Plenary and Keynote Speakers

Dr. Yannis Hardalupas
Imperial College London, UK
Plenary Speaker

He is Professor of Multiphase Flows at the Mechanical Engineering Department at Imperial College London. His research covers combustion, heat and mass transfer, liquid atomisation and sprays and the development and application of novel optical and laser diagnostics. The latter led to patents for instruments on powder sizing, planar droplet sizing, nanoparticle sizing and novel imaging devices. His research contributed to gas- and liquid- fuelled land-based gas turbines, coal burners, aeroengines, gasoline and Diesel engines and liquid propellant rocket engines. Recent emphasis on combustion research is related to sustainable and zero carbon fuels. He also researched dispersion of droplets and particles in spray drying, manufacturing and Cleaning-In-Place processes for the chemical and food industry, and dispersion of aerosols for infection control. Finally, he has studied flow and heat transfer processes in natural convection, forced convection and boiling, including ‘nanofluids’ as improved coolants for fusion and fission reactors. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Associate Fellow and member of the technical committee of Propellants and Combustion of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He chaired the Combustion Physics Group of the Institute of Physics and is an Editor of Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science and serves at the advisory and editorial boards of Experiments in Fluids and Int. J. of Spray and Combustion Dynamics.

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