The i⁴ - FSI Lab (流体信息与智能化) is established by Dr. Dixia Fan in the School of Engineering at Westlake University, Hangzhou, China. The name of "i⁴ - FSI " stands for "intelligent", "informational", "integrative" and "interdisciplinary" fluid-structure interaction, a research vision shared by the group to develop a new paradigm for fluid research and applications. By carefully incorporating physics-informed (and -informative) machine learning methods and bio-inspired principles into the fluid mechanics investigation, we will be able to significantly understand and control the fluid motion that is inherently non-linear and multi-scale in both space and time. 

范迪夏博士研究方向集中在流固耦合现象，多栖仿生机器人，以及人工智能在漩涡流体感知与控制中的应用。尤为突出的是，在博士与后续研究期间，范迪夏博士提出并开发了基于物理信息与数据驱动的实验流体力学研究方法：在传统的计算和实验技术更新的基础上，将数值方法，实验与统计学习之间的各研究工具更系统整合的流体实验研究方法，助力揭示经典力学之一的流体力学的强非线性以及空间和时间上多尺度性，从而为加深我们人类对于流体运动现象的基本理解以及更好地预测和控制流体问题打下坚实的研究基础。相关成果发表于Science Robotics， Proceedings of National Academy of Science，Journal of Fluid Mechanics等国际期刊。