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Dr. Michael Gibbons

Research Fellow/Assistant Professor (Mechanical, Manuf & Biomedical Eng)
PARSONS BUILDING
      
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Dr. Michael Gibbons

Research Fellow/Assistant Professor (Mechanical, Manuf & Biomedical Eng)
PARSONS BUILDING

 MICHAEL.GIBBONS@tcd.ie

 3531896 2396


Michael is an Assistant Professor in Advanced Heat Transfer, a Royal Society-Science Foundation Ireland University Research Fellow and the Principal Investigator of the Thermal Fluids and Energy Group (www.GibbonsLab.com) in the Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering at Trinity College Dublin (TCD). Michael received his PhD and BAI in Mechanical Engineering from Trinity College Dublin. He has completed Fellowships with the Surface Engineering and Instrumentation Lab (SEiL) at York University and the Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT) at the University of Toronto, Canada. Dr. Gibbons' has over a decade of research experience in Fluids, Heat Transfer and Energy. His research focuses on fundamental and applied multiscale fluids and heat transfer, energy recovery and zero-carbon technologies using computational, experimental and interdisciplinary approaches. Michael leads his Thermal Fluids and Energy research group, TCD. He has authored over 25 international publications and has secured €1.2M in national and international funding as a Principal Investigator, in addition to €1.6M as a Co-PI from industrial partners. In addition, he was the co-chair of the THERMINIC 2022 international conference and is a lead researcher on a European Space Agency (ESA) Parabolic Flight Programme. Research Interests: Fluids and Heat Transfer; Waste Heat Recovery; Energy; Electronics and Photonics Cooling; Multiphase Flow; Electric vehicles and Zero Carbon Technology. Read more www.GibbonsLab.com, https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjcgibbons/ and on Twitter @MichaelGibbons_ / @GibbonsTFL
  Applied thermodynamics and energy   decarbonisation   Droplet evaporation   Electrospray   Electrospray cooling   ENERGY   Flexible heat pipe   Heat pipe   Industrial Waste Heat Recovery   THERMAL ENERGY   Thermal Engineering   Thermal ground plane   Thermal spreader   TWO-PHASE FLOW   Two-phase Flow and Heat Transfer   WASTE HEAT   Waste heat recovery
Project Title
 Loop heat pipe for waste heat recovery in data centre
From
01/10/2021
To
30/09/2026
Summary
Funding Agency
Royal Society - Science Foundation Ireland
Project Type
Principal Investigator

Details Date From Date To
Royal Irish Academy - Young Academy of Ireland - https://www.ria.ie/young-academy-ireland/ 25/04/2023 24/04/2027
Nimvari M.E., Persoons T., Gibbons M.J., Numerical simulation of boiling in wick structures: Comparative analysis of mono - Bi - and hybrid porous media, International Journal of Thermofluids, 32, 2026, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
P. Guo, J. Volpp, H. Naesstroem, S. Marola, W. Zhang, J. Mouzon, R. Casati, M. Gibbons, R. Lupoi, A. F.H. Kaplan, In-situ monitoring and metallographic observations of mass transfer and defect formation during AlSi10Mg additive manufacturing using powder sheets, Optics & Laser Technology, 192, (Part A), 2025, p113495 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Nimvari M.E., Persoons T., Gibbons M.J., Pore-scale simulation of boiling in biporous media incorporating capillary effects, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 217, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Guo P., Martin A., Zhai C., Li Z., Lu X., Yu J., Lin X., Odnevall I., Gibbons M., Schubert A., Effect of current density on electrochemical machining process of laser powder bed fusion manufactured Inconel 718, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 337, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
M. Eshagh Nimvari, M. J. Gibbons, Multiphase flow simulation in hybrid porous structure, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 9th European Thermal Sciences Conference (Eurotherm 2024), Lake Bled, Slovenia, 12/06/2024, edited by IOP Publishing , (1), 2024, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Gibbons, M. J., Garivalis, A. I., O"Shaughnessy, S. M., Robinson, A. J., Di Marco, P., Water droplet evaporation in varied gravity and electric fields, npj Microgravity, 10, (1), 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI  URL
Majid Eshagh Nimvari, Tim Persoons, Michael Gibbons, Pore-scale simulation of two-phase flow in biporous media, Physics of Fluids, 36, (10), 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Farrell, G. and Gibbons, M. and Persoons, T., Combined Passive/Active Flow Control of Drag and Lift Forces on a Cylinder in Crossflow Using a Synthetic Jet Actuator and Porous Coatings, Actuators, 11, (7), 2022, Notes: [cited By 0], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Gibbons, M.J., Garivalis, A.I., O'Shaughnessy, S., Di Marco, P., Robinson, A.J., Evaporating hydrophilic and superhydrophobic droplets in electric fields, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 164, 2021, p120539 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
M.J. Gibbons, M. Marengo, T. Persoons, A review of heat pipe technology for foldable electronic devices, Applied Thermal Engineering, 194, (117087), 2021, p1-26 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
  

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RTE News, Head over heels: Studying water in zero gravity, 2018, -, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
Irish Independent, Irish scientists among elite team to fly in 'Vomit Comet', 2018, -, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED

  


Fluids and Heat Transfer; Waste Heat Recovery; Energy; Electronics and Photonics Cooling; Multiphase Flow; Electric vehicles and Zero Carbon Technology.