Yifei Duan

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I’m a Machine Learning Engineer at Truveta, where I develop Large Language Models for clinical note extraction and healthcare AI applications. Prior to this, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Northwestern University, focusing on computational modeling of complex fluids and granular materials.

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    Granular segregation across flow geometries: a closure model for the particle segregation velocity
    Yifei Duan ,  Lu Jing ,  Paul B Umbanhowar , and 2 more authors
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2025
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    General model for segregation forces in flowing granular mixtures
    Yifei Duan ,  Lu Jing ,  Paul B Umbanhowar , and 2 more authors
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024
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    Designing minimally segregating granular mixtures for gravity-driven surface flows
    Yifei Duan ,  Jack Peckham ,  Paul B Umbanhowar , and 2 more authors
    AIChE J., 2023
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    Segregation forces in dense granular flows: closing the gap between single intruders and mixtures
    Yifei Duan ,  Lu Jing ,  Paul B Umbanhowar , and 2 more authors
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022
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    Modelling segregation of bidisperse granular mixtures varying simultaneously in size and density for free surface flows
    Yifei Duan ,  Paul B Umbanhowar ,  Julio M Ottino , and 1 more author
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021