Mr Andrew Dann, BDSc, BE(Hons), ARAeS

	Biography

Scramjets are air-breathing rockets that operate at many times the speed of sound. Air is compressed into a combustor where fuel is injected and thrust is produced. Shock waves are produced in the inlet and combustor and when they strike the walls of the combustor they produce interactions that create heat and possibly blockage of the flow. This research is investigating these shock wave interactions to help prevent unwanted inlet and combustor effects.

Completed a Bachelor of Dental Science from UQ in 1989 and worked as a dentist full-time until 2001.
Commenced Bachelor of Mechanical and Space Engineering at UQ in 2001 and graduated with Hons in 2004.
Commenced PhD in hypersonics in 2005 under Prof Richard Morgan.
Expected thesis submission July 2008.

	Keywords
	Engineering: Heat Transfer, Engineering: Fluid Mechanics, Engineering: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Engineering: Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering