STAFF PROFILE
Dr Matthew Marino
Position:
Senior Lecturer
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Engineering
Email:
matthew.marino@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Bundoora East Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Dr Matthew Marino is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Aerospace Engineering and Aviation. He is one of the leaders in the Unmanned Aerial Systems Research Team and has a passion for the advancement of drone technology and their use in novel applications. Matthew is also a drone pilot and has 15 years of experience with both fixed-wing and multirotor drones of various sizes. He is enthusiastic about teaching and loves to empower the creativity and passion of young and aspiring engineers.
Drone pilot, Unmanned Aerial Systems Research Team leader, Lectures
By appointment only
- BEng (Aerospace)
- PhD (Aerospace Engineering)
- CASA Remote Pilot License (Fixed wing and Multirotor 25kg)
- Siemens AG
- RMIT University
- Austal Ships
- Stoprotor
- Thales
- Panta, A.,Fisher, A.,Mohamed, A.,Marino, M.,Xu, R.,Liu, H.,Watkins, S. (2020). Low Reynolds number aerodynamics of leading-edge and trailing-edge hinged control surfaces: Part I statics In: Aerospace Science and Technology, 99, 1 - 10
- Watkins, S.,Burry, J.,Mohamed, A.,Marino, M.,Prudden, S.,Fisher, A.,Kloet, N.,Jakobi, T.,Clothier, R. (2020). Ten questions concerning the use of drones in urban environments In: Building and Environment, 167, 1 - 10
- Goetten, F.,Havermann, M.,Braun, C.,Marino, M.,Bil, C. (2020). Airfoil Drag at Low-to-Medium Reynolds Numbers: A Novel Estimation Method In: AIAA Journal, 58, 2791 - 2805
- Goetten, F.,Havermann, M.,Braun, C.,Marino, M.,Bil, C. (2020). Wind-tunnel and CFD investigations of UAV landing gears and turrets – Improvements in empirical drag estimation In: Aerospace Science and Technology, 107, 1 - 15
- Goetten, F.,Havermann, M.,Braun, C.,Marino, M.,Bil, C. (2020). Improved Form Factor for Drag Estimation of Fuselages with Various Cross Sections In: Journal of Aircraft, , 1 - 13
- Gavrilovic, N.,Mohamed, A.,Marino, M.,Watkins, S.,Moschetta, J.,Benard, E. (2019). Avian-inspired energy-harvesting from atmospheric phenomena for small UAVs In: Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 14, 1 - 13
- Goetten, F.,Finger, D.,Marino, M.,Bil, C.,Havermann, M.,Braun, C. (2019). A review of guidelines and best practices for subsonic aerodynamic simulations using RANS CFD In: Proceedings of the 11th Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, Gold Coast, 4 - 6 December 2019
- Prudden, S.,Fisher, A.,Marino, M.,Mohamed, A.,Watkins, S.,Wild, G. (2018). Measuring wind with small unmanned aircraft systems In: Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 176, 197 - 210
- Panta, A.,Mohamed, A.,Marino, M.,Watkins, S.,Fisher, A. (2018). Unconventional control solutions for small fixed wing unmanned aircraft In: Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 102, 122 - 135
- Watkins, S.,Mohamed, A.,Prudden, S.,Tennent, D.,Marino, M.,Fisher, A. (2018). Upstream Wind Sensing for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles In: 2018 5th IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace), Rome, Italy, 20-22 June 2018
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
3 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions5 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions
Air traffic management, Sustainable aviation, Fluid dynamics, UAVs, MAVs, Systems, Aerodynamics, Aircraft Control
- Study of Underwater Vehicle Appendage Hydrodynamics. Funded by: Defence Science and Technology Group - Scholarship from (2020 to 2023)
- Fixed-wing drone tethered delivery augmentation system for small package delivery (Project 5-021) (PhD Candidate: Samuel Ord). Funded by: IMOVE CRC (Scholarships) from (2020 to 2023)
- RPAS/UAS based precision dimension inspection systems (Administered by University of Melbourne). Funded by: Defence Science Institute Grant 2019 onwards from (2019 to 2020)
- Safety and Surveillance Drone (APR Intern Ashim Panta). Funded by: Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute Internship from (2019 to 2020)
- Defence Innovation Hub (DIH) - StopRotor VTOL UAS: GNC System Development. Funded by: Department of Defence - Defence Innovation Hub 2018 onwards from (2018 to 2019)