In June I attended the AIAA Aeroacoustics conference in Denver, accompanied by Joel, Dominic and Graham, who were all presenting work that forms part of their PhD candidature. Dominic presented work based on his time spent at Queen Mary University of London with Professor Sergey Karabasov, combining analysis of some my[…]
A brief visit to Poitiers, and working on pulsed-detonation-combustion in Germany
In December I was invited by my old colleague and friend Dr. Kilian Oberleithner to return to the Technical University of Berlin to work on pulsed detonation combustion as part of Co-operative Research Center 1029. On the way, I returned to Poitiers to visit Professor Peter Jordan at Institute Pprime again,[…]
Paper Published: A Novel Method for Investigating Broadband Velocity Fluctuations in Axisymmetric Screeching Jets
Congratulations to Dominic, for the publication of his paper, A Novel Method for Investigating Broadband Velocity Fluctuations in Axisymmetric Screeching Jets in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal. This paper presents a method whereby Proper Orthogonal Decomposition can be used to decouple the fluctuations associated with screech, from the fluctuations[…]
Paper Published: An explanation for the phase lag in supersonic jet impingement
Congratulations to Joel, for the publication of his paper, An explanation for the phase lag in supersonic jet impingement in the prestigious Journal of Fluid Mechanics. This paper is the culmination of several years of work by Joel, using a combination of ultra-high speed schlieren and high-resolution Particle Image Velocimetry. Joel first[…]
Paper Published: Revealing pMDI Spray Initial Conditions: Flashing, Atomisation and the Effect of Ethanol
Congratulations to Nick, for the publication of his paper, Revealing pMDI Spray Initial Conditions: Flashing, Atomisation and the Effect of Ethanol in the journal Pharmaceutical Research. This is the result of our second visit to Argonne National Laboratories, using the synchrotron at the Advanced Photon Source. In this paper, we[…]
Humanitarian Engineering in Timor-Leste
From Borneo I flew to Timor-Leste via Darwin. Unfortunately in the latter stages of the trip a nasty virus had run through the students, and I had come down with it myself. It was just your typical sinus infection – bit of nausea, very blocked nose, etc. I then discovered[…]
Working with Engineers Without Borders in Sarawak, Borneo. Part 3
Returning to Kuching felt strange, a bit of reverse culture shock (though truthfully we had not been gone that long). We were also reunited with the other two groups who had gone to different villages (and the facilitator team was also reunited, to much rejoicing). To unwind everyone took a[…]
Working with Engineers Without Borders in Sarawak, Borneo. Part 2
Signs that we were a little out of our league in the application of local material to solving local problems wasn’t just limited to the still. Human beings are very good at getting the most out of their environment, and any small village will have had plenty of extremely intelligent,[…]
Working with Engineers Without Borders in Sarawak, Borneo. Part 1
In June I had the opportunity to work with Engineers Without Borders as an Academic Mentor on their Humanitarian Design Summit program. The HDS is a fantastic initiative run by EWB, where engineering students from Australia can visit a developing nation to receive both training and hands-on experience in the[…]
Paper Published: Impingement Tones and Associated Shock Instabilities in Supersonic Plug Nozzle Flows
Congratulations to Tasman Powis, Ryan Brunet and Joshua Lynch, who undertook their final year research projects with me in 2015. Their paper, written by Tasman, entitled Impingement Tones and Associated Shock Instabilities in Supersonic Plug Nozzle Flows, has been published in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal.[…]