jiyuan tu
Fulbright Senior Scholar
“Multiphase bubbly flow systems are widely used in many process industries such as chemical, petroleum, mining, nuclear, food and pharmaceutical, and thus are of prime economic importance to the national economies of both Australia and the United States.”
Professor Jiyuan Tu of the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at RMIT has received a Fulbright Senior Scholarship. Jiyuan will spend three months from November 2008 at the School of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University, Indiana researching multiphase bubbly flow.
Jiyuan’s research, Computational and Experimental Modeling of Multiphase Bubbly Flow, will involve collaborative research towards developing new predictive models vital for nuclear safety and many other industries.
“The primary aim of this research is to undertake an investigation of the physics involved in multiphase bubbly flows, leading to the development of a computer modeling technology which will benefit many Australian process industries in enabling them to reduce costs and to the American nuclear industry in enhancing safety.”
There are no nuclear engineering research and education programs in Australian universities, therefore Purdue University was a good choice for Jiyuan to continue his studies, as it is one of the top providers in nuclear education in the U.S. “I will benefit not only from access to the unique research facilities and expertise, but also the learning experience of a U.S.-leading nuclear engineering education program.”
Jiyuan is a PhD graduate in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) from the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden and gained his Master of Engineering at Northeastern University in China.
Jiyuan is the author of over 160 publications including one book and 75 refereed journal articles. He is a co-editor-in-chief for the Journal of Computational Multiphase Flows. Over the past five years he has won over $2 million in competitive research grants and a Student-Choice Teaching Award. He is the recipient of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship, the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) Fellowship, the US-Australia, and French-Australia Exchange Fellowships from the Australian Academy of Science (AAS).
Jiyuan is heavily involved in promoting science and engineering to young students and has participated and presented in career information sessions at high schools in Melbourne.