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Lau Ee Von is an Associate Professor, Head of Common Engineering, and Senior Lecturer in the Mechanical Discipline at the School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia. She also serves as a Grievance Advisor at Monash University Malaysia. Ee Von earned her Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Melbourne in 2005. She completed her PhD in Engineering at Universiti Nottingham Malaysia in 2012, with a thesis on solvent extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from soil using vegetable oils. Additionally, she holds a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education from Monash University Malaysia, awarded in 2014. In her teaching role, she coordinates courses such as ENG1011 Engineering Methods, ENG2405 Thermodynamics, and MMA2003 Thermofluids 1. Ee Von has been the Honorary Secretary of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Malaysia since 2015 and contributes to university service through programme committees and thesis examinations.

Her research focuses on applications of flotation technology, including bubble-bubble and bubble-particle interactions; remediation of oil-contaminated soil; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon removal from aqueous environments; oil-in-water emulsions in wastewater remediation; microalgae extraction; and heat transfer enhancement via bubbly flows and ionic wind. She has published 32 ISI-indexed journal articles, six review articles, three conference papers, and one book chapter. Key publications include 'Convection heat transfer enhancement of a vertically heated surface via rising bubbles in graphene oxide (GO) nanofluid' (2025, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer), 'Analysis of hydrodynamics and thermal–hydraulic performance of twisted angle fins within an annular conduit' (2025, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry), 'Thermal-Hydraulic and Hydrodynamic Analysis of Twisted Fins in a Double-Pipe Heat Exchanger' (2025, Results in Engineering), and 'Superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic Graphene oxide-phytic acid (GO-PA) coatings' (2023). Ee Von has led funded projects such as 'Microalgae in CO2 capture and renewable energy' (2024-2026), 'Performance Enhancement of Vacuum Evaporation of Wastewater Emulsions' (2023-2024), and 'An investigation into the fundamental characteristics of graphene oxide (GO) coated microbubbles in convection heat transfer enhancement' (2021-2024), supported by the Ministry of Higher Education. Her contributions have earned her the Australia-APEC Women in Research Fellowship (2019), School of Engineering Award for Education Excellence (2020), Faculty of Engineering Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (2020), and PVC’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Her work supports UN Sustainable Development Goals related to clean water, affordable energy, sustainable cities, and life on land.