Michael Evans

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

Dr Michael Evans

Program Director

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

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Dr Michael Evans is a senior lecturer of mechanical engineering at Adelaide University and is the program director for the Master of Engineering (Engineering Management). Michael is a previous Endeavour Postgraduate Awardee (2015) and received the Bilger Early Career Researcher Award (2022) from the Australia & New Zealand Section of the The Combustion Institute for "outstanding research in experimental and computational combustion."
 
Some of Michael's current research interests are focussed on alternative fuels, including hydrogen; turbulence-chemistry interaction and detonation modelling; high pressure, low emissions combustion systems; high-speed (hypersonic) reactive flows; two-phase liquid/vapour flows and efficient energy utilisation in HVAC and refrigeration. Michael's research is undertaken using numerical simulations on cluster computing systems and experimental techniques, including laser diagnostics.
 
Prior to joining AU, Michael was a senior lecturer at UniSA and research associate at The University of Adelaide, where he finished his Ph.D. in 2017 and Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical and Aerospace) and Bachelor of Science (Theoretical and Experimental Physics) 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 has undetaken research visits to the Politecnico di Milano in Italy and Stanford University in the United States of America.

My research focuses on elements of: energy, hydrogen energy, combustion technologies, alternative fuels, high temperature processes, multiphase fluids, laser diagnostics, computational fluid dynamics (CFD, including model development), finite element analyses (FEA).

Date Position Institution name
2025 - ongoing Senior Lecturer / Program Director Adelaide University
2024 - 2025 Senior Lecturer / Program Director University of South Australia
2020 - 2023 Lecturer University of South Australia
2017 - 2017 Lecturer/Course Coordinator (MECH ENG 4118/7059 Finite Element Analysis of Structures) The University of Adelaide
2017 - 2020 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

