Joshua Yen


PhD Candidate

Office:
Laboratory:
Phone:
Email:

Library Postgraduate Study Space
Aerodynamics
+61 2 9385 5127
j.yen@unsw.edu.au

PhD Topic:
Supervisor:

Expects to complete:

Controlling Dynamic Stall using Synthetic Jets
A/Prof Noor Ahmed
2013

Research Interests

  • Dynamic stall
  • Unsteady flows
  • Flow control
  • Synthetic jets
  • Vorticity dynamics
  • Wind turbines

Education/Employment

2007 2010 BE (Hons 1) Aerospace Engineering, UNSW
2009 2010 Academic Tutor (Mechanical Engineering), New College
2009 2010 Taste of Research, UNSW
2012 2013 Arc Postgraduate Council Research Students Officer, UNSW
2011 present Academic Tutor (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering), UNSW
2011 present
PhD Candidate, UNSW
2013 present Arc Postgraduate Council President, UNSW

Awards / Representation

  • Australian Postgraduate Award (APA), 2011–2013
  • University Medal, 2010
  • Douglas Archer Prize in Aerospace Engineering, 2010
  • UNSW Faculty of Engineering Dean’s Award, 2008–2010

Professional Societies

  • Royal Aeronautical and Engineering Society
  • APESMA

Publications

Journal Papers

  • Joshua Yen and Noor Ahmed, “Parametric study of dynamic stall flow field with synthetic jet actuation”, Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 134, No. 7, pp 45-53 (2012).
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4006957
  • Joshua Yen and Noor Ahmed, “Synthetic jets as a boundary vorticity flux control tool”.  In Press.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J051797
  • Joshua Yen and Noor Ahmed, “Improving safety and performance of small-scale vertical axis wind turbines,” Procedia Engineering, Elsevier Publications, Vol. 49, pp 99-106 (2012).
  • Joshua Yen and Noor Ahmed, “Enhancing vertical axis wind turbine by dynamic stall control using synthetic jets”, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics.  In Press.

Conference Papers

  • Joshua Yen and Noor Ahmed, “Parametric study of synthetic jet on dynamic stall flow field using Computational Fluid Dynamics”, 15th Australian International Aerospace Congress, 25-28 February 2013.