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PhD (National University of Singapore), GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (Queensland University of Technology)
Positions:
- Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Career Advancement)
- Head of School, Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering (https://www.qut.edu.au/about/faculty-of-engineering/school-of-mechanical-medical-and-process-engineering)
- Director: ARC ITTC--Joint Biomechanics (https://www.jointbiomechanics.org/)
- Professor; ARC Future Fellow
- Director: Laboratory for Advanced Modelling and Simulation in Engineering and Science;
Publication links:
https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=GExK7EIAAAAJ&hl=en https://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Gu,_YuanTong.html
Broad area of research:
Computational Mechanics; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Biomechanics; Mechanical and Material Engineering
Research group:
Laboratory for Advanced Modelling and Simulation in Engineering and Science Group
Prof. Gu is leading a large research group, including 3 academics, 2 ARC Future fellows, 1 ARC DECRA fellow , 1 senior VC research fellow, 4 postdoctoral fellows, 3 visiting academics, and more than 15 PhD students.
PhD STUDENTS RECRUITMENT: Several PhD projects are available in Prof Gu's group. CSC (China Scholarship Council) applicants are also welcome. Please feel free to contact Prof Gu for more details.
Main research areas: Prof. Gu and his group define the below 3 main research areas:
1) Advanced numerical modelling and simulation for engineering and science Prof. Gu’s research in this area is focused on
- Advanced/Modified Finite Element Method for engineering applications
- Novel Meshless (Meshfree) techniques and its applications
- CFD and its applications
- Multiscale modelling and simulation for material and mechanical engineering
- Advanced numerical modelling and simulation for mechanical engineering applications
2) Experiment and Numerical modelling for Biomechanics and biomedical systems Prof. Gu’s research in this area is focused on
- Experimental and numerical modelling study for living cells and tissues
- Multiscale modelling and simulation for biomedical systems
- Novel Meshless (Meshfree) techniques,modified FEM and their combination for biomedical modelling
- Numerical modelling and simulation for biofluid mechanics
3) Nanotechnology and nanodevice Prof. Gu’s research in this areas focuses on
- Experimental study for nanowire based nano-devices
- Advanced numerical modelling and simulation for nanotechnology
- Advanced multiscale modelling techniques crossing macro-, micro- and nano- dimensions for nano-manufacturing and nano-materials fabrication
- Coupled Molecular Dynamics/ Monte Carlo/Meshless modelling technique
- Numerical investigation for the crossing-scale deformation mechanism in material
- Multiscale characterisation techniques for material and manufacturing
Grants: Over $40M in research funding has been secured since 2000. Selected list of awarded grants (2005 onward)
- 2024-2027:ARC Discovery Project:
- 2023-2026:ARC Discovery Project:
- 2020-2023: ARC Discovery Project: AA Novel Multilevel Modelling Framework to Design Diamond Nanothread Bundles, DP200102546
- 2020-2024: ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Joint Biomechanics
- 2019-2020: ARC LIEF Project: A femtosecond laser micromachining facility for a wide range of materials, LE190100066
- 2018-2020: ARC Discovery Project: A Novel Multiscale Model to Investigate Mechanical Properties of Cartilage, DP180103009
- 2018-2019: ARC LIEF Project: Xe-plasma dual beam for advanced future materials, LE180100090
- 2017-2019: ARC Discovery Project: Dislocation Motion and Anelastic Recovery in Layered Ceramic Titanate,DP170102861
- 2015-2018: ARC Linkage Project: A New Biomechanical Model for Understanding Aging of Stored Red Blood Cells, LP150100737
- 2015-2017: ARC Discovery Project: Multiscale Modelling Framework for Mechanical Properties of ECM, DP150100828
- 2013-2015: ARC Discovery Project: A novel multiscale modelling technique to explore mechanical deformation of nanowires in high-performance devices. Au$360k,DP130102120
- 2010-2014: ARC Future Fellowship Grant: Advanced Simulations for livingcells. Au$704k, FT100100172
- 2011-2015: ARC Linkage project: Optimising Gaseous and Particulate Emissions from Diesel Engines, Chief Investigator. Participating agencies: Australian Research Council (ARC),LCR LINDORES GROUP PTY LTD and PEAK 3. Amount: Aus $450,000, LP110200158
- 2007-2011: ARC Discovery Project: Damage-free surfacing of large brittle wafers with on-machine flatness control, co-Chief Investigator. Participating agencies: Australian Research Council (ARC). Amount: Aus $1.2 Million,DP0773123
- 2010-2013: ARC Linkage project: New Generation High Crash Energy Absorbing Barrier for Improved Road Safety, Chief Investigator. Participating agencies: Australian Research Council (ARC) and Centurion Barrier Systems Pty Ltd, Amount: Aus $300,000, LP100200318
- 2009-2010: Advanced Multiscale Modelling Techniques for Exploring the Deformation Mechanism of Materials, Australian Academy of Science - Scientific Visits to the USA, Amount: Aus $6,500.