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

Year Citation
2026 Kildare, J. A. C., Evans, M. J., Chishty, M. A., Medwell, P. R., & Chinnici, A. (2026). Chemical Investigation of an Oxy-steam MILD Combustion Process Utilizing Hydrogen Peroxide. ACS Omega, 11(14), 21946-21961.
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2026 Riahi, S., Keane, P., Evans, M., Sheoren, S., & Bruno, F. (2026). Experimental investigation of electrical energy conversion to industrial heat and storage in a packed bed with air preheating. Journal of Energy Storage, 167, 122533-1-122533-14.
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2026 Chishty, M. A., Katoch, A., Saw, W., Evans, M. J., Medwell, P. R., Nathan, G. J., & Chinnici, A. (2026). Combustion performance, flame structure and EINO scaling of an industrial burner with high excess air fired with natural gas, hydrogen and blends: a numerical study. Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, 26, 100475-1-100475-13.
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2026 Willmore, D., Kildare, J., Medwell, P., Lau, T., & Evans, M. (2026). The effects of release failure conditions on jet impingement ignition of pressurised hydrogen jets. Fuel, 415, 11 pages.
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2025 Riahi, S., Evans, M., Keane, P., & Bruno, F. (2025). Random vibration impact and fatigue life analyses of aluminium tubes in latent heat thermal energy storage systems on refrigerated trucks. Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 44(e01412), e01412-1-e01412-12.
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2024 Kildare, J. A. C., Evans, M. J., Tian, Z., & Medwell, P. R. (2024). Estimation and testing of single-step oxidation reactions for hydrogen and methane in low-oxygen, elevated pressure conditions. Fuel, 360(130589), 130589-1-130589-14.
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2024 Liu, S., Wang, H., Sun, Z., Foo, K. K., Nathan, G. J., Dong, X., . . . Fan, J. (2024). Reconstructing soot fields in acoustically forced laminar sooting flames using physics-informed machine learning models. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 40(1-4), 105314-1-105314-7.
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2024 Kildare, J. A. C., Chung, W. T., Evans, M. J., Tian, Z. F., Medwell, P. R., & Ihme, M. (2024). Predictions of instantaneous temperature fields in jet-in-hot-coflow flames using a multi-scale U-Net model. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 40(1-4), 105330-1-105330-7.
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2024 Willmore, D. J., Lau, T. C. W., Medwell, P. R., Kildare, J. A. C., & Evans, M. J. (2024). The influence of a bluff-body obstruction on the autoignition and flame acceleration of high-pressure hydrogen jets. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 110, 336-344.
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2023 Kildare, J. A. C., Evans, M. J., Proud, D. B., Chin, R., Tian, Z., & Medwell, P. R. (2023). Characterisation of hydrogen jet flames under different pressures with varying coflow oxygen concentrations. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48(52), 20059-20076.
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2023 Shaw, I. J., Evans, M. J., Chin, R., & Medwell, P. R. (2023). Characteristics of ethylene and methane combustion in a range of high temperature and low oxygen environments. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 147(110929), 110929-1-110929-11.
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2023 Proud, D. B., Evans, M. J., Kildare, J. A., Chan, Q. N., & Medwell, P. R. (2023). Pressurised combustion in hot and low-oxygen environments: Chemiluminescence imaging and modelling. Fuel, 349(128538), 128538-1-128538-13.
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2023 Péquin, A., Evans, M. J., Chinnici, A., Medwell, P. R., & Parente, A. (2023). The reactor-based perspective on finite-rate chemistry in turbulent reacting flows: A review from traditional to low-emission combustion. Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, 16(article no. 100201), 100201-1-100201-26.
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2023 Shaw, I. J., Evans, M. J., Chin, R., & Medwell, P. R. (2023). Characterisation of ethylene flames under a range of low-oxygen concentrations. Fuel, 334(1), 126495-1-126495-9.
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2023 Gu, Y., Wiedemann, M., Ryley, T., Johnson, M. E., & Evans, M. J. (2023). Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft at Airports: A Review of the Infrastructure Requirements and Planning Challenges. Sustainability Switzerland, 15(21), 14 pages.
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2023 Gu, Y., Wiedemann, M., Ryley, T., Johnson, M. E., & Evans, M. (2023). Hydrogen-powered aircraft at airports: a review of the infrastructure requirements and planning challenges. Sustainability, 15(21, article no. 15539.), 1-14.
2022 Riahi, S., Evans, M., Belusko, M., Liu, M., & Bruno, F. (2022). Orientation impact on structural integrity of a shell and tube latent heat thermal energy storage system. Journal of Energy Storage, 52(article no. 104829), 13 pages.
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2022 Wan, Q., Zhai, G., Wang, C., Evans, M. J., Medwell, P. R., Yuen, A. C. Y., . . . Chan, Q. N. (2022). Parametric Study of Autoigniting Hydrogen-Methane Jets in Direct-Injection Engine Conditions. Energy and Fuels, 37(1), 644-656.
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2022 Wang, J., Belusko, M., Evans, M., Liu, M., Zhao, C., & Bruno, F. (2022). A comprehensive review and analysis on CO2 heat pump water heaters. Energy Conversion and Management: X, 15(100277), 1-16.
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2022 Wang, J., Evans, M., Belusko, M., Zhao, C., Liu, M., & Bruno, F. (2022). Subcooling effect on the optimal performance for a transcritical CO2 heat pump with cold thermal energy storage. HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 59(7), 19 pages.
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2022 Wang, J., Belusko, M., Semsarilar, H., Evans, M., Liu, M., & Bruno, F. (2022). An optimisation study on a real-world transcritical CO<inf>2</inf> heat pump system with a flash gas bypass. Energy Conversion and Management, 251(114995), 14 pages.
