PSDC site, The University of Queensland

	Dr. Tony Howes

BE (UQ) PhD (Cantab)

Areas of Expertise:

Mixing and dispersion
droplet production
fluid flow and simulation
Development of unsteady flow mixing devices
Coherent structures in turbulent flows.

Consulting Projects

Comalco - Liquid Metal Droplet Production
Envirotech - Thickener Rake Arm Torque Prediction

Previous Appointments

1988-1989: Research Fellow at Brown University Division of Applied Mathematics using pattern recognition techniques to study turbulent flows and fluid mixing.
1989-1993: Senior research Scientist for ICI Corporate Colloid Science Group in Runcorn, UK. working with the physics of interfacial instabilities in liquid jets and the subsequent design of devices to utilise these instabilities
1993 - present: University of Queensland. Lecturer in Chemical Engineering

Selected Publications

HOWES, T. & MACKLEY M.R., Experimental Axial Dispersion for Oscillatory Flow through a Baffled Tube, Chem. Eng. Sci. 45 1349-1358 (1990).

HOWES, T., MACKLEY, M.R., & ROBERTS, E.P.L., The Simulation of Chaotic Mixing and Dispersion for Periodic Flows in Baffled Channels, Chem. Eng. Sci. 46 1669-1677 (1991).

WOOD M.G., GREENFIELD P.F., HOWES T., JOHNS M.R. & KELLER J. CFD Modelling of
Wastewater Ponds to Improve Design IAWQ Conference on Waste Stabilization Ponds and Reuse of Pond Effluents, Berkeley, California, USA, 20th November- 3rd December (1993)

HOWES, T. & SHARDLOW, P., Simulation of mixing and dispersion in unsteady laminar
flow, The Australian Mixing Conference, Newcastle, 14-16 February, (1994).

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