2020

102.The stability of the flow around a rotating sphere, Australia-Europe Shear Flow Instability, Transition and Turbulence Virtual Seminar, June 2020

101.The complex dynamics of unsteady fluid flows, UTS, School of School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences Virtual Colloquium, April 2020

2019

100.The post-singularity structure in the boundary-layer induced by a rotating sphere, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, 72nd Annual Meeting, Seattle, 2019

99.Modelling blood flow through the umbilical cord, Monash University Fluid Mechanics Seminar, May 2019

98.Fluid mechanics, what's still left to say? Macquarie University, Department of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, April 2019

97.Flow through coils, ANZIAM2019, Nelson, New Zealand, February 2019

2018

96.A study of the steady and unsteady ow in coils, 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Adelaide, December 2018

95.A new mode of instability in heated, high-speed, boundary layers, Euromech Fluid Mechanics Conference, Vienna, 2018

94.New results in the instability of compressible boundary layers, ANZIAM2018, Hobart, February 2018

2017

93.Local versus global behaviour in hydrodynamic stability, Sydney Dynamic Group Blackheath Workshop, November 2017

92.Instabilities in compressible boundary-layers over heated surfaces, Monash-Melbourne Workshop on the interface between stability theory and turbulence in shear flows, Monash University, October 2017

2016

91.Boundary-layer collisions and jet development in the flow around an impulsively rotated sphere, 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, UWA, Perth, December 2016.

90.The post-collisional boundary layer on an impulsively rotated sphere, 24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Montreal, Canada, 2016.

89.The delightfully complex dynamics of unsteady fluid flows, (Plenary) ANZIAM 2016, Canberra

2015

88.The unsteady flow due to a rotating torus, ANZIAM2015, Gold Coast, February 2015

87.An experimental study of the flow though porous cylinders, Fluids in New Zealand (FiNZ), Canterbury, 2015

2014

86.Investigation of the key parameter defining the flow through a porous hollow cylinder, 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, RMIT, Melbourne, December, 2014

85.The unsteady flow due to a spinning sphere, AUT Mathematical Sciences Symposium, November 2014

84.The flow external to a rotating torus, 10th Euromech Fluid Mechanics Conference, Copenhagen, September 2014

83.Correctly model shear-thinning fluids, ANZIAM2014, Rotorua, NZ, February 2014

2013

82.The flow along an external corner revisited, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, 62nd Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, 2013

81.From Newton to New Zealand: a continuum of mechanists, Inaugural Lecture, The University of Auckland, October 2013

80.Corner boundary layers revisited, Auckland Fluid Mechanics Seminar Series, September 2013

78.The unsteady flow within a rotating torus, 14th European Fluid Mechanics Conference, Lyon, September 2013

77.Singularities in fluid mechanics, from boundary-layer separation to finite-time breakdown (and beyond), (Plenary) Fluids in New Zealand (FiNZ), Canterbury, 2013

2012

76.Singularities in fluid mechanics: a grand challenge, Department of Mathematics, The University of Auckland, November 2012

75.Transient Flows, Singularities and Grand Challenges in Fluid Mechanics, Flinders Mathematical Sciences Laboratory Seminar, March 2012

74.Fluid Mechanics: what’s maths go to do with it? Undergraduate Seminar Series, School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, March 2012

2011

73.Finite-time singularities in the boundary-layer equations: the fluid filled torus, AustMS Annual Conference, Wollongong, September 2011

72.Stability of unsteady flow in a rotating torus, EUROMECH Colloquium 525, Instabilities and transition in three-dimensional flows with rotation, Lyon, France, June 2011

71.Edge Flows, ANZIAM2011, Glenelg, February 2011

2010

70.The stability of corner boundary-layer flows, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, 63rd Annual Meeting, Long Beach, 2010

67.Corner boundary-layer flows, AustMS Annual Conference, Brisbane, September 2010

2005 to 2009

66.The stability of multiple tip vortices, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, 62nd Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, 2009

