Dr Michael Evans

Research Associate

School of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences

Dr Michael Evans is a Research Associate in the School of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Adelaide, having completed his Ph.D. (with a Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence) in 2017 and Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical and Aerospace) and Bachelor of Science (Theoretical and Experimental Physics) with 1st class Honours in 2013. Michael's Ph.D. research focussed on the differences in, and transition between, conventional and MILD (moderate or intense low oxygen dilution) combustion. Michael's research is undertaken using experimental laser diagnostics and numerical simulations on cluster computing systems. Michael has complemented his work at the University of Adelaide with research visits to the Politecnico di Milano in Italy and Stanford University in the United States of America. Michael won an Endeavour Postgraduate Award in 2015 to fund the latter of these trips - one of only two successful engineering applicants nation-wide. Michael's current research interests are focussed on both the combustion of liquid fuels and the extension of his Ph.D. work.

Outside of the university environment, Michael has over ten years experience teaching swimming in paid and volunteer capacities. He has worked as both an instructor and instructor-in-charge for a private swim-school, a disability support organisation, a Royal Life Saving Society (SA) volunteer programme and the annual VACSWIM programme. Between 2010 and 2015, in addition to working for a private swim-school, Michael worked as a swimming instructor and pool lifeguard in programmes tailored for adults with intellectual disabilities.

My Research
Career
Publications
Grants and Funding
Teaching
Supervision
Professional Activities
Contact

MILD Combustion and Autoignition
Sooting and Spray Flames
Combustion at Elevated Pressures
Computational Modelling of Reacting Flows
Experimental Investigation and Laser Diagnostics of Flames

A turbulent sooting flame with instaneous images of soot structure (images captured by Dr Alfonso Chinnici)

Imaging soot structures in a turbulent flame using laser diagnostics (photos by Dr Alfonso Chinnici)

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2017 - 2017	Lecturer/Course Coordinator (MECH ENG 4118/7059 Finite Element Analysis of Structures)	The University of Adelaide
2017	Research Associate	University of Adelaide
2015 - 2015	Visiting Endeavour Postgraduate Scholar	Stanford University
2014 - 2014	Visiting Research Student	Politecnico di Milano
2014 - 2017	PhD Student	University of Adelaide

Awards and Achievements

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2018	Award	David Warren Travelling Fellowship	Combustion Institute	Australia	—
2017	Award	Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence	—	—	—
2015	Scholarship	Endeavour Postgraduate Scholarship	—	—	69 500 AUD
2013	Research Award	Best Energy Related Project (for Jet Flame Modelling)	Australian Institute of Energy (AIE)	—	—
2013	Research Award	2nd Place, AIAA RegionVII-AU Student Conference	—	—	—
2012	Award	Fred Jacka Memorial Prize (for Experimental Physics III)	—	—	—

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2014 - 2017	The University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD
2013	The University of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)
2013	The University of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Science

Research Interests

Computational Fluid Dynamics Computational Heat Transfer Energy Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage Engineering Fluid Physics Lasers and Quantum Electronics Non-automotive Combustion and Fuel Engineering Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy Simulation and Modelling Solid Mechanics

