Guan Yeoh
- Chief Investigator
- UNSW
- g.yeoh@unsw.edu.au
Professor Guan Yeoh is the Director of the ARC Training Centre in Fire Retardant Materials and Safety Technologies, based in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at UNSW. He is also a Principal Research Scientist at Australia Nuclear Science Technology Organisation (ANSTO).
As the Director of the Fire Research Centre, he leads the research and development in flame retardants, multi-scale fire modelling, fire suppression systems and reduced and full-scale fire testings for compliance to fire safety regulatory standards. At ANSTO, I am the thermal-hydrualic specialist that liaises with ARPANSA to ensure the safe operation of OPAL reactor and the Operating Limits and Conditions (OLCs) are met for licensing requirement for operation.
As part of the team at UNSW on climate and bushfire science, it is hoped that the R&D within the Hub will assist in the development of low-cost and sensitive sensors for early detection of bushfires and rapid mitigation strategies.