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2022 Proud, D. B., Evans, M. J., Chan, Q. N., & Medwell, P. R. (2022). Dilute spray flames of ethanol and n-heptane in the transition to mild combustion. Combustion and Flame, 238(article no. 111918), 111918-1-111918-15.
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2022 Riahi, S., Belusko, M., Lau, T., Flewell Smith, R., Evans, M., & Bruno, F. (2022). Impact of different types of channels on Thermo-hydraulic performance of a sodium-sCO₂ Printed circuit heat exchanger for supercritical Brayton cycle applications. Applied Thermal Engineering, 216(119098), 1-15.
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2022 Proud, D. B., Evans, M. J., Chan, Q. N., & Medwell, P. R. (2022). Characteristics of turbulent flames in a confined and pressurised jet-in-hot-coflow combustor. Journal of the Energy Institute, 105, 103-113.
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2021 Li, Z., Evans, M. J., Ye, J., Medwell, P. R., & Parente, A. (2021). Numerical and experimental investigation of turbulent n-heptane jet-in-hot-coflow flames. Fuel, 283(118748), 118748-1-118748-13.
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2021 Evans, M. J., & Chinnici, A. (2021). Water vapour effects on temperature and soot loading in ethylene flames in hot and vitiated coflows. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38(4), 5383-5391.
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2021 Evans, M. J., Proud, D. B., Medwell, P. R., Pitsch, H., & Dally, B. B. (2021). Highly radiating hydrogen flames: Effect of toluene concentration and phase. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38(1), 1099-1106.
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2021 Jocher, A., Evans, M. J., Medwell, P. R., Dally, B. B., Pitsch, H., & Nathan, G. J. (2021). On the use of oscillating jet flames in a coflow to develop soot models for practical applications. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38(1), 1309-1317.
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2021 Proud, D. B., Evans, M. J., Medwell, P. R., & Chan, Q. N. (2021). Experimental investigation of the flame structure of dilute sprays issuing into a hot and low-oxygen coflow. Combustion and Flame, 230(111439), 111439-1-111439-14.
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2021 Wang, J., Belusko, M., Liu, M., Semsarilar, H., Liddle, R., Alemu, A., . . . Bruno, F. (2021). A comprehensive study on a novel transcritical CO<inf>2</inf> heat pump for simultaneous space heating and cooling – Concepts and initial performance. Energy Conversion and Management, 243(114397), 12 pages.
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2021 Riahi, S., Evans, M., Belusko, M., Flewell Smith, R., Jacob, R., & Bruno, F. (2021). Transient Thermo-mechanical analysis of a shell and tube latent heat thermal energy storage for CSP plants. Applied Thermal Engineering, 196(117327), 1-15.
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2020 Medwell, P. R., Evans, M., & Chan, Q. N. (2020). Progress in Combustion Diagnostics, Science and Technology. Applied Sciences, 10(5), 1586-1-1586-2.
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2019 Evans, M. J., Petre, C., Medwell, P. R., & 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 Scopus77 WoS69
2019 Evans, M. J., Sidey, J. A. M., Ye, J., Medwell, P. R., Dally, B. B., & Mastorakos, E. (2019). Temperature and reaction zone imaging in turbulent swirling dual-fuel flames. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37(2), 2159-2166.
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2019 Evans, M. J., Medwell, P. R., Sun, Z., Chinnici, A., Ye, J., Chan, Q. N., & Dally, B. B. (2019). Downstream evolution of n-heptane/toluene flames in hot and vitiated coflows. Combustion and Flame, 202, 78-89.
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2019 Foo, K. K., Evans, M. J., Sun, Z., Medwell, P. R., Alwahabi, Z. T., Nathan, G. J., & Dally, B. B. (2019). Calculated concentration distributions and time histories of key species in an acoustically forced laminar flame. Combustion and Flame, 204, 189-203.
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2019 Evans, M. J., & Medwell, P. (2019). Understanding and interpreting laser diagnostics in flames: a review of experimental measurement techniques. Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, 5(65), 65-1-65-21.
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2018 Ye, J., Medwell, P. R., Kleinheinz, K., Evans, M. J., Dally, B. B., & Pitsch, H. G. (2018). Structural differences of ethanol and DME jet flames in a hot diluted coflow. Combustion and Flame, 192, 473-494.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2013 Evans, M. J., Miller, L. A., & Hyde, D. M. (2013). The Basement Membrane Zone in Asthma: The Supracellular Anchoring Network. CURRENT RESPIRATORY MEDICINE REVIEWS, 9(4), 268-273.
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2011 Maniar-Hew, K., Postlethwait, E. M., Fanucchi, M. V., Ballinger, C. A., Evans, M. J., Harkema, J. R., . . . Miller, L. A. (2011). Postnatal episodic ozone results in persistent attenuation of pulmonary and peripheral blood responses to LPS challenge. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY, 300(3), L462-L471.
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2010 Evans, M. J., Fanucchi, M. V., Plopper, C. G., & Hyde, D. M. (2010). Postnatal Development of the Lamina Reticularis in Primate Airways. ANATOMICAL RECORD-ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 293(6), 947-954.
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2010 Evans, M. J., Fanucchi, M. V., Miller, L. A., Carlson, M. A., Nishio, S. J., & Hyde, D. M. (2010). Reduction of collagen VII anchoring fibrils in the airway basement membrane zone of infant rhesus monkeys exposed to house dust mite. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY, 298(4), L543-L547.
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2007 Macpherson, L. J., Dubin, A. E., Evans, M. J., Marr, F., Schultz, P. G., Cravatt, B. F., & Patapoutian, A. (2007). Noxious compounds activate TRPA1 ion channels through covalent modification of cysteines. NATURE, 445(7127), 541-545.