Journals

Year	Citation
2019	Evans, M., Petre, C., Medwell, P., & Parente, A. (2019). Generalisation of the eddy-dissipation concept for jet flames with low turbulence and low Damköhler number. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37(4), 4497-4505. DOI Scopus9 WoS9
2019	Evans, M., Sidey, J., Ye, J., Medwell, P., Dally, B., & Mastorakos, E. (2019). Temperature and reaction zone imaging in turbulent swirling dual-fuel flames. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37(2), 2159-2166. DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2019	Evans, M., Medwell, P., Sun, Z., Chinnici, A., Ye, J., Chan, Q., & Dally, B. (2019). Downstream evolution of n-heptane/toluene flames in hot and vitiated coflows. Combustion and Flame, 202, 78-89. DOI Scopus1
2019	Foo, K., Evans, M., Sun, Z., Medwell, P., Alwahabi, Z., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2019). Calculated concentration distributions and time histories of key species in an acoustically forced laminar flame. Combustion and Flame, 204, 189-203. DOI
2019	Evans, M., & Medwell, P. (2019). Understanding and interpreting laser diagnostics in flames: a review of experimental measurement techniques. Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, 5, 65-1-65-21. DOI
2018	Ye, J., Medwell, P., Kleinheinz, K., Evans, M., Dally, B., & Pitsch, H. (2018). Structural differences of ethanol and DME jet flames in a hot diluted coflow. Combustion and Flame, 192, 473-494. DOI Scopus7 WoS5
2017	Evans, M., Chinnici, A., Medwell, P., & Ye, J. (2017). Ignition features of methane and ethylene fuel-blends in hot and diluted coflows. Fuel, 203, 279-289. DOI Scopus7 WoS6
2017	Ye, J., Medwell, P., Evans, M., & Dally, B. (2017). Characteristics of turbulent n-heptane jet flames in a hot and diluted coflow. Combustion and Flame, 183, 330-342. DOI Scopus16 WoS12
2017	Evans, M., Medwell, P., Wu, H., Stagni, A., & Ihme, M. (2017). Classification and lift-off height prediction of non-premixed MILD and autoignitive flames. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 36(3), 4297-4304. DOI Scopus26 WoS16
2017	Evans, M., Medwell, P., Tian, Z., Ye, J., Frassoldati, A., & Cuoci, A. (2017). Effects of oxidant stream composition on non-premixed laminar flames with heated and diluted coflows. Combustion and Flame, 178, 297-310. DOI Scopus10 WoS8
2016	Medwell, P., Evans, M., Chan, Q., & Katta, V. (2016). Laminar flame calculations for analyzing trends in autoignitive jet flames in a hot and vitiated coflow. Energy and Fuels, 30(10), 8680-8690. DOI Scopus8 WoS6
2016	Evans, M., Medwell, P., Tian, Z., Frassoldati, A., Cuoci, A., & Stagni, A. (2016). Ignition characteristics in spatially zero-, one- and two-dimensional laminar ethylene flames. AIAA Journal, 54(10), 3255-3264. DOI Scopus10 WoS8
2016	Ye, J., Medwell, P., Dally, B., & Evans, M. (2016). The transition of ethanol flames from conventional to MILD combustion. Combustion and Flame, 171, 173-184. DOI Scopus18 WoS16
2015	Evans, M., Medwell, P., & Tian, Z. (2015). Modeling lifted jet flames in a heated coflow using an optimized Eddy dissipation concept model. Combustion Science and Technology, 187(7), 1093-1109. DOI Scopus46 WoS42

Books

Year	Citation
2020	Medwell, P. R., Evans, M. J., & Chan, Q. N. (Eds.) (2020). Progress in Combustion Diagnostics, Science and Technology. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI.
2019	Medwell, P. R., Alwahabi, Z., Evans, M. J., Chan, Q. N., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z. F., & Dally, B. (Eds.) (2019). Proceedings of the 2019 Australian Combustion Symposium. Combustion Institute Australia & New Zealand Section.

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2019	Shaw, I. J., Kildare, J. A. C., Evans, M. J., Chinnici, A., Sparks, C. A. M., Rubaiyat, S. N. H., . . . Medwell, P. R. (2019). A Theoretical Review of Rotating Detonation Engines. In S. P. Rao (Ed.), An Introduction to Direct Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Flows [Working Title]. London, UK: IntechOpen. DOI

