MuBeta Laboratory Staff Profile


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Professor Kerry Hourigan

Director, Division of Biological Engineering
Director, MuBeta

Address: Faculty of Engineering, Monash University Clayton
Phone: +61 (0)3 990 59624
Fax: +61 (0)3 990 59639
Email: Email Kerry



Affiliations:

  • Fluids Laboratory for Aeronautical and Industrial Research (FLAIR), Monash University
  • Monash University Centre for Vascular Health
  • Member, Australian French Association for Science and Technology
  • Fellow, Engineers Australia
  • Member, American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Member of the American Physical Society
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Fluids and Structures

Research Interests: Biological Imaging, Bioreactor Design, Biofluid Flows, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Aeronautics

Recent Publications:
  1. Brons, M., Thompson, M.C. & Hourigan, K. (2009) Dye visualization near a 3D stagnation point: Application to the vortex breakdown bubble. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 622(4) 177–194.
    doi: 10.1017/S0022112008005107
  2. Fouras, A., Dusting, J., Sheridan, J., Kawahashi, M., Hirahara, H. & Hourigan, K. (2009) "Engineering Imaging – Using Particle Image Velocimetry to See Physiology in a New Light", invited submission to Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 36(2), 238–247.
    doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2008.05102.x
  3. Fouras, A., Kitchen, M.J., Dubsky, S., Lewis, R.A., Hooper, S. & Hourigan, K. (2009) "The past, present and future of X-ray technology for in vivo imaging of function and form", invited submission to Journal of Applied Physics, 105, 102009: 1–14. Also published in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research.
    doi: 10.1063/1.3115643
  4. Fouras, A., Lo Jacono, D., Nguyen C.V., & Hourigan, K. (2009) Volumetric Correlation PIV: a New Technique for 3D Velocity Vector Field Measurement, published online first in Experiments in Fluids.
    doi: 10.1007/s00348-009-0616-7
  5. Griffith, M.D., Leweke, T., Thompson, M.C. & Hourigan, K. (2009) Pulsatile flow in stenotic geometries: flow behaviour and stability, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 622291–320.
    doi: 10.1017/S0022112008005338
  6. Tan, B.T., Liow, K.Y.S., Mununga, L., Thompson, M.C. & Hourigan, K. (2009) Simulation of the control of vortex breakdown in a closed cylinder using a small rotating disk, Physics of Fluids, 21(2), 024104:1–8.
    doi: 10.1063/1.3073747
  7. Fouras, A., Lo Jacono, D. & Hourigan, K. (2008) Target-free stereo PIV: A novel technique with inherent error estimation and improved accuracy. Experiments in Fluids, 44(2), 317-329.
    doi: 10.1007/s00348-007-0404-1
  8. Fouras, A., Lo Jacono, D., Sheard, G.J. & Hourigan, K. (2008) Measurement of instantaneous velocity and surface topography in the wake of a cylinder at low Reynolds number. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 24, 1271-1277.
    doi: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2008.06.013
  9. Griffith, M.D., Leweke, T., Thompson, M.C. & Hourigan, K. (2008) Steady inlet flow in stenotic geometries: convective and absolute instabilities. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 616, 111–133.
    doi: 10.1017/S0022112008004084
  10. Sheard, G.J., Thompson, M.C. & Hourigan, K. (2008) Flow normal to a short cylinder with hemispherical ends. Physics of Fluids, 20(4), 041701:1–4.
    doi: 10.1063/1.2899782

Publications: For a full listing of Kerry's publications, please visit the FLAIR publications page.