| Dr Mar Alvarez (pdf, 23kb) |
Working in a research project, in the Micro/Nanophysics Research Laboratory (www.eng.monash.edu.au/mnrl), focused on SAW atomization for drug delivery and microfluidic devices. |
Drug delivery, fabrication of MEMS and NEMS for biosensing applications, microfluidics and biosensors in general. |
| John Baker |
CRC Rail Technologies Project 144 lifing Ageing Rolling Stock. The research focuses on crack growth rates in Pacific National
freight wagons. Project activities include: load analysis, Finite Element Modeling, material properties, predictive crack growth rates
under applied loading, maintenance periodicity, intelligent system predicting safe life remaining based on useage data. |
Crack growth rates in ferrous and non-ferrous materials, structural integrity of air vehicles, Airworthiness and airworthiness
regulation, composite repairs to steel structures, rail rolling stock lifing, fatigue spectra and data gathering to extract fatigue spectra. |
| Dr Basanta Bhaduri (pdf, 39kb) |
Working in an ARC sponsored project on micro-fluidic cell sorting. Also working on Brownian diffusion of carbon nano-fibers. |
Interferometry, Polarization, Image Processing, Optical Sensors, Laser Speckles, Microscopy, MOEMS |
| Kenneth Cairns |
CRC Rail/ARTC follow-on project to Project 143 - Strengthening steel rail bridges by the addition of carbon composite
doubler plates. The research focuses on design of carbon composite plates for rail bridge applications, installation of plates with latest
technology adhesives, verification of improvements made and structural integrity. Project activities include: Analysis of current operating
conditions and steel bridge design, design of carbon composite plates, design and manufacture of equipment to install doubler plates, measurement
and analysis of strain and deflection in bridges before and after application of plates, verification of the long term integrity of the modified structure and the development of design, installation and verification manuals. |
Life extension of rail infrastructure. Crack growth rates in ferrous materials |
| Andreas Fouras (pdf, 52kb) |
Extending Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) technology by the developmentof Volumetric Correlation techniques. Application of these techniques to micro-imaging applications based on fluorescence microscopy and synchrotron X-ray imaging.
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Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), Stereo PIV, Volumetric Correlation PIV, X-ray PIV, Biomedical Imaging. |
| Dr David Lo Jacono |
Working on an ARC funded project investigating vortex induced vibration. This work takes place in the water channel of the FLAIR laboratory. I am also interested in wakes behind bluff bodies in general. |
Research interest varies from wakes behind bluff bodies to flow in confined geometries. Experimental and numerical approaches are my main
focus. |
| Dr Justin Leontini (pdf, 256kb) |
Working on an ARC funded project investigating the fluid mechanical impacts on stem cell growth in bioreactors. Modelling of the flows involved using threedimensional direct numerical simulation, with a spectralelement method. Modelling of fundamental fluid instabilities, particularly bluffbody wakes. |
Computational fluid dynamics, fluid instabilities, dynamic systems, vortexinduced vibration, bluffbody wakes. |
| Dr Haiyan Li (pdf, 30kb) |
Research focusing on the manipulation of biomolecules, including concentrating, separating and driving of biomolecule by
acoustic waves. Another focus is the encapsulation of biomolecules or drugs into bioparticles using electrical methods. |
Biomaterials, biosensors, tissue engineering, drug delivery |
| Dr Bobby Matha (pdf, 51kb) |
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George Thouas (pdf, 44kb) |
Development and implementation of novel bioreactors for tissue engineering, in vitro technologies and generic biomedical
applications, as part of research at the Monash Biomedical Engineering and Technology Alliance (MuBeta). Involved also in imaging methods
for cardiovascular physiology research at the Monash University School of Biomedical Sciences. |
Bioreactor design and implementation, tissue culture methodology, cell and tissue microscopy and imaging, cell physiology,
developmental biology of oocytes and embryos, in vitro fertilization |
| Dr
Scott Wade (pdf, 31kb) |
Co-managing a research project in the CRC for Integrated Engineering Asset Management (www.cieam.com)
on the industrial application of corrosion sensors. This project is investigating the development/deployment of sensors, models and software
tools to provide an integrated corrosion management system for industry. |
Corrosion, optical fibre sensors, electrical resistance sensors, corrosion modelling, fibre Bragg gratings. |
| Dr Brendan Whittingham (pdf, 18kb) |
Working on projects sponsored by the CRC for Advanced Composite Structures (www.crc-acs.com.au). Development of an in-situ health monitoring system for detecting delamination in thick glass-fibre reinforced polymer composite ship structures and carbon fibre composite aerospace structures. Research into the implementation of commercially available Structural Heath Monitoring systems into aircraft that are currently in-service. Methods for improving scarf repairs on composite aircraft components. |
Advanced Composite Structures, Low Velocity Impact of Composite materials, In-situ Structural Health Monitoring, Vibration and Acoustic Analysis, Composite Repair Technologies, Finite Element Analysis, Environmental Engineering, Biomechanics. |
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