Dr Andrew J Neely Academic and Professional Qualifications BE(Mech)(Hons), MEngSc, PhD (UQ) CEng, MRAeS, Senior Member AIAA Senior Lecturer/4th Year Thesis Coordinator Phone: +61 2 6268 8251 Fax: +61 2 6268 8337 Email: a.neely@adfa.edu.au

Professional and Teaching Experience

• Research Associate, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford (1994-2000)
• Rolls-Royce Research Fellow, St Anne’s College, University of Oxford (2000-2002)
• Lecturer in Engineering, St Johns & Christ Church, University of Oxford (1998-2002)
• Senior Lecturer, UNSW@ADFA (2002 - present)

In these positions, I have taught in gas turbines, heat transfer, aircraft performance, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, mathematics, aeromechanical systems, aircraft structures.

• Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford (2006)
• Visiting Professor, US Naval Academy, Annapolis (2006)
  
• Industry Consulting: Scuderia Ferrari, Renault Formula One, Britannia Heat Transfer, Rolls-Royce Commercial Aero-Engines Ltd, Rolls-Royce and Associates, Marine Power Division, Serck Aviation
• Short Course Teaching: Defence Science & Technology Agency, Singapore (2008)

Research Interests

• Hypersonic Flow
  
  Aerothermodynamics
  Thermal paints for hypersonic flight tests
  Thermal-structural modelling
  Free flight testing in shock tunnels
  Separated flows
  
  
• Supersonic Flow
  
  Compressible ground effect
  Cavity flows
  Application of surface-coating diagnostics
  
  
• Gas Turbines and Propulsion
  
  Fluidic thrust vectoring
  Fatigue interaction on engine blading
  Engine models for simulation
  
  
• High Temperature structures & materials
  
  Nano-particluate reinforced metal matrix composites
  Thermal properties and fire resistance of composite materials
  
  
• Bio-mechanics and materials
  
  Chiasmal compression
  Corrugated wire mesh laminates

Teaching Interests

Research-led, project-based teaching

Current courses taught include

Gas turbines
Introduction to aircraft structures
Aircraft performance for aviators

Aeromechanical Systems
Thesis coordinator

Consulting Interests

Hypersonic gas dynamics, fluid dynamics, wind tunnel design and instrumentation, infrared and liquid crystal thermography, global surface pressure measurements, heat transfer, heat exchangers, gas turbine development, aviation certification and safety, motorsport.

Publications

Books:	-
Journals:	13
Refereed conference papers:	46
Patents:	1
Other:	24

 

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