysical Journal. 95(10):4659-67, 2008.

  23. J. Isaksen, Y. Bazilevs, T. Kvamsdal, Y. Zhang, J. H. Kaspersen, K. Waterloo, B. Romner, T. Ingebrigtsen. Determination of Wall Tension in Cerebral Artery Aneurysms by Numerical Simulation. Stroke. 39:3172-3178, 2008.

  24. Y. Zhang, Y. Bazilevs, S. Goswami, C. Bajaj, T. J.R. Hughes. Patient-Specific Vascular NURBS Modeling for Isogeometric Analysis of Blood Flow. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CMAME). 196(29-30):2943-2959, 2007. (pdf) (html)

  25. M. S. Wochner, Y. Zhang, Y. A. Ilinskii, M. F. Hamilton, E. A. Zabolotskaya. Influence of Inhomogeneity and Geometry on Lung Response to Low-Frequency Underwater Sound. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 122(5):2957, 2007.

  26. Y. Cheng, J. Suen, D. Zhang, S. Bond, Y. Zhang, Y. Song, N. Baker, C. Bajaj, M. J. Holst, J. A. McCammon. Finite Element Analysis of the Time-Dependent Smoluchowski Equation for Acetylcholinesterase Reaction Rate Calculations. Biophysical Journal. 92:3397-3406, 2007.

  27. C. Bajaj, J. T. Oden, K. R. Diller, J. C. Browne, J. Hazle, I. Babuska, J. Bass, L. Bidaut, L. Demkowicz, A. Elliott, Y. Feng, D. Fuentes, S. Prudhomme, R. J. Stafford, Y. Zhang. Using Cyber-infrastructure for Dynamic Data Driven Laser Treatment of Cancer. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4487: 972-979, 2007.

  28. J. T. Oden, K. R. Diller, C. Bajaj, J. C. Browne, J. Hazle, I. Babuska, J. Bass, L. Demkowicz, A. Elliott, Y. Feng, D. Fuentes, S. Prudhomme, M. N. Rylander, R. J. Stafford, Y. Zhang. Dynamic Data-Driven Finite Element Models for Laser Treatment of Cancer. Journal of Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, 23(4):904-922, 2007.

  29. Y. Zhang, G. Xu, C. Bajaj. Quality Meshing of Implicit Solvation Models of Biomolecular Structures. The special issue of Computer Aided Geometric Design (CAGD) on Applications of Geometric Modeling in the Life Sciences, 23(6):510-530, 2006. (pdf) (html)

  30. Y. Bazilevs, V. Calo, Y. Zhang, T. J.R. Hughes. Isogeometric Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis with Applications to Arterial Blood Flow. Computational Mechanics, 38(4-5):310-322, 2006.

  31. M. N. Rylander, Y. Feng, Y. Zhang, J. Bass, R. J. Stafford, J. Hazle, K. R. Diller. Optimizing Heat Shock Protein Expression Induced by Prostate Cancer Laser Therapy Through Predictive Computational Models. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 11(4):41113-41128, 2006.

  32. J. T. Oden, K. R. Diller, C. Bajaj, J. C. Browne, J. Hazle, I. Babuska, J. Bass, L. Demkowicz, Y. Feng, D. Fuentes, S. Prudhomme, M. N. Rylander, R. J. Stafford, Y. Zhang. Development of a Computational Paradigm for Laser Treatment of Cancer. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3993: 530-537, 2006.

  33. W. K. Liu, Y. Liu, D. Farrell, L. Zhang, X. Wang, Y. Fukui, N. Patankar, Y. Zhang, C. L. Bajaj, J. Lee, J. Hong, X. Chen, H. Hsu. Immersed Finite Element Method and Its Applications to Biological Systems. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CMAME), 195(13-16):1722-1749, 2006.

