Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society Events

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Australasian Fluid Mechanics Seminar Series

Zoom Seminar – ID: 924 3583 7537 – PWD: 679760    Join Live Seminar    Go to YouTube Playlist

If you wish to present a seminar in this series, please contact Dr Shahram Karami (shahram.karami@monash.edu) or Dr Cat Vreugdenhil (cat.vreugdenhil@unimelb.edu.au).

Seminar Schedule 2021

Seminar Schedule 2020

Australian Society of Rheology Seminar Series

In the 2020-21 financial year, the Australian Society of Rheology is presenting a national series of online lectures, which is open to anyone interested in the flow and deformation of matter.

Please visit the the Australian Society of Rheology website for details.

Enquiries may be directed to Dr Ellie Hajizadeh (ellie.hajizadeh@unimelb.edu.au).

Seminar Schedule 2021

International Workshop on the Mathematics of Sea Ice and Ice Sheets 2021

The cryosphere is one of the critical components of the Earth climate system; it has been the subject of significant transformation in recent years in response to climate change. There are multiple mathematical challenges to modelling this system.

On 9-12 November 2021, The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) will be hosting an International Workshop on the Mathematics of Sea Ice and Ice Sheets. The workshop aims to bring together researchers who are experts in this field. The workshop will be held in the mixed-mode: some participants can participate in person, others online using Zoom. The details about the Workshop, invited speakers, program, accommodation, etc., will be available soon on the USQ website.

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This workshop is supported by grants awarded by the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute and the Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society.

AFMS Summer School 2019

The first AFMS Summer School was held at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Canberra, Australia, on 9-10 December 2019. The organisation of the Summer School was undertaken as a joint initiative of UNSW Canberra and the newly established ACT local Chapter of the AFMS.

There were 18 registered attendees, consisting of a mix of PhD students, research associates, academics and industry professionals, from a variety of institutions nationwide.

The Summer School included lectures, laboratory equipment demonstrations and computational tutorial classes, in the following sessions:

• Fluid-Structure Interactions, presented by A/Prof John Young and Dr Fang-Bao Tian, UNSW Canberra.
• Probabilistic Inference for Fluid Flow and Dynamical Systems, presented by A/Prof Robert Niven, UNSW Canberra.
• Fluid Experimental Methods, presented by A/Prof Sean O'Byrne, UNSW Canberra.

The Summer School also featured an invited guest lecture by Prof Chris Essex of the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, on “Slow Time”, which challenged some of our ideas on time averaging and time scales.

Lecture Slides

Robert Niven (UNSW Canberra) Probabilistic Inference Download Slides
Robert Niven (UNSW Canberra) Meaning of Probability and Plausible Reasoning Download Slides
Robert Niven (UNSW Canberra) Bayesian Inference Download Slides
Sean O’Byrne (UNSW Canberra) Diode Lasers for Quantitative Flow Diagnostics Download Slides
Fangbao Tian (UNSW Canberra) Immersed boundary methods for Fluid-Structure Interactions and Their Applications Download Slides
Fangbao Tian et al. (UNSW Canberra) Some Applications of Fluid-Structure Interaction Download Slides

Fixing the Pipeline: Addressing Gender Equity in Fluid Mechanics

The Women in Fluid Mechanics (WiFM) subcommittee hosted its inaugural event at the 21st AFMC. Prof. Ellen Longmire (University of Minnesota), Prof. Yvonne Stokes (University of Adelaide), Dr Danielle Moreau (UNSW) and Dr Maryam Abdolahpour (University of Western Australia), where brought together to form a panel discussing the topic “Fixing the Pipeline: Addressing gender equity in fluid mechanics”. The lunch time session was well attended by delegates, providing an opportunity for constructive conversations exploring the current landscape of gender equity within our community including; inhibitors to greater female engagement, barriers to success, attrition at the mid-career level and mechanisms to achieve gender parity within our scientific community.

For more detail of the WiFM subcommittee and its activities, please click here.

Testimonials:

The WiFM event was a wonderful addition to the 21st AFMC program. Along with providing an opportunity to meet a number of women in the field, it was great to hear about the range of different experiences from the women’s panel. It was encouraging to see so many participants take part in the discussions, and it was very helpful to hear about the actions a number of universities are undertaking to help women in fluids at all levels.

Sarah Morris, PhD Candidate, Cornell University

I felt that this event was an important inclusion in the program for every member of our community of fluid mechanicians to engage with, it was a privilege to attend. The event provided a platform for improving the awareness of gender-based issues, including greater diversity on the AFMS Council. I would love to see the AFMS to continue to develop policy and deliver events, such as this one, that actively promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in our community.

Tom Cochrane BEng (Hons) MSc GradIEAust, Student Member, AFMS