65.The stability of multiple tip vortices, AustMS Annual Conference, Adelaide, September 2009

64.Boundary-layer separation and vortex generation in a suddenly blocked pipe, ANZIAM2009, Caloundra, February 2009

63.Anomalous behaviour in boundary-layers: short-scale instabilities, finite distance breakdown and non-uniqueness, University of Sydney, September 2008

62.Boundary-layer separation and vortex generation in a suddenly blocked pipe, 22nd International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Adelaide, Australia, 2008

61.Developing instabilities in decaying flows: a new look at some old problems in Fluid Mechanics, Monash University, May 2008

60.A resolution to anomalous behaviour in the quasi-cylindrical equations: the case of a rotating flow past a circular cylinder, ANZIAM2008, Katoomba, February 2008

59.A new look at some old(ish) problems in Fluid Mechanics, Loughborough University, October 2006

58.Unsteady disturbances as a receptivity mechanism for Gortler vortices, COSNet Workshop on The Complex Dynamics of Rotating Fluids, Adelaide, July 2006

57.Developing instabilities in decaying pipe flow, Euromech Fluid Mechanics Conference - 6 (EFMC6), Stockholm, Sweden, 2006

56.Developing instability in decay flows, University of Nottingham, October 2006

55.Anomalous behaviour in boundary-layer flows, University College London, October 2006.

54.Developing instability in decay flows, University of Manchester, October 2006

53.Noisy pipes, quiet submarines and smoother flights, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, July 2006.

52.The decay of the flow in a suddenly blocked pipe, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, April 2006.

51.Developments in the stability of non-planar fluid flows, COSNet Workshop on Turbulence and Coherent Structures in Fluids, Plasma and Granular Flows, Canberra, Australia, January 2006

50.The instability of decaying pipe flow, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, 58th Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2005

49.The decaying flow within a suddenly closed pipe, 2005 Australian Mathematical Society Conference, Perth

48.The non-parallel stability of mixed forced-free convection boundary layers, ANZIAM 2005, Napier, New Zealand

2000 to 2004

47.So what’s new in boundary-layer theory?, School of Mathematics, The University of New South Wales, December 2004

46.The growth of short scale instabilities in buoyant boundary layers, 21st International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Warsaw, Poland, August 2004

45.The effect of zero-mean suction on Gortler vortices: a receptivity problem, 15th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Sydney, December 2004

44.Lamb and his Hydrodynamics, 125 years of Fluid Mechanics @ Adelaide: a one-day meeting to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the publication of Lamb’s Hydrodynamics, December 2004

43.Controlling Gortler vortices using suction, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, 57th Annual Meeting, Seattle, 2004

42.Non-modal instabilities in heated boundary layers, Workshop to commemorate the centenary of Prandtl’s boundary-layer theory, South Africa, August 2004

41.The boundary-layer flow of a non-Newtonian fluid above a rotating disk, Workshop to commemorate the centenary of Prandtl’s boundary-layer theory, South Africa, August 2004

40.Non-modal instabilities in cooled boundary layers, Fluid Dynamics Seminar Series, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide, April 2004

39.Reynolds number independent instabilities in boundary layers: non-classical routes for transition to turbulence, eosNet Complex Systems Network Workshop, Canberra, February 2004

38.So what’s new in boundary-layer theory? ANZIAM 2004, Hobart

37.The growth of short scale disturbances in mixed forced-free convection boundary layers, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, 56th Annual Meeting, East Rutherford, NJ, 2003

36.The boundary-layer flow of a non-Newtonian fluid above a rotating disk, Symposium on Rotating Flows, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Melbourne Centre, Melbourne, October 2003

35.Boundary-layer development within the flow in a suddenly blocked channel, ICIAM2003, July 2003

34.Boundary-layer development within the flow in a suddenly blocked channel, Department of Applied Mathematics, The University of Manchester, May 2003.

