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The Fundamental Understanding of Turbulent Flow Characterisation , Management and Control with Unique Insertinduced Fluid Flow Perturbation
Dr Foo , Ji Jinn Senior Lecturer PhD
Research expertise : Turbulence Control , Particles in Flow , Thermal Management , CFD , Numerical Analysis
E : foo . ji . jinn @ monash . edu T : + 603 5514 6255
Application of Model-Based Methods in Medicine and Clinical Care
Dr Chiew , Yeong Shiong Senior Lecturer PhD
Research expertise : Physiological Modelling , Digital Twins , Biomedical System Design , Respiratory System
E : chiew . yeong . shiong @ monash . edu T : + 603 5514 4985
One of the unique features of turbulence is its diffusivity , which plays a significant role in the enhanced mixing and increased rate of mass , momentum and energy transport in a flow . Less than a decade ago , a new idea was proposed by introducing planar fractal configurations to generate turbulent flow owing to its ability in producing higher turbulence intensities . Various distinct and desired turbulent fluctuations can then be attained using two-dimensional planar fractal geometry due to its capability in rescaling the windward fluid flow into an array of frequencies that span towards various characteristic length
Patients admitted to the hospital intensive care unit are often critically ill and require prompt medical attention . Treatment for these patients are critical and they can also be very costly . For example the mechanical ventilation treatment for a respiratory failure patient can cost up to 500 Euro per patient per day . In addition , patients ' condition and their response to treatment are also variable over time . Thus , a general
scales . Our research group mainly focuses on the attempts to work on a novel heat transfer method , i . e . to employ grid inserts as a means of thermal dissipation via forced convective heat transfer . The research is funded by MOHE ’ s FRGS research grants ; more importantly , our research and development is in close collaboration with DAIKIN R & D . We hope that our investigations are able to give rise to future sustainable heat transfer for humankind .
treatment approach is not suitable for all patients , and there is a need to individualise patient treatment The research team is specialised in biomedical engineering research . The team focuses on development of model-based methods , and applies these methods in the hospital setting . These modelbased methods can be used to characterise and diagnose patients ’ condition . From there
Response of mesh to out-of-phase excitation . ( a to d ) Visualization of first 0.625 seconds . ( e ) Sinusoid fit to time series z-axis position of P1 and P2 . The amplitude ( f ) and phase angle ( g ) distributions .
Calculated cross-sectional turbulence kinetic energy distributions
we can derive an optimised care based on patient-specific need and responses , leading to better care for the patients . The team currently works on virtual patient technology development , where the virtual patients can be used to test state-of-the-art treatment in a virtual setting .
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Virtual patient technology
RESEARCHER PROFILE 2025 / 2026