Emeritus Prof. John
Sheridan
Professor of Fluid Mechanics, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering
Research Interests: Bluff-body aerodynamics, wake stability and
control, wake-wave interactions, vehicle aerodynamics, fluid
mechanicsof bioreactors, particle image velocimetry.
Address: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 17
College Walk, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
: +61 3 990 54913 / Fax: +61 3 990 51825
Prof. Kerry Hourigan
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Biological and
biomedical engineering and imaging, computational
fluid dynamics (CFD), aeroacoustics,
turbomachinery, mineral processing fluid dynamics,
supersonic jets.
Address: Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering, 17 College Walk, Monash
University, VIC 3800, Australia
: +61 3 990 59624 / Fax: +61 3 990 51825
Prof. Mark Thompson
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), numerical methods, aeroacoustics, turbomachinery,
simulation of three-dimensional flows, non-Newtonian fluid flows.
Address: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 17 College Walk, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
: +61 3 990 59645 / Fax: +61 3 990 51825
Dr. Timothy Crouch
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Aeroacoustics, industrial fluid dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, wake flows, bluff body flows, sport aerodynamics, wind engineering, wind energy.
Address: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 17 College Walk, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
: +61 3 990 59253 / Fax: +61 3 990 51825
Dr. Jisheng Zhao
ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Aerodynamics,
turbulence, experimental fluid mechanics, wind
engineering, fluid-structure interaction, wind
tunnel modeling, hydrodynamics, computational
fluid dynamics, particle image velocimetry techniques.
Address: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 17 College Walk, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
: +61 3 990 51615 / Fax: +61 3 990 51825
Dr. Shibo Wang
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics, wind engineering, turbulence modelling, wind tunnel testing, applied aerodynamics, bluff body aerodynamics, vechicle aerodynamics, train aerodynmics, sport aerodynamics, 3D scan and modelling.
Address: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 17 College Walk, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
: +61 3 990 53584 / Fax: +61 3 990 51825
Honorary Associates
Research Interests: Intersection between magnetohydrodynamic flows, rotating flows, and natural convection; heat transport and enhancement in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) duct flows; quasi-two-dimensionalisation of MHD flows; natural convection flows - specifically horizontally driven convection flows, their stability, and the scaling at high Rayleigh number; the application and development of high-order methods for computational fluid dynamics (including spectral-element methods); bluff-body flows and the associated wake dynamics and instabilities; and linear & non-linear stability analysis of these flows.
Home Institution:Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Australia
Research Interests: Synchrotron-based in-vivo cardiovascular imaging and velocimetry, Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) techniques, boundary-layer flows, experimental measurement and diagnostic techniques.
Home Institution:Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Australia
Research Interests: Wake instabilities, vortex dynamics, non-linear dynamics, bluff-body fluid mechanics.
Home Institution:Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Australia
Research Interests: Wakes, rotating flows, experimental techniques, stability analysis.
Home Institution:Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Australia
Research Interests: Fluid-structure interaction, instability and transition of fluid flows, bluff-body fluid dynamics, renewable energy.
Home Institution:Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Research Interests: Biofluid mechanics, cardiovascular flows, platelet activation and adhesion, flow profiles and shearing in atherosclerosis, bluff body aerodynamics, flow induced vibrations, flow measurement techniques, particle image velocimetry.
Home Institution:Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse (IMFT), Université de Toulouse, Allée Camille Soula, F-31400 Toulouse, France
Research Interests: Cycling aerodynamics, Pipe flows, stenosed arterial flows, stability and transition in fluid flows.
Research Interests: Stirred Tank bioreactors in relation to mamalian cell culture, swirling flows and the control of vortex breakdown, flow around bluff bodies and flow stability, computational Aero-acoustic modelling.
Home Institution:Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University (Malaysia)
Visiting Academics
Duration: January-March 2020.
Research Interests: Fluid mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, control theory, structural dynamics, nonlinear analysis.
Home Institution:ONERA, The French Aerospace Lab, Palaiseau, France
Duration: September 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013.
