Lau, Ghar Ek

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Green buildings, energy efficiency, turbulence modelling, urban energy and climate

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• BEng (Hons.) Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Australia (2009)

• Ph. D (Mechanical Engineering), School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Australia (2013)

WORKING EXPERIENCE

• Subsea Engineer, Shell Global Solutions, Malaysia (2014 – 2016)

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2016 – 2018).

• Casual academic staff, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Australia (2010 – 2013)

HONORS/AWARDS/GRANTS

• Special Recognition Award, Shell Global Solutions, 2015

• Dean’s Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research – Major Research Area: Energy, 2013

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATION

1. G.E. Lau and K. Ngan, Analysing urban ventilation in building arrays with the age spectrum and mean age of pollutants,Building and Environment, vol. 131, pp. 288-305, 2018.

2. G.E. Lau, E. Sanvicente, G.H. Yeoh, V. Timchenko, M. Fossa, C. Ménézo,et al., Modelling of natural convection in vertical and tilted photovoltaic applications,Energy and Buildings, vol. 55, pp. 810-822, 2012.

3. G.E. Lau, G.H. Yeoh, V. Timchenko and J.A. Reizes, Application of dynamic global-coefficient subgrid-scale models to turbulent natural convection in an enclosed tall cavity,Physics of Fluids, vol. 24, pp. 094105, 2012.

4. G.E. Lau, G.H. Yeoh, V. Timchenko and J.A. Reizes, Large-eddy simulation of turbulent natural convection flows, in a book titled: “Advances in Engineering Research”, Vol. 5, edited by V.M. Petrova,Nova Science Publishers Inc., 2012, pp. 1-58.