Timothy Lau

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

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

Postdoctoral researcher with extensive experience studying and investigating highly complex fluid flows within engineering and biological systems. Strong experience with a large range of cutting edge laser diagnostic tools, including laser induced fluorescence (LIF), laser sheet drop-sizing (LSD), planar nephelometry and time-resolved tomographic particle image velocimetry (tomo-PIV).

My Research
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Research interests includes:

a) Particle-laden flows, including flows utilising droplets, sprays and fibrous particles;

b) Concentrating solar thermal systems, including falling particle cloud technologies;

c) Biological fluid mechanics, including aquatic propulsion and cardiovascular flows;

d) Building heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems;

e) Laser diagnostics;

f) Image processing methods and algorithms;

g) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).

Language Competencies

Language Competency
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Malay Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Education

Date Institution name Country Title
The University of Adelaide Australia PHD
Research Interests

Computational Fluid Dynamics Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics Image Processing Mechanical Engineering Powder and Particle Technology

Language	Competency
English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Malay	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
	The University of Adelaide	Australia	PHD

Journals

Year	Citation
2022	Lewis, E. W., Lau, T. C. W., Sun, Z., Alwahabi, Z. T., & Nathan, G. J. (2022). The effect of particle size and volumetric loading on the gas temperature distributions in a particle-laden flow heated with high-flux radiation. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 182, 13 pages. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2022	Chinnici, A., Davis, D., Lau, T. C. W., Ang, D., Troiano, M., Saw, W. L., . . . Nathan, G. J. (2022). Measured global thermal performance of a directly irradiated suspension-flow solar particle receiver with an open aperture. Solar Energy, 231, 185-193. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2022	Tang, Y., Sun, Z., Tian, Z., Chinnici, A., Lau, T., Saw, W., & Nathan, G. J. (2022). Direct measurements and prediction of the particle egress from a vortex-based solar cavity receiver with an open aperture. Solar Energy, 235, 105-117. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2022	Sedaghatizadeh, N., Arjomandi, M., Lau, T., & Nathan, G. (2022). The dominant underlying parameters controlling the dispersion of falling particle curtains. Powder Technology, 402, 1-11. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2022	Lewis, E. W., Lau, T. C. W., Sun, Z., Alwahabi, Z. T., & Nathan, G. J. (2022). The effect of instantaneous particle distributions on the gas-phase temperature in an unsteady particle-laden jet heated with high-flux radiation. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 153, 1-17. DOI
2022	Tang, Y., Sun, Z., Tian, Z., Lau, T., Chinnici, A., Saw, W., & Nathan, G. J. (2022). Experimental and numerical investigation on the geometric parameters of an open-to-atmosphere vortex-based solar particle receiver. Solar Energy, 243, 315-326. DOI
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-sCO<inf>2</inf> Printed circuit heat exchanger for supercritical Brayton cycle applications. Applied Thermal Engineering, 216, 15 pages. DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2022	Zhou, H., Hawkes, E. R., Lau, T. C. W., Chin, R., Nathan, G. J., & Wang, H. (2022). Understanding of turbulence modulation and particle response in a particle-laden jet from direct numerical simulations. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 950, 40 pages. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2022	Heslop, S., Yildiz, B., Roberts, M., Chen, D., Lau, T., Naderi, S., . . . Egan, R. (2022). A Novel Temperature-Independent Model for Estimating the Cooling Energy in Residential Homes for Pre-Cooling and Solar Pre-Cooling. Energies, 15(23), 18 pages. DOI Scopus1
2021	Birzer, C. H., Kalt, P. A. M., Lau, T. C. W., & Nathan, G. J. (2021). Renormalisation of particle distributions in an initially-biased turbulent jet by swirl and radial injection. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 135, 103509-1-103509-11. DOI Scopus1
2021	Long, S., Lau, T. C. W., Chinnici, A., & Nathan, G. J. (2021). The flow-field within a vortex-based solar cavity receiver with an open aperture. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 123, 110314. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2021	Han, S., Sun, Z., Tian, Z. F., Lau, T., & Nathan, G. (2021). Particle velocity measurement within a free-falling particle curtain using microscopic shadow velocimetry. Optics Express, 29(7), 10923-10938. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2021	Lewis, E. W., Lau, T. C. W., Sun, Z., Alwahabi, Z. T., & Nathan, G. J. (2021). Insights from a new method providing single-shot, planar measurement of gas-phase temperature in particle-laden flows under high-flux radiation. Experiments in Fluids, 62(4), 80-1-80-17. DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2021	Bi, X., Sun, Z., Lau, T., Alwahabi, Z., & Nathan, G. J. G. (2021). Simultaneous imaging of two-phase velocities in particle-laden flows by two-color optical phase discrimination. Optics Letters, 46(16/15), 3861-3864. DOI Scopus3 WoS4
