He was a Courtesy Associate Professor during his stays at Florida International University. Michael C. Sukop is Professor of Hydrogeology at Florida International University in Miami and author of “Lattice Boltzmann Modeling: An Introduction for Geoscientists and Engineers”. His research emphasis is on flow and transport in porous media. Xiyun Lu is a Professor of Fluid Mechanics in the University of Science and Technology of China. His research interests mainly include computational fluid dynamics, turbulence simulation and biomechanics.