Professor Guan Heng Yeoh

My Expertise

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Numerical Heat and Mass Transfer
Turbulence modelling using Reynolds-Averaging and Large Eddy Simulation
Combustion, Radiation Heat Transfer, Soot Formation and Oxidation, Solid Pyrolysis in Fire Modelling
Fundamental studies in Multiphase Flows: Free Surface, Gas-Particle, Liquid-Particle, Gas-Liquid (bubbly and subcooled nucleate boiling), Freezing/Solidification and Liquid-Gas-Solid
Computational modelling of Magnetic Micro-particles in Mechanical Dampers
Computational modelling of Magnetic Drug Delivery and Targeting
Computational modelling of Nanofluids with Heat Transfer
Computational modelling of industrial systems of single-phase such as in HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning)
Computational modelling of industrial systems of multiphase flows (heat exchangers, boilers and nuclear reactors, cyrogenics)
Green and Durable Fire Retardant Materials

Keywords

computational fluid dynamics

multiphase flow

heat and mass transfer

functional materials

Fields of Research (FoR)

Chemical and thermal processes in energy and combustion, Fire safety engineering, Structural engineering, Computational methods in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer (incl. computational fluid dynamics) , Multiphysics flows (incl. multiphase and reacting flows), Composite and hybrid materials, Functional materials, Polymers and plastics, Nanomaterials, Neural networks, Mechanical Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Computational Heat Transfer, Heat and Mass Transfer Operations, Interdisciplinary Engineering, Structural Engineering, Functional Materials, Composite and Hybrid Materials

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Biography

Professor Guan Heng Yeoh is from Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

QUALIFICATIONS

PhD Mechanical Engineering (Computational Fluid Dynamics), University of New South Wales, Sydney, 1993

BEng Honours Class 1 (Mechanical Engineering), University of New South Wales, Sydney, 1988

EMPLOYMENT

2016 to present Professor, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South...view more

Professor Guan Heng Yeoh is from Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

QUALIFICATIONS

PhD Mechanical Engineering (Computational Fluid Dynamics), University of New South Wales, Sydney, 1993

BEng Honours Class 1 (Mechanical Engineering), University of New South Wales, Sydney, 1988

EMPLOYMENT

2016 to present Professor, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales,Sydney

2014 to present Principal Research Scientist and Leader of Thermal-Hydraulics, Australian Nuclear Science Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Sydney

2016 to present Adjunct Professor, Institute of Refrigeration and Cyrogenics, Zhejiang University, China

2017 to present Adjunct Professor, School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Perth

2014 to 2016 Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Perth

2009-2015 Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales,Sydney

2009–2013 External Academic Adviser, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, China

1999–2013 Senior Research Scientist and Leader of Thermal-Hydraulics, Australian Nuclear Science Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Sydney

1996–1998 Research Scientist, Commonwealth Science Industry Research Organisation (CSIRO), Sydney

1993–1995 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Commonwealth Science Industry Research Organisation (CSIRO), Sydney

AWARDS

Candidature nomination for the ENI Award 2014 in Energy and Environment
Elsevier Reviewer Excellence Award in 2013
Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE, UK) Awards: Brennan Medal for the best book publication in 2009
ANSTO Awards: Recognition for excellence in literature publication and Editor of Journal of Computational Multiphase Flows
RMIT Research Awards: ARC Discovery Grant titled “Development of Mechanistic Models for Bubbly Flow with Heat and Mass Transfer” from RMIT University, Melbourne
RMIT Research Awards: ARC Special Research Initiatives E-Research in the “Development an E-Platform for Application of Clinical Management in the Human Respiratory and Vascular System” from RMIT University, Melbourne
NASA Awards: Novel and innovative research work in solidification for the manufacturing of electronic components in microgravity environment. An extended abstract titled “Thermal Convection Affects Shape of Solid/Liquid Interface” published in NASA Technical Brief 1992

