Mr James O'Connell

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

PhD Candidate

School of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

I am a postgraduate researcher at the University of Adelaide. My research is focused on calculating the magnetic fields and forces of permanent magnets.

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My research focuses on calculating the magnetic fields and forces of permanent magnets. Specifically, I am looking into magnets with unusual shapes.

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
—	University of Adelaide, Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronic) (First Class Honours)
—	University of Adelaide, Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences (Applied Mathematics)

Research Interests

Automation and Control Engineering Dynamics, Vibration and Vibration Control Magnetism and Palaeomagnetism

Journals

Year	Citation
2021	O'Connell, J. L. G., Robertson, W. S. P., & Cazzolato, B. S. (2021). Optimisation of the magnetic field produced by frustum permanent magnets for single magnet and planar Halbach array configurations. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 57(8), 1-9. DOI
2020	O'Connell, J., Robertson, W., & Cazzolato, B. (2020). Analytic magnetic fields and semi-analytic forces and torques due to general polyhedral permanent magnets. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 56(1), 7400208-1-7400208-8. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2020	O'Connell, J., Robertson, W., & Cazzolato, B. (2020). Simplified equations for the magnetic field due to an arbitrarily-shaped polyhedral permanent magnet. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 510, 1-10. DOI Scopus3 WoS3

2017

Advanced PID Control Prac Demonstrator

2018

Advanced PID Control Prac Demonstrator
Advanced PID Control Tutor
Automatic Control I Prac Demonstrator
Automatic Control II Prac Demonstrator

2019

Advanced PID Control Prac Demonstrator
Automatic Control I Prac Demonstrator
Automatic Control II Prac Demonstrator
Automatic Control II Tutor

2020

Advanced PID Control Prac Demonstrator
Programming in Matlab and C Tutor
Automatic Control I Prac Demonstrator
Automatic Control II Prac Demonstrator
Advanced PID Control Guest Lecturer
Advanced Control (UniSA) Online Lecturer

2021

Advanced Digital Control Course Coordinator
Design Practice Tutor
Electromechanics (UniSA) Tutor
Advanced PID Control Prac Demonstrator
Automatic Control I Prac Demonstrator

Position: PhD Candidate
Phone: 83131080
Email: james.oconnell@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Engineering South, floor 2
Org Unit: School of Mechanical Engineering