School of Computing & Mathematics

Dr  Li did his PhD in Applied Mathematics on Modelling  Shallow Turbulent Fluid Dynamics and thin 3D Fluid Flows. He has been  teaching Mathematics at tertiary level for over 20 years and worked at  universities in China, Japan, New Zealand, Fiji and Australia. He joined the  School of Computing and Mathematics at Charles Sturt University in January  2011.

Teaching Responibilities

• QBM117/QBM120 Business statistics
• MTH101 Computer Aided Mathematics 1 with Applications
• MTH309 Principles of operations research

Research

Research Focus

• Computational science
• Mathematical modeling
• Flow visualization
• Fuzzy neural networks

Selected Publications

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• Li, Z., An Adaptive Two-dimensional Mesh Refinement Method Based on  the Law of Mass Conservation. Journal of Flow Visualization and Image  Processing, 15(1)(2008), 17-33.
• Li, Z., An Adaptive Three-dimensional Mesh Refinement Method Based  on the Law of Mass Conservation. Journal of Flow Visualization and Image  Processing, 14(4)(2007), 375-395.
  
• Roberts, A.J., Li, Z., The Accurate and Comprehensive Model of Thin  Fluid Flows with Inertia on Curved Substrates. Journal of Fluid Mechanics,  553(2006), 33-73.
• Li, Z., An Adaptive Streamline Tracking Method for Three-Dimensional  CFD Velocity Fields Based on the Law of Mass Conservation. Journal of Flow  Visualization and Image Processing, 13(2006), 359-376.
  
• Li, Z., An Adaptive Streamline Tracking Method for Two-Dimensional  CFD Velocity Fields Based on the Law of Mass Conservation. Journal of Flow  Visualization and Image Processing, 13(2006), 1-14.
• Li, Z., Mallinson, G., Dual Stream Function Visualization of Fluid  Fields Dependent on Two Variables. Computing and Visualization in Science,  9(1)(2006), 33-41.