Professor Ivan Marusic
biography
Professor Marusic is an ARC Federation Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his PhD in 1992 and BE(Hons)Mech in 1987 from the University of Melbourne.
professional experience
- Dec. 2006 -current Professor and Federation Fellow, University of Melbourne
- Dec. 2006 -current Adjunct Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota
- Sep. 2006 - Dec. 2006 Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota
- Sep. 2002 - Sep. 2006 Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota
- Aug. 2001 - Jan. 2002 Visiting Associate, GALCIT, California Institute of Technology
- Oct. 1998 - Aug. 2002 Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota
- 1992-1998 Research Fellow, University of Melbourne.
professional affiliations
- Associate Editor (2008-), Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Editor, Experimental Thermal Fluid Science
- Editoral Board member, Measurement Science and Technology
- Member, American Physical Society
- Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
honours/awards
- Federation Fellowship (Australian Research Council) (2006-2011)
- Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering (2001-2006)
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2000-2004)
- McKnight Land-Grant Professorship ( University of Minnesota) (2000-2002)
- Taylor Career Development Award (Teaching, University of Minnesota) (2002)
- Australian Postgraduate Research Award (1987-1991)
research interests
Turbulent shear flows. High Reynolds number flows, including atmospheric flows. Experimental measurement techniques in fluid mechanics. Physical modeling of wall turbulence using the attached eddy hypothesis. Experimental measurements for improved Large-Eddy Simulation. Wind tunnel design. Efficient analysis tools for large datasets. Wind energy harvesting using PVDF and other materials.
research
selected publications
Marusic, I., McKeon, B.J., Monkewitz, P.A., Nagib, H.M., Smits, A.J., & Sreenivasan, K.R. (2010) Wall-bounded turbulent flows at high Reynolds numbers: Recent advances and key issues. Phys. Fluids 22, 065103.
Marusic, I., Mathis, R., Hutchins, N. (2010) Predicitve model for wall-bounded turbulent flow. Science 329, 193-196.
Hutchins, N., Nickels, T.B., Marusic, I., Chong, M.S. (2009) Hot-wire spatial resolution issues in wall-bounded turbulence. J. Fluid Mech. 635, 103-136.
Marusic, I. (2009) Unravelling turbulence near walls. J. Fluid Mech. 630, 1-4.
Mathis, R., Hutchins, N., Marusic, I. (2009) Large-scale amplitude modulation of the small-scale structures of turbulent boundary layers. J. Fluid Mech. 628, 311-337.
Monty, J.P., Hutchins, N., Ng, H.C.H., Marusic, I. and Chong, M.S. (2009) A comparison of turbulent pipe, channel and boundary layer flows. J. Fluid Mech. 632, 431-442.