Dr Michael Chen

Senior Lecturer

School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

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My research is focused on fluid mechanics and mathematical biology. My papers have been published in well regarded journals, such as Acta Biomaterialia, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, among others.

Throughout my career I have been involved in applying mathematics to real-world problems. Most recently I have been been working on modelling optical fibre fabrication (fluid mechanics) and how to grow artificial cartilage (mathematical biology).

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2021 - ongoing	Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics	University of Adelaide
2018 - 2021	Lecturer in Applied Mathematics	University of Adelaide
2016 - 2017	Postdoctoral Research Assistant	University of Oxford
2013 - 2016	Postdoctoral Research Associate	University of Adelaide
2010 - 2013	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	University of Tasmania

Education

Date Institution name Country Title

2006 - 2010 University of Tasmania Australia PhD

2002 - 2005 University of Tasmania Australia Bachelor of Science (Hons)

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2006 - 2010	University of Tasmania	Australia	PhD
2002 - 2005	University of Tasmania	Australia	Bachelor of Science (Hons)

Journals

Year	Citation
2023	Ainsworth, M. J., Lotz, O., Gilmour, A., Zhang, A., Chen, M. J., McKenzie, D. R., . . . Castilho, M. (2023). Covalent Protein Immobilization on 3D-Printed Microfiber Meshes for Guided Cartilage Regeneration. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(2), 1-14. DOI Scopus28 WoS7
2023	Mancini, I. A. D., Levato, R., Ksiezarczyk, M. M., Castilho, M. D., Chen, M., van Rijen, M. H. P., . . . Malda, J. (2023). Microstructural differences in the osteochondral unit of terrestrial and aquatic mammals.. eLife, 12, e80936. DOI Scopus1
2022	Ranathunga, G. P., Stokes, Y. M., & Chen, M. J. (2022). Unsteady stretching of a glass tube with internal channel pressurization. Physics of Fluids, 34(8), 083103-1-083103-12. DOI
2021	Chen, M. J., Stokes, Y. M., Buchak, P., Crowdy, D. G., Foo, H. T. C., Dowler, A., & Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2021). Investigation of oversized channels in tubular fibre drawing. Optical Materials Express, 11(3), 905-912. DOI Scopus3 WoS1
2021	Aljedani, J., Chen, M. J., & Cox, B. J. (2021). Estimating the effective bending rigidity of multi-layer graphene. Materials Research Express, 8(5), 10 pages. DOI Scopus2
2021	Aljedani, J., Chen, M. J., & Cox, B. J. (2021). Variational model for collapsed graphene wrinkles. Applied Physics A, 127(11), 13 pages. DOI Scopus3
2020	Aljedani, J., Chen, M. J., & Cox, B. J. (2020). Variational model for a rippled graphene sheet. RSC Advances, 10(27), 16016-16026. DOI Scopus8 WoS6 Europe PMC1
2020	Aljedani, J. A. B. R., Chen, M. J., & Cox, B. J. (2020). Multi--layer graphene folds supported on a substrate: a variational model. Materials Research Express, 8(1), 12 pages. DOI Scopus4 WoS3
2019	Stokes, Y. M., Wylie, J. J., & Chen, M. J. (2019). Coupled fluid and energy flow in fabrication of microstructured optical fibres. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 874, 548-572. DOI Scopus13 WoS7
2019	Chen, M. J., Whiteley, J. P., Please, C. P., Ehlicke, F., Waters, S. L., & Byrne, H. M. (2019). Identifying chondrogenesis strategies for tissue engineering of articular cartilage. Journal of Tissue Engineering, 10, 4 pages. DOI Scopus12 WoS21 Europe PMC11
2019	Castilho, M., Mouser, V., Chen, M., Malda, J., & Ito, K. (2019). Bi-layered micro-fibre reinforced hydrogels for articular cartilage regeneration. Acta Biomaterialia, 95, 297-306. DOI Scopus94 Europe PMC49
2018	Chen, M. J., Whiteley, J. P., Please, C. P., Schwab, A., Ehlicke, F., Waters, S. L., & Byrne, H. M. (2018). Inducing chondrogenesis in MSC/chondrocyte co-cultures using exogenous TGF-β: a mathematical model. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 439, 1-13. DOI
2018	Chen, M. J., Kimpton, L. S., Whiteley, J. P., Castilho, M., Malda, J., Please, C. P., . . . Byrne, H. M. (2018). Multiscale modelling and homogenisation of fibre-reinforced hydrogels for tissue engineering. European Journal of Applied Mathematics, 31(1), 1-29. DOI Scopus28 WoS26 Europe PMC10
2016	Chen, M., Stokes, Y., Buchak, P., Crowdy, D., Foo, H., Dowler, A., & Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2016). Drawing tubular fibres: experiments versus mathematical modelling. Optical Materials Express, 6(1), 166-180. DOI Scopus26 WoS19
2016	Chen, M., Stokes, Y., Buchak, P., Crowdy, D., & Bendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2016). Asymptotic modelling of a six-hole MOF. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 34(24), 5651-5656. DOI Scopus12 WoS7
2015	Forbes, L., Paul, R., Chen, M., & Horsley, D. (2015). Kelvin-Helmholtz creeping flow at the interface between two viscous fluids. ANZIAM Journal, 56(4), 317-358. DOI Scopus11 WoS9
2015	Chen, M., Stokes, Y., Buchak, P., Crowdy, D., & Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2015). Microstructured optical fibre drawing with active channel pressurisation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 783, 137-165. DOI Scopus26 WoS18
2013	Chen, M., & Forbes, L. (2013). Spatially periodic temperature modulation of a compressible fluid. European Journal of Mechanics B: Fluids, 42, 129-141. DOI
2011	Chen, M., & Forbes, L. (2011). Accurate methods for computing inviscid and viscous Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Journal of Computational Physics, 230(4), 1499-1515. DOI Scopus23 WoS20
2011	Chen, M., & Forbes, L. (2011). Waves in two-layer shear flow for viscous and inviscid fluids. European Journal of Mechanics B, 30(4), 387-404. DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2008	Chen, M., & Forbes, L. (2008). Steady periodic waves in a three-layer fluid with shear in the middle layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 594, 157-181. DOI Scopus18 WoS14
2007	Forbes, L. K., Chen, M. J., & Trenham, C. E. (2007). Computing unstable periodic waves at the interface of two inviscid fluids in uniform vertical flow. Journal of Computational Physics, 221(1), 269-287. DOI Scopus25 WoS23
-	Aljedani, J., Chen, M. J., & Cox, B. J. (n.d.). Analysing the stability of graphene wrinkles using variational calculus. ANZIAM Journal, 63, C97-C109. DOI

