Keynote Speakers

Prof. Kyung Chun Kim School of Mechanical Engineering, Eco-friendly Smart Ship Parts Technology Innovation Center, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea Title: Quantitative visualization of 3-D bubble morphology and surrounding flow field

Profiles: Prof. KC Kim received his BA degree at Pusan National University, Korea in 1979. He received MS and Ph.D degree at KAIST, Korea in 1981 and 1987 respectively. Since 1983, he is a professor at School of Mechanical Engineering in Pusan National University (PNU), Korea. He was invited as a visiting professor from Ottawa University in Canada for 1989-1990. He joined at the department of theoretical and applied mechanics in University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA as an invited professor for 1996-1997. He was invited as a special foreign professor from the University of Tokyo, Japan for 2009-2010. On the basis of his research outcomes, he became a member of National Academy of Engineering in Korea in 2004. He received the outstanding paper awards (1995, 2002) from KSME and KOSEF. In 2009 and 2016, he received the Academic award and the first Yeosong award from KSME. He received Nakayama award in 2012 and Asanuma award in 2014 based on contributions in world Visualization society. KC Kim was selected as a PNU Distinguished Professor in 2018. In 2019, he received Busan Science and Technology award. He is currently serving as an Editor in Chief for Journal of Visualization. In 2020, he was selected as the director of Regional Leading Research Center for Eco-friendly Smart Ship. His research interests include: Turbulence, Two-Phase Flows, Flow Visualization, and Artificial Intelligence.

Prof. Yingzheng Liu School of Mechanical Engineering in SJTU Title: Opportunities of Event-based Camera in Flow Visualization

Profiles: Prof. Liu received B.E. and Ph.D degrees at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China in 1995 and 2000 respectively. Since then, he became assistant professor (2000), associate professor (2001) and full professor (2007) at School of Mechanical Engineering in SJTU. He was invited as visiting scholar to Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) for 2002-2004. He is currently working as distinguished professor and head for Institute of Turbomachinery, SJTU. His research subjects are mostly related to 1) Turbulent flows, vortex dynamics and flow control, 2) Data assimilation and artificial intelligence in fluid flows, 3) Fluid-structure interaction and flow-acoustics resonance, 4) Dynamic vision system (DVS) based flow visualization, 4D Tomo-PIV/PTV, i-PSP and Phosphor-based measurement techniques (pressure, temperature, heat flux, strain). He is serving as associate editor for Journal of Fluids and Structures & Journal of Visualization. He received the Asanuma award in the hear 2025. He has served on committees of well-known international symposiums like TSFP, ISPIV, ISFV, FSSIC, ASV. He has published over 350 papers in international journals.

Prof. Viktor V. Kozlov Siberian branch of Russian academy of sciences, Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and  Applied Mechanics, Novosibirsk State University, Russia Title: Regimes of combustion of hydrogen microjets.

Profiles: Professor Kozlov is a distinguished figure in international fluid dynamics and visualization research. With a career spanning decades, he has held pivotal roles in premier scientific committees worldwide. Since 1994, he has served on the International Steering Committee of the Asian Symposium on Visualization (ASV), later chairing its 2015 edition in Novosibirsk. A recognized leader in flow stability and control, he founded and chairs the International Workshop on Stability of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Fluids Flows (Novosibirsk, 1997–present) and pioneered the landmark IUTAM Symposium on Separating Flow and Jets (1990). His expertise is sought by major conferences globally, including sustained membership in the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Methods of Aerophysical Research (ICMAR) since 1998. He has contributed to critical IUTAM forums such as the Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition (Toulouse 1989; Sedona 1999) and the Symposium on Mechanics of Passive and Flow Control (Göttingen 1998). Recent engagements feature advisory roles at the 4th International Conference on Experimental Fluid Mechanics (ICEFM2014, Beijing) and leadership in ASV15 (Novosibirsk, 2015). Professor Kozlov's enduring commitment to advancing fluid mechanics underscores his stature as a cornerstone of Russia's theoretical and applied mechanics community. Professor Kozlov has received top honors including the Silver Zhukovskij Medal (Russian Academy of Sciences, 1993) for contributions to aviation theory, the Petrov Medal (2008) for work on hydrodynamic instability, Russia's highest distinction in fluid mechanics – the Sedov Medal (2015), and the Nakayama-Wei Award (14th Asian Symposium on Visualization, Beijing 2017). 

