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Prof. Dr. Ali Cemal Benim received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering at the Boğaziҫi University, Istanbul, Turkey. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, on the topic “Finite Element Modeling of Turbulent Diffusion Flames” with a “Degree of Distinction”. Following a post-doctoral period at the University of Stuttgart, he joined ABB Turbo Systems Ltd. in Baden, Switzerland, where he was the manager of the “Computational Flow and Combustion Modeling” group. Since 1996, he has been a Professor of Energy Technology and the Head of the Center of Flow Simulation at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf, Germany. He authored and/or co-authored more than 300 papers ranging from journal papers to book chapters and conference papers. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Computation, the Section Editor-in-Chief of Fire, an Executive Editor of Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, and provides editorial functions in a number of other journals and scientific publications. He has held organizational roles at a number of conferences, including the conference series International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer and ASME Turbo Expo.

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Advances in Eddy-Resolving Computational Approaches for Flow & Noise Modelling

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Sergey Karabasov is a Professor of Computational Modelling at Queen Mary, University of London, England. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Modelling from Lomonosov Moscow State University and a Full Doctorate of Science (Habilitation Degree) from Moscow Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics for his work on hybrid and direct models in computational aeroacoustics. Prior to joining Queen Mary, University of London, Sergey was a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Cambridge University Engineering Department. He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Sergey’s research interests are in fluid dynamics modelling across different scales, computational aeroacoustics, large eddy simulations accelerated on GPUs, the development of physically insightful models for aerodynamic noise generation based on CFD data, and aeroacoustic design optimization.

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Transport of Nanoparticles in Hydrogels

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Dr. Jeffrey Marshall is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education in the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Vermont, USA. He has previously served on the faculty at the University of Iowa and Florida Atlantic University. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley (1987) for work that later won the Henry Hess Award (1993) from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He received the Army Research Office Young Investigator Award (1993) for his work in vortex–structure interaction. He was elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME, 2004), and he was elected to membership of the Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering (VASE, 2024). Dr. Marshall has published approximately 140 journal articles and book chapters on fluid dynamics, vortex flows, particulate flows, and their applications in many fields. He has published a graduate textbook (Inviscid Incompressible Flow, John Wiley & Sons, 2001) and a monograph (Adhesive Particle Flow: A Discrete Element Approach, Cambridge University Press, 2014), and he has a second monograph in the works (Physics of Vortex Flows, Springer Nature).

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On the Modelling and Simulation of Airborne Viruses Transmission

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Professor Dimitris Drikakis, Ph.D., is a distinguished researcher with a focus on multidisciplinary fields, including scientific computing, fluid dynamics, acoustics, and machine learning/artificial intelligence. His research has been applied in various sectors such as aerospace, biomedicine, energy, and computational science. He holds a joint professorship at the Sciences and Engineering and Medical Schools of the University of Nicosia (UNIC) in Cyprus. Additionally, he serves as the Vice President of Global Partnerships, the Executive Director of Research and Innovation at UNIC, and the President of the Institute for Advanced Modelling and Simulation. Prior to his current roles, Professor Drikakis spent 24 years in the UK, where he held academic and executive positions, including Professor, Executive Dean, and Head of Department. He has also held senior roles in Germany and France. His accolades include the UK's Innovator of the Year Award 2014 from the Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange and the William Penny Fellowship from the UK's Atomic Establishment for his work on multicomponent flows. In 2014, he received the Technical Achievement Award at the International Conference on Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Aerospace, and Sciences. Professor Drikakis has authored nearly 500 papers and two books. He is recognized among the top 500 scientists in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering globally by Research.com and is ranked in the top 2% of scientists worldwide, as well as in the top 200 in the Fluids and Plasmas category, according to a Stanford University publication. His extensive collaborations with research laboratories and industries worldwide focus on fluid dynamics, machine learning, and acoustics. More information is available at www.drikakis.com.