VANESSA EGAN BE PhD MIEI
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering

e: vanessa.egan@ul.ie

t: +353-61-203487

Dr. Vanessa Egan is currently a lecturer in the Mechanical, Aeronautical and Biomedical Engineering Department and a member of the Stokes Institute. She has previously worked for Marine Computational Services (MCS) in Galway as a project engineer and as a postdoctoral researcher in the Stokes Institute. Her research interests include experimental heat transfer for applications in aircraft compartment thermal management, transport mechanisms of two phase solid-liquid and liquid-liquid flows and the cooling of the miniature scale electronic devices. She is currently supervising 3 PhD students having supervised one student to completion, has authored and co-authored over 40 refereed publications and attracted industrial funding from both Airbus and Rolls Royce.

Education: National University of Ireland Galway, Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering; University of Limerick; Doctorate in Engineering

Research Interests: Aircraft Compartment Heat Transfer; Transport Phenomena in Two Phase Flows; Electronic Component Cooling

Undergraduate Lecturing:

ME4611 Computing

ME4168 Engineering Science

ID4112  Design Mechanics

Sample Publications:

Stafford, J., Walsh, E. Egan, V., Grimes, R.  2010, "Flat plate heat transfer with impinging axial fan flows", Intl. J. Heat Mass Transfer. Vol 53(25-26), pp 5629–5638.

Stafford, J., Walsh, E. Egan, V., 2010, "Fluid Structures Generated from a low Reynolds number Miniature Radial Fan", Journal of Visualisation, Vol 13(4), pp. 275-276

Walsh, E., Stafford, J., Egan, V., 2010, "Influence of motor supports on cooling performance of small scale fans", Electronics Cooling Magazine, Vol. 6(2).

Stafford, J., Walsh, E. Egan, V., 2010, "Local heat transfer performance using miniature axial fans", Intl. J Heat Fluid Flow, Vol 31, pp 952-960.

Stafford, J., Walsh, E.J., Egan, V., Walsh, P.A., Muzychka, Y.S.,  2010, "A Novel Approach to Low Profile Heat Sink Design", ASME Journal of Heat Transfer  132, 091401 (2010) (8 pages).

Walsh, P.A., Egan, V., E. Walsh, E.N., 2009,  "m-PIV of Nanofluids Novel micro-PIV study enables a greater  understanding of nanoparticle suspension flows", Journal of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics.

Stafford, J., Walsh, E.J., Egan, V., 2009, "Characterizing Convective Heat Transfer using Quantitative Heat Thin-Foil Thermography", Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 20. 105401 (11 pages).

Walsh, E., Muzychka, Y.S., Walsh, P., Egan, V., Punch J., 2009, "Pressure drop in two phase slug/bubble flows in mini scale capillaries”, Intl. J. Multiphase Flow, Vol 35, 879-884.

Egan, V., Walsh, P., Walsh E., 2009, "On viscosity measurements of nanofluids in micro and mini tube flow" Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 42 (2009) 165502.

Egan, V., Walsh, P.A., Walsh, E.J., Grimes, R., 2009, "Thermal Analysis of Miniature Low Profile Heat Sinks With and Without Fins", Journal of Electronic Packaging; Vol 131, (3), 031004 (11 pages).

Egan, V., Stafford, J., Walsh, P.A., Walsh, E.J., 2009, "An Experimental Study on the Design of Miniature Heat Sinks for Forced Convection Cooling". ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol 131, (7), 071402 (9 pages).