Publications

2026

1. Preprint

   

   Robot Manipulation with GPT-6-Astra: Body Knowledge, Experience Reuse, Emergent Skills, and Sim2Real Transfer

   Sida He, Lingxi Xie, Yunning Cao, Pengfei Chen, Kaiwen Duan, Jiannan Ge, Xinyue Huo, Jiacheng Shao, and Qi Tian

   arXiv preprint arXiv:2609.31770; Embodied AI , 2026

   arXiv Bib Code

   @article{he2026robot,
     title = {Robot Manipulation with {GPT-6-Astra}: Body Knowledge, Experience Reuse, Emergent Skills, and {Sim2Real} Transfer},
     author = {He, Sida and Xie, Lingxi and Cao, Yunning and Chen, Pengfei and Duan, Kaiwen and Ge, Jiannan and Huo, Xinyue and Shao, Jiacheng and Tian, Qi},
     journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2609.31770},
     year = {2026},
   }

2. Preprint

   

   AI Decodes Historical Chinese Archives to Reveal Lost Climate History

   Sida He, Lingxi Xie, Xiaopeng Zhang, and Qi Tian

   arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.22458; AI for Science (AI4S) , 2026

   arXiv Bib

   @article{he2026ai,
     title = {{AI} Decodes Historical Chinese Archives to Reveal Lost Climate History},
     author = {He, Sida and Xie, Lingxi and Zhang, Xiaopeng and Tian, Qi},
     journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.22458},
     year = {2026},
   }

3. Preprint

   Robustness of Double-Word Addition Algorithms under Overlapping Inputs

   Yuanyuan Yang, Xinyu Lyu, Sida He, Xiliang Lu, Ji Qi, and Zhihao Li

   Preprint, revised version; earlier version (2024) , 2026

   Bib

   @article{yang2026robustness,
     title = {Robustness of Double-Word Addition Algorithms under Overlapping Inputs},
     author = {Yang, Yuanyuan and Lyu, Xinyu and He, Sida and Lu, Xiliang and Qi, Ji and Li, Zhihao},
     year = {2026},
     journal = {Preprint},
   }

2025

1. Journal

   Flow transition and vortex evolution of a symmetric airfoil at low Reynolds number and high angle of attack

   Jichang Chen, Zhiwei Lu, Bin Wu, Sida He, Tianhang Xiao, Mingbo Tong, and Kan Kan

   Physics of Fluids, 2025

   DOI Bib

   @article{chen2025flow,
     title = {Flow transition and vortex evolution of a symmetric airfoil at low Reynolds number and high angle of attack},
     author = {Chen, Jichang and Lu, Zhiwei and Wu, Bin and He, Sida and Xiao, Tianhang and Tong, Mingbo and Kan, Kan},
     journal = {Physics of Fluids},
     volume = {37},
     number = {2},
     year = {2025},
     publisher = {AIP Publishing},
     doi = {10.1063/5.0246708},
     pages = {023603}
   }

2024

1. Journal

   Free-surface-induced ground effect for flapping swimmers

   Kaiyuan Zheng, Sida He, Xizeng Zhao, Lian Shen, and Xiaojue Zhu

   Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024

   DOI Bib

   @article{zheng2024free,
     title = {Free-surface-induced ground effect for flapping swimmers},
     author = {Zheng, Kaiyuan and He, Sida and Zhao, Xizeng and Shen, Lian and Zhu, Xiaojue},
     journal = {Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
     volume = {997},
     pages = {A36},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
     doi = {10.1017/jfm.2024.830}
   }

2023

1. Journal

   Pore-scale flow effects on solute transport in turbulent channel flows over porous media

   Jun Song Kim, Peter K Kang, Sida He, Lian Shen, S Santosh Kumar, Jiarong Hong, and Il Won Seo

   Transport in Porous Media, 2023

   DOI Bib

   @article{kim2023pore,
     title = {Pore-scale flow effects on solute transport in turbulent channel flows over porous media},
     author = {Kim, Jun Song and Kang, Peter K and He, Sida and Shen, Lian and Kumar, S Santosh and Hong, Jiarong and Seo, Il Won},
     journal = {Transport in Porous Media},
     volume = {146},
     number = {1--2},
     pages = {223--248},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {Springer Netherlands Dordrecht},
     doi = {10.1007/s11242-021-01736-6}
   }

2. Conference

   Free surface-induced ground effect for flapping swimmers

   Xiaojue Zhu, Kaiyuan Zheng, Sida He, Xizeng Zhao, and Lian Shen

   Bulletin of the American Physical Society, conference abstract , 2023

   Bib

   @article{zhu2023free,
     title = {Free surface-induced ground effect for flapping swimmers},
     author = {Zhu, Xiaojue and Zheng, Kaiyuan and He, Sida and Zhao, Xizeng and Shen, Lian},
     journal = {Bulletin of the American Physical Society},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {American Physical Society},
   }

