Dr. Seamus O'Shaughnessy

I am a Mechanical Engineer with almost 20 years research experience in the field of fluid mechanics and heat transfer. I graduated with first class honours from the Dept. of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering in Trinity College Dublin in 2006 before pursuing a PhD, during which I studied a form of natural convection termed thermocapillary or Marangoni convection. I used a combination of analytical, numerical, experimental and computational techniques to validate my research findings, which have been published in several peer-reviewed journals. In 2010 I was appointed to the role of Research Fellow in TCD, and over the next few years I worked on a variety of research projects, many of which involved collaborations with industry partners on interdisciplinary topics, such as an investigation of novel methods of cooling biomedical grade polymers during machining processes, new thermal interface materials, and valve design for industrial fuel pipelines. From 2011 to 2016, my main research focus was on energy and sustainable international development. My research team was involved in a project in Malawi which aimed to bring off-grid electricity to those in the developing world by using the waste heat produced during cooking. In September 2016 I was appointed as the Ussher Assistant Professor in Energy & Sustainable International Development. I established new international development energy-related projects in countries such as Benin and Tanzania. A key focus of my current research is the thermal management of electronics, and particularly the batteries used in electric vehicles, which is investigated through the use of dual jets, pulsed liquid flows, and two-phase mechanisms of boiling and condensation. Additionally, I have active collaborations with various industry partners in this field.

  Applied thermodynamics and energy   BIOMASS ENERGY   Boundary Layer Control   Boundary Layers   Combined Heat and Power Systems   Composite materials   Computer aided engineering   Computer-Aided Engineering   Control Engineering   convective heat transfer   COOLING   Cooling of Manufacturing Processes   Design Engineering   Development economics   Direct Energy Conversion   Electric Powered Systems   Electromagnetism   Electronic circuit design   Electronic Cooling Techniques   Electronics Cooling   Emission   Energy and Climate Change   Energy Conservation   Energy Education   Energy from biomass (see Forestry also)   Energy from waste   Energy management system   Energy Materials Sciences   Energy/Environmental Studies--Developing Coun   Engineering Design   Environmental engineering   EVAPORATIVE COOLING   Flow Control   Fluid Dynamics   Fluid Mechanics   Fluid Physics   Fluid/Magnetohydrodynamic Physics   Fluids and Heat Transfer   Heat Transfer   Imaging, image processing   Industrial Engineering   Information technology in education   INFRARED, GENERAL   Innovation in learning   Integration of Renewable Energy Systems   Interfaces   International development   JET IMPINGEMENT HEAT TRANSFER   Laminar Flow   Magnetic Materials   Magnetohydrodynamic Generators   Magnetohydrodynamics   Manufacturing engineering   Materials Sciences   Materials technology, engineering   Materials, Physical Properties   Materials, Preparation/Fabrication   Materials, Structure and Phase   Mechanical Properties, Materials   Nanotechnology   Numerical Analysis   Optical materials   Photovoltaic Materials   Plastics   Polymers   Renewable energies   Renewable Energy Sources   Software Engineering   Solar   SOLAR ENERGY   Solar, Biomass Conversion   Solar, Photovoltaic Conversion