Curriculum Vitae - Paul M. Danehy

PERSONAL ADDRESS:

29 Forbes Street
Turner, ACT 2612
Australia
(06) 257-5008

BUSINESS ADDRESS:

Department of Physics
The Faculties
The Australian National University
Canberra, ACT 0200
Australia
(06) 279-8378

CURRENT POSITION:

1995 - present Australian National University
Department of Physics and Theoretical Physics
Lecturer (Level B)

EDUCATION:

1991 - 1995 Stanford University
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Thermosciences Division,
High Temperature Gasdynamics Laboratory (HTGL)
Doctor of Philosophy (June 1995)
Grade Point Average: 3.6 / 4.0

1989 - 1991 Stanford University
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Thermosciences Division
Master of Science (January, 1991)
Grade Point Average: 3.7 / 4.0

1985 - 1989 University of New Hampshire
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Science (June, 1989)
Graduated Summa Cum Laude with University Honors
Grade Point Average: 3.8 / 4.0, Class Rank: 1 / 55

ACADEMIC HONORS:

1995-present
Best Paper at Conference, First Conference on Laser Diagnostics
and Fluid Mechanics in Combustion, Sydney, Australia

1989 - 1995
DOE / Associated Western Universities Inc., Thesis Parts Fellowship
Chuck Hawley Memorial Award for best student seminar in HTGL
DOE / Associated Western Universities Inc., Laboratory Graduate Fellowship
ASME Auxiliary, Elizabeth and Winchell Parsons Scholarship Award

1985 - 1989
University of New Hampshire, Presidential Scholar
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Champlin Scholarship
Optical Society of America, Merit Award
College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Winchester Wood Scholarship
International Gas Turbine Institute Scholarship
Harry W. Evans Honors Program Scholarship
Tau Beta Pi Honor Society, Sophomore Certificate of Merit
ASME Northern New England Section, Freshman Scholarship Award

PROFESSIONAL AND HONOR SOCIETIES:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Optical Society of America
American Institute of Physics
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Tau Beta Pi
Phi Kappa Phi

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Birthdate: April 13, 1967
Citizenship: USA
Marital Status: married

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1997- present
Lecturer, Department of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Continued to develop laser-based diagnostic techniques for aerospace applications.

1995 - 1997
Senior Research Associate, Dr. A. F. P. Houwing, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Developed laser-based diagnostic techniques for aerospace applications. Performed measurements using planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) in a hypersonic testing facility for thermometry and direct comparison with computational fluid dynamics codes. The high-enthalpy, hypersonic flows studied were generated in a free piston shock tube. Also, developed degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM) methods for application to luminous flows generated in hypersonic testing facilities.

1995 - present
Ph.D. Advisor, for one student in the Physics Department at ANU. Also assist with advising 3 other Ph.D. students and one M.S. student. Advise one Distinguished Scholar.

1996 (second semester)
Lecturer, Physics C16, Physics Department, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Taught the third-year level unit entitled Compressible Fluid Dynamics. Gave 13 lectures, produced and graded weekly homework assignments and demonstrated two laboratory experiments. Modified and improved the laboratory component of the course by updating and re-writing the laboratory instructions and by replacing time-consuming wet film processing by state-of-the-art digital image acquisition and image processing.

1991 - 1995 (Ph.D. Research)
Research Assistant, Prof. Ronald K. Hanson, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, and
Thesis Parts Fellow, Dr. Roger L. Farrow, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA. Developed expertise in laser-based optical measurement techniques with applications in fields ranging from combustion and plasma science to aircraft propulsion. Concentrated on critical issues related to DFWM. Experimental and theoretical research program analysed the effects of collisional quenching and thermal gratings on DFWM, and applied nearly-DFWM to the measurement of velocity in gaseous flows. Experiments were performed on ultra-violet transitions in nitric oxide (NO) and hydroxyl (OH). Gained experience with both diode lasers and ultra-violet, narrow-band, pulsed laser systems.

1992 - 1994 (part time)
Teaching Assistant, Prof. Ronald K. Hanson, Stanford University. Designed and administered two new experiments for ME 267, Optical Diagnostics and Spectroscopy Laboratory. These experiments investigated the spectroscopy of a plasma's natural emission, and the physical chemistry of laser induced fluorescence.

1991 (summer )
Laboratory Graduate Fellow, Dr. David J. Rakestraw, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA. Performed degenerate four-wave mixing for the detection of hydrogen fluoride (HF) in the near-infrared spectral region. The performance of both a Ti:Sapphire laser system and the DFWM diagnostic were investigated.

1989 - 1991 (M.S. Research)
Research Assistant, Prof. Ronald K. Hanson, Stanford University. Helped design and perform planar laser-induced fluorescence experiments in a turbulent jet of nitrogen seeded with biacetyl.