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2007 Plopper, C. G., Smiley-Jewell, S. M., Miller, L. A., Fanucchi, M. V., Evans, M. J., Buckpitt, A. R., . . . Hyde, D. M. (2007). Asthma/allergic airways disease: Does postnatal exposure to environmental toxicants promote airway pathobiology?. TOXICOLOGIC PATHOLOGY, 35(1), 97-110.
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2006 Evans, M. J., Fanucchi, M. V., & Plopper, C. G. (2006). The Basement Membrane Zone in Asthma. CURRENT RESPIRATORY MEDICINE REVIEWS, 2(3), 331-337.
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1986 BARDON, M. F., RAO, V. K., VAIVADS, R., & EVANS, M. J. B. (1986). MEASURED AND PREDICTED EFFECT OF THE EXTENT OF EVAPORATION ON GASOLINE VAPOR-PRESSURE. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF ENERGY, 59(441), 216-221.
- Proud, D. B., Evans, M., Kildare, J., Chan, Q. N., & Medwell, P. R. (n.d.). Pressurised Combustion in Hot and Low-Oxygen Environments: Chemiluminescence Imaging and Modelling. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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- Shaw, I. J., Medwell, P. R., Evans, M., & Chin, R. (n.d.). Characteristics of Ethylene and Methane Combustion in a Range of High Temperature, Low Oxygen Environments. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Year Citation
2025 Singh, C., Chinnici, M., Kor, A. L., Evans, M. J., Medwell, P. R., & Chinnici, A. (2025). Generative Adversarial Networks in Combustion: Flame Image Generation for Clean and Predictive Combustion Modeling Using Real Data. In Event/exhibition information: KES-HCIS 2024: International KES Conference on Human Centred Intelligent Systems 2024, Madeira, Portugal, 19/06/2024-21/06/2024
Source details - Title: Human Centred Intelligent Systems: Proceedings of KES-HCIS 2024 Conference (Vol. 414, pp. 99-110). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
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2022 Riahi, S., Evans, M., Liu, M., Jacob, R., & Bruno, F. (2022). Evolution of melt path in a horizontal shell and tube latent heat storage system for concentrated solar power plants. In M. Mobedi, K. Hooman, & W. -Q. Tao (Eds.), Source details - Title: Solid–Liquid Thermal Energy Storage: Modeling and Applications (pp. 257-273). UK: CRC Press Taylor and Francis.
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2021 Evans, M., & Medwell, P. (2021). Understanding and Interpreting Laser Diagnostics in Flames: A Review of Experimental Measurement Techniques. In A. Parente, & M. de Joannon (Eds.), MILD Combustion: Modelling Challenges, Experimental Configurations and Diagnostic Tools (pp. 50-71). Frontiers Media SA.
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2021 Shaw, I. J., Kildare, J. A. C., Evans, M. J., Chinnici, A., Sparks, C., Rubaiyat, S. N. H., . . . Medwell, P. R. (2021). A Theoretical Review of Rotating Detonation Engines. In S. P. Rao (Ed.), Direct Numerical Simulations - An Introduction and Applications (pp. 1-32). London, UK: IntechOpen.
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Year Citation
2026 Knight, J., Kildare, J., Zander, F., Law, Y. W., & Evans, M. (2026). Characterisation of Wake-Region Optical Emissions From an Ablative Hypersonic Glide Vehicle. In Proceedings of the AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA SciTech Forum (pp. 1-18). United States: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
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2025 Kildare, J., Kight, J., Evans, M., & Law, Y. W. (2025). Synthesis of a multispectral image dataset for ML-based space surveillance. In Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress Iac (pp. 162-176). International Astronautical Federation (IAF).
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2022 Wang, J., Belusko, M., Semsarilar, H., Evans, M., Liu, M., & Bruno, F. (2022). Investigating the effect of interstage pressure on cooling performance of a real-world CO2 heat pump system. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science Vol. 983 (pp. 012077). Online: IOP Publishing.
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2021 Wang, J., Belusko, M., Liu, M., Evans, M., Alemu, A., & Bruno, F. (2021). PRELIMINARY STUDY ON A NOVEL TRANSCRITICAL CO2 HIGH-TEMPERATURE HEAT PUMP. In Proceedings of the 6th International Seminar on ORC Power Systems (pp. 1-10). Germany: Technical University of Munich.
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2019 Evans, M., Chinnici, A., Medwell, P., & Dally, B. (2019). Autoignition of Hydrogen/Ammonia Blends at Elevated Pressures and Temperatures. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Hydrogen Safety (pp. 1-12). online: International Association for Hydrogen Safety (ICHS).
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, MCS11 (pp. 1-11). online: The Combustion Institute.
2019 Evans, M. J., Ye, J., Kruse, S., Medwell, P. R., Sun, Z., Dally, B. B., & Pitsch, H. G. (2019). Measurements of oxygenated C8/toluene flames in hot and vitiated coflows. In 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC 2019 (pp. 1). US: Combustion Institute.
2019 Foo, K. 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 (pp. 4 pages). online: The Combustion Institute.
2018 Rowhani, A., Chinnici, A., Evans, M. J., Medwell, P. R., Nathan, G. J., & 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). Australia: Australian Fluid Mechanics Society.
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2018 Kirch, T., Evans, M. J., Medwell, P. R., Rapp, V. H., Birzer, C. H., & Gadgil, A. J. (2018). Mixing uniformity of emissions for point-wise measurements in exhaust ducts. In Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2018) (pp. 1-4). Australia: Australian Fluid Mechanics Society.
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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. 1 (pp. 1043-1046). 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 (pp. 1). 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.
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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.
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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.