2022

1. Journal

   

   Simulation-based study of turbulent aquatic canopy flows with flexible stems

   Sida He, Han Liu, and Lian Shen

   Journal of Fluid Mechanics; CFD flow physics , 2022

   DOI Bib

   @article{he2022simulation,
     title = {Simulation-based study of turbulent aquatic canopy flows with flexible stems},
     author = {He, Sida and Liu, Han and Shen, Lian},
     journal = {Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
     volume = {947},
     pages = {A33},
     year = {2022},
     publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
     doi = {10.1017/jfm.2022.655},
   }

2. Journal

   

   Numerical simulation of interaction between multiphase flows and thin flexible structures

   Sida He, Zixuan Yang, Fotis Sotiropoulos, and Lian Shen

   Journal of Computational Physics; CFD algorithms , 2022

   DOI Bib

   @article{he2022numerical,
     title = {Numerical simulation of interaction between multiphase flows and thin flexible structures},
     author = {He, Sida and Yang, Zixuan and Sotiropoulos, Fotis and Shen, Lian},
     journal = {Journal of Computational Physics},
     pages = {110691},
     year = {2022},
     publisher = {Academic Press},
     volume = {448},
     doi = {10.1016/j.jcp.2021.110691},
   }

3. Thesis

   Simulation of flexible stems and canopy flow with immersed boundary method

   Sida He

   University of Minnesota, 2022

   Bib PDF

   @phdthesis{he2022thesis,
     title = {Simulation of flexible stems and canopy flow with immersed boundary method},
     author = {He, Sida},
     year = {2022},
     school = {University of Minnesota},
   }

2021

1. Journal

   

   Simulation-based study of COVID-19 outbreak associated with air-conditioning in a restaurant

   Han Liu^*, Sida He^*, Lian Shen, and Jiarong Hong

   Physics of Fluids; CFD applications , 2021

   DOI Bib

   @article{liu2021simulation,
     title = {Simulation-based study of {COVID-19} outbreak associated with air-conditioning in a restaurant},
     author = {Liu, Han and He, Sida and Shen, Lian and Hong, Jiarong},
     journal = {Physics of Fluids},
     volume = {33},
     number = {2},
     pages = {023301},
     year = {2021},
     publisher = {AIP Publishing LLC},
     doi = {10.1063/5.0040188},
   }

2. Journal

   Large eddy simulation coupled with immersed boundary method for turbulent flows over a backward facing step

   Dandan Yang, Sida He, Lian Shen, and Xianwu Luo

   Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 2021

   DOI Bib

   @article{yang2021large,
     title = {Large eddy simulation coupled with immersed boundary method for turbulent flows over a backward facing step},
     author = {Yang, Dandan and He, Sida and Shen, Lian and Luo, Xianwu},
     journal = {Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science},
     volume = {235},
     number = {15},
     pages = {2705--2714},
     year = {2021},
     publisher = {SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England},
     doi = {10.1177/0954406220954892}
   }

2020

1. Preprint

   Simulation-based study on the COVID-19 airborne transmission in a restaurant

   Han Liu, Sida He, Lian Shen, and Jiarong Hong

   medRxiv preprint; journal version: Physics of Fluids (2021) , 2020

   DOI Bib

   @article{liu2020simulation,
     title = {Simulation-based study on the {COVID-19} airborne transmission in a restaurant},
     author = {Liu, Han and He, Sida and Shen, Lian and Hong, Jiarong},
     journal = {medRxiv preprint},
     year = {2020},
     publisher = {Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press},
     doi = {10.1101/2020.12.10.20247403},
   }

2. Conference

   Pore-Scale Flow Effects on Solute Transport Across Free Flow-Porous Media Interface

   Jun Song Kim, Sida He, Lian Shen, Santosh Kumar, Jiarong Hong, and Peter K Kang

   In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2020

   Bib

   @inproceedings{kim2020pore,
     title = {Pore-Scale Flow Effects on Solute Transport Across Free Flow-Porous Media Interface},
     author = {Kim, Jun Song and He, Sida and Shen, Lian and Kumar, Santosh and Hong, Jiarong and Kang, Peter K},
     booktitle = {AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts},
     volume = {2020},
     pages = {H204--03},
     year = {2020},
   }

2019

1. Journal

   Measurement-Based Numerical Study of the Effects of Realistic Land Topography and Stratification on the Coastal Marine Atmospheric Surface Layer

