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Academic Appointments:

Associate Professor,?School of Engineering and Technology (previously SEIT), ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ, Canberra (January 2022 - )
Deputy Head of School-Research(DHOS-R),?School of Engineering and Technology, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ, Canberra (July 2023 - )
Senior Lecturer, ARC DECRA (2016),?School of Engineering and Information Technology, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ, Canberra (July 2017 - December 2021)
Lecturer,?School of Engineering and Information Technology, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ, Canberra (September 2014 - June 2017)
Research?Associate,?School of Engineering and Information Technology, ¹úÃñ²ÊƱ, Canberra (August 2013 - September 2014)
Postdoctoral Researcher,?Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, USA (September 2011 - August 2013)

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Education:

PhD, Engineering Mechanics,?University of Science and Technology of China, 2011
BSc,?Theoretical and Applied Mechanics,?University of Science and Technology of China, 2006

Research Interests:

CFD tools for complex flows and fluid-structure interaction
Modelling of laryngeal aerodynamics and vocal-fold vibration
Fluid-structure interaction of a plate or multiple plates in a viscous fluid
Fish swimming and insect flight
Blood flow and blood cells
Non-Newtonian flow

Awards and Honors:

¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Canberra Goldstar Award 2022
IEEE Outstanding SMCS Chapter Award, IEEE SMC Society 2021
Outstanding Volunteer Award, IEEE ACT Section 2021
¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Canberra Silverstar Award 2018
¹úÃñ²ÊƱ Canberra Silverstar Award 2017
Journal of Fluids and Structures Highly Cited Research, January 2017
ARC DECRA 2016
Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Letters 2012 Best Paper Award
The 2013 AQL Best Paper Award
International Travel Grant to the 2010 APS/DFD

Professional Services:

Associate Editor, Journal of Fluids and Structures (2022-), Scientific Reports (2022-), Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science (2019-), and Plos One (2019-).
Member on Editorial Board, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science?(ERA A journal) (2016-2019)
Lead Guest Editor, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science - The LBM and its Applications in Complex Flows and FSI (2016-2018)
Lead Guest Editor, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science - Bio-inspired Flapping Foils and Their Applications (2016-2018)
Lead Guest Editor, Comput Math Meth Med - Computational Methods and Models in Circulatory and Reproductive Systems (2016)
Assessor, Chilean National Science and Technology Commission, Australian Research Council
Session Chair, ICCFD 8 (2014), 3rd FSSIC (2015)
Program Committee Member, ParCFD 2013, iCBEB 2014, iWB 2014, CCM2014 & 2015
Reviewer, Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, J Biomech, JFS, JSV, JASA and other international journals (more than 20)

Teaching:

Co-Lecturer, Fundamental of Flight, Undergraduate, S2 2022
Lecturer, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Undergraduate, S1 2016-2022
Co-Lecturer, Hydraulic Engineering, Undergraduate, S2 2015
Lecturer, Fluid Mechanics, Undergraduate, S2 2015.

Potential PhD topics:

1. Fluid-structure interaction involving structure damage
2. Fluid-structure-acoustics interaction
3. Fluid-structure interaction of surgically changed arteries
4. Turbulent boundary layer with flexible structures
5. IB-LES/RANS-LBM for fluid-structure interactions in heat transfer and bushfire
6. Flow instabilities over flapping foils
7. Flow instabilities in arteries
8. Flow control and optimization over fapping foils
9. Fluid-structure interaction in supersonic and hypersonic flows
10. Unsteady vortex dynamics and fluid-structure interaction of flapping flags
11. Fluid-structure interaction and acoustics during phonation
12. LBM modelling of fluid-structure interaction involving visco-elastic flows
13. AI assisted fluid dynamics
14. Fluid dynamics of Sports (e.g. cycling, swimming, archery, sailing and rowing)
15. Fluid-structure interaction and multicomponent mass transfer
16. Fluid-structure interaction and acoustics in rarefied gas flows
17. Quantum computing in computational fluid dynamics

Please feel free to contact?A/Prof Tian (email: fangbao.tian@unsw.edu.au) if you are interested in any topic or have any question about the PhD program and his research.

Scholarships of $35,000 (AUD) are available for PhD students who achieved H1 /High Distinction in their UG program and/or have completed a Masters by Research. If you are interested, contact me at fangbao.tian@unsw.edu.au.