Year Citation
2025 Kildare, J., Knight, J., Evans, M., & Law, Y. W. (2025). Synthesis of a multispectral image dataset for ML-based space surveillance. Poster session presented at the meeting of 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC). Australia: International Astronautical Federation (IAF).
2022 Gu, Y., Wiedemann, M., Evans, M. J., Ryley, T., & Johnson, M. (2022). Airport infrastructure requirements to enable hydrogen aircraft. Poster session presented at the meeting of ATRS World Conference. Belgium.
2021 Kildare, J., Evans, M. J., & Medwell, P. R. (2021). Modelling a dilute spray flame using the eddy dissipation concept. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium 2021. Australia: The Combustion Institute.
2021 Proud, D. B., Evans, M. J., Medwell, P. R., & Chan, S. (2021). Preliminary experiments in a confined and pressurised jet-in-hot-coflow combustor. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium 2021. Australia: The Combustion Institute.
2021 Proud, D. B., Gee, A. J., Medwell, P. R., Smith, N., & Evans, M. J. (2021). Visible and thermal radiation from toluene-doped hydrogen flames. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium 2021. Australia: The Combustion Institute.
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.
2019 Shaw, I. J., Evans, M., Chin, R., & Medwell, P. (2019). Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling of Rotating Detonation Engines. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 2019 Australian Combustion Symposium. online: The Combustion Institute.
2019 Chinnici, A., & Evans, M. J. (2019). Influence of steam dilution on flame structure and soot formation of hot, diluted ethylene flames. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 2019 Australian Combustion Symposium. Adelaide, Australia.
2019 Proud, D., Evans, M., Medwell, P., & Vandenbussche, F. (2019). Numerical Modelling of Mild Combustion at Elevated Pressures. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 2019 Australian Combustion Symposium. online: The Combustion Institute.
2019 Kildare, J. A., Evans, M., Chinnici, A., & Medwell, P. (2019). Classification of MILD and autoignitive ethylene flames diluted with N₂, O₂ and CO₂. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 2019 Australian Combustion Symposium. online: The Combustion Institute.
2019 Evans, M., Medwell, P., & Chan, Q. (2019). Preliminary Observations of Turbulent Flames in a Confined and Pressurised Jet in Hot and Vitiated Coflow Burner. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2019 Australian Combustion Symposium. online: The Combustion Institute.
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.