Research Interests: Dynamical systems in fluid mechanics, singular perturbations of ODEs, non-linear dynamics, industrial mathematics.
Home Institution: Department of Mathematics, Technical University of Denmark.
Duration: February-May 2006.
Research Interests: Aerodynamics, bio dynamics, hydrodynamic instabilities, rotating flows.
Home Institution: Institut for Mekanisk Teknologi, Technical University of Denmark.
Duration: February-May 2006.
Research Interests: Fundamental and experimental fluid mechanics (rotating disk flows, bluff body wakes, fluid flow / flexible structure interactions.
Home Institution:Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre (IRPHE) & UMR 6594 CNRS / Universités Aix-Marseille I & II.
Duration: November 2002-January 2003, March-April 2006, 2008, 2010.
Research Interests: Experimental fluid mechanics, instabilities in wake flows and vortex flows.
Home Institution:Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre (IRPHE) & UMR 6594 CNRS / Universités Aix-Marseille I & II.
Duration: Late 2003.
Research Interests: Stability theory, vortex methods for computational fluid dynamics.
Home Institution:Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse (IMFT) & Département de Mécanique Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III.
Duration: January-February 2003.
Research Interests: Bluff body wakes and vortex induced vibration.
Home Institution:Fluid Dynamics Research Laboratories, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Duration: December 2002.
Research Interests: Instabilities in fluid flows, bluff body wakes, oscillating cylinder wakes.
Home Institution:Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre (IRPHE) & UMR 6594 CNRS / Universités Aix-Marseille I & II.
Duration: December 2002.
Research Interests: Wakes, rotating flows, turbulence, Ginzburg-Landau model.
Home Institution:Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre (IRPHE) & UMR 6594 CNRS / Universités Aix-Marseille I & II.
Ariq Quazi
PhD candidate
PhD topic: Understanding the
aerodynamic drag on freight trains subject to
real atmospheric conditions and how the drag
of individual wagons contribute to the overall
drag
Supervisors: Mark C Thompson, David Burton & Timothy Crouch
Address:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 17 College Walk, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800
Christopher Brown
PhD candidate
PhD topic: The intermediate and far wake of cyclists, relevant to the aerodynamics forces experienced by trailing cyclists
Supervisors: Mark C Thompson, David Burton & Timothy Crouch
Address:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 17 College Walk, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800
Daniel Tudball-Smith
PhD candidate
PhD topic: An experimental and numerical investigation of the vortical flow structures produced during flapping of
wings, with particular emphasis on the behaviour when rotation ceases.
Supervisors Mark C Thompson, John Sheridan & Donald Rockwell(Lehigh University).
Research Interests:Low Reynolds number flight, road and race vehicle aerodynamics, bluff body fluid dynamics, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), particle image velocimetry (PIV)
Address:Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 17 College Walk, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800
: +61 3990 53512
Gershom Easenesan
PhD candidate
PhD topic: An experimental and numerical study of wake control of square-back Ahmed body using novel sucking and blowing
Supervisors: Mark C Thompson & David Burton
Address:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 17 College Walk, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800
John Kearns
PhD candidate
PhD topic: Understanding the flow in the left
ventricle of a human heart over a pulse period, with implications for
clotting, stroke and heart attack
Supervisors: Murray Rudman, Mark C Thompson & Andrew Taylor (Monash/Alfred Hospital)