1989 (summer)
Research Assistant, Prof. Dr. Ir. L. van Wijngaarden, The University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. Applied diffractive and holographic techniques to the sizing of simulated cavitation bubbles in water.

1988 - 1989 (B.S. Research)
Research Assistant, Prof. David Watt, The University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. Developed an opto-digital displacement analysis system which utilised a two-dimensional fast Fourier transform technique to obtain translational information for an airplane windshear-detection system.

1988 (summer)
Research Assistant, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland. Designed control algorithms for hydraulic and pneumatic actuators used in assembly lines.

1987 (summer)
Engineering Intern, General Electric Company, Rutland, VT. Evaluated and implemented an interferometric optical measurement system used to inspect the shape of jet engine airfoils.

FUNDING RECORD:

1996

Teaching Development Fund Grant. "An innovative approach to teaching and learning in interferometry and spectroscopy", A.F.P. Houwing, P.M. Danehy ($2,800)

1997

The Sub-Committee on Major Equipment Expenditure. "Enhanced Imaging Technology for Experiments in Hypervelocity Flows, Flames, and Atom Optics", A.F.P. Houwing, P.M. Danehy, J. Kurtz and D.E. McClelland ($90,000).
The Faculties Research Grants Scheme, "Broad-band coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (BB-CARS) for time-resolved thermometry in flames and hypersonic flows", P.M. Danehy ($46,000 over 2 years).

(pending)

The Australian Research Council and the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation: Special Funding Round for International Collaboration with Korea. "Development of a Broad-band Laser for Time-Resolved Thermometry in Flames and Hypersonic Flows", A.F.P. Houwing, P.M. Danehy, and J. W. Hahn (~$33,000 over 3 years).

SERVICE TO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY:

1. Chair for session on Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence at the First Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion, Sydney, 1996.
2. Member of the scientific review committee for the 21st International Symposium on Shock Waves, Great Keppel Island, Australia, 1997.
3. National committee member and representative of the Australian Capital Territory for the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE), Australia.
4. Reviewed the chapter on degenerate four-wave mixing for the forthcoming edition of Laser Diagnostics for Combustion Temperature and Species, (Abacus, Cambridge, MA, 1988) by Alan C. Eckbreth.
5. Participated in the ANU Physics Department's high-school outreach program. Travelled to encourage high school students to study Physics and Engineering.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

(1) P. M. Danehy and R. L. Farrow, "Gas-phase velocimetry by nearly degenerate four-wave mixing", App. Phys. B, Vol. B62, pp. 407-413 (1996).
(2) P. M. Danehy and R. L. Farrow, "Comparison of degenerate four-wave mixing line shapes from population- and thermal-grating scattering", J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, Vol. 13, pp. 1412-1418 (1996).
(3) P. M. Danehy, "Population- and thermal-grating contributions to degenerate four-wave mixing", Ph. D. Thesis, Stanford University, (1995).
(4) P. M. Danehy, P. H. Paul and R. L. Farrow, "Thermal-grating contributions to degenerate four-wave mixing in nitric oxide", J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, Vol. 12, pp. 1564-1576 (1995).
(5) P. H. Paul, R. L. Farrow and P. M. Danehy, "Gas-phase thermal-grating contributions to four-wave mixing", J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, Vol. 12, pp. 384-392 (1995).
(6) P. M. Danehy, E. J. Friedman-Hill, R. P. Lucht and R. L. Farrow, "The effects of collisional quenching on degenerate four-wave mixing", App. Phys. B, Vol. B57, pp. 243-248 (1993).
(7) R. L. Vander Wal, B. E. Holmes, J. B. Jeffries, P. M. Danehy, R. L. Farrow and D. J. Rakestraw, "Detection of HF using infrared degenerate four-wave mixing", Chem. Phys. Lett., Vol. 191, pp. 251-258 (1992).
(8) B. Yip, P. M. Danehy and R. K. Hanson, "Degenerate four-wave mixing temperature measurements in a flame", Opt. Lett., Vol. 17, pp. 751-753 (1992).
(9) A. Lozano, I. van Cruyningen, P. Danehy and R. Hanson, "Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence Scalar Measurements in a Turbulent Jet", in Applications of Laser Techniques in Fluid Mechanics (Springer-Verlag, 1991).