  34. Y. Zhang, C. Bajaj. Adaptive and Quality Quadrilateral/Hexahedral Meshing from Volumetric Data. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CMAME), 195(9-12):942-960, 2006. (pdf) (html)

  35. Y. Zhang, C. Bajaj, B-S. Sohn. 3D Finite Element Meshing from Imaging Data. The special issue of Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CMAME) on Unstructured Mesh Generation, 194(48-49):5083-5106, 2005. (pdf) (html)

  36. D. Zhang, J. Suen, Y. Zhang, Y. Song, Z. Radic, P. Taylor, M. J. Holst, C. Bajaj, N. A. Baker, J. A. McCammon. Tetrameric Mouse Acetylcholinesterase: Continuum Diffusion Rate Calculations by Solving the Steady-State Smoluchowski Equation Using Finite Element Methods. Biophysical Journal, 88(3):1659-1665, 2005.

  37. Y. Song, Y. Zhang, C. Bajaj, N. Baker. Continuum Diffusion Reaction Rate Calculations of Wild Type and Mutant Mouse Acetylcholinesterase: Adaptive Finite Element Analysis. Biophysical Journal 87(3):1558-1566, 2004. (abstract)

  38. Y. Song, Y. Zhang, T. Shen, C. Bajaj, J. McCammon, N. Baker. Finite Element Solution of the Steady-state Smoluchowski Equation for Rate Constant Calculations. Biophysical Journal, 86(4):2017-2029, 2004.

  39. Z. Zheng, D. Guo, Y. Zhang, Z. Hou. Dynamic Analysis of Large-scale Flexible Systems for Free-free Space Structures. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A, Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 359(1788): 2209-2229, 2001. (abstract)

  40. S. Shen, Y. Zhang, D. Li, Z. Zheng. Experiment and Analysis on Refrigerator Vibration Reduction and Noise Control. Journal of Experimental Mechanics (China), 13(4): 574-578, Dec. 1998. (abstract)
Conference Publications:

  1. J. Qian, Y. Zhang. Dual Contouring for Domains with Topology Ambiguity. 20th International Meshing Roundtable. Paris, France. Oct. 23-26, 2011.

  2. J. Leng, Y. Zhang, G. Xu. A Novel Geometric Flow-Driven Approach for Quality Improvement of Segmented Tetrahedral Mesh. 20th International Meshing Roundtable. Paris, France. Oct. 23-26, 2011.

  3. R. Zhang, K. P. Lam, Y. Zhang. Conformal and Adaptive Hexahedral-Dominant Mesh Generation for CFD Simulation of Architecture Applications. Winter Simulation Conference (WSC). Phoenix, Arizona. Dec. 11-14, 2011.

  4. Y. Zhang, X. Liang, J. Ma, Y. Jing, M. Gonzales, A. Krishnamurthy, P. Stark, S. M. Narayan, A. McCulloch. An Atlas-Based Geometry Pipeline for Cardiac Hermite Model Construction. Workshop on Mesh Processing in Medical Image Analysis in Conjunction with 14th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI). Toronto, Canada. Sept. 18-22, 2011.

  5. E. Johnson, Y. Zhang, K. Shimada. An Equivalent Wall Thickness Estimation for Cerebral Aneurysms. 2nd International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering, pp. 51-54. George Mason University, Washington DC. Mar.30-Apr.1, 2011.

  6. X. Liang, Y. Zhang. Hexagon-based All-Quadrilateral Mesh Generation with Guaranteed Angle Bounds. 19th International Meshing Roundtable, pp. 1-22. Chattanooga, TN. Oct. 3-6, 2010.

  7. J. Qian, Y. Zhang. Sharp Feature Preservation in Octree-based All-Hexahedral Mesh Generation for CAD Assembly Models. 19th International Meshing Roundtable, pp. 243-262. Chattanooga, TN. Oct. 3-6, 2010.

  8. J. Qian, Y. Zhang, W. Wang, A. C. Lewis, M.A. S. Qidwai, A. B. Geltmacher. Quality Improvement of Non-Manifold Hexahedral Meshes for Critical Feature Determination of Microstructure Materials. 18th International Meshing Roundtable, pp. 211-230. Salt Lake City, Utah. Oct. 25-28, 2009.

  9. X. Liang, M. Ebeida, Y. Zhang. Guaranteed-Quality All-Quadrilateral Mesh Generation with Feature Preservation. 18th International Meshing Roundtable, pp. 45-64. Salt Lake City, Utah. Oct. 25-28, 2009.