Address:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 17 College Walk, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800
Matthew Corallo
PhD candidate
PhD topic: Active control of the wake from square-back geometries, with relevance to drag reduction for transport vehicles
Supervisors: Mark C Thompson & John Sheridan
Address:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 17 College Walk, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800
: +61 3990 53512
Rahul Mishra
PhD candidate
PhD topic: Vortex induced vibration under conditions of non-standard elastic mounting systems
Supervisors: Rajneesh Bhardwaj (IITB), Mark C Thompson & Jisheng Zhao
Address:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 17 College Walk, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800
Siddharth Gupta
PhD candidate
PhD topic: Hydrodynamic propulsion from slim fish-inspired geometries subject to carangiform motion
Supervisors: Atul Sharma (IITB), Mit Agrawal (IITB), Kerry Hourigan , Mark C Thompson & Jisheng Zhao
Address:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 17 College Walk, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800
Stephen Terrington
PhD candidate
PhD topic: Development of a two and three-dimensional theory for vorticity transport at two-phase interphases
Supervisors: Mark C Thompson & Kerry Hourigan
Address:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 17 College Walk, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800
Terence Avadiar
PhD candidate
PhD topic: An experimental study of the wake of an estate version of the DrivAer generic automobile
Supervisors: David Burton, John Sheridan & Mark C Thompson
Address:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 17 College Walk, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800
Thomas McQueen
PhD candidate
PhD topic: An experimental study of the control of separation and reattachment through sucking and blowing for the flow over a double backward-facing step
Supervisors: Mark C Thompson, John Sheridan & David Burton
Address:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 17 College Walk, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800
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Name |
Degree |
Supervisors |
Topic |
Post-Degree Employment |
| Aljubaily, Daniah | MEngSc (Res) | Mark C Thompson & Kerry Hourigan | Numerical modelling of turbulent flow around elliptical cylinders at Re=3900 | PhD Candidate at the University of Melbourne |
| Assemat, Pauline | Post Doctoral Fellow | Kerry Hourigan | Biological flows | Post Doctoral Fellow at IMFT, France |
| Atvars, Karlis | PhD (2007) | Mark C Thompson & Kerry Hourigan | Control of vortex breakdown in a swirling jet | Aerodynamics Engineer at Airbus |
| Bell, James | PhD (2015) | Mark C Thompson, John Sheridan & David Burton | High-speed train aerodynamics | Research Engineer, DLR (Germany) |
| Berry, Joseph | PhD (2008) | John Sheridan, Josie Carberry & Mark Thompson | Numerical modelling of cell deformation | Research Fellow at CSIRO |
| Bhat, Shantanu | PhD (2018) | Mark C Thompson, Kerry Hourigan, John Sheridan & Jisheng Zhao | Aerodynamics of a rotating and flapping insect wing | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Adelaide (Adelaide, Australia) |
| Browne, Patrick | MEngSci (2006) | John Sheridan, Josie Carberry & Kerry Hourigan | Vortex-induced vibration of a tethered cylinder | Offshore Engineer, BPP Consultancies, (London, UK) |
| Brydon, Andrew | PhD (2000) | Michael Page & Mark C Thompson | Computational Fluid Dynamics | Los Alamos Laboratories (USA) |
| Buchanan, Anthony | MEngSci (2006) | Mark C Thompson & Kerry Hourigan | Supersonic Jet Noise | Capgemini (Melbourne, Australia) |
| Burton, David | PhD (2004) | John Sheridan & Jeff Saunders | Vehicular aerodynamics | Senior Lecturer/Monash Wind Tunnel Manager, Monash University |
| Carberry, Josie | PhD (2003) | John Sheridan | Experimental study of vortex induced vibration | Lecturer, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) |