2021	Njue, J. C. W., Salehi, F., Lau, T. C. W., Cleary, M. J., Nathan, G. J., & Chen, L. (2021). Numerical and experimental analysis of poly-dispersion effects on particle-laden jets. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 91, 1-19. DOI Scopus6 WoS6
2020	Lewis, E., Lau, T. C., Sun, Z., Alwahabi, Z., & Nathan, G. (2020). Luminescence interference to two‑colour toluene laser‑induced fluorescence thermometry in a particle‑laden flow. Experiments in Fluids, 61(4), 101-1-101-16. DOI Scopus6 WoS6
2020	Davis, D., Troiano, M., Chinnici, A., Saw, W. L., Lau, T., Solimene, R., . . . Nathan, G. J. (2020). Particle residence time distributions in a vortex-based solar particle receiver-reactor: An experimental, numerical and theoretical study. Chemical Engineering Science, 214, 14 pages. DOI Scopus14 WoS11
2019	Long, S., Lau, T., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2019). Characteristics of swirling and precessing flows generated by multiple confined jets. Physics of Fluids, 31(5), 055102-1-055102-14. DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2019	Lau, T. C., Frank, J., & Nathan, G. (2019). Resolving the three-dimensional structure of particles that are aerodynamically clustered by a turbulent flow. Physics of Fluids, 31(7), 071702-1-071702-5. DOI Scopus12 WoS12
2019	Davis, D., Troiano, M., Chinnici, A., Saw, W., Lau, T. C., Solimene, R., . . . Nathan, G. (2019). Particle residence time distributions in a vortex-based solar particle receiver-reactor: the influence of receiver tilt angle. Solar Energy, 190, 126-138. DOI Scopus11 WoS11
2019	Mahmoud, S., Lau, T., Nathan, G., Medwell, P., Alwahabi, Z., & Dally, B. (2019). A new correlation between soot sheet width and soot volume fraction in turbulent non-premixed jet flames. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37(1), 927-934. DOI Scopus5 WoS5
2018	Kueh, K., Lau, T., Nathan, G., & Alwahabi, Z. (2018). Non-intrusive temperature measurement of particles in a fluidised bed heated by well-characterised radiation. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 100, 186-195. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2018	Long, S., Lau, T., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2018). Iso-thermal flow characteristics of rotationally symmetric jets generating a swirl within a cylindrical chamber. Physics of Fluids, 30(5), 055110-1-055110-16. DOI Scopus12 WoS9
2018	Long, S., Lau, T., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2018). The influence of aspect ratio on the iso-thermal flow characteristics of multiple confined jets. Physics of Fluids, 30(12), 1-15. DOI Scopus6 WoS6
2017	Lau, T., & nathan, G. (2017). A method for identifying and characterising particle clusters in a two-phase turbulent jet. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 88, 191-204. DOI Scopus16 WoS14
2017	Long, S., Lau, T., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2017). Experimental and numerical investigation of the iso-thermal flow characteristics within a cylindrical chamber with multiple planar-symmetric impinging jets. Physics of Fluids, 29(10), 105111-1-105111-18. DOI Scopus12 WoS9
2017	Kueh, K., Lau, T., Nathan, G., & Alwahabi, Z. (2017). Single-shot planar temperature imaging of radiatively heated fluidized particles. Optics Express, 25(23), 28764-28775. DOI Scopus6 WoS4
2017	Chinnici, A., Xue, Y., Lau, T., Arjomandi, M., & Nathan, G. (2017). Experimental and numerical investigation of the flow characteristics within a Solar Expanding-Vortex Particle Receiver-Reactor. Solar Energy, 141, 25-37. DOI Scopus20 WoS16
2016	Lau, T., & Nathan, G. (2016). The effect of Stokes number on particle velocity and concentration distributions in a well-characterised, turbulent, co-flowing two-phase jet. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 809, 72-110. DOI Scopus71 WoS64
2016	Lau, T., & kelso, R. (2016). A scaling law for thrust generating unsteady hydrofoils. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 65, 455-471. DOI Scopus10 WoS10
2016	Cheong, M., Birzer, C., & Lau, T. (2016). Laser attenuation correction for planar nephelometry concentration measurements. Experimental Techniques, 40(3), 1075-1083. DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2016	Qi, G., Nathan, G. J., & Lau, T. C. W. (2016). Corrigendum to "Velocity and orientation distributions of fibrous particles in the near-field of a turbulent jet" [Powder Technol. 276(2015) 10-17]. Powder Technology, 288, 407-408. DOI
2015	Qi, G., Nathan, G., & Lau, T. (2015). Velocity and orientation distributions of fibrous particles in the near-field of a turbulent jet. Powder Technology, 276, 10-17. DOI Scopus9 WoS11
2014	Lau, T., & Nathan, G. (2014). Influence of Stokes number on the velocity and concentration distributions in particle-laden jets. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 757(6), 432-457. DOI Scopus101 WoS85
2013	Crook, S., Lau, T., & Kelso, R. (2013). Three-dimensional flow within shallow, narrow cavities. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 735, 587-612. DOI Scopus46 WoS24
2013	Lau, T. C. (2013). The flow around a fish-inspired heaving and pitching hydrofoil. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 146(449&450), 153-154.