HONOURS

Visiting Professor, Zhejiang University, China
Visiting Professor, City University of Hong Kong, China
Visiting Senior Research Fellow, City University of Hong Kong, China
Visiting Senior Research Fellow,University of Hong Kong, China
Visiting Thermal-Hydraulics Engineer, INVAP, Argentina
Visiting Research Fellow, Building Research Institute, Japan
Scientific Committee Member, Asia-Oceania Association for Fire Safety Materials Science and Engineering
Scientific Committee Member, Australian Nuclear Association
Member, Mechanical College Board, Engineers Australia
Vice-President and Co-organiser, Conference on Building Energy Environment (COBEE) 2018, Melbourne, Australia
Chairman and Co-organiser, 8^th International Conference on Performance-based Fire and Fire Protection Engineering, 2017, Nanjing, China
Session Chair, CFD4NRS-6, 2016, MIT Cambridge, USA
Scientific Committee Member, CFD4NRS-5, 2014, Application of CFD/CMFD Codes to Nuclear Reactor Safety and Design and their Experimental Validation
Session Chair, CFD4NRS-4, 2012, Seoul, South Korea
Session Chair and Co-chair, NURETH14, 2011,Toronto, Canada
Co-organiser with NSW Fire Brigade, International Workshop of Flame Retardant Materials, 2011,Sydney, Australia
Session Co-chair, NURETH13, 2009, Kanazawa, Japan
Distinguish Speaker, 3^rd PhD Student Workshop at University Science of Technology China (USTC), 2009, Suzhou, China
Invited Speaker, HKIE Fire Division, 10th Annual Symposium, 2018, Hong Kong, China
Invited Speaker, International Forum on the Frontier of Fire Safety Science and Technology, 2014, Hefei, China
Invited Speaker, APACM & ICACM, 2013, Singapore
Invited Speaker, Workshop on Buildings, Indoor Air, Energy and Sustainability, 2011, Melbourne, Australia
Invited Speaker, ANS Special Session “Interfacial Area Transport”, 2010, Las Vegas, USA
Keynote Speaker, Future Energy Conference, 2014, Sydney, Australia
Keynote Speaker, ANSYS Australasian User Conference, 2008, Sydney, Australia
Keynote Speaker, CTAC Workshop, 2004, Melbourne, Australia
Keynote Speaker, 3^rd International Conference on CFD in the Minerals and Process Industries, 2003, Melbourne, Australia
Plenary Speaker, 8^th International Conference on Performance-based Fire and Fire Protection Engineering, 2017, Nanjing, China
Plenary Speaker, 7^th International Conference on Performance-based Fire and Fire Protection Engineering, 2015, Guanzhou, China
Plenary Speaker, 1^st Asia-Ocenania Symposium on Fire Safety Materials Science and Engineering, 2015, Suzhou, China

SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS

Director, Australian Research Council (ARC) Training Centre in Fire Retardant Materials and Safety Technologies
Expert Panel for designing and constructing fire-proof high-rise structures held at Australian Smart Skyscrapers Summit in June 2018
Expert Witness for 2 international patent court cases on membrane technology held at the Federal Court of Australia in Nov 2014
Assisted in the criminal investigation of the nursing home fire in Quakers Hill, NSW. Working alongside with NSW Police and Fire and Rescue NSW
Assisted in the coroner investigation of the apartment fire in Bankstown, NSW. Working alongside with Fire and Rescue NSW
Sitting member in the Fire Research Advisory Committee – consists of UNSW, UTS, CSU, NSW Fire Brigade, Office of Fair Trading, Insurance Council Australia, Fire Protection Association Australia, State Coroners Office and CEDU
Participated in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Coordinated Research Projects (CRP) benchmarking of thermal-hydraulic computational fluid dynamics and reactor system codes
Participated in the design and commissioning of the Open Pool Australian Lighwater (OPAL) research reactor at ANSTO
Coordinator for Group Eight Engineering Deans and Associates Examiners Pilot Project to implement an external examiner process that would provide external moderation and benchmarking assessment of undergraduate engineering degree programmes

EDITORSHIP

Founder and Editor, Journal of Computational Multiphase Flows, SAGE, UK; Publishing quarterly issues; the first issue was launched in the beginning in February 2009. The journal is currently indexed in Scopus and EI Compendex. It is now listed in the Australian Research Council (ARC) Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2012 Journal list. Field of Research (FoR): Interdisciplinary Engineering and Computation Theory and Mathematics

Editor, Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Taylor and Francis, UK; Publishing three issues per year. The journal is currently indexed in Emerging Source Citation Index and Scopus

Editor, Handbook of Multiphase Flow Science and Technology, Springer Science, 2017

Lead Guest Editor, Modelling and Simulation in Engineering, Special Issues - Advances in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Its Applications, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2011 and 2012

Lead Guest Editor, Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Special Issue – Multiphase Flow System with Suspended Particles, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013

Lead Guest Editor, Applied Sciences, Special Issue – Nanofluids and Their Applications, MDPI, 2018 and 2019

Editor and Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Applied Mathematics, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Applied Sciences, MDPI

Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Experimental and Computational Multiphase Flow, Springer Nature and Tsing Hua University

Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Open Thermodynamics Journal, Bentham Science Publishers

Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering, Bentham Science Publishers

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