| Cheung, Alex | MEngSci (2003) | Kerry Hourigan & Mark C Thompson | Predicted flow around bluff bodies: interference effects and wall impactsd | Industry |
| Chi, Shian | MEngSci (2019) | Mark C Thompson & David Burton | Modelling the flow near the drag crisis with applications to cycling aerodynamics wall impactsd | Industry |
| Dehtyriov, Daniel | MEngSc (Res) | Mark C Thompson & Kerry Hourigan | The interaction wing tip vortices near the ground | PhD Candidate at Oxford University (UK) |
| Dusting, Jonathan | PhD (2006) | John Sheridan & Kerry Hourigan | Bioreactor Flows | Research Associate, Kings College, London. |
| Eaddy, Michael | PhD (2004) | John Sheridan & William Melbourne | Wind tunnel flows around bluff bodies | Mel Consulting (Melbourne) |
| Elston, John | PhD (2006) | Hugh Blackburn & John Sheridan | Bluff body wake prediction | Research Fellow, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) |
| Fitzgerald, Aran | MEngSci (2006) | Kerry Hourigan & Mark C Thompson | Vortex breakdown, Bioengineering | Alstom (Baden, Switzerland) |
| Gaddam, Anvesh | PhD | Rajneesh Bhardwaj (IITB) & Mark C Thompson | Design and Fabrication of patterned surfaces | Unkown |
| Gilholme, Brendan | PhD (2003) | John Sheridan & William Melbourne | Automotive aerodynamics | Sauber Formula 1 (Aerodynamics team, Europe) |
| Griffith, Martin | PhD Cotutelle (2007) | Mark C Thompson, Kerry Hourigan & Thomas Leweke | Fluid Dynamics through Stenoses | Postdoctoral Fellow, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) |
| Harbig, Robert | PhD (2014) | Mark C Thompson & John Sheridan | The Role of Wing Morphology in the Aerodynamics of Insect Flights | Junior CFD Aerodynamicist, Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 Team |
| Houdroge, Farah | PhD (2018) | Mark C Thompson & Kerry Hourigan | Dynamics of bluff body interactions with walls | Baker IDT (Melbourne, Australia) |
| Johnson, Shaun | PhD (2006) | Kerry Hourigan & Mark C Thompson | Vehicular aerodynamics | Ferrari Formula 1 team (Italy), Tesla Motors |
| Jones, Michael | PhD (2003) | Kerry Hourigan & Mark C Thompson | A study of the mechanism for vortex breakdown and some measures for its control | Industry (Japan) |
| Khalil, Sammy | PhD (2006) | Mark C Thompson & Kerry Hourigan | Vortex breakdown in a swirling jet | Industry (Australia) |
| Khor, Moses | PhD (1998) | John Sheridan & Kerry Hourigan | Investigations on the stability of the near-wake of a cylinder | Ministry (Melbourne, Australia) |
| Leontini, Justin | PhD (2007) | Mark C Thompson & Kerry Hourigan | Forced and free vibrations | Senior Lecturer - Swinburne University of Technology, Postdoctoral Fellow, IRPHE (Marseille, France); Researcher, CSIRO (Melbourne, Australia); Postdoctoral Fellow, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) |
| Kundu, Anup | PhD | Rajneesh Bhardwaj (IITB) & Mark C Thompson | Computational modelling of heat transfer in complex geometries with multiphase flows | Unkown |
| Liow, Keith | PhD (2004) | Kerry Hourigan & Mark C Thompson | Sound radiated from vortex flows | Lecturer, Monash University (Malaysia) |
| Maleki, Siavash | PhD (2019) | Mark C Thompson & David Burton | Numerical modelling of the flow around freight trains | Industry |
| McBean, Ivan | PhD (2003) | Mark C Thompson & Kerry Hourigan | Simulation of 3-dimensional aeroelastic effects in turbomachinery cascades | Alstom (Baden, Switzerland) |
| Mills, Richard | PhD (1998) | John Sheridan & Kerry Hourigan | Vortex interaction in flows over bluff bodies | Schlumberger (Paris, France) |
| Mununga, Lewis | PhD (2005) | Kerry Hourigan & Mark C Thompson | Blade design in mixing vessels | Mechanical Engineer, Hatch Engineering Consulting, Mississauga, Canada |
| Nazarinia, Mehdi | PhD (2010) | John Sheridan, David Lo Jacono & Mark C Thompson | Flow around oscillating circular cylinders | Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University, United Arab Emirates |