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2020	Bi, X., Sun, Z., Lau, T., Alwahabi, Z., & Nathan, G. (2020). Simultaneous planar measurements of gas and particle velocities in particle-laden flows: proof-of-concept. In H. Chanson, & R. Brown (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC2020) (pp. 1-4). Brisbane, Australia-Online: The University of Queensland. DOI
2020	Chinnici, A., Davis, D., Lau, T. C. W., Tian, Z. F., Saw, W., & Nathan, G. J. (2020). First-of-a-kind investigation on performance of a directly-irradiated windowless vortex-based particle receiver. In AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 2303 (pp. 1-7). online: AIP Publishing. DOI Scopus4 WoS3
2019	Lau, T., Frank, J. H., & Nathan, G. (2019). Preliminary correlations between strain rates, vorticity and particle clustering in a turbulent pipe-jet. In Proceedings of the 9th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics (pp. 43-46). Adelaide, Australia: University of Adelaide.
2019	Lewis, E., Lau, T., Sun, Z., Alwahabi, Z., & Nathan, G. (2019). Interference modes in laser induced fluorescence thermometry applied to particle-laden flows. In Proceedings of the 9th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics (ACLD) (pp. 51-54). Adelaide, Australia: University of Adelaide.
2018	Long, S., Lau, T., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z. F., Dally, B. A. S. S. A. M., & Nathan, G. U. S. (2018). Effect of jet azimuthal angle on the flow field within a Hybrid Solar Receiver Combustor. In Proceedings of the 2017 Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference (APSRC) (pp. 1-11). Melbourne, Australia: Australian PV Institute.
2018	Davis, D., Chinnici, A., Saw, W., Lau, T., & Nathan, G. (2018). Particle residence time distributions in a solar vortex receiver. In Proceedings of the 2017 Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference (APSRC) (pp. 1-13). Melbourne, Australia: Australian PV Institute.
2018	Kueh, K., Lau, T., Nathan, G., & Alwahabi, Z. (2018). In-situ, well-resolved planar temperature measurement of radiatively-heated particles. In Proceedings of the 2017 Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference (APSRC) (pp. 1-8). Melbourne: Australian PV Institute.
2018	Lewis, E., Lau, T., Sun, Z., Nathan, G., & Alwahabi, Z. (2018). Gas-phase temperature measurement of particle-laden jets. In Proceedings of the 11th Australasian Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (AHMTC11) (pp. 1-6). Melbourne, Australia: Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society.
2018	Lau, T., Frank, J. H., & Nathan, G. (2018). Three-dimensional measurements of particle clusters at the exit of a turbulent pipe jet. In T. Lau, & R. Kelso (Eds.), Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2018) (pp. 1-4). Adelaide, Australia: Australian Fluid Mechanics Society.
2018	Kueh, K., Lau, T., Alwahabi, Z., & Nathan, G. (2018). Heat transfer in a radiatively heated particle-laden laminar jet flow. In Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2018) (pp. 1-4). Adelaide, Australia: Australian Fluid Mechanics Society.
2018	Long, S., Lau, T., Chinnici, A., Tian, Z., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2018). The effect of aspect ratio on the flow characteristics of a Hybrid Solar Receiver Combustor. In Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2018) (pp. 1-4). Adelaide, Australia: Australian Fluid Mechanics Society.
2018	Lewis, E., Lau, T., Sun, Z., Nathan, G., & Alwahabi, Z. (2018). Effect of particle loading on interference in planar laser induced fluorescence thermometry. In Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC 2018) (pp. 1-4). The University of Adelaide: Australian Fluid Mechanics Society.
2017	Kueh, K., Lau, T., Nathan, G., & Alwahabi, Z. (2017). Particle temperature measurements in a flow using laser-induced phosphorescence. In Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering (pp. 1-7). Canada: International ASET Inc. DOI
2016	Lau, T., & Nathan, G. (2016). The influence of Stokes number on particle clustering at the exit of a turbulent jet issuing from a long pipe. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Multiphase Flow (pp. 1-6). Firenze, Italy.
2016	Long, S., Tian, Z., Chinnici, A., Lau, T., Dally, B., & Nathan, G. (2016). Effect of jet inclination angle on the flow field within a Hybrid Solar Receiver Combustor. In Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (pp. 1-4). online: AFM. Scopus1
2015	Chinnici, A., Xue, Y., Lau, T., Arjomandi, M., & Nathan, G. (2015). Experimental characterisation of the vortex structure within a Solar Expanding-Vortex Particle Receiver-Reactor. In D. Honnery, & D. Edgington-Mitchell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion (pp. 41-44). Clayton, Victoria: Monash University.
