• Postdoctoral research fellow, Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, supervisor Professor Howard A. Stone, August 1993 to December 1995.
• PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Sydney, January 1989 to July 1993. Thesis supervised by Professor Nhan Phan-Thien - Some Developments of the Boundary Integral Equation Method, and Applications in Free Surface and Elasticity Problems.
• B.Math with 1st class honours, Department of Mathematics, University of Wollongong 1985 to 1988. Honours thesis supervised by Professor John R. Blake - Water Coning in Oil Reservoirs.