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• 2014 -             Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Lehrstuhl für Technische Thermodynamik
Institut für Strömungstechnik und Thermodynamik, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany
• 2010 - 2014   PhD, Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK
• 2005 - 2009    MEng (First Class Honours), Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, UK

Current research projects (2014 - )
Development and application of the thermographic particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique
·      Spectroscopic techniques for luminescence characterisation of phosphor particles in furnaces/flames; instrumentation development/characterisation
·      Collaboration with Universität der Bundeswehr München on the investigation of film cooling flows using thermographic phosphors.
·      Application of thermographic PIV to study turbulent natural convection in collaboration with TU Ilmenau
 
PhD - High Repetition Rate Temperature and Velocity Imaging in Turbulent Flows using Thermographic Phosphors (2010 - 2014)
Research supported by a Doctoral Training Award funded through the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Examined by Prof. Bruno Renou and Dr. Guillermo Rein.
Development of a novel laser-based measurement technique 'thermographic PIV', using thermographic phosphor tracer particles to simultaneously image the temperature and velocity of fluid flows.
·      Development, demonstration and validation of the technique.
·      High-repetition rate imaging using high-speed laser and camera technology for time-resolved investigations of transient, coupled heat and mass transfer phenomena.
·      Luminescence characterisation of a novel semiconductor phosphor for temperature measurements with increased sensitivity.
 
Research project for Toyota Motor Europe (2010 - 2014)
Detection of hydrogen peroxides in controlled auto-ignition engines.
·      Development of UV LED-based detection of hydrogen peroxides and measurement of the reaction dynamics of dissociation products using spectrally-resolved absorption techniques.
·      Operation and stabilisation of HCCI combustion in a modified 5-cylinder optical diesel engine.
·      Application of developed diagnostics to detect combustion species.

Engineer, Engineering Department, Pendennis Shipyard, Cornwall, UK (2009 - 2010)
Fixing and refurbishing pumps; diesel engines; couplings, shafts and bearings; AC units; and generators (six-month refit of a 37 m yacht)

Masters research project (2008 - 2009)
Experimental investigation of free convection in particle-laden fluids
 
Batchelor degree research project (2007 - 2008)
Experimental study of fluidised granular flows

• Flow temperature measurements using thermographic phosphors
• Combined imaging diagnostics