Year Citation
2025 Aqib Chishty, M., Katoch, A., Saw, W., Evans, M., Medwell, P. R., Nathan, G. J., & Chinnici, A. (2025). Combustion performance, flame structure and EINO scaling of an industrial burner with high excess air fired with natural gas, hydrogen and blends: a numerical study.
DOI
2025 Kildare, J., Evans, M., Aqib Chishty, M., & Chinnici, A. (2025). A Novel Oxy-Steam Mild Combustion Process Based on Hydrogen Peroxide Utilisation: A Chemical Kinetic Study.
DOI
- Shaw, I. J., Evans, M. J., Chin, R., & Medwell, P. R. (n.d.). Characterisation of Ethylene Flames Under a Range of Low-Oxygen Concentrations.
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  • Development of an AI/ML-enabled space surveillance mission for hypersonic missile defence (Phase A1), iLAuNCH Trailblazer, Dept of Education, 1/1/2024 - 31/12/2026
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Courses I teach

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Energy and Society
 
I have previously taught courses in Energy and Society, Vibration Analysis of Mechanical Systems, Energy Conversion and Management (including Thermodynamics), Fluid and Energy Engineering (including Fluid Mechanics), Finite Element Analysis and Combustion Engineering.

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 External Supervisor Integrated waste heat recovery and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) for efficiency improvement in combustion systems Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Amit Bhowmick
2025 Co-Supervisor Integrated waste heat recovery and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) for efficiency improvement in combustion systems Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Amit Bhowmick
2025 Co-Supervisor Bridging the confidence gap of additive manufactured parts in a maritime environment through material and process qualification Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Kaitlyn Eckermann
2024 Principal Supervisor Understanding and characterising optical emissions from hypersonic vehicles to inform real-time detection Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jarrad Michael Knight
2023 Principal Supervisor Shock-induced ignition of hydrogen pressure vessel failures Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr David Willmore
2023 Co-Supervisor A numerical and experimental study of droplet dispersion in confined spaces to advance the knowledge of diseasepropagation  Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Anthony Richards
2023 Co-Supervisor Reducing post-harvest loses in stored grains, seeds and nuts storage and aeration design Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Mark White
2023 Co-Supervisor Reducing post-harvest loses in stored grains, seeds and nuts storage and aeration design Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Mark White
2023 Co-Supervisor Reducing post-harvest loses in stored grains, seeds and nuts ? storage and aeration design Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mark White
2023 Co-Supervisor A numerical and experimental study of droplet dispersion in confined spaces to advance the knowledge of diseasepropagation  Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Anthony Richards
2023 Principal Supervisor Shock-induced ignition of hydrogen pressure vessel failures Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr David Willmore
2021 External Supervisor Concentrated Solar Thermo-Photocatalytic Water Splitting Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Talib McCoy Rahman
2021 Co-Supervisor Concentrated Solar Thermo-Photocatalytic Water Splitting Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Talib McCoy Rahman
2021 Co-Supervisor Thermal efficiency improvements of electrocaloric cooling using an electrohydrodynamic egenerative heat exchanger Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Raymond Harold Kiefer
2020 Co-Supervisor Investigation of using carbon dioxide as a two-phase transfer fluid in latent heat thermal energy storage systems Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr RAKIBUL HOSSAIN AHMAD

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2021 - 2024 External Supervisor Analysis of Flame Characteristics in Hot and Vitiated Environments Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jordan Kildare
2021 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Study on transcritical CO2 heat pumps for simultaneous heating and cooling Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Ji Wang
2020 - 2023 External Supervisor MILD Combustion of Ethylene and Natural Gas Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Ian James Shaw
2019 - 2023 External Supervisor Flame Structure and Stability for Improved Fuel Flexibility in Practical Combustion Devices Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Douglas Brinkworth Proud

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