   Zixuan Yang, Antoni Calderer, Sida He, Fotis Sotiropoulos, Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, Laura S Leo, Harindra JS Fernando, Christopher M Hocut, and Lian Shen

   Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2019

   DOI Bib

   @article{yang2019measurement,
     title = {Measurement-Based Numerical Study of the Effects of Realistic Land Topography and Stratification on the Coastal Marine Atmospheric Surface Layer},
     author = {Yang, Zixuan and Calderer, Antoni and He, Sida and Sotiropoulos, Fotis and Krishnamurthy, Raghavendra and Leo, Laura S and Fernando, Harindra JS and Hocut, Christopher M and Shen, Lian},
     journal = {Boundary-Layer Meteorology},
     volume = {171},
     number = {2},
     pages = {289--314},
     year = {2019},
     publisher = {Springer Netherlands Dordrecht},
     doi = {10.1007/s10546-018-00423-2}
   }

2018

1. Journal

   The pressure drop across combined polydisperse spherical particle–Cylindrical fiber networks

   Huan Yang, Sida He, Hui Ouyang, Matthew J Anderson, Lian Shen, and Christopher J Hogan

   Chemical Engineering Science, 2018

   Bib

   @article{yang2018pressure,
     title = {The pressure drop across combined polydisperse spherical particle--Cylindrical fiber networks},
     author = {Yang, Huan and He, Sida and Ouyang, Hui and Anderson, Matthew J and Shen, Lian and Hogan, Jr., Christopher J},
     journal = {Chemical Engineering Science},
     volume = {192},
     pages = {634--641},
     year = {2018},
     publisher = {Pergamon},
   }

2. Journal

   Numerical study on the effect of air–sea–land interaction on the atmospheric boundary layer in coastal area

   Zixuan Yang, Antoni Calderer, Sida He, Fotis Sotiropoulos, James D Doyle, David D Flagg, Jamie MacMahan, Qing Wang, Brian K Haus, Hans C Graber, and Lian Shen

   Atmosphere, 2018

   DOI Bib

   @article{yang2018numerical,
     title = {Numerical study on the effect of air--sea--land interaction on the atmospheric boundary layer in coastal area},
     author = {Yang, Zixuan and Calderer, Antoni and He, Sida and Sotiropoulos, Fotis and Doyle, James D and Flagg, David D and MacMahan, Jamie and Wang, Qing and Haus, Brian K and Graber, Hans C and Shen, Lian},
     journal = {Atmosphere},
     volume = {9},
     number = {2},
     pages = {51},
     year = {2018},
     publisher = {MDPI},
     doi = {10.3390/atmos9020051}
   }

3. Conference

   Numerical Study of Atmospheric Boundary Layer in Coastal Area with Complex Land Topography

   Zixuan Yang, Antoni Calderer, Sida He, Fotis Sotiropoulos, Laura Sandra Leo, Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, Harindra Joseph Fernando, and Lian Shen

   In American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting, 2018

   Bib

   @inproceedings{yang2018coastalmeeting,
     title = {Numerical Study of Atmospheric Boundary Layer in Coastal Area with Complex Land Topography},
     author = {Yang, Zixuan and Calderer, Antoni and He, Sida and Sotiropoulos, Fotis and Leo, Laura Sandra and Krishnamurthy, Raghavendra and Fernando, Harindra Joseph and Shen, Lian},
     booktitle = {American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting},
     pages = {CD21A--06},
     year = {2018},
   }

2017

1. Conference

   Numerical simulation of interactions among air, water, and rigid/flexible solid bodies

   Sida He, Zixuan Yang, and Lian Shen

   In Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Ship and Marine Hydrodynamics, Keelung, Taiwan, 2017

   Bib

   @inproceedings{he2017numerical,
     title = {Numerical simulation of interactions among air, water, and rigid/flexible solid bodies},
     author = {He, Sida and Yang, Zixuan and Shen, Lian},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Ship and Marine Hydrodynamics, Keelung, Taiwan},
     pages = {5--8},
     year = {2017},
   }

2015

1. Journal

   Dispersion of particles in wall-bounded particle-laden turbulent flows with high wall permeability

   Sida He and Bing Wang

   International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2015

   DOI Bib

   @article{he2015dispersion,
     title = {Dispersion of particles in wall-bounded particle-laden turbulent flows with high wall permeability},
     author = {He, Sida and Wang, Bing},
     journal = {International Journal of Multiphase Flow},
     volume = {77},
     pages = {104--119},
     year = {2015},
     publisher = {Pergamon},
     doi = {10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2015.08.008}
   }