STAFF PROFILE
Professor Gary Rosengarten
Position:
ECP Director, Sustainable Technologies and Systems
College / Portfolio:
Research & Innovation Portfolio
School / Department:
R&I|Research & Innovation Capability
Phone:
+61399258020
Email:
gary.rosengarten@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Research overview
My group focuses on fundamental and applied transport phenomena (heat and fluid flow) from the macro to the micro and nano scales with two main themes.
Energy
- Solar Thermal Energy: various fundamental and industry lead projects
- Interface effects on liquid/solid heat transfer
- Heat transfer and mixing enhancement using micro synthetic jets and two phase flow in microchannels
Biotechnology
- Biomimetics: Diatom pore structure as a model nano-pore membrane
- Stem cell bioreactor design and fluid force effects on cells
- Fluid structure interactions in the upper airway to understand sleep apnea
Awards
- 1997 Energy Research and Development Corporation Postgraduate Award
- 1999 French Government Scientific Fellowship
- 2000 Australian Institute of Energy Postgraduate Student Award, 2000: Best Solar and Wind Research Energy Project
- 2000 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Solar Energy Division Inaugural Graduate Student Award
- 2002 Churchill Fellowship
- 2002 Victoria Fellowship
Heat Transfer, Solar Energy, Microfluidics and Nanotechnology
- Bachelor of Science (Honours): Physics, Monash University
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours): Mechanical Engineering, Monash University
- PhD: The University of New South Wales
- 1994-1996 Experimental Scientist, CSIRO Division of Applied Physics
- 2000-2002 State Manager, Bassett Applied Research
- 2002-2003 Research Fellow, RMIT University
- 2003-2004 Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
- 2005- 2006 Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University
- 2006-2011 Senior Lecturer- Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales
- 2012- Adjunct Professor, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales
- 2012- Professor, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University
- Duarte Benther, J.,Gunasekera, S.,Lappas, P.,Rosengarten, G. (2023). Surface durability during high-speed spray impingement onto heat-exchanger materials and modified surfaces In: Tribology International, 181, 1 - 11
- Clift, D.,Stanley, C.,Hasan, K.,Rosengarten, G. (2023). Assessment of advanced demand response value streams for water heaters in renewable-rich electricity markets In: Energy, 267, 1 - 15
- Khan, K.,Castelletto, S.,Rosengarten, G. (2023). Influence of the Ground Electrode on the Dynamics of Electrowetting In: Micromachines, 14, 1 - 22
- Heidarian, A.,Wehner, M.,Padligur, M.,Keller, R.,Cheung, C.,Blanch, E.,Wessling, M.,Rosengarten, G. (2023). A microfluidic proton flow reactor system: In-situ visualisation of hydrogen evolution and storage in carbon-based slurry electrodes In: Journal of Power Sources, 569, 1 - 9
- Adibpour, S.,Raisi, A.,Sajadi, A.,Rosengarten, G. (2023). A numerical examination on the use of phase change materials to improve the sun-tracking photovoltaic panels' performance In: Journal of Energy Storage, 70, 1 - 10
- Li, Y.,Rosengarten, G.,Mojiri, A. (2023). Performance sensitivity of hot and cold thermal storage with onsite photovoltaics and heat pumps In: Solar Energy, 263, 1 - 17
- Duarte Benther, J.,Wilson, B.,Petrini, P.,Lappas, P.,Rosengarten, G. (2023). Ferrofluid droplet impingement cooling of modified surfaces under the influence of a magnetic field In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 215, 1 - 16
- Gunasekera, S.,Li, X.,Lester, D.,Rosengarten, G. (2022). Towards understanding the influence of Human Movement on Aerosol Dispersion In: Proceedings of the 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Sydnney, Australia, 4-8 December 2022
- Yang, J.,Liu, C.,Gunarathna, C.,Wang, K.,Sun, C.,Rosengarten, G.,Wakefield, R. (2022). Transitioning Bendigo’s Energy Economy, a Feasibility Study of Renewable Energy In: Centre for New Energy Technology Melbourne, Australia
- Li, Y.,Rosengarten, G.,Stanley, C.,Mojiri, A. (2022). Electrification of residential heating, cooling and hot water: Load smoothing using onsite photovoltaics, heat pump and thermal batteries In: Journal of Energy Storage, 56, 1 - 21
- Balance of System, Low-cost integration of on-site PV for large-scale industrial heat supply (Administered by Australian National University). Funded by: Advancing Renewables Program Australian Renewable Energy Agency from (2023 to 2026)
- RACE for 2030 CRC Project - Energy Flexibility for Water Corporations. Funded by: Race for 2030 CRC Limited - Contract from (2023 to 2025)
- Automatic Blood Clot detection for Extracorporeal Life Support Systems (ECMO machines). Funded by: CSIRO Scholarship from (2022 to 2024)
- Digitisation for Safe Workplaces (VHESIF Pool 1). Funded by: Victorian Higher Education State Investment Fund (VHESIF) - Pool 1 from (2021 to 2025)
- Developing the proton battery and proton flow reactor systems for energy storage. Funded by: Study Melbourne Research Partnerships Program from (2021 to 2022)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
13 PhD Current Supervisions and 3 Masters by Research Current Supervisions18 PhD Completions
Heat transfer, Solar energy, Microtechnology, Nanotechnology, Microfluidies