33.A breakdown in the boundary-layer flow of a non-Newtonian fluid, Fluid Dynamics Seminar Series, School of Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide, December 2002

32.Boundary layer suction and its effect on vortex receptivity, ANZIAM 2001, Barossa Valley

31.Nonlinear waves in buoyant boundary layers, 20th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Chicago, USA August 2000

30.The evolution of nonlinear short waves in buoyant boundary layers, ANZIAM 2000, Waitangi, New Zealand

29.The problem of diffusion enhanced mixing within boundary layer flows, Fluid Dynamics Seminar Series, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide, June 2000

1995 to 1999

28.Buoyancy effects in three-dimensional boundary layer stability, ANZIAM 1999, Mollymook, NSW.

27.Trailing line vortices, Fluid Dynamics Seminar Series, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide, May 1999

26.Unsteady fluid flows and Stokes layers, Fluid Dynamics Seminar Series, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide, December 1999.

25.The most unstable wave mode within a trailing line vortex, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Birmingham, UK, September 1998.

24.The most unstable wave mode within a trailing line vortex, Department of Applied Mathematics, The University of Exeter, UK, October 1998.

23.Nonlinear travelling waves within buoyant boundary layer flows, Department of Applied Mathematics, The University of Manchester, December 1998.

22.The most unstable wave mode within a trailing line vortex, ANZIAM 1998, Coolongatta, Australia.

21.Hydrodynamic stability research at Adelaide, Combustion Research Group Seminar Series, Departments of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide May 1998.

20.The dominant wave mode within a trailing line vortex, EMAC98, Adelaide, Australia.

19.The dominant wave mode within a trailing line vortex, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, 51st Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 1998.

18.Nonlinear wave motions in buoyant fluid flows, ANZIAM 1997, Lorne, Victoria.

17.Nonlinear travelling waves in buoyant boundary layers, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, 50th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 1997.

16.Nonlinear wave motions in thermally stratified boundary layers, Conference on Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics held in honour of Sir James Lighthill, Tallahassee, 1996.

15.Wave motions within thermally stratified boundary layers, Dynamics Seminar Series, Department of Applied Mathematics, The University of Adelaide, 1995.

1990 to 1994

14.Gortler vortices in separated flows, Department of Applied Mathematics, The University of Adelaide, 1994.

13.The most unstable Gortler vortex: from linear growth to secondary instability, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Seminar, University of New South Wales, 1994.

12.The secondary instability of the most dangerous Gortler vortex, ICASE/NASA LaRC Research workshop on Transition, Turbulence and Combustion, 1993.

11.Vortices in heated boundary layers, Informal meeting on Langmuir Circulation, The Department of Applied Mathematics, University of New South Wales, December 2-3, 1993.

10.Centrifugal instabilities: the Gortler vortex instability revisited, Applied Mathematics Seminar, University of New South Wales, 1992.

9.The structure of nonlinear Taylor vortices, Nonlinear Dynamics Seminar, School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, 1992.

8.The most unstable Gortler vortex, Department of Mathematics, University College London, UK, 1991.

7.The development of fully nonlinear Taylor vortices, 33rd British Theoretical Mechanics Colloquium, Oxford, UK, 1991.

6.The most unstable Gortler mode, NATO Workshop on Gortler Vortices, ISITEM, Nantes, France, 1991.

5.Mode coupling in conservative systems, Applied Mathematics Seminar, University of Exeter, UK, 1990.

4.Concerning the receptivity problem for Gortler vortex flows: the effect of localized surface disturbances, 32nd British Theoretical Mechanics Colloquium, St Andrews, Scotland, 1990

3.Nonlinear short wavelength Taylor vortices, IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Stability and Transition, Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France, 1990.

Earliest talks

2.Slowly varying bifurcation theory, 31st British Theoretical Mechanics Colloquium, University of Exeter, UK, 1989.

1.Slowly varying bifurcation theory in dissipative systems, ANZIAM 1988, Leura, NSW.