- 2009-2012: ARC Linkage project: An Innovative System for Accurate Bending of Fracture Fixation Plates in Orthopaedic Surgery, Participating agencies: Australian Research Council (ARC) and Queensland Orthopaedic Reseearch Fundation, Amount: Aus $230,000, LP0990250
- 2008-2009: An Innovative Multiscale Technique for Exploring the Deformation Mechanism of Materials in Manufacturing, Queensland International Fellowships - Queensland Government,Amount: Aus $25,000.
- 2005-2008: ARC Discovery Project: Advanced computational techniques for macro/micro/nano multiscale systems of NEMS/BioMems, Chief Investigator and proposal maker. Participating agencies: Australian Research Council (ARC). Amount: Aus $250,000, DP0556600.
Awards and recognitions
- 2022, Computational Mechanics Award, The Asian Pacific Association for Computational Mechanics
- 2017, The International Computational Methods Award, ICCM2017, China
- 2016, The ICACM Computational Mechanics Award, International Chinese Association for Comp. Mechanics
- 2016, Recipient of the Vice-Chancellor's Performance Fund Award, QUT
- 2014, Recipient of the Vice-Chancellor's Performance Fund Award, QUT
- 2013, Recipient of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence, QUT
- 2012, Recipient of the Vice-Chancellor's Performance Fund Award, QUT
- 2010, Recipient of ARC Future Fellowship, ARC
- 2011, Recipient of BEE Top Supervisor, QUT
- 2010, Recipient of the Vice-Chancellor's Performance Fund Award, QUT
- 2009, Recipient of the Inaugural Queensland International Fellowship, Qld Government
- 2008, Recipient of the Dean’s Excellence Award for Research Publication, QUT
- 2005 – 07/2008, Recipient of ARC Australian Postdoctoral (APD) Fellowship, ARC
- 2004: The Award of Outstanding Contribution in National Day Activity, The Consulate General of China in Los Angeles, USA
- 2001: Outstanding Young Researcher Fellowship in the First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics. MIT, USA
- 1999-2002: Research Scholarship, the National University of Singapore
- 1993: The Award of Outstanding Postgraduate Student, China
- 1991: The Award of Province Outstanding Graduate Student, China
- 1987-1991: The first Class of Scholarship, Dalian University of Technology, China.
Invited keynote & speaker addresses
- Total more than 50 plenary and invited talks include:
- 15 Plenary or Thematic Plenary Lectures in:
- Thematic Plenary Lecture: The 12th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (2016 Korea);
- Plenary Lecture: The 2nd International Conference on Modelling in Mechanics and Materials (Suzhou, 2019)
- Plenary Lecture: The 2nd Symposium for Meshfree Method (Xi’an, 2018)
- Plenary Lecture: The 8th International Conference on Computational Methods (2017, China);
- Plenary Lecture: The International Symposium on Computational Mechanics (2016, China);
- Plenary Lecture: The 5th International Conference on Computational Methods (2014, UK);
- Thematic Plenary Lecture: The 5th Asia Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (2013, Singapore)
- 20+ invited talks and keynotes in international conferences
- 20+ distinguished talks in universities including UQ, NUS, Tsinghua University
Career history
- 2024-Present: PVC-RCA
- 2020-Present: Head of School
- 2013- present: Professor and Discipline Leader, School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology
- 2011- 2013: Associate Professor, School of Engineering Systems, QUT
- 2011- present: ARC Future Fellow
- 2009- 2011: Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering Systems, Queensland University of Technology
- 2007 - 2009: Lecturer, School of Engineering System, Queensland University of Technology
- 2005-2007: ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellow (APD); School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering, the University of Sydney, Australia
- 2004-2005: Postdoctoral research fellow; the University of California (Irvine), USA
- 2002-2004: Research Project Manager and Research Fellow: Dept of Mechanical Engineering, the National University of Singapore
Additional information
External collaborations Within the broad field of research in advanced numerical modelling and simulation technique for material and mechanical engineering, Prof. Gu and his research team has strong collaborations with
- National University of Singapore
- University of Sydney
- University of Queensland
- University of California (Berkeley)
- University of California (Irvine)
- Tsinghua University
- Shanghai Jiao University
- Hunan University
- Dalian University of Technology
- Deakin University
- Asian Institute of Technology
- Xiamen University
- Jilin University
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- The International Computational Methods Award
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- The ICACM Computational Mechanics Award
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- International Subject Editor for Applied Mathematical Modelling
- Type
- Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Vice President: International Chinese Association of Computational Mechanics
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2016
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- Thematic Plenary Lecture, The 12th World Congress on Computational Mechanics
- Type
- Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Conference Chair (2015): The 2nd Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Ediotr: Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- I was appointed as the Editor-in-Chief for Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering, which is one of most important journals in Australia Engineer
- Type
- Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Conference Gneral Chair for the 4th International Conference on Computational Methods (ICCM2012)
