Dr. Graham Dorrington
Senior Lecturer
Details
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College: School of Engineering
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Department: School of Engineering
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Campus: Bundoora East Australia
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graham.dorrington@rmit.edu.au
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Media experience:
Graham Dorrington has participated in several documentaries:
The White Diamond (IMDb) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435776/)
Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies (IMDb) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046932/)
Industry Experience:
Previous employment with: European Space Agency (ESA-ESTEC) Noordwijk (the Netherlands); RAE Farnborough and Bedford (UK), British Aerospace (Space and Communications. Div); British Aerospace Aircraft Division (Chester and Hatfield UK); Monarch Airlines (UK); Hamilton Airship Company (South Africa); Southampton University (UK); Queen Mary, University of London (UK).
Formerly: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, ESA Research Fellow
Accomplishments:
Designed, built and flew two ultra-light (battery-electric motor powered) airships over tropical rain forest, Sabah (1995), Guyana (2004).
Graham Dorrington has participated in several documentaries:
The White Diamond (IMDb) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435776/)
Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies (IMDb) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046932/)
Industry Experience:
Previous employment with: European Space Agency (ESA-ESTEC) Noordwijk (the Netherlands); RAE Farnborough and Bedford (UK), British Aerospace (Space and Communications. Div); British Aerospace Aircraft Division (Chester and Hatfield UK); Monarch Airlines (UK); Hamilton Airship Company (South Africa); Southampton University (UK); Queen Mary, University of London (UK).
Formerly: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, ESA Research Fellow
Accomplishments:
Designed, built and flew two ultra-light (battery-electric motor powered) airships over tropical rain forest, Sabah (1995), Guyana (2004).
Supervisor projects
- Boundary layer augmentation of low Reynolds number propellors for quieter and more efficient operation
- 27 Feb 2024
- Design of FC-Based Propulsion Systems for Aircraft
- 1 Feb 2023
- Adaptive Human-Machine Interfaces for Intelligent Transport Systems
- 3 Feb 2022
- Control of regenerative electric power trains of small aircraft in-flight tests (COREPIT)
- 30 Oct 2020
- Design Optimisation of Downscaled Cusped Field Thruster
- 1 Mar 2018
- Study of lean combustion using Turbulent Jet Ignition (TJI) System with controlled air charge
- 1 Mar 2017
- Smart Tuft Sensors for Measuring Flow Speed and Turbulence
- 1 Aug 2016
- The composition and generation of open-wheel racing car wakes
- 29 Oct 2013
- Drift ratchets as biomimetic filters
- 4 Mar 2013
Teaching interests
Performance prediction and design synthesis of aerospace vehicles and systems, especially lighter-than-air aircraft (including airship flight testing), space launchers, and sustainable energy systems.
Research interests
Aerospace Engineering, Other Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Transportation and Freight Services, Interdisciplinary Engineering, Other Biological Sciences
Main present research interests: lighter-than-air aircraft technology and flight (performance) analysis; aerospace propulsion systems.
Emerging interests: aerobiology, biological flight.
I am interested in supervising PhD students in all areas of aerospace design, flight performance analysis and flight dynamics, including natural flight and bio-inspired systems.
Current awards: AMSI Aerochute Pty Ltd project to develop alternative powered parawing-trike.
Other research-related project websites: Dendronautics.(http://www.dendronautics.com/)
Main present research interests: lighter-than-air aircraft technology and flight (performance) analysis; aerospace propulsion systems.
Emerging interests: aerobiology, biological flight.
I am interested in supervising PhD students in all areas of aerospace design, flight performance analysis and flight dynamics, including natural flight and bio-inspired systems.
Current awards: AMSI Aerochute Pty Ltd project to develop alternative powered parawing-trike.
Other research-related project websites: Dendronautics.(http://www.dendronautics.com/)