  10. M. Ebeida, E. Mestreau, Y. Zhang, S. Dey. Mesh Insertion of Hybrid Meshes. 18th International Meshing Roundtable, pp. 359-376. Salt Lake City, Utah. Oct. 25-28, 2009.

  11. E. Johnson, Y. Zhang, K. Shimada. Using Conformal Mapping and Springs to Determine Aneurysm Wall Thickness. 18th International Meshing Roundtable, pp. 397-414. Salt Lake City, Utah. Oct. 25-28, 2009.

  12. R. Zhang, Y. Zhang, K. P. Lam, D. Archer. A Prototype Mesh Generation Tool Development for CFD Simulations in Architecture Domain. IBPSA (International Building Performance Simulation Association) Building Simulation. Glasgow, Scotland. July. 27-30, 2009.

  13. W. Wang, Y. Zhang, J. Qian. Error-Bounded Solid NURBS Construction for Navy Structures Using Offsets. Marine 2009. Trondheim, Norway. June 15-17, 2009.

  14. Y. Zhang, W. Wang, X. Liang, Y. Bazilevs, M.-C. Hsu, T. Kvamsdal, R. Brekken, J. Isaksen. High Fidelity Tetrahedral Meshing from Imaging Data for Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of Aneurysms. International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences. Phuket, Thailand. April 8-13, 2009.

  15. Y. Bazilevs, M.-C. Hsu, Y. Zhang, W. Wang, X. Liang, T. Kvamsdal, R. Brekken, J. Isaksen. Computational Vascular Fluid-Structure Interaction: Methodology and Application to Cerebral Aneurysms. 15th International Conference on Finite Elements in Flow Problems. Tokyo, Japan. April 1-3, 2009.

  16. R. Li, Y. Zhang, D. Archer. Computation of Air Flow in CMU's Intelligent Workplace and Its Effect on Occupant Comfort and Health. ASME 2nd International Conference on Energy Sustainability. Jacksonville, FL. Aug. 10-14, 2008.

  17. Y. Bazilevs, V. M. Calo, T. J.R. Hughes, Y. Zhang. Modeling and Computation of Patient-Specific Vascular Fluid-Structure Interaction using Isogeometric Analysis. The 6th International Conference on Computation of Shell and Spatial Structures IASS-IACM 2008: Spanning Nano to Mega, J.F. Abel and J.R. Cooke (eds.). Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. May 28-31, 2008.

  18. C. Bajaj, Y. Zhang, G. Xu. Physically-based Texture Synthesis using A Coupled Finite Element System. Geometric Modeling and Physics (GMP), pp. 344-357. Hangzhou, China. April 23-25, 2008.

  19. Y. Zhang, B. C. Cheng, C. Oh, J. L. Spehar, J. Burgess. Dynamic Neural Foramina Cross Section Measurement and Kinematic Analysis of Lumbar Spine Undergoing Extension. International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences. 293(1):1-6. Honolulu, Hawaii. Mar. 17-22, 2008.

  20. Y. Zhang, T. J.R. Hughes, C. Bajaj. Automatic 3D Meshing for A Domain with Multiple Materials. Proceedings of 16th International Meshing Roundtable, pp. 367-386. Seattle, Washington. Oct. 14-17, 2007. (pdf) (html)

  21. J. F. Shepherd, Y. Zhang, C. J. Tuttle, C. T. Silva. Quality Improvement and Boolean-like Cutting Operations in Hexahedral Meshes. The 10th ISGG Conference on Numerical Grid Generation. FORTH, Crete, Greece. Sept. 16-20, 2007.

  22. C. Bajaj, J. T. Oden, K. R. Diller, J. C. Browne, J. Hazle, I. Babuska, J. Bass, L. Bidaut, L. Demkowicz, A. Elliott, Y. Feng, D. Fuentes, S. Prudhomme, R. J. Stafford, Y. Zhang. Using Cyber-Infrastructure for Dynamica Data Driven Laser Treatment of Cancer. Computatinal Science-ICCS. Beijing, China. May 27-30, 2007.

  23. Y. Bazilevs, V. M. Calo, J. A. Cottrell, T. J.R. Hughes, Y. Zhang. Isogeometric Modeling and Analysis for Naval Ship Structures. Marine. Barcelona, Spain. June 5-7, 2007.

