Biography
Matthew was appointed in to the position of Senior Research Fellow in 2013, and leads the Hypersonics Research Group at the Oxford Thermofluids Institute.
He received both his Bachelor of Engineering and PhD at the University of Queensland. In his time there, he was involved in high speed flow research using the expansion tube facilities to investigate scramjet engine design and performance, and spacecraft aerothermodynamics and heat transfer. Matthew was also involved in various rocket based flight programmes, flown out of Woomera Test Facility.
In 2009, he joined the Oxford Thermofluids Institute as a research associate researching engine realistic turbine internal cooling passage performance and particle deposition in turbomachinery. Since becoming an academic in Oxford, he has developed the high speed flow laboratory, in particular, the installation of the High Density Tunnel and the T6 Stalker tunnel.
Outside of the lab, he has general sporting interests of Australian Football, Rowing, Basketball and Triathlon. He has coached both the Mens and Womens 1st University team in basketball, making it to the national premiership.
Most Recent Publications
Transpiration-Cooling Heat Transfer Experiments in Laminar and Turbulent Hypersonic Flows
Naved I, HERMANN T, HAMBIDGE C, IFTI H, FALSETTI C et al. (2022), Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
The influence of shock speed variation on radiation and thermochemistry experiments in shock tubes
Cone PL, Satchell M, Di Mare L & McGilvray M (2022), JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 948
Heat transfer measurements of a transpiration-cooled stagnation point in transient hypersonic flow
Naved I, Hermann T, McGilvray M, Ewenz Rocher M, Hambidge C et al. (2022), Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
Thermal effects of plume impingement on a hypersonic vehicle
Hillyer J, Doherty L, Estruch-Samper D, Barth J & McGilvray M (2022), Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on High-Speed Vehicle Science and Technology (HiSST22)
Shock radiation tests for Ice Giant entry probes including CH4 in the T6 free-piston driven wind tunnel
Steer J, Collen P, Glenn A, Hambidge C, Doherty L et al. (2022), 9th International Workshop on Radiation of High Temperature Gases for Space Missions Book of Abstracts
Research Interests
- High speed aerothermodyanmics and heat transfer
- Particle deposition in turbomachinery
- Internal cooling heat transfer in gas turbines
Research Groups
Most Recent Publications
Transpiration-Cooling Heat Transfer Experiments in Laminar and Turbulent Hypersonic Flows
Naved I, HERMANN T, HAMBIDGE C, IFTI H, FALSETTI C et al. (2022), Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
The influence of shock speed variation on radiation and thermochemistry experiments in shock tubes
Cone PL, Satchell M, Di Mare L & McGilvray M (2022), JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 948
Heat transfer measurements of a transpiration-cooled stagnation point in transient hypersonic flow
Naved I, Hermann T, McGilvray M, Ewenz Rocher M, Hambidge C et al. (2022), Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
Thermal effects of plume impingement on a hypersonic vehicle
Hillyer J, Doherty L, Estruch-Samper D, Barth J & McGilvray M (2022), Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on High-Speed Vehicle Science and Technology (HiSST22)
Shock radiation tests for Ice Giant entry probes including CH4 in the T6 free-piston driven wind tunnel
Steer J, Collen P, Glenn A, Hambidge C, Doherty L et al. (2022), 9th International Workshop on Radiation of High Temperature Gases for Space Missions Book of Abstracts