Australian Maritime College (AMC)

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AMHRC

Researcher:	Research Interest:	Email Contact:
Prof. Neil Bose Centre Manager	Underwater vehicles (AUV, ROV), Experimental Development	N.Bose@amc.edu.au
Dr Jonathan Binns Post-doc research fellow	Sailing yacht research, Experimental Fluid Dynamics/Computational Fluid Dynamics combination	J.Binns@amc.edu.au

Cavitation and Fluid Dynamics

Researcher:	Research Interest:	Email Contact:
A/Prof Paul Brandner Research Leader, Manager Cavitation Tunnel		P.Brandner@amc.edu.au
Mr Bryce Pearce PhD Student	Ventilating supercavitating hydrofoils for ride control of high speed craft	B.Pearce@amc.edu.au
Mrs Suzanne Hutchison PhD Student	Unsteady performance of submarine propellers	S.Hutchison@amc.edu.au
Mr Greg Wright PhD Student	Viscous wake flows around a generic submarine

Ship and Platforms Hydrodynamics

Researcher:	Research Interest:	Email Contact:
A/Prof. Dev Ranmuthugala Head of the Department of Maritime Engineering	Underwater vehicles (AUV, ROV), CFD	D.Ranmuthugala@amc.edu.au
Dr Giles Thomas Senior Lecturer		G.Thomas@amc.edu.au
Mr Gregor Macfarlane Manager, Towing Tank / Model Test Basin		G.Macfarlane@amc.edu.au
Dr Jonathan Duffy Research Associate		J.Duffy@amc.edu.au
A/Prof. Wataru Sera Visiting Researcher	Sea State, Swell	W.Sera@amc.edu.au
Mr Shinsuke Matsubara PhD Student	Unsteady loads on high speed vessels	S.Matsubara@amc.edu.au
Mr Andrew Mason PhD Student	Design optimisation of America's Cup class yachts
Mr Bruce Cartwright MPhil Student	The study of severe waves on ships and ocean structures using mesh free numerical methods
Mr Alexander Robbins PhD Student	A tool for the prediction of wave wake for high speed catamarans in shallow water
Mr Justin Steel PhD Student	Investigate the hydrodynamic characteristics of proven monoihull, catamaran and trimaran platforms and provide a basis for comparison of these platforms
Mr Steven Schmied PhD Student	To investigate an efficient method of generating continuously surfable breaking waves using a moving pressure source

Fisheries Technology

Researcher:	Research Interest:	Email Contact:
Dr John Wakeford Centre Manager	Net and line hydrodyanamics, Demersal Longlines: Prediction of Sink-rates and Development of New Fast-sinking Lead-free Designs	J.Wakeford@amc.edu.au
Mr Cheslav Balash PhD Student	Refinement of scaling rules for prawn trawls	C.Balash@amc.edu.au

Marine Engines

Researcher:	Research Interest:	Email Contact:
Dr Laurie Goldsworthy Research Leader		L.Goldsworthy@amc.edu.au, Website
A/Prof. Norman Lawrence		N.Lawrence@amc.edu.au
Dr Vikram Garaniya Lecturer/Researcher	CFD applied to heavy fuel oil combustion in marine diesel engines	V.Garaniya@amc.edu.au
Mr Chin Bong PhD Student	Spray of atomisation and secondary breakup of non-evaporating and non-reactive marine diesel spray	C.Bong@amc.edu.au

Other Areas of Research

Researcher:	Research Interest:	Email Contact:
Dr Irene Penesis Senior Lecturer (Mathematics)	Computation and Applied Modelling, Lubrication Theory	I.Penesis@amc.edu.au
Dr. Hung Nguyen Lecturer in Marine Control Engineering	Marine Control Engineering (MCE)	h.nguyen@amc.edu.au Website, visible in AMC only
Mr Roberto Ojeda Lecturer	Marine Structures, Non-linear analyses of composite stiffened structures	R.Ojeda@amc.edu.au

University Of Tasmania (UTAS)

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Researcher:	Research Interest:	Email Contact:
A/Prof. Greg Walker Reader in Mechanical Engineering	Aeronautical and Marine Propulsion; Compressors; Turbines; Pumps; Waterjets; Boundary Layers; Laminar-turbulent Transition; Industrial Aerodynamics; Instrumentation; Cavitation; Wind Tunnels; Water Tunnels	Greg.Walker@utas.edu.au

Defence Science And Technology Organisation (DSTO)

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Researcher:	Research Interest:	Email Contact:
Mr Brendon Anderson Manager, Undersea Platform Hydrodynamics	Hydrodynamics	Brendon.Anderson@dsto.defence.gov.au
Dr David Clarke Researcher, DSTO	Hydrodynamics, Viscous flow around ellipsoids at transitional Reynolds numbers	David.Clarke@dsto.defence.gov.au