The fluid mechanics of particulate inhalation under various types of breathing

Summary

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Our aim is to undertake a large-scale study to improve our understanding of the impact of particulate inhalation during exercise and/or extreme environmental conditions.

Supervisor

Associate Professor Agisilaos Kourmatzis.

Research location

Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering

Synopsis

A range of potential directions for this project are possible, from developing an instrumented system that “models” particulate generation from a bushfire-like system, to computational modelling of inspiratory and expiratory flow and airway deposition, to implementation of laser-based diagnostics to improve our understanding of particulate flow processes during intense breathing. We have a degree of flexibility and can tune projects to leverage on your skill and interest. This is a highly multidisciplinary project that will be running across sites. There will be up to 3-4 PhD students working on this program over the next few years and you would be one of those students.

Additional information

Successful candidates must:

• Have a Bachelors degree (1st class honours or equivalent) or a Masters degree
• Have evidence of completion of a major research project.
• Have a keen interest in at least one of fluid mechanics, optical diagnostics, instrumentation, experimental methods, computational fluid dynamics.

Offering:

A PhD scholarship for 3.5 years at the RTP stipend rate (currently $40,109 in 2024). International applicants will have their tuition fees covered.

How to Apply:

To apply, please email agisilaos.kourmatzis@sydney.edu.au the following:

• CV
• transcripts

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Opportunity ID

The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3424

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