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SPONSORS
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Inauguration Ceremony
Historic Great Hall | University of Sydney
22 September 2007
Patronage
The Australasian College of Phlebology Inauguration Ceremony is proudly
sponsored by the Office of Dean of Graduate Studies, University of Sydney:
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Dean of Graduate Studies Office (DoGS)
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The Dean of Graduate Studies serves as a focus for all postgraduate research and coursework activities across the University. The DoGS office works closely with Deans, Associate Deans (Postgraduate Studies), Heads of Schools/Departments, Postgraduate Coordinators, Supervisors, SUPRA and Postgraduate Students.
The Dean of Graduate Studies at Sydney University is Professor Masud Behnia. Professor Behnia obtained his BS, MS, and PhD from Purdue University in the United States.
Professor Masud Bahnia
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Masud Behnia has worked in experimental and numerical fluid mechanics and heat
transfer for over 25 years. He has, in particular, extensively studied two-phase
flow systems using experiments and CFD simulations. He has substantial experience
in validating numerical results by comparison with experimental data. Results of
his research have been widely published in journals and conferences and his career
total publications include more than 350 refereed
papers.
Over the years Professor Behnia has been collaborating with a number of
international research institutes and universities (e.g., Tohoku University, Tokyo
Institute of Technology, Kyushu University, CNRS, Max Planck Institute, University
of Rome, Stanford University, NASA). In 1996-97 he was a visiting professor at
Stanford University and in 2000 he was invited as a Monbusho Professor at Kyushu
University, and in 2002 he held a similar position at Tohoku University. In 2000 he
was awarded a Universitas 21 professorial fellowship to carry out a collaborative
research project in two-phase flow with the Chemical Engineering Department,
Auckland University.
In collaboration with the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University, he
has worked extensively on turbulence models for complex industrial flows. He has
been involved in developing a novel turbulence model capable of accurately
predicting complex three-dimensional flows. He has also been actively involved in
consulting Australian and overseas industry on flow and thermal problems. He has
successfully supervised more than 30 postgraduate research students and numerous
Honours students. He has been invited as a keynote speaker at several
international conferences and has served on numerous organising and scientific
advisory committees of conferences and professional bodies in Australia and the
US. Most recently, in 2004, he was the chairman and organiser of the 15th
Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference.
He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (Aust) and the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers. In 1995 he was awarded the Tokyo Institute of Technology
Memorial Grant Award. For his contribution to development of novel courses in
two-phase flow and heat transfer he was awarded the 1997 UNSW Vice Chancellor’s
Teaching Excellence Award. In recognition of his research he was awarded the
International Fluid Science Foundation Award in Japan in 2004. The Award citation
states that “the award was presented to Masud Behnia for his internationally
outstanding contribution to fluid science through his distinguished
research accomplishment in thermal engineering”.
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Australasian College of Phlebology
P.O. Box 549, Bondi Junction NSW 1355 Australia
Ph: 61 2 9386 1811 Fax: 61 2 9386 1822
Email: info@phlebology.com.au Website: www.phlebology.com.au
ABN 48 390 641 608
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