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Professor Aibing Yu

Federation Fellowship winner 2008.

Project : Multiscale modelling and analysis of complex particulate and multiphase flow.

Current institution : The University of New South Wales .

Host institution : The University of New South Wales .

Primary research field : Interdisciplinary engineering.

Professor Yu is Scientia Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering and Director of the Centre for Simulation and Modelling of Particulate Systems, both at The University of New South Wales (UNSW), and a Chief Investigator of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials. A world-leading scientist in powder and process engineering, his area of research expertise is in the simulation and modelling of particulate systems.

Professor Yu's research program aims to overcome problems in the design capacity of particulate and multiphase processes used widely in Australian industries that provide significant export income, such as minerals, metallurgical, chemical, energy, pharmaceuticals and materials. Using an extensive combined fundamental and applied approach, he plans to improve process design, control and optimisation to enhance Australia 's productivity and competitiveness in these industries.

Professor Yu completed his PhD in metallurgy and material engineering at University of Wollongong and has been awarded a CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship, an ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship, and an ARC Australian Professorial Fellowship. In 2007, he received a Doctor of Science from UNSW.

Professor Yu has been honoured with an Outstanding Overseas Chinese Scholar Award and a Josef Kapitan Ironmaking Award from the Iron and Steel Society. He is a member of the ARC College of Experts, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. In addition, he holds honorary appointments with numerous institutions in China , the UK and Japan .