|
|
| |
| |
Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering,
The University of Queensland
Project Leader/Manager
Advanced Nonlinear Mechanics & Forming Groups
CRCs for Railway & Mining
|
Past Positions |
- 2005
- CHARMEC/Dept of Applied Mechanics, Chalmers University of Technology,
Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Visiting Snr Research Fellow
|
- 2005
- Institute of Sound and Vibration, University of Southampton,
Southampton, UK
- Visiting Snr Research Fellow
|
- 2005
- Wada Lab, Dept of Bioengineering, Tohoku University, Sendai,
Japan.
- Visiting Snr Research Fellow
|
- 2000-1996
- Industrial Automation
Services Pty Ltd,
- Lake Macquarie, NSW.
- Project Manager/Research Engineer
- Research and Development
|
- 1996
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Visiting Scholar
- - Applied Chaos
Laboratory, School of Physics
- - School of Aerospace
Engineering
|
Expertise |
Dr Paul Meehan is an expert in modelling, analysis and control
in non-linear mechanics applied to engineering systems. He has
over 15 years experience in engineering research, development,
commercialization and consulting in the areas of non-linear dynamics,
vibrations, controls, rolling contact, elastoplastic and wear
phenomena, with applications to manufacturing, mining, railway,
spacecraft and biomedical systems. He has initiated and led many
successful large collaborative R&D projects in this area.
Paul is currently leading major projects in prediction and control
of non-linear phenomena in railway, mining and manufacturing systems,
including novel rail defect and noise prediction and control,
smart machines duty detection and instability control and advanced
forming technologies. He has co-organised two international conferences
in various areas of non-linear mechanics and has authored over
80 internationally refereed publications and three international
patents in this area. He also teaches several intermediate and
advanced level courses in mechanics at the University of Queensland,
and consults regularly to high technology industries.
|
| |
Dr Paul Meehan's research interests are in: Smart Machines; Railway
Engineering and Technology, Analysis and Control of Nonlinear
Instabilities and chaos in rolling processes, spacecraft systems
and biological/human body processes, advanced manufacturing modelling
and analysis.
|
Other Key R&D Achievements |
Industrial
Automation Services Pty Ltd 1996-2000
Analysis and identification of previously intractable rolling mill
vibration instabilities (chatter)
that restrict throughput.
Development of rolling mill multistand chatter simulation program.
Design and development of chatter detection and monitoring system
(VIDAS) for
rolling mills
Design and development of patented (international) chatter
control device (VIPistons)
University of Queensland/Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta,
USA 1992-1996
Identification, analysis and control of nonlinear instabilities
in multibody systems
- spacecraft/satellites
- transmission drivelines (locomotive/truck)
|
Consulting Experience (selected) |
Vibration Analysis for Concrete Slab Crack Detection, Concrete
Slab Technologies (2009)
Analysis of Creep Bar Timer, Materials Performance (2008)
Locomotive modelling and simulation, QR (2005)
Galvanising Plant Limitations Analysis, Smorgon Tube Mills (2004)
Analysis of fatique crack initiation, QR (2002)
Identification of third octave chatter at LTV, IAS (2000)
|
Publications |
Author of over 80 technical reports and 80 papers in
refereed journals and scientific conferences. Click here
to view some recent titles.
|
Qualifications
|
|