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2022	Chen, M., & Castilho, M. (2022). PREDICTING MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENT WITHIN FIBRE-REINFORCED SCAFFOLDS USING MATHEMATICAL MODELLING. In TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A Vol. 28 (pp. S357). Maastricht, NETHERLANDS: MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC.
2019	Stokes, Y., & Chen, M. (2019). Inverse modelling of microstructured optical fibre drawing. In J. Ballato, & L. Dong (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - Sixth International Workshop on Specialty Optical Fibers and Their Applications (WSOF 2019) Vol. 11206. Bellingham, Washington, USA: SPIE. DOI
2019	Stokes, Y. M., Crowdy, D. G., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Buchak, P., & Chen, M. J. (2019). Can we fabricate that fibre?. In S. Gutschmidt, J. N. Hewett, & M. Sellier (Eds.), IUTAM Symposium on Recent Advances in Moving Boundary Problems in Mechanics: Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Moving Boundary Problems, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 12-15, 2018 Vol. 34 (pp. 1-13). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. DOI

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2025	Co-Supervisor	Theoretical and computational modelling of ice shelf vibrations	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Philip Johann Bottke
2025	Co-Supervisor	Effect of instability on fibre geometry in optical fibre drawing	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Miss Caitriona Lightbody

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2024 - 2025	Co-Supervisor	Modelling of Antarctic Ice Shelf Flexural Response to Ocean Waves	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Jie Liang
2019 - 2021	Co-Supervisor	Predictive Model of Cap Formation for Carbon Nanotube Synthesis via Chemical Vapour Deposition	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Patrick James Bowe
2018 - 2022	Co-Supervisor	New Variational Models for Graphene-based Nanomaterials	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Jabr Ateeg Allah J Aljedani
2018 - 2022	Co-Supervisor	Mathematical modelling of unsteady tube stretching with internal channel pressurisation for fabricating electrospray ionisation emitters	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Gagani Pathumika Ranathunga

Position: Senior Lecturer
Phone: 83133912
Email: michael.chen@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Ingkarni Wardli, floor 7
Org Unit: Mathematical Sciences

Dr Michael Chen

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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

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