Prof. Heng-Dong Xi School of Aeronautics, and vice director of Institute of Extreme Mechanics, Northwestern Polytechnical University Title: Maximum Dissipation Reduction in Bulk Polymeric Turbulence

Profiles: Dr. Heng-Dong Xi is now a full Professor in the School of Aeronautics and vice director of Institute of Extreme Mechanics at Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an, China. He is specialized in experimental study of turbulent flows. He got PhD from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2007, and conducted postdoctoral research in Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-organization at Goettingen, Germany. He was awarded the Humboldt Fellowship in 2010 and the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China in 2021. His work has been published in Science Advances, Physical Review Letters, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Experiments in Fluids and other journals. He is an associate Editor of the European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids.

Prof. Quan Zhou Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mechanics in Energy Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, School of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China. Title: Heat transport and flow structures in vibrated thermal turbulence

Profiles: His research interests primarily include turbulence, thermal convection, and experimental fluid mechanics. He has published more than 100 papers in journals such as Sci. Adv., PRL, and JFM. His awards include the Second Class Prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award, as well as Natural Science Awards from Shanghai and Tianjin. He currently serves as a standing committee member of the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, a council member of the Chinese Society of Aerodynamics, and vice chair of the Shanghai Society for Nonlinear Sciences. He also serves on the editorial boards of Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, Applied Mathematics and Mechanics.

Prof. Shinichiro Ito President, Bio & Sports Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Inc., Former President of Kogakuin University  Title: Relationship between the shape and life form of swimming organisms and swimming style

Profiles: Prof. Shinichiro Ito is the former President of Kogakuin University, Japan, and currently serves as the President of Bio & Sports Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Inc. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Tokyo and has held academic and research positions at institutions including Penn State University, the National Defense Academy of Japan, and Kogakuin University. Prof. Ito is internationally recognized for his pioneering contributions to marine propellers, bio-fluid mechanics, and sports fluid dynamics. He has received multiple honors, such as the Best Paper Award at the World Congress of Biomechanics in Swimming and the JSME Fluid Engineering Award. He also plays an active role in several academic societies and international conferences, serving, for example, as the Chairman of the 17th Asian Symposium on Visualization (ASV).

Prof. Lihao Feng Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Beihang University, China Title: Evolution and prediction of flow state in dynamic stall: from 2D to 3D

Profiles: Dr. Lihao Feng is a Professor at Beihang University in China. He studied fluid mechanics at Beihang University, where he received his B.S. and Ph.D degrees in 2006 and 2012, respectively. During this period, he visited the University of Nottingham for one year during 2010 to 2011. From 2012, he started to work in the Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Beihang University, and was appointed as Professor in 2018. His major research interests include experimental fluid mechanics, unsteady aerodynamics, and flow control. He has published more than 80 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He has won the first prize of High School Excellent Award for Natural Science of China in 2022 and NAKAYAMA Medal for Outstanding Young Researcher of FLUCOME in 2017.

Prof. Smith Eiamsa-ard School of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Mahanakorn University of Technology, Bangkok 10530, Thailand Title: Heat transfer enhancement in a tube fitted with twisted-tape swirl generator

Profiles: Professor Eiamsa-ard has been a full-time faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Mahanakorn University of Technology (MUT) since 1996. Originally from Sakon Nakhon, he completed high school in Kansas, USA, and earned his B.Eng. at MUT, M.Eng. and D.Eng. at King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), and a Ph.D. in System Engineering from Mie University, Japan. With over 28 years of academic and professional experience, he is now a full Professor and has helped shape the engineering curriculum at MUT. He has held roles such as Department Head, Director of the Graduate School, and Chair of the Master’s and Doctoral programs. He is active in national and international academic communities, serving on curriculum review boards, journal committees, and as a member of the Council of Engineers Thailand and OJSAT. His research focuses on swirling flow and heat transfer enhancement technologies, with work on heat exchanger tubes, solar air heaters, vortex tubes, and co-combustion systems. He has supervised 83 graduate students (63 graduated), holds a Scopus H-index of 58 with over 10,853 citations, and has published more than 197 journal articles. He also serves the professional community as Vice President of the Thai Society of Mechanical Engineers (TSME) and has chaired conferences for JSME, CSPE, and TSME.