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Resignations
of Prof. Phan-Thien and Dr Bilston |
 | Unfortunately, Professor
Nhan-Phan Thien has resigned his position effective 19 March 2002. Nhan
has been associated with Sydney University and the Department of Mechanical Engineering
since the seventies. He graduated with BE in 1975, PhD 1978. He joined the Academic staff
as Lecturer in 1980 and was awarded a Personal Chair in 1991. Supervising many
postgraduate students and publishing lots of journal/ conference papers, Nhan has made
phenomenal contributions to teaching and research in the School. His immaculate
international reputation in the areas of rheology and applied mechanics has put the School
and the University in high international esteem. Nhan will leave the School with a big
vacuum which will be very hard to fill. The depth of his intellect, the wisdom and
generosity of his advice and the effectiveness and friendly nature of his guidance and
teaching will be missed by many. Rheology group wishes Nhan the best of luck and success
in his new endeavours at National University of Singapore. Rheology group hopes to
maintain future ties with Nhan and continue its progress under his guidance. |
| Sadly, Dr
Lynne Bilston has resigned her position effective 14/1/2002. Lynne has
joined the Dept of Mechanical Engineering as a Lecturer in December 1994. She has made
significant contribution to this Department and she has been instrumental in establishing
the very successful biomedical undergraduate degree and the research program in Biomedical Engineering. She has
supervised three postgraduate students, one of them graduated last year and two others
will be graduated soon. She is supervising two new postgraduates in the field of
Biomedical Engineering (For a summary of activities in the field of Biomedical
Engineering- Rheology click here).
Lynne is taking a research only appointment at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute. In
near future she will be promoted to Associate Professor in this institute. She will,
however, maintain some association with the School. We are sad that Lynne is leaving the
school, but we wish her a successful and affluent future |
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