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2019	Evans, M. J., Chinnici, A., Medwell, P. R., & Dally, B. (2019). Autoignition of Hydrogen/Ammonia Blends at Elevated Pressures and Temperatures. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Hydrogen Safety. Adelaide, Australia.
2019	Shaw, I. J., Evans, M. J., Chin, R., & Medwell, P. R. (2019). Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling of Rotating Detonation Engines. In Proceedings of the 2019 Australian Combustion Symposium. Adelaide, Australia.
2019	Chinnici, A., & Evans, M. J. (2019). Influence of steam dilution on flame structure and soot formation of hot, diluted ethylene flames. In Proceedings of the 2019 Australian Combustion Symposium. Adelaide, Australia.
2019	Proud, D. B., Evans, M. J., Medwell, P. R., & Vandenbussche, F. (2019). Numerical Modelling of Mild Combustion at Elevated Pressures. In Proceedings of the 2019 Australian Combustion Symposium. Adelaide, Australia.
2019	Kildare, J. A. C., Evans, M. J., Chinnici, A., & Medwell, P. R. (2019). Classification of MILD and autoignitive ethylene flames diluted with N₂, O₂ and CO₂. In Proceedings of the 2019 Australian Combustion Symposium. Adelaide, Australia.
2019	Evans, M. J., Medwell, P. R., & Chan, Q. N. (2019). Preliminary Observations of Turbulent Flames in a Confined and Pressurised Jet in Hot and Vitiated Coflow Burner. In 2019 Australian Combustion Symposium. Adelaide, Australia.
2019	Evans, M., Ye, J., Kruse, S., Medwell, P., Sun, Z., Dally, B., & Pitsch, H. (2019). Measurements of oxygenated C8/toluene flames in hot and vitiated coflows. In 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2019.
2019	Foo, K., Evans, M., Medwell, P., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2019). Computational study of enhanced soot production in a time-varying laminar non-premixed flame. In 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2019.
2019	Evans, M. J., Medwell, P. R., & Chan, Q. N. (2019). Commissioning a Confined and Pressurised Jet in Hot and Vitiated Coflow Burner. In Proceedings of the 11th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium. Tenerife, Spain.
2018	Rowhani, A., Chinnici, A., Evans, M., Medwell, P., Nathan, G., & Dally, B. (2018). Variation of residence time in non-premixed turbulent bluff-body ethylene flames as a function of burner diameter. In Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, AFMC 2018 (pp. 1-4). online: AFMS.
2018	Kirch, T., Evans, M., Medwell, P., Rapp, V., Birzer, C., & Gadgil, A. (2018). Mixing uniformity of emissions for point-wise measurements in exhaust ducts. In 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. online: Australian Fluid Mechanics Society.
2017	Evans, M., Petre, C., & Parente, A. (2017). Generalisation of the eddy-dissipation concept for low turbulence, low Damköhler number jet flames. In 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion Vol. 2017-December. online: The Combustion Institute.
2017	Evans, M., Medwell, P., Sun, Z., & Dally, B. (2017). Temperature imaging of gaseous n-heptane flames in hot vitiated coflows. In 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion Vol. 2017-December. online: The Combustion Institute.
2015	Ye, J., Medwell, P., Dally, B., & Evans, M. (2015). Quantitative Rayleigh temperature imaging in turbulent flames of prevaporised n-heptane on MILD combustion of prevaporised liquid fuels. In In Proceedings of the 7th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion (pp. 85-89). Melbourne.
2015	Evans, M. J., Medwell, P. R., Tian, Z. F., Frassoldati, A., Cuoci, A., & Stagni, A. (2015). Ignition Characteristics in Spatially Zero-, One- and Two-Dimensional Laminar Ethylene Flames. In K. Fidkowski (Ed.), 22nd AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference (AIAA). Dallas, Texas: AIAA. DOI
2015	Evans, M., Medwell, P., & Ye, J. (2015). Laser-induced fluorescence of hydroxyl in ethylene in jet flames in hot and diluted coflows. In Proceeding of 7th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion (pp. 75-80). Online: Monash University.
2015	Ye, J., Medwell, P., & Evans, M. (2015). Quantitative Rayleigh temperature imaging in turbulent flames of prevapourised n-heptane. In Proceedings of 7th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion (pp. 85-89). online: Monash University.
2015	Evans, M., Medwell, P., Wu, H., Stagni, A., & Ihme, M. (2015). Classification of Non-Premixed MILD and Autoignitive Flames. In Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium (pp. 80-83). online: The Combustion Institute.
2015	Medwell, P., Evans, M., Chan, Q., & Katta, V. (2015). The adequacy of laminar flame calculations for identifying MILD combustion. In Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium (pp. 88-91). online: The Combustion Institute.
2015	Ye, J., Medwell, P., Evans, M., & Dally, B. (2015). The impact of carrier gas on ethanol flame behaviour in a Jet in Hot Coflow (JHC) burner. In Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium (pp. 84-87). online: The Combustion Institute.
2015	Wu, H., Evans, M. J., & Ihme, M. (2015). LES of Mild Combustion using Pareto-efficient Combustion Adaptation. In 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Vol. 60.
2013	Evans, M., Tian, Z., & Medwell, P. (2013). Modelling ethylene-hydrogen jet flames in the MILD combustion regime. In Proceedings of the 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 2013 (pp. 1554-1560). Australia: The Modelling and Simulation Society of Aust & NZ.
2013	Evans, M., Medwell, P., & Tian, Z. (2013). Parametric study of EDC model constants for modelling lifted jet flames in a heated coflow. In Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium (pp. 348-351). Online: The Combustion Institue.

