Yian Yian, Lok Marie Curie Short Term Research Fellow for Early Stage Training (EST) Period: 1st of May 2007 - 31st of October 2007 E-mail: pmyyl@leeds.ac.uk, lyianyian@yahoo.com

Academic Background

Jun 2004* -                        : Ph.D (Mathematics)                                              Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia. *Jun 2004 - Nov 2006: part time; Dec 2006 - present: full time Dec 1999 - June 2002    : M.Sc (Mathematics)                                              Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia.   Jul 1995 - Nov 1999        : B.Sc with Education (Mathematics)                                              Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia.

Working Experience

Oct 2002 -                         : Academic staff                                              Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering,                                              Universiti Teknikal Melaka Malaysia, Melaka, Malaysia. Jan 2002 - Sept 2002     : Research Assistant                                                           Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science,                                              Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia.

May 2007 - Oct 2007        : European Union Marie Curie Short Term EST Fellowship                                               Host: Centre for Computational Fluid Dynamics, University of Leeds, UK. 2006                                   : Highly Commended Award                                               Emerald Literati Network                                               Paper: Steady mixed convection flow of a micropolar fluid near the stagnation point on a                                                            vertical surface, Int. J. Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, vol. 15, Issue 7,                                                            2005, Y.Y. Lok, N. Amin, D. Campean, I. Pop.

Awards

Mathematical Modelling of Fluid Mechanics & Heat Transfer in Newtonian fluid and non-Newtonian fluid (Micropolar fluid) ~ Normal and oblique stagnation point flow ~ Buoyancy-driven flow ~ Porous medium

Research Interest

Publications

Conferences

1.   5th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer       18 - 22 June 2007, Canmore, Alberta, Canada       Title: Unsteady Boundary Layer Flow Induced by Accelerating Motion near a Forward Stagnaiton Point in                a Micropolar Fluid.       Progress in Computational Heat and Mass Transfer, pp. 455-459 2.    3rd International Conference on Applications of Porous Media        29 May - 3 June 2006, Marrakech, Morocco        Title: Stagnation point flow impinging obliquely on a flat plate in a porous medium (co-author) 3.   Annual Fundamental Science Seminar 2005       4 - 5 July, 2005, Ibnu Sina Institute for Fundamental Science Studies, UTM Skudai, Malaysia       Title: Steady Boundary Layer Flow of a Micropolar Fluid Near a Stagnation Point with Uniform Suction       The Proceedings of Annual Fundamental Science Seminar 2005, pp. 1-6

Lok, Y.Y., Amin, N. and Pop, I. Mixed convection flow near a non-orthogonal stagnation-point towards a stretching       vertical plate, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol.50, pp. 4855-4863, 2007.       Lok, Y.Y., Amin, N. and Pop, I. Comments on the paper "Steady two-dimensional oblique stagnation-point flow       towards a stretching surface" by M. Reza and A.S. Gupta, published in Fluid Dynamic Research 37 (2005) 334-340.       Fluid Dynamic Research, vol.39, 00. 505-510, 2007.       Lok, Y.Y., Pop, I. and Chamkha, Ali, J. Non-orthogonal stagnation point flow of a micropolar fluid. International Journal       of Engineering Science, vol.45, pp. 173-184, 2007.       Lok, Y.Y., Amin, N. and Pop, I. Unsteady mixed convection flow of a micropolar fluid near the stagnation point on a       vertical surface, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol. 45 (12), pp 1149-1157, 2006      Lok, Y.Y., Amin, N. and Pop, I. Mixed convection near a non-orthogonal stagnation point flow on a vertical plate with      uniform surface heat flux. Acta Mechanica, vol.186, pp.99-112, 2006.      Lok, Y.Y., Amin, N. and Pop, I. Non-orthogonal stagnation point towards a stretching sheet. International Journal of       Non-linear Mechanics, vol.41, pp. 622-627, 2006.      Lok, Y.Y., Amin, N., Campean, D. and Pop, I. Steady mixed convection flow of a micropolar fluid near the stagnation      point on a vertical surface. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, vol. 15, No. 7,      pp.654-670, 2005.     Lok, Y.Y., Pop, I., Ingham, D.B. and Amin, N. Mixed convection flow of a micropolar fluid near a non-orthogonal     stagnation-point on a stretching vertical sheet. (Submitted)     Lok, Y.Y., Pop, I., Ingham, D.B. and Amin, N. Oblique stagnation slip flow of a micropolar fluid. (Submitted)

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