  24. Y. Bazilevs, V. M. Calo, Y. Zhang, T. J.R. Hughes. A Fully Integrated Approach to Fluid-Structure Interaction. Coupled Problems. Ibiza, Spain. May 21-23, 2007.

  25. Y. Zhang, Y. Bazilevs, S. Goswami, C. Bajaj, T. J.R. Hughes. Patient-Specific Vascular NURBS Modeling for Isogeometric Analysis of Blood Flow. Proceedings of 15th International Meshing Roundtable, pp. 73-92. Birmingham, AL. September 17-20, 2006. (pdf) (html)

  26. Y. Bazilevs, Y. Zhang, V. Calo, S. Goswami, C. Bajaj, T. J.R. Hughes. Isogeometric Analysis of Blood Flow: a NURBS-based Approach. CompIMAGE. Coimbra, Portugal. October 20-21, 2006. (pdf)

  27. C. Bajaj, S. Goswami, Z. Yu, Y. Zhang, Y. Bazilevs, T. J.R. Hughes. Patient Specific Heart Models from High Resolution CT. CompIMAGE. Coimbra, Portugal. October 20-21, 2006. (pdf)

  28. J. T. Oden, K. R. Diller, C. Bajaj, J. C. Browne, J. Hazle, I. Babuska, J. Bass, L. Demkowicz, Y. Feng, D. Fuentes, S. Prudhomme, M. N. Rylander, R. J. Stafford, Y. Zhang. Development of a Computational Paradigm for Laser Treatment of Cancer. International Conference on Computational Science (3): 530-537, 2006.

  29. Y. Zhang, C. Bajaj, G. Xu. Surface Smoothing and Quality Improvement of Quadrilateral/Hexahedral Meshes with Geometric Flow. Proceedings of 14th International Meshing Roundtable, pp. 449-468. San Diego, CA. September 11-14, 2005. (pdf) (html)

  30. Y. Zhang, C. Bajaj. Adaptive and Quality Quadrilateral/Hexahedral Meshing from Volumetric Data. Proceedings of 13th International Meshing Roundtable, pp. 365-376. Williamsburg, VA. September 19-22, 2004. (pdf) (html)

  31. Y. Zhang, C. Bajaj, B-S. Sohn. Adaptive and Quality 3D Meshing from Imaging Data. Proceedings of 8th ACM Symposium on Solid Modeling and Applications, pp. 286-291. Seattle, WA. June 16-20, 2003. (pdf)
Technical Reports:

  1. Y. Bazilevs, J. R. Gohean, T. J.R. Hughes, R. D. Moser, Y. Zhang. Patient-Specific Isogeometric Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of Thoracic Aortic Blood Flow due to Implantation of the Jarvik 2000 Left Ventricular Assist Device. ICES Report 08-14, the University of Texas at Austin. 2008.

  2. J. Isaksen, Y. Bazilevs, T. Kvamsdal, Y. Zhang, J. H. Kaspersen, K. Waterloo, B. Romner, T. Ingebrigtsen. Determination of Wall Tension in Cerebral Artery Aneurysms by Numerical Simulation. ICES Report 07-18, the University of Texas at Austin. 2007.

  3. Y. Zhang, G. Xu, C. Bajaj. Quality Meshing of Implicit Solvation Models of Biomolecular Structures. ICES Technical Report 04-61, the University of Texas at Austin, 2004. (pdf) (html)

  4. W. K. Liu, G. Chen, X. Wang, Y. Zhang, C. Bajaj, T. Hughes. A Study of a Three-Dimensional Heart Model Using Immersed Continuum Method. ICES Technical Report, 2004.

  5. Y. Zhang, C. Bajaj. Finite Element Meshing for Cardiac Analysis. ICES Technical Report 04-26, the University of Texas at Austin, 2004. (pdf) (html)

  6. C. Bajaj, Y. Zhang, G. Xu. Physically-based Surface Texture Synthesis. Manuscript, 2003.

  7. Y. Zhang, C. Bajaj, B-S. Sohn. Adaptive Multiresolution and Quality 3D Meshing from Imaging Data. CS and ICES Technical Report (TR-02-63, 02-42), the University of Texas at Austin, December, 2002. (pdf)