Associate Professor Melrose Brown
A/Prof Melrose Brown is the Director for ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Canberra Space, with research interests covering ground and space-based space domain awareness; space control; and mission design.Ìý
Ph.D. scholarships ($35,000 per year) are available for high-achieving students (with H1/High Distinction in UG and/or Masters by Research) in engineering, mathematics, physics or relevant sciencesÌýunder my supervision. If you are interested contact me at melrose.