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS:

(awarded Best Paper at Conference for paper denoted by * below)

(1) P. M. Danehy, R. L. Farrow and R. P. Lucht, "Measuring translational temperatures with degenerate four-wave mixing", in Proceedings of The First Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion, Sydney, pp. 95-100 (1996).
(2) P. M. Danehy, R. L. Farrow and R. P. Lucht, "DFWM line shapes in the forward phase-matching geometry: single-transition thermometry", in Proceedings of XX International Quantum Electronics Conference, Sydney, pp. WL114 (1996).
(3) P. M. Danehy, P. C. Palma, T. J. McIntyre and A. F. P. Houwing, "Comparison of theoretical laser-induced fluorescence images with measurements performed in a hypersonic shock tunnel", AIAA Paper 96-2236 (1996).
(4) A. F. P. Houwing, P. C. Palma, P. M. Danehy, R. R. Boyce, J. Fox, D. R. Pulford and J. Morton, "Thermometry, species imaging, flow visualisation, and interferometric tomography in pulsed high speed flows", in Proceedings of 5th International Workshop on Shock Tube Technologies, DLR, Göttingen, Germany (1996).
(5) S. O'Byrne, S. Olsen, J. Fox, M. Gaston, A. F. P. Houwing, R. R. Boyce, R. J. Stalker and P. M. Danehy, "High speed internal combustion downstream of a supersonic diffuser", in Proceedings of 5th International Workshop on Shock Tube Technologies, DLR, Göttingen, Germany (1996).
(6) P. C. Palma, P. M. Danehy and A. F. P. Houwing, "Comparison of Experimental and Calculated PLIF Images in High Enthalpy Flows", in Proceedings of International Quantum Electronics Conference, Sydney, pp. MK3 (1996).
(7) P. C. Palma, P. M. Danehy and A. F. P. Houwing, "Collisionally-dominated fluorescence imaging in pulsed hypervelocity flows", in Proceedings of 5th International Workshop on Shock Tube Technologies, DLR, Göttingen, Germany (1996).
(8)* P. C. Palma, P. M. Danehy, A. F. P. Houwing and R. J. Sandeman, "A flame temperature measurement using degenerate four-wave mixing in nitric oxide", in Proceedings of The First Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion, Sydney, pp. 89-94 (1996).
(9) P. M. Danehy and R. L. Farrow, "Gas-phase velocimetry by nearly degenerate four-wave mixing", AIAA Paper 95-0424 (1995).
(10) P. M. Danehy, E. J. Friedman-Hill and R. L. Farrow, "Population and thermal grating contributions to degenerate four-wave mixing line shapes", in Proceedings of Laser Applications to Chemical Analysis, Vol. 5, Jackson Hole, WY, Optical Society of America, Washington, DC, pp. 115-118 (1994).
(11) P. M. Danehy, P. H. Paul and R. L. Farrow, "Temporal evolution of thermal gratings in DFWM", in Proceedings of Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Vol. 8, Anaheim, CA, Optical Society of America, Washington, DC, pp. 162-163 (1994).
(12) R. L. Farrow, P. M. Danehy, P. H. Paul and E. J. Friedman-Hill, "Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing For Quantitative Diagnostic Measurements", in Proceedings of Laser Applications to Chemical Analysis, Vol. 5, Jackson Hole, WY, Optical Society of America, Washington, DC, pp. 240-243 (1994).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

(1) P. M. Danehy, R. L. Farrow and R. P. Lucht, "Measuring translational temperatures with degenerate four-wave mixing", presented at The First Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion, Sydney, December, 1996.
(2) P. M. Danehy, R. L. Farrow and R. P. Lucht, "DFWM Line Shapes in the Forward Phase-Matching Geometry: Single-Transition Thermometry", poster at XX International Quantum Electronics Conference, International Council on Quantum Electronics, Sydney, July, 1996.
(3) P. M. Danehy, P. C. Palma, and A. F. P. Houwing, "PLIF Imaging of nitric oxide in shock-tunnel flows", presented at 19th AIAA Advanced Measurement and Ground Testing Technology Conference, New Orleans, LA, June, 1996.
(4) P. M. Danehy, R. L. Farrow and R. P. Lucht, "High-resolution degenerate four-wave mixing line shape measurements in the forward phase-matching geometry", poster at Gordon Research Conference: The Physics and Chemistry of Laser Diagnostics in Combustion, Plymouth, NH, July, 1995.
(5) P. M. Danehy and R. L. Farrow, "Gas-phase velocimetry by nearly degenerate four-wave mixing", presented at American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - 33rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January, 1995.
(6) P. M. Danehy, P. H. Paul, and R. L. Farrow, "Time Evolution of Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing Thermal Gratings", presented at Optical Society of America: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Anaheim, CA, May, 1994.
(7) P. M. Danehy, E. J. Friedman-Hill, and R. L. Farrow, "Population and Thermal Grating Contributions to Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing Line Shapes", poster session at Optical Society of America: Laser Applications to Chemical Analysis, Jackson Hole, WY, March, 1994.
(8) P. M. Danehy, B. Yip, R. K. Hanson, and R. L. Farrow, "Nearly Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing Velocity Diagnostic", poster session at Gordon Research Conference: The Physics and Chemistry of Laser Diagnostics in Combustion, Plymouth, NH, July, 1993.
(9) P. M. Danehy, E. J. Friedman-Hill, and R. L. Farrow, "Effects of Collisional Quenching on Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing", presented at Fuel Combustion / Emission Interactions Working Group Meeting, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, October, 1992.

(updated 1/1/97)