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Dr. Seamus O'Shaughnessy
Ussher Assistant Professor (Mechanical, Manuf & Biomedical Eng)
oshaugse@tcd.ie
3531896 1778
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Dr. Seamus O'Shaughnessy
Ussher Assistant Professor (Mechanical, Manuf & Biomedical Eng)
PARSONS BUILDING
oshaugse@tcd.ie
3531896 1778
http://peoplefinder.tcd.ie/Profile?Username=OSHAUGSE
Biography
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.
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