Professor Dr. Irene Renaud Assemat

Biography

Irene Renaud-Assemat is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at UNSW. She obtained her MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon, France, and her PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics from the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, France. Her doctoral research, funded by Total S.A, focused on the development of boundary-fitted methods for computing turbulent incompressible two-phase flows using a Lagrangian approach. Before joining UNSW, Irene worked at the University of Bristol as a Lecturer, where she lectured on Fluid Mechanics and served as Unit Director for computer-based modeling. She is an active member of the Engineering Education Research Group at Bristol, with scholarly interests in problem-based learning, writing and communication skills development for engineering students, and innovative curriculum delivery models. Irene is committed to enhancing engineering education and has been involved in various outreach activities to inspire students from diverse backgrounds to pursue STEM higher education. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK and continues to engage with professional communities to improve teaching practices.

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