2015	Kueh, K. C. Y., Lau, T., Nathan, G., & Alwahabi, Z. (2015). Temperature measurements by laser-induced phosphorescence: Effect of laser flux variation. In Proceedings of the 7th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion (pp. 81-84). Clayton, Victoria: Monash University.
2015	Lau, T., & Nathan, G. (2015). The influence of Stokes number on particle clustering within a two-phase turbulent jet. In Proceedings of the 7th Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in fluid mechanics and combustion (pp. 1-6). Melbourne, Australia: Monash University, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
2014	Saridakis, I., Lau, T., Djenidi, L., & Nathan, G. (2014). Monte Carlo simulations of a median-filter technique to discriminate between particle and fluid velocity fields. In Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (pp. 1-4). Melbourne, Australia: AFMS.
2014	Nathan, G., Alwahabi, Z., Dally, B., Medwell, P., Arjomandi, M., Sun, Z., . . . Van Eyk, P. (2014). Optics and photonics in solar thermal energy technologies. In Optical Instrumentation for Energy and Environmental Applications, E2 2014 (pp. 1-3). Online: Optical Society of America (OSA). DOI
2013	Lau, T. C., & Nathan, G. J. (2013). New understanding of the influence of Stokes number on particle-laden jets from simultaneous planar measurements of number density and velocity. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Jets, Wakes and Separated Flows (pp. 1-12). Nagoya, Japan.
2012	Cheong, M., Birzer, C., & Lau, T. (2012). Single-image attenuation corrections to facilitate instantaneous planar imaging of densely seeded particle-laden flows. In Proceedings of the 7th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, ACAM 7 (pp. 808-816). CDROM / DVDROM: Engineers Australia. Scopus2
2012	Cheong, M., Birzer, C., & Lau, T. (2012). Single image corrections to facilitate planar imaging of particle concentration in particle-laden fluids. In Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (pp. 1-4). Australia: Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society. Scopus1
2011	Lau, T., Dally, B., & Arjomandi, M. (2011). The application of a dynamic thermal model for the assessment of the energy efficiency of Adelaide Airport Terminal 1. In Proceedings of Building Simulation 2011: 12th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (pp. 1607-1614). online: IBPSA.
2008	Lau, T., & Kelso, R. (2008). The dynamics of a fish inspired unsteady hydrofoil. In Proceedings of the XXII ICTAM (pp. 1-2). CD: UofA.
2007	Hassan, E., Lau, T., & Kelso, R. (2007). Accuracy of circulation estimation schemes applied to discretised velocity field data. In R. Morgan, & C. Lemckert (Eds.), Proceedings of the 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (pp. 1-4). CDROM: University of Queensland. Scopus8
2007	Lau, T., & Kelso, R. (2007). The forces on a fish-inspired unsteady hydrofoil. In R. Morgan, & C. Lemckert (Eds.), Proceedings of the 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (pp. 1003-1006). CDROM: University of Queensland. Scopus1
2004	Lau, T., Kelso, R., & Hassan, E. (2004). Flow visualisation of a pitching and heaving hydrofoil. In M. Behnia, W. Lin, & G. McBain (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fifteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (pp. CD-ROM 1-CD-ROM 4). CD-ROM: The University of Sydney.
2004	Hassan, E., Kelso, R., Schneider, G., & Lau, T. (2004). Preliminary investigations of vortex rings and jets in cross flow. In M. Behnia, W. Lin, & G. McBain (Eds.), Procedings of the Fifteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (pp. CD-ROM 1-CD-ROM 4). CD-ROM: The University of Sydney.

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2019	Co-Supervisor	Heat and Mass Transport in Particle-Laden Flows Under Conditions of Solar Receiver	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Xiaopeng Bi

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2017 - 2022	Co-Supervisor	Development and Application of a Method for Gas-phase Temperature Measurements in Particle-laden Flows	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Elliott William Lewis
2014 - 2020	Co-Supervisor	Development and Application of Methods to Measure Temperatures of Flowing Particles in Suspension	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Kimberley Chare Yiing Kueh

Email: timothy.lau@adelaide.edu.au

Timothy Lau

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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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