A/Professor Ruiping Zou
A/Professor Ruiping Zou
Dr. Ruiping Zou has been an Associate Professor (Research) at Monash University, Australia, since 2015. She completed her B.Eng. at North-Eastern University in China in 1986, followed by an M.Eng. from the University of Wollongong in Australia in 1990, and a Ph.D. from UNSW Australia in 1998. Her academic journey at UNSW Australia spanned from 1998 to 2014, during which she held various roles, including ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellow and Senior Research Fellow/Senior Lecturer.
Since 2002, Dr. Zou has overseen the renowned Lab for Simulation and Modelling of Particulate Systems (SIMPAS: www.monash.edu/engineering/simpas) at Monash University, where she is the manager of a team of 50-60 researchers. Her expertise lies in powder/particle technology, process engineering, modeling, and simulation, with a strong focus on applications in mineral, metallurgy, and material industries.
Dr. Zou’s scholarly work comprises ~170 publications, including 110 refereed journal papers, highlighting her notable H-index of 38. She has attracted over 3.5 million Australian dollars in research funding since 1998 through various competitive schemes, such as 1 ARC DP, 1 ARC fellowship, 6 ARC LP projects, and 3 ARC Hubs. Throughout her career, she has supervised 39 postgraduate students, with 24 of them successfully graduating.
In addition to her research accomplishments, Dr. Zou has held leadership roles, serving as the Node Director (Victoria) for the ARC Hub for Computational Particle Technology from 2016 to 2022. She will serve as the Vice Director for the newly awarded ARC Research Hub for Smart Process Design and Control from 2023 to 2028. Since 2016, she has fulfilled the role of Managing Editor for “Powder Technology,” a prestigious journal published by Elsevier (ISSN: 0032-5910).
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia
- M.Eng, University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia
- B.Eng, Northeastern University (NEU), China
Expertise
- Particle simulation, Multiphase flow
Community Service
- Acting as the OZ reader for ARC DP and LP grant applications since 2002.
- Serving as a referee for various learned journals, including Powder Technology, Chemical Engineering Science, and Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. Also, reviewing papers for international conferences like Chemeca and Powders and Grain.
- Fulfilling the role of conference coordinator for various events, which were organized by SIMPAS Lab at UNSW Australia/Monash University, including:
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- The 3rd Australia-China-Japan Joint Symposium on Iron and Steelmaking, July 25-28, 2010, in Sydney, Australia.
- Powders and Grains International Conference 2013, July 7-12, 2013, in Sydney, Australia.
- The 2nd Australia-China Joint Symposium on Minerals and Metallurgy, July 23-25, 2014, in Sydney, Australia.
- The Australia-China Joint Workshop on Multi-phase Flow, December 1-3, 2014, in Suzhou, China.
- The Iron ore and ironmaking workshop, April 20-22, 2015, in Melbourne, Australia (jointly by Rio Tinto, BaoSteel, Longking, UNSW, and Monash University).
- The 1st International Workshop on Computational Particle Technology and Multiphase Processes, March 9-12, 2016, in Suzhou, China.
- The 6th Australia-China-Japan ironmaking conference, Nov 23-26, 2016, in Melbourne, Australia.
- The 2nd International Symposium on Computational Particle Technology, Dec 4-8, 2018, in Melbourne, Australia.
- The International Symposium on Minerals, Metallurgy, and Materials Research and Development Advanced Technology, Jan 4-6, 2020, in Nanchang, China.
- The 3rd International Symposium on Computational Particle Technology, Nov. 17-21, 2021, in Melbourne/Suzhou, Australia.
- The International Symposium on Simulation and Modelling of Particulate Systems (SIMPAS-2023), Aug 25-28, 2023, Suzhou, China.
- Coordinating the Australia-China Joint Research Centre for Minerals, Metallurgy, and Materials (3-M Centre) from 2013 to 2016.
- Serving as the Node Director (Victoria) of the ARC Hub for Computational Particle Technology from 2016 to 2023 (CPT: monash.edu/comparticletech).
- Holding the role of Managing Editor for Powder Technology from 2016 to 2022, a prestigious journal published by Elsevier (ISSN: 0032-5910).
- Being the Vice Director of the ARC Research Hub for Smart Process Design and Control from 2023 to 2028.
Research Interests
Ruiping’s research interest includes the following areas,
- Powder/particle technology: particle characterisation and data interpretation.
- Particle packing characteristics and porosity prediction.
- Particle-structure-property relations.
- Processing and handling of bulk/particulate materials.
- Simulation of particulate systems.
- Applications in mineral/metallurgy/material industries.
Research Projects
Current projects
Designing Thermomechanical processing of Ti alloys for enhanced manufacturability and mechanical properties
Past projects
Simulation of flow and heat transfer in iron ore reduction kiln with DEM-CFD coupling
Research articles, papers & publications
See Ruiping’s research contributions through published book chapters, articles, journal papers and in the media.