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Biography
Prof Kerry Hourigan works in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at Monash University as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering (LBE), and a Co-Director of the Fluids Laboratory for Aeronautical and Industrial Research (FLAIR). He is a Fellow of Engineers Australia.
Prof Hourigan has an extensive research and industrial background in experimental and computational fluid dynamics, having been a National Research Council/NASA Research Associate at the Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Clark B. Millikan Visiting Professor of Aerospace at the California Institute of Technology, the Otto Monsted Guest Professor at the Technical University of Denmark, a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the CSIRO and a successful engineering consultant to major international projects, as well as numerous visiting professorships in France, Japan and the USA.
Education/Academic qualification
Astrophysics, PhD, Condensation and Aggregation of the Planets, MONASH UNIVERSITY
Award Date: 9 Jun 1981
Applied Mathematics/Physics, BSc, MONASH UNIVERSITY
Award Date: 23 Apr 1975
External positions
Fellow, Engineers Australia Pty Limited
1996 → …
Research area keywords
- Bluff Body Flows
- Flow-Induced Vibration
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Bio-inspired Fluid Dynamics
- Aeronautics
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Projects
- 7 Finished
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The Mechanisms determining the Rolling Motions of Bodies
Hourigan, K. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Thompson, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Leweke, T. (Partner Investigator (PI))
19/12/20 → 19/08/24
Project: Research
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Wake Transitions and Fluid-Structure Interactions of Rotating Bluff Bodies
Hourigan, K. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Lo Jacono, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Sheridan, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Thompson, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Leweke, T. (Partner Investigator (PI))
ARC - Australian Research Council, Monash University, CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (French National Centre for Scientific Research), Université Paul Sabatier (Paul Sabatier University)
1/01/15 → 6/11/18
Project: Research
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Engineering a Novel Bioreactor and Cell Sorter for Pluripotent Stem Cell Culture
Verma, P. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Bellare, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cheng, W. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hourigan, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Jadhav, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Thompson, M. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Department of Industry, Science and Resources (Australia)
1/07/11 → 7/08/14
Project: Research
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Engineering pore forming proteins as machines for the delivery of proteins and nanoparticles into cells
Whisstock, J. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Boyd, I. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cortez-Jugo, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Friend, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hourigan, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Porter, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rosado, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Traore, D. (Chief Investigator (CI))
ARC - Australian Research Council, Monash University
1/07/10 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
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MRI and TMS compatible EEG system; TMS System
Karistianis, N. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Bourne, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cornish, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Dubaj, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Enticott, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Fitzgerald, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hohwy, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hourigan, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Maller, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Miller, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rajan, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rinehart, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rossell, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Stout, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Zhang, J. (Chief Investigator (CI))
NHMRC - National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia)
1/12/09 → 30/11/10
Project: Research
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De-noising and super-resolution of fluid-flow velocity measurements by optimising a discrete loss (ODIL)
Terrington, S., Thompson, M. & Hourigan, K., Jan 2026, In: International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 117, Part A, 20 p., 109988.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Flow-induced vibration of an elastically mounted oblate spheroid with variable mass ratio
Cordero Obando, A., Hourigan, K., Thompson, M. C. & Zhao, J., Jan 2026, In: International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 117, Part B, 12 p., 110129.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Flow over a finite-span circular cylinder rolling along a plane wall: Forces and moments
Terrington, S. J., Thompson, M. C. & Hourigan, K., 9 May 2025, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 1010, 55 p., A15.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Shape optimisation to enhance flow-induced vibration of a cylinder using Bayesian optimisation
Terrington, S. J., Thompson, M. C. & Hourigan, K., 12 Dec 2025, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 1024, 43 p., A48.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The effect of structural damping on the flow-induced vibration of an elastically mounted oblate spheroid
Cordero Obando, A., Thompson, M. C., Hourigan, K. & Zhao, J., 2 Dec 2025, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 1024, 45 p., A24.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
- 3 Editorial responsibility
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Elsevier (Publisher)
Bottaro, A. (Editor in chief), Thompson, M. (Editor in chief), Hourigan, K. (Editor in chief) & Braza, M. (Editor in chief)
2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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International Journal of Fluid Dynamics (Journal)
Hourigan, K. (Editor in chief), Thompson, M. (Editor in chief) & Sheridan, J. (Editor in chief)
1998Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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International Journal of Fluid Dynamics (Journal)
Hourigan, K. (Editor in chief)
1997Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility