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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
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 2007 2014
- 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, The University of Melbourne, The 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 1985 2019
An experimental investigation of flow-induced vibration of high-side-ratio rectangular cylinders
Zhao, J., Hourigan, K. & Thompson, M. C., 6 Feb 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Fluids and Structures. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
A numerical model for the time-dependent wake of a pedalling cyclist
Griffith, M. D., Crouch, T. N., Burton, D., Sheridan, J., Brown, N. A. T. & Thompson, M. C., 9 Jul 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Dynamic response of elliptical cylinders undergoing transverse flow-induced vibration
Zhao, J., Hourigan, K. & Thompson, M. C., 7 Feb 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Fluids and Structures. 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Evolutionary shape optimisation enhances the lift coefficient of rotating wing geometries
Bhat, S. S., Zhao, J., Sheridan, J., Hourigan, K. & Thompson, M. C., 10 Jun 2019, In : Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 868, p. 369-384 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Flow-induced vibration of a cube orientated at different incidence angles
Zhao, J., Sheridan, J., Hourigan, K. & Thompson, M. C., 1 Nov 2019, In : Journal of Fluids and Structures. 91, 19 p., 102701.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review