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Researchers

Australian Maritime College (AMC)
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)
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)
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