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Biography
Professor Mark Christopher Thompson obtained a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Monash in 1985. His doctoral project applied computer modelling of fluid flow to the application of the collapse of massive stars as they near the end of their lives. After this, he spent the next ten years at CSIRO, initially in the Division of Energy Technology and subsequently in the Division of Building, Construction and Engineering. Whilst at CSIRO, he developed software to model (earthbound) fluid flows, which was applied to projects with Comalco, Warman International and AMIRA, amongst other industries/industry groups. In 1995, he took up a role as senior lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Monash, where he has worked since. He has various senior roles during this time including the Associate Dean of Research Training between 2003-2007 and Head of the Department of Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering between 2008-2011. He was made a full Professor at the end of 2006.
His research while at Monash has concentrated on theoretical, computational and experimental modelling of fluid flows. He has developed various computer codes to compute fluid flows, mostly concentrating on
flow stability, transition to turbulence and flows past stationary and vibrating blunt (i.e. not streamlined) objects. Beyond these theoretical focused contributions, he has also made contributions to bioengineering,
turbomachinery, vehicle transport and sports aerodynamics, both through computer modelling and wind tunnel and water channel experiments. In 2015, he was awarded the (sole) Faculty research award and in 2018 he was made a fellow of the Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society. He is one of the top ten authors of the most highly regarded fluid mechanics journal over the last 15 years - the Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
Consulting
Previous industrial work with AMIRA, CRA, Comalco, Ford Europe
Research interests
Flow-induced vibration, Biological fluid dynamics, Aeroacoustics, Industrial fluid dynamics, Computational fluid dynamics, Aerodynamics, Flow instabilities, Wake flows, Bluff body flows
Research area keywords
- Biological Fluid Dynamics
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Industrial Flows
- Bluff Body Flows
- Wakes
- Fluid-Structure Interaction
- Flow Instabilities
- Flow Induced Vibration
- Aeroacoustics
- Vehicle Aerodynamics
- Turbo Machinery
- Biological Engineering
- Flow Transition
- Flow Stability
- Sports Aerodynamics
- High Reynolds Number Flows
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Projects
- 3 Finished
Engineering a Novel Bioreactor and Cell Sorter for Pluripotent Stem Cell Culture
Verma, P., Bellare, J., Cheng, W., Hourigan, K., Jadhav, S. & Thompson, M.
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (Comm)
1/07/11 → 7/08/14
Project: Research
A National Biomedical Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Molecular Imaging Centre
Schmidt, H., Barnham, K., Best, S., Bond, A., Boskovic, C., Donnelly, P., Gahan, L., Hanson, G. R., Langford, S., Martinac, B., Masters, C., McGrath, B., Morgan, M., Murray, K., Parkington, H., Riley, M., Schenk, G., Selemidis, S., Separovic, F., Spiccia, L., Thompson, M., Tuck, K., Wedd, A., Wingler, K. & Young, C.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University, University of Melbourne, University of Queensland
20/09/07 → 31/12/09
Project: Research
Computational fluid dynamics modelling of the shear stresses and oxygen transfer in a spinner-flask bioreactor for tissue engineering
Boon Thong, T., Liow, Y. & Thompson, M.
1/01/07 → 31/12/08
Project: Research
Research Output
Direct numerical simulation of a counter-rotating vortex pair interacting with a wall
Dehtyriov, D., Hourigan, K. & Thompson, M. C., 10 Feb 2020, In : Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 884, 41 p., A36.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Effects of flapping-motion profiles on insect-wing aerodynamics
Bhat, S. S., Zhao, J., Sheridan, J., Hourigan, K. & Thompson, M. C., 10 Feb 2020, In : Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 884, 23 p., A8.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Efficient FSI solvers for multiple-degrees-of-freedom flow-induced vibration of a rigid body
Rajamuni, M. M., Thompson, M. C. & Hourigan, K., 15 Jan 2020, In : Computers and Fluids. 196, 15 p., 104340.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Feedback control of flow-induced vibration of a sphere
McQueen, T., Zhao, J., Sheridan, J. & Thompson, M. C., 25 Apr 2020, In : Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 889, 32 p., A30.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Flow-induced vibrations of a pitching and plunging airfoil
Wang, Z., Du, L., Zhao, J., Thompson, M. C. & Sun, X., 25 Feb 2020, In : Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 885, 34 p., A36.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review