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2010
- Details
- FT100100172- FT (2010-14)'Innovative multiscale modelling to explore mechanical properties of single living cells"ARC DP Future Fellow in 2010
- Zhan, H., Zhang, G., Tan, V. & Gu, Y. (2017). The best features of diamond nanothread for nanofibre applications. Nature Communications, 8, 1–8. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/104673
- Chen, Y., Deng, K., Lei, S., Yang, R., Li, T., Gu, Y., Yang, Y., Qiu, X. & Wang, C. (2018). Single-molecule insights into surface-mediated homochirality in hierarchical peptide assembly. Nature Communications, 9, 1–8. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/224048
- Nguyen, T., Oloyede, A. & Gu, Y. (2016). A poroviscohyperelastic model for numerical analysis of mechanical behavior of single chondrocyte. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 19(2), 126–136. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/79307
- Zhan, H., Zhang, G., Tan, V., Cheng, Y., Bell, J., Zhang, Y. & Gu, Y. (2016). Diamond nanothread as a new reinforcement for nanocomposites. Advanced Functional Materials, 26(29), 5279–5283. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/95798
- Zhan, H., Zhang, G., Tan, V., Cheng, Y., Bell, J., Zhang, Y. & Gu, Y. (2016). From brittle to ductile: a structure dependent ductility of diamond nanothread. Nanoscale, 8(21), 11177–11184. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/95797
- Ma, F., Jiao, Y., Gao, G., Gu, Y., Bilic, A., Chen, Z. & Du, A. (2016). Graphene-like two-dimensional ionic boron with double dirac cones at ambient condition. Nano Letters, 16(5), 3022–3028. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/95300
- Thibbotuwawa, N., Oloyede, A., Li, T., Singh, S., Senadeera, W. & Gu, Y. (2015). Physical mechanisms underlying the strain-rate-dependent mechanical behavior of kangaroo shoulder cartilage. Applied Physics Letters, 107(10), 1–5. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/88886
- Li, T., Oloyede, A. & Gu, Y. (2014). Adhesive characteristics of low dimensional carbon nanomaterial on actin. Applied Physics Letters, 104(2), 1–4. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/66133
- Nguyen, T. & Gu, Y. (2014). Exploration of mechanisms underlying the strain-rate-dependent mechanical property of single chondrocytes. Applied Physics Letters, 104(18), 1–5. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/71284
- Sauret, E. & Gu, Y. (2014). Three-dimensional off-design numerical analysis of an organic Rankine cycle radial-inflow turbine. Applied Energy, 135, 202–211. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/76232
- Title
- A Novel Multilevel Modelling Framework to Design Diamond Nanothread Bundles
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP200102546
- Start year
- 2020
- Keywords
- Title
- ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Joint Biomechanics
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- IC190100020
- Start year
- 2020
- Keywords
- Title
- A Novel Multiscale Model to Investigate Mechanical Properties of Cartilage
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP180103009
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
- Title
- Dislocation Motion and Anelastic Recovery in Layered Ceramic Titanate
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP170102861
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
- Title
- A Multiscale Modelling Framework for Mechanical Properties of ECM
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP150100828
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
- Hierarchical multiscale modelling; Mechanical behaviour; Extracellular Matrix
- Title
- A New Biomechanical Model for Understanding Aging of Stored Red Blood Cells
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP150100737
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
- Title
- A novel multiscale modelling technique to explore mechanical deformation of nanowires in high-performance devices
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP130102120
- Start year
- 2013
- Keywords
- Nanowire; Multiscale modelling; Surface effect
- Title
- Innovative Multiscale Modelling to Explore Mechanical Properties of Single Living Cells
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- FT100100172
- Start year
- 2011
- Keywords
- Multiscale modelling; Meshfree method; Atomic modelling; Single living cells; Mechanical properties
- Title
- A New Generation High Crash Energy Absorbing Barrier for Improved Road Safety
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP100200318
- Start year
- 2010
- Keywords
- Road Safety Barrier; Crash Energy Absorption; Flexible; Polymeric Foams; Composites
- Experimental Studies of Red Blood Cells During Storage (2018)
- Investigation of the Mechanical and Electron Interaction Properties of Layered Titanate Nanowires (2017)
- Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Strain-Rate-Dependent Behavior of Kangaroo Shoulder Cartilage (2016)
- Numerical Modelling of Deformation Behaviour of Red Blood Cells in Microvessels Using the Coupled SPH-DEM Method (2016)
- Cross-Scale Biophysics Modelling of F-Actin Cytoskeleton in Cell (2015)
- Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Strain-Rate Dependent Mechanical Properties of Single Living Cells (2015)
- Experimental and numerical characteristics of portable water-filled road safety barrier system under different impact conditions (2014)
- Numerical simulation of micro-scale morphological changes of plant food materials during drying - a meshfree approach (2014)
- Process Modelling and Simulation of Tissue Damage During Mechanical Peeling of Pumpkin as a Tough Skinned Vegetable (2014)
- Numerical characterization of the mechanical properties of the metal nanowires (2013)