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Mr Kiao Inthavong

Position	Research Fellow
School / Work Unit	Aerosp Mech & Manuf Eng
Contact Details	+(61 3) 9925 6175 kiao.inthavong@rmit.edu.au
Location	Building: 251 Level: 3 Room: 62 Bundoora East Campus
Portfolio	Science, Engineering & Health

Qualifications

PhD Mech.Eng., RMIT 2008
BBus, BEng(Hons), Swinburne University 1997

Key activities

Research Activities:

• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Numerical Heat Transfer.
• Computational and Experimental modelling of Multiphase Flows.
• Biomedical Engineering: Optimal Design of Drug Delivery Devices; Prediction of Aerosol Deposition in the Human Airways and Nasal Cavity.
• Modelling Inhalation and Toxicology for Building and Ventilations systems

CFDLAB

Teaching:

MIET1081- Thermal-Fluids 3
MIET2012- Computational Engineering 2

Employment history

2009-
Post-Doctoral Research, RMIT University

2005-2008
Research and Teaching Assistant, RMIT University

2001-2002
Product Development Engineering Intern., Ford Motor Company, Geelong, Australia

2000-2001
Mechanical Engineer Intern, IBM International, Dublin, Ireland

Research

2009-2012
Australian Post-Doctoral Industry Scholarship – ARC Linkage Project LPLP0989452: Characterisation of Wood Dust Exposure and Its Effect on Respiratory Health (http://www.arc.gov.au/)

2005-2008
Australian Postgraduate Awards Industry Scholarship – ARC, Linkage Project LP0455020:Optimised nasal drug delivery systems – Computer Aided Design (http://www.arc.gov.au/)

Achievements

2002-2003
Study Exchange Scholarship –University Thai Chamber of Commerce

2001
IBM Q1-2001 Business Excellence Award

Publications

Journal Publications

1. Inthavong K, Tian ZF and Tu JY (2009a). Effect of ventilation design on removal of particles in woodturning workstations. Building and Environment 44(1):125-136.
2. Inthavong K, Tu JY and Ahmadi G (2009b). Computational modelling of air-particle flow in the human airways. Journal of Computational Multiphase Flows.
3. Inthavong K, Wen J and Tu JY (2009c). From CT Scans to CFD Modelling – Fluid and Heat Transfer in a Realistic Human Nasal Cavity. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics.
4. Wen J, Inthavong K, Tu JY and Wang S (2008). Numerical simulations for detailed airflow dynamics in a human nasal cavity. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology 161:125-135.
5. Inthavong K, Wen J, Tian Z and Tu J (2008a). Numerical study of fibre deposition in a human nasal cavity. Journal of Aerosol Science 39(3):253-265.
6. Inthavong K, Wen J and Tu JY (2008b). Inhalation of Toxic and Therapeutic Particles in a Human Nasal Cavity. In The 2nd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, 2008. ICBBE 2008. Shanghai, China: IEEE Transactions.
7. Inthavong K, Tian ZF, Tu JY, Yang W and Xue C (2008c). Optimising nasal spray parameters for efficient drug delivery using computational fluid dynamics. Computers in Biology and Medicine 38(6):713-726.
8. Tian ZF, Inthavong K, Tu JY and Yeoh GH (2008). Numerical investigation into the effects of wall roughness on a gas-particle flow in a 90-degree bend. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 51:1238-1250.
9. Tian ZF, Inthavong K and Tu JY (2007a). Deposition of inhaled wood dust in the nasal cavity. Inhal. Toxicol. 19(14):1155-1165.
10. Tian ZF, Inthavong K, Tu JY and Yeoh GH (2007b). Numerical simulation of gas-particle flows over an in-line tube bank. ANZIAM, J. 48(CTAC2006):C509-C526.
11. Inthavong K, Tian ZF, Li HF, Tu JY, Yang W, Xue CL and Li CG (2006). A numerical study of spray particle deposition in a human nasal cavity. Aerosol Sci.Technol. 40(1034-1045).

Conference Publications

1. Inthavong K, Yong Y, Ding S, Tu JY, Subic A and Thien F (2008a). Airway Geometry and Inhalation Effort Comparisons in a Narrowed and Recovered Airway Caused by Acute Asthma. . In International Conference on Audio, Language and Image Processing 2008 (ICALIP2008, Paper 581). Shanghai, China: IEEE.
2. Inthavong K, Yong Y, Ding S, Tu JY, Subic A and Thien F (2008b). Comparison of Airway Geometries – Effect on Airflow and Particle Deposition. . In 13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBME2008). Singapore, Singapore.
3. Inthavong K, Wang S, Wen J, Tu JY and Xue C (2008c). Comparison of Micron and Nano Particle Deposition Patterns in a Realistic Human Nasal Cavity. In 13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBME2008). Singapore, Singapore.
4. Inthavong K, Tian ZF and Tu JY (2007). CFD Simulations on the Heating Capability in a Human Nasal Cavity. In Proceedings of the 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. Gold Coast, Australia School of Engineering, The University of Queensland
5. Wen J, Inthavong K, Tian ZF, Tu JY, Xue CL and Li CG (2007). Airflow Patterns in Both Sides of a Realistic Human Nasal Cavity for Laminar and Turbulent Conditions. In Proceedings of the 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. Gold Coast, Australia School of Engineering, The University of Queensland
6. Inthavong K, Tian ZF, Li HF, Tu JY, Yang W, Xue CL and Li CG (2006). Local deposition sites of drug particles in a human nasal cavity. In Fifth International Conference on CFD in the Process Industries, eds. Scharwz P and Witt P. Melbourne, Australia: CSIRO.
7. Inthavong K (2006). A Numerical Study into Local Deposition Sites in the Nasal Cavity for Therapeutic and Pollutant Inhalation. In Ansys Australasian Users Conference Proceedings 2006. Melbourne, Australia.