STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Daniel Lester
Position:
Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Engineering
Phone:
+61399252404
Email:
daniel.lester@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
- Li, X.,Lester, D.,Rosengarten, G.,Aboltins, C.,Patel, M.,Cole, I. (2022). A spatiotemporally resolved infection risk model for airborne transmission of COVID-19 variants in indoor spaces In: Science of the Total Environment, 812, 1 - 15
- Yazdanfar, Z.,Lester, D.,Robert, D.,Setunge, S. (2021). A novel CFD-DEM upscaling method for prediction of scour under live-bed conditions In: Ocean Engineering, 220, 1 - 13
- Bafkar, O.,Rosengarten, G.,Patel, M.,Lester, D.,Calmet, H.,Nguyen, V.,Gulizia, S.,Cole, I. (2021). Effect of inhalation on oropharynx collapse via flow visualisation In: Journal of Biomechanics, 118, 1 - 11
- Heyman, J.,Lester, D.,LeBorgne, T. (2021). Scalar Signatures of Chaotic Mixing in Porous Media In: Physical Review Letters, 126, 1 - 5
- Islam, M.,Lester, D. (2021). Consolidation of strong colloidal gels under arbitrary compressive loadings In: Soft Matter, 17, 2242 - 2255
- Kusuma, T.,Scales, P.,Buscall, R.,Lester, D.,Stickland, A. (2021). Strain softening of concentrated cohesive particulate suspensions prior to yield In: Journal of Rheology, 65, 355 - 370
- Lester, D.,Dentz, M.,Bandopadhyay, A.,LeBorgne, T. (2021). The Lagrangian kinematics of three-dimensional Darcy flow In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 918, 1 - 31
- Heyman, J.,Lester, D.,Turuban, R.,Meheust, Y.,LeBorgne, T. (2020). Stretching and folding sustain microscale chemical gradients in porous media In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117, 13359 - 13365
- Trefry, M.,Lester, D.,Metcalfe, G.,Wu, J. (2020). Lagrangian Complexity Persists with Multimodal Flow Forcing in Compressible Porous Systems In: Transport in Porous Media, 135, 555 - 586
- Islam, M.,Lester, D. (2020). Normal stress differences in the consolidation of strong colloidal gels In: Rheologica Acta, 60, 59 - 76
Nonlinear dynamics, Fluid mechanics, Suspension mechanics, Rheology, Computational methods
5 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions5 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions
- Digitisation for Safe Workplaces (VHESIF Pool 1). Funded by: Victorian Higher Education State Investment Fund (VHESIF) - Pool 1 from (2021 to 2025)
- Efficient Pipeline Transport of Highly Concentrated Wastewater Sludge. Funded by: ARC Linkage Project Grants 2018 from (2020 to 2024)
- Biosolid flow separation and activity in anaerobic lagoons (Administered by The University of Melbourne). Funded by: ARC Linkage Projects via other University - 2017 from (2018 to 2022)
- Deformation, Flow and Transport in Pore-Scale Architectures. Funded by: CSIRO Julius Career Award Scheme from (2016 to 2020)