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XFEM methods for fracture propagation

The purpose of this research is to develop a FEM method for simulation of fracture. more...

Supervisor(s): Dias-da-Costa, Daniel (Dr)

Compressible Turbulent Mixing

A fundamental understanding of compressible turbulent mixing is critical to advancing technologies in aeronautical, automotive, clean energy and acoustics. This project aims to deve more...

Supervisor(s): Thornber, Ben (Dr)

Development of next-generation fuel delivery devices for thermal energy conversion

This project will apply state of the art experimental diagnostic and computational methods to analyse the potential of using electrostatic charge as a means to delivery fuels in mic more...

Supervisor(s): Kourmatzis, Agisilaos (Dr)

Fluid-structure interaction in the human upper airway

This project will apply state of the art experimental diagnostic methods to analyse fluid structure interaction in model reconstructions of the human upper airway. more...

Supervisor(s): Kourmatzis, Agisilaos (Dr)

Experimental analysis of dry powder inhalers for pulmonary drug delivery

This project will apply state of the art experimental diagnostic techniques for the quantitative analysis of dry powder inhalers (DPIs). The project will focus on improving our fund more...

Supervisor(s): Kourmatzis, Agisilaos (Dr)

Feeding culling vegetables to ruminants

Sustainable agricultural production is essential as demand for food increases and environmental concerns heighten. Redirecting waste into alternate sectors of production increases s more...

Supervisor(s): Chaves, Alex (Dr)

Development of constitutive models for self-healing cementitious and soil materials

This research will develop constitutive models to handle the mechanics of self-healing materials. more...

Supervisor(s): Dias-da-Costa, Daniel (Dr)

Understanding the growth of hydrodynamic instabilities in Inertial Confinement Fusion

The National Ignition Facility (NIF) in the USA has managed to achieve a fusion fuel gain of 1 in landmark experiments. However, the targeted gain is substantially higher than this more...

Supervisor(s): Thornber, Ben (Dr)

Total Synthesis of Plant Growth Promoters

Opportunities exist to take a leading role in the development of next-generation agrochemicals by synthesizing naturally occurring plant growth promoters and their analogues. more...

Supervisor(s): McErlean, Christopher (Associate Professor)

Computer vision techniques for forensic engineering and damage assessment in structures

This research will develop high-end technology based on computer vision for structural health monitoring and damage localisation in structures. more...

Supervisor(s): Dias-da-Costa, Daniel (Dr)