We are pleased to announce our Plenary and Keynote Speakers for the 14th International Conference of Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer (FFHMT 2027):
Dr. Javad Mostaghimi
University of Toronto, Canada – FFHMT 2027 Plenary Speaker
Dr. Javad Mostaghimi is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial
Engineering at the University of Toronto and the director of the Centre for
Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT). His research focuses on advanced thermal
spray technologies, including superhydrophobic surfaces, thermal barrier coatings,
and corrosion- and wear-resistant layers. He has carried out comprehensive
investigations of flow, temperature, and electromagnetic fields in arc plasmas and
RF inductively coupled plasmas, providing fundamental insight into their behaviour.
Professor Mostaghimi has also performed extensive numerical simulations of
droplet impact and solidification in thermal spray processes, elucidating key
mechanisms governing coating formation. In addition, he has designed several
innovative DC and RF plasma torches that improve energy efficiency, stability, and
process capability.
Professor Mostaghimi is a fellow of the following professional societies: RSC (Royal
Society of Canada), ASME, ASM, CSME, EIC, CAE, AAAS, IUPAC, and the Faculty of
Engineering at the University of Tokyo. He is a recipient of the 75th Anniversary
Medal of the ASME Heat Transfer Division, the recipient of the 2013 Robert W.
Angus Medal of the CSME, the 2012 Heat Transfer Memorial Award of the ASME,
the 2011 Jules Stachiewicz Medal of the CSME, the 2010 NSERC Brockhouse Canada
Prize and the 2009 Engineering Medal in R & D from the Professional Engineers of
Ontario.
In May 2019, Dr. Mostaghimi was inducted into the ASM Thermal Spray Hall of
Fame. In 2024, he received the prestigious Fitz Roy Medal of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers. In 2024, Dr. Mostaghimi was elected a Fellow of the US
National Academy of Inventors.
He serves on the editorial board of Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing and
on the International Review Board of the Journal of Thermal Spray.
Dr. Panagiota Angeli
University College London, UK – FFHMT 2027 Plenary Speaker
Prof Panagiota Angeli, FREng, FIChemE, is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at UCL, Deputy Head ED&I, and leads the ThAMeS Multiphase group. She specializes on complex multiphase flows and their application to sustainable processing.She obtained a Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and a PhD on Multiphase Flows at Imperial College London. Prof Angeli’s work has been supported by substantial UK Research Council and European Union funding and by industry. She has been awarded a RAEng/Leverhulme Trust Fellowship and has participated and chaired UK EPSRC and international (Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Belgium, Germany) research funding review panels. She has published over 200 journal papers.
Dr. Gretar Tryggvason
Johns Hopkins University, USA – FFHMT 2027 Plenary Speaker
Prof. Gretar Tryggvason is the Charles A. Miller, Jr. Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins University and the head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his PhD from Brown University in 1985 and was on the faculty of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor until 2000, when he moved to Worcester Polytechnic Institute as the head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Between 2010 and 2017 he was the Viola D. Hank professor at the University of Notre Dame and the chair of the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. Prof. Tryggvason is well known for his contributions to computational fluid dynamics; particularly the development of methods for computations of multiphase flows and for pioneering direct numerical simulations of such flows. His various service activities include serving as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Computational Physics 2002-2015 and as the Chair of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society for 2026. He is a fellow of APS, ASME and AAAS, and the recipient of several awards, including the 2012 ASME Fluids Engineering Award and the 2019 ASTFE Award.
Dr. Eldad Avital
Queen Mary University of London, UK – FFHMT 2027 keynote Speaker
Dr Eldad Avital is Reader in Fluids and Acoustics at Queen Mary University of London. His research focuses on computational and experimental fluid dynamics and fluid–structure interaction, with applications to renewable energy, offshore aquaculture and environmental flows. He has published over 120 journal papers and leads a five-year Lloyd’s Register Foundation international consortium on safe and sustainable offshore aquaculture. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Chartered Engineer and Senior Member of AIAA, where he serves as Secretary of the Terrestrial Energy Systems Technical Committee. He is also an Associate Editor of Scientific Reports, Fluids and Frontiers in Energy Research.
Dr. Pedro Coelho
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal – FFHMT 2027 keynote Speaker
Professor Pedro Coelho graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1984 and received his Ph.D. in 1992 from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, Portugal. He is professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of IST. He has about 120 papers published in international journals, and 150 papers presented at international conferences. He is co-author of a book on Combustion (in Portuguese) for undergraduate and master students. His research focuses on the numerical simulation of heat transfer and combustion processes. He is President of the Eurotherm Committee for the Advancement of Thermal Sciences and Heat Transfer since August 2026, and member of the Scientific Council, Assembly and Executive Committee of the International Centre of Heat and Mass Transfer. He is associate editor of the J. Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Int. J. Thermal Sciences, and member of the advisory board of Computational Thermal Sciences, Heat Transfer Research and Int. J. Energy for a Clean Environment.