Associate Professor Fangbao Tian

Associate Professor Fangbao Tian

Associate Professor

PhD.,  Fluid Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, 2011
B.S.,  Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, 2006

UNSW Canberra
School of Eng & Tech

Academic Appointments:

Associate Professor, School of Engineering and Technology (previously SEIT), UNSW, Canberra (January 2022 - )
Deputy Head of School-Research(DHOS-R), School of Engineering and Technology, UNSW, Canberra (July 2023 - )
Senior Lecturer, ARC DECRA (2016), School of Engineering and Information Technology, UNSW, Canberra (July 2017 - December 2021)
Lecturer, School of Engineering and Information Technology, UNSW, Canberra (September 2014 - June 2017)
Research Associate, S...

Phone
+61 2 5114 5212
E-mail
fangbao.tian@unsw.edu.au
Location
Building 17 Room 216

A/Prof Tian has received over $4M in external funding as Chief Investigation (CI) or Co CI, and over $800K in internal funding. Shown here are several selected grants:

Tian, F. B., Young, J., Ravi, S., and Liu, H., Scaling Laws for Aerodynamics of Moving Wings in the Martian Atmosphere, 01/2024-12/2026, Australian Research Council/Discovery Project.
Tian, F. B., Young, J., Lai, J. C. S., Ravi, S., and Thomas, A., Fluid-structure-acoustics Interactions of Bio-inspired Flapping Wings, 01/2020-12/2022, Australian Research Council/Discovery Project.
Tian, F. B., Ravi, S., Young, J., and Wang, L., Accurate and Efficient Calculations of Fractional Flow Reserve in Cardiovascular System, 10/2019-04/2025, Shukun Tech.
Tian, F. B., Young, J., Kleine, H., and Ravi, S., Aerodynamic Study of Bicycle Wheels, 09/2019-08/2022, Australian Institute of Sport.
Tian, F., Novel modelling of fluid-structure interactions in biological flows, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) 01/2016-12/2018, Australian Research Council.

February, 2022: UNSW Canberra Goldstar Award 2022;
December, 2021: IEEE Outstanding SMCS Chapter Award, IEEE SMC Society;
December, 2021: Outstanding Volunteer Award, IEEE ACT Section;
November, 2020: Co-recipient of the First Prize of Yunnan Science & Technology Awards, Yunnan Province, CN;
January, 2017: Journal of Fluids and Structures Highly Cited Research;
November, 2017: UNSW Canberra Silverstar Award 2018;
November, 2016: UNSW Canberra Silverstar Award 2017;
October, 2015: ARC DECRA 2016;
June, 2015: Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Letters 2012 Best Paper Award;
June, 2013: The 2013 AQL Best Paper Award;
September, 2010: International Travel Grant to the 2010 American Physical Society/Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS/DFD).

My Research Supervision

Fire enhanced wind and its loading on buildings
A numerical study of acoustic control in bio-inspired flight
Heat transfer modelling with immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method
Numerical simulation of plaque growth and rupture in arteries by using Immersed Boundary-Lattice Boltzmann method 
Numerical Study of Non-Linear Fluid-Structure Interaction and Heat Transfer
Numerical simulation of non-Newtonian and turbulent blood flows in elastic blood vessels
Modelling of bearing capacity of pile foundations