Rate My Professor Jong-Leng Liow

Dr Jong-Leng Liow is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering and Technology at UNSW Canberra, University of New South Wales. He holds the positions of Aeronautical Engineering Program Coordinator and Research Student Admissions and Scholarships Coordinator. His academic interests span fluid mechanics and sustainable engineering materials, with key research specializations in bath smelting and metallurgical processes, gas-liquid and liquid-liquid multiphase flows, splash dynamics, micro-end milling, microfluidics and microdevices, particle image velocimetry (PIV), and volume of fluid computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Recent investigations include sustainable construction materials such as wood-geopolymer composites, recycling of timber waste into geopolymer cement bonded wood composites, characterisation of wood-geopolymer masonry units, and thermohydraulic features in pillow-plate heat exchangers. Liow supervises PhD projects on topics like encapsulated drop formation in micro-channels, performance of axial flow hydrocyclones, surfactant effects on droplet formation in microfluidic channels, and leaching of elements from CCA timber.

Liow has an extensive publication record demonstrating impact in his fields, with 61 journal articles, 9 book chapters, 55 conference papers, 3 conference posters, 1 conference presentation, 1 conference abstract, and 1 preprint. Key publications include 'Advancing Sustainable Construction Materials: Wood, Rubber, and Cenospheres Geopolymer Masonry Units Development' (2024, Sustainability), 'Comprehensive analysis of geometric and thermohydraulic characteristics in single-embossed channels of pillow-plate heat exchangers' (2026, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow), 'Recycling timber waste into geopolymer cement bonded wood composites' (2023, Construction and Building Materials), 'Experimental investigation of the separation of binary gaseous mixtures flowing through a capillary tube' (2020, Physics of Fluids), 'Performance of mini-axial hydrocyclones' (2018, Minerals Engineering), 'An experimental study of particle separation and the fish hook effect in a mini-hydrocyclone' (2014, Chemical Engineering Science), 'Splash formation by spherical drops' (2001, Journal of Fluid Mechanics), and 'Slopping resulting from gas injection in a Peirce-Smith converter' (1990). His work on multiphase flows, droplet impact, hydrocyclone performance, and eco-friendly materials contributes to advancements in chemical engineering processes and sustainable infrastructure.