Dr Maryam Ghodrat
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- Doctor of Philosophy, University of New SouthÌýÌýWale, 91É«ÇéƬ SydneyÌý (2014)
- Master of Engineering ,University of New South Wale, 91É«ÇéƬ Sydney (2010)
Dr Maryam Ghodrat is a Senior Lecturer specialised in thermal fluid and energy system with key focus on combustion science for safety and climate change impact on thermal systems. She is leading two research teamsÌýÌýandÌýat School of Engineering and Technology, 91É«ÇéƬ‌ Canberra with a team of 5 PhD students, one RA and 7 honour students. Her research is interdisciplinary, focusing on the development of robust, scalable, and adaptive strategies to mitigate fire damage to infrastructures through effective design, construction, and use of fire resistance materials.Ìý
In 2021, Dr Ghodrat established and leadsÌýwith several dedicated flame behaviour testing equipment to unravel the fundamental behaviour of materials, products and systems exposed to direct and indirect flame.ÌýShe has also designedÌýand supervised the built ofÌýaÌýmodular subsonic combustion wind tunnelÌýfor visualisation of flame propagation to assess Wildland Urban Interface fire scenarios.Ìý
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- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
Chief Investigator (CI) of two competitive Category 1 grants (ARC ITRHs) and two Category 2 grants.
- Goldstar award for 2024, ARC-DP placed top 10%
- Recognized asÌýone of the top 2% of highly cited research scientistsÌýin the world by Stanford University and Elsevier (2024).
- Goldstar award for 2023, ARC-DP placed top 10%
- School of Engineering and TechnologyÌýPublication awardÌýfor outstanding research outcomeÌýÌýin 2022.Ìý
- Recognized asÌýone of the top 2% of highly cited research scientistsÌýin the world by Stanford University and Elsevier (2023).
- Goldstar award for 2022, ARC-DP placed top 10%
- Best Paper Award, InternationalÌýConference of Flow Dynamics (ICFD) conference, 2023
- People choice award for my pitch on "Pyrometric Lab" , 91É«ÇéƬ Pitch Night, 2023Ìý
- Researcher Development Awards for gender equity (WSU)
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Current research activities cover four broad and interdisciplinary fields :
ÌýDesign for Extreme Environment
- Infrastructure and community resilienceÌý
- Application of data assimilation to risk and disaster management.
- Li-ion batteries andÌýlarge scale energy storage systems safetyÌý
- AI‑Enhanced Battery Design
- Thermal‑Intelligent Batteries
- Fire modeling including CFD and zone modeling;
- Wind Engineering
- AI & Hybrid Methods in Fire SensingÌý
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Safe infrastructure design
- Climate‑responsive infrastructure systems
- Environmental digital twins for coupled natural–built systems
Emissions and pollution Transport PhysicsÌý
- Numerical models in predicting atmospheric dispersion of pollutant.
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Fire Safety Design
- Performance-based fire safety design
- Fire safety and thermal management of emerging batteriesÌý
- Fire Safety of Modular ConstructionÌý
- Design and development of building fire safety strategies.
- Fire Safety analysis of new materialsÌý
- MitigatingÌýfire damage by proper design, construction, arrangement and use of buildings, materials andÌýstructures
- Fire Safety & Smart buildingsÌý
- Enhancing buildings resilience to fireÌý
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Decarbonization of Energy Sector
- Hybrid renewable energy systems for net zero energy buildings (Thermodynamic analysis)Ìý
- Co Chair and Program lead : Australian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 2024, Canberra , AustraliaÌý
- Guest Editor , International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow (Proceeding of AFMC34 conference)ÌýÌý
- Executive committee of Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc. (MSSANZ)
- Scientific committee member of 5th International Conference on Fluid Flow and Thermal Science (ICFFTS 2024), Portugal
- Scientific committee member of International Conference on Fire Safety Engineering Research and Practice (iCFSERP-2024)
- Scientific committee member of 5th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Safety Materials Science and Engineering (2023, Sydney AUS)
- Scientific committee member of Australian Combustion Symposium, 2023, Darwin, NT
- Scientific committee member of Australian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Sydney, 2023
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Mentor in International Association of Wildland Fire
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In the Media:
New 'fire lab' to help researchers develop better flame-resistant products (unsw.edu.au)
Warman returns to 91É«ÇéƬ Canberra
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Memberships
Member of :
- International association for fire safety science
- International Association of Wildland Fire
- Combustion Institute
- Australian Institute of Energy
- Women in High Performance Computing (WHPC)
- Woman in Science and Engineering (WisE)
- Science & Technology Australia
- Women in Engineering @ 91É«ÇéƬÌý
My Research Supervision
- Currently supervising 5 PhD candidates as primary, joint or secondary supervisor.ÌýÌý
- PhD graduated at 91É«ÇéƬ: 4
Supervision record:
- Supervised 12 Honour theses as Main supervisor.
- Supervised 5 Bachelor of Technology theses.Ìý
- Supervised 2 ECRs (PostDoctoral research fellow)
- HDR completions (as main supervisor) in other universities:Ìý4 HDRsÌý
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Accepting PhD students.ÌýÌý
PhD positions are available for highly motivated candidate in materials , civil or mechanical engineering .ÌýÌýKnowledge and experience in working with OpenFOAM software is highly desirable.
Ideal candidates should have:
- A four-year Bachelor's and two-years MSc degrees with high WAMs (minimum of 87%) and research experience from top institutions in the field of Mechanical or civil engineering
- A track record of publications in top-ranked scholarly journals and presentations in peer-reviewed conferences; and,
- Good interpersonal, communication, presentation and writing skills in English.
If you are interested in doing a PhD in my group , please send a copy of PDF combining your CV, Transcripts and English Test Results toÌým.ghodrat@unsw.edu.auÌý
My Teaching
I have taught in over 12 undergraduate and graduate courses, currently at 91É«ÇéƬ and in previous academic roles at other universities
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