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2019	Evans, M. J., Medwell, P. R., Dally, B., & Mastorakos, E. (2019). Temperature and OH Imaging in Turbulent Swirling Dual-Fuel, n-Heptane Spray Flames. Poster session presented at the meeting of 7th Workshop on Measurement and Computation of Turbulent Spray Combustion. Tenerife, Spain.
2018	Evans, M. J., Medwell, P. R., & Chan, Q. N. (2018). Confined and Pressurised Jet in Hot & Vitiated Coflow Burner. Poster session presented at the meeting of 14th Workshop on Measurement and Computation of Turbulent Flames. Dublin, Ireland.
2014	Evans, M. J., Medwell, P. R., & Tian, Z. F. (2014). Modelling Lifted Jet Flames in a Heated Coflow using an Optimised Eddy Dissipation Concept Model. Poster session presented at the meeting of 35th International Symposium on Combustion. San Francisco, USA.
2014	Medwell, P. R., Evans, M. J., Tian, Z. F., Chan, Q. N., Frassoldati, A., Cuoci, A., . . . Roquemore, W. M. (2014). MILD combustion under high pressure conditions. Poster session presented at the meeting of 12th International Workshop on Measurement and Computation of Turbulent Flames. San Francisco, USA.

Overseas Conference Leave Scheme The University of Adelaide – 2018	3500 AUD
David Warren Travelling Fellowship Combustion Institute (ANZ section) – 2018	1500 AUD
Presenter Travel Support Combustion Institute (ANZ section) – 2018	300 AUD
Student Presenter Support Combustion Institute (ANZ section) – 2016	250 AUD
Student Presenter Support Combustion Institute – 2016	800 USD
Endeavour Postgraduate Scholarship Australian Government, Department of Education and Training – 2015	69 500 AUD
Student Presenter Support Combustion Institute (ANZ section) – 2013, 2015	2 × 200 AUD
Australian Postgraduate Award Australian Government, Department of Education and Training – 2014-2017	77 500 AUD
Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (DFEEST) Defence Scholarship Australian Government, Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology – 2013	5 000 AUD
QANTAS Travel Grant Campus Travel – 2013	100 AUD
Summer Vacation Scholarship Defence, Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) – 2010-2011	4 200 AUD
Headstart Scholarship The University of Adelaide – 2008	5 800 AUD
Approximate Total Value:	168 000 AUD

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) - Coordinator & Lecturer (2017), Tutor (pre-2017), Marker
Combustion Technology & Emissions Control - Section Lecturer (2019)
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) - Guest Lecturer (2019), Tutor
Fracture Mechanics - Tutor, Marker

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2020	Co-Supervisor	Adaptation of Renewable Fuel to High Temperature Industrial Processes	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Yilong Yin
2019	Co-Supervisor	Investigation of Mild Combustion at Elevated Pressures	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Douglas Brinkworth Proud

Memberships

Date	Role	Membership	Country
2013 - ongoing	—	Combustion Institute	—
2013 - ongoing	—	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)	—
2013 - ongoing	—	Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)	—
2011 - ongoing	—	Golden Key International Honour Society	—
2008 - ongoing	—	Engineers Australia (EA)	—

Position: Research Associate
Phone: 83133252
Email: m.evans@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 8313 4367
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Engineering South, floor 2
Room: 2 16c
Org Unit: School of Mechanical Engineering