| Nemes, Andras | PhD (2014) | John Sheridan, David Lo Jacono & Hugh Blackburn | Wind turbine wakes | University of Minnesota, US |
| Okada, Mitsushi | PhD (2006) | John Sheridan & Mark C Thompson | Flow past an Ahmed body | Research Fellow, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) |
| Pregnalato, Craig | PhD (2003) | Kerry Hourigan & Mark C Thompson | Flow around spheres and tethered bodies | WBM Engineering & Environmental Consultants (Melbourne, Australia) |
| Qadri, Mateen (Abdul) | MEngSc | Mark C Thompson, Murray Rudman & Andrew Taylor (Monash/Alfred Hospital) | Filling and Emptying of the left ventricle of a human heart as an indicator of disease states | Industry |
| Radi, Alexander. | PhD (2012) | John Sheridan, Kerry Hourigan & Mark C Thompson | Three-dimensionality and secondary vortex street in the wake of cylindrical bluff bodies | Renewables & Environment, Emden Area, Germany |
| Rajamuni, Methma | PhD (2019) | Mark C Thompson & Kerry Hourigan | Wake transitions and fluid-structure interactions of rotating bluff bodies | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) | Rao, Anirudh N. | PhD (2012) | Kerry Hourigan & Mark C Thompson | Flow dynamics of bluff bodies | Research Fellow, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) |
| Reichl, Paul | PhD (2002) | Kerry Hourigan | Flow past a cylinder close to a free surface | Silver Brook Research (Australia) |
| Roy, Clement | PhD (2008) | Thomas Leweke, Mark C Thompson & Kerry Hourigan | Vortex dynamics & stability | Unknown |
| Rigopoulos, John | PhD (1998) | John Sheridan & Mark C Thompson | Numerical simulation of Taylor-Couette flow and state selection in Taylor vortex flow | Unknown |
| Ryan, Kris | PhD (2004) | Kerry Hourigan & Mark C Thompson | Flow around long plates and circular cylinders | Senior Lecturer, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) |
| Sareen, Anchal | PhD (2018) | Mark C Thompson, Kerry Hourigan, John Sheridan & Jisheng Zhao | Flow-induced vibration of a sphere | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Minnesota (USA) |
| Sheard, Gregory J | PhD (2004) | Kerry Hourigan & Mark C Thompson | Stability and structure of the flow past rings | Associate Professor, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) |
| Sherry, Michael | PhD (2004) | John Sheridan & David Lo Jacono | Wind turbine wakes | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Calgary, Canada |
| Soti, Atul | PhD (2018) | Rajneesh Bhardwaj, Mark C Thompson & John Sheridan | Numerical simulations of vortex-induced vibrations | Assisant Professor, IIT (Guwahati, India) |
| Stewart, Bronwyn | PhD Cotutelle (2008) | Kerry Hourigan, Mark C Thompson & Thomas Leweke | Flow past a sphere rolling near a wall | Unknown |
| Swalwell, Katrina | PhD (2005) | John Sheridan & William Melbourne | Wind Turbines | Hydro Tasmania (Melbourne, Australia) |
| Tan, Kenny (Boon Thong) | PhD (2000) | Mark C Thompson | Vortex shedding from rectangular plates | Lecturer, Monash University (Malaysia) |
| Tan, Mervyn (E K M) | MEngSci (2001) | Kerry Hourigan & Mark C Thompson | Self sustaining oscillations of flow around a leading and trailing fence | Research Fellow, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) |
| Venning, James | PhD (2016) | John Sheridan, Mark C Thompson & David Lo Jacano | Aerodynamics of vehicles | Research Fellow, The University of Tasmania (Tasmania, Australia) |
| Wang, Shibo | PhD (2012) | Mark C Thompson, John Sheridan & David Burton | Computational Analysis of the Slipstream Characteristics of High-Speed Trains | Research Fellow, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) |
| Wong, Lawrence | PhD (2017) | Mark C Thompson, John Sheridan, David Lo Jacono & Jisheng Zhao | Flow-induced vibration of a rotating cylinder | Unkown |
| Zhao, Jisheng | PhD (2012) | John Sheridan & David Lo Jacano | Flow-induced vibration of circular and square cylinders with low mass and damping | Research Fellow, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) |