Rate My Professor Guan Yeoh

Professor Guan Heng Yeoh is a professor in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of New South Wales. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Computational Fluid Dynamics) from the University of New South Wales, awarded in 1993, and a BEng with Honours Class 1 in Mechanical Engineering from the same institution, awarded in 1988. He has served as Professor at UNSW since 2016, following his role as Associate Professor from 2009 to 2015. Concurrently, he has been Principal Research Scientist and Leader of the Thermal-Hydraulics Group at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) since 2014, having previously held senior research scientist positions there from 1999 to 2013. His earlier career includes roles as Research Scientist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) between 1993 and 1998, as well as various adjunct and visiting professorships at institutions including Zhejiang University, Edith Cowan University, and City University of Hong Kong.

Yeoh’s research focuses on computational fluid dynamics, numerical heat and mass transfer, turbulence modelling, combustion, radiation heat transfer, soot formation, solid pyrolysis in fire modelling, and fundamental studies in multiphase flows. He is Director of the Australian Research Council Training Centre for Fire Retardant Materials and Safety Technologies and the ARC Research Hub for Fire Resilience Infrastructure, Assets and Safety Advancements. His contributions include numerous books such as Computational Fluid Dynamics: A Practical Approach (2013) and Multiphase Flow Analysis Using Population Balance Modeling (2014), along with over 300 journal articles and extensive editorial roles, including founder and editor of the Journal of Computational Multiphase Flows. He has received awards including the Brennan Medal from the Institution of Chemical Engineers in 2009 and has served on scientific committees and as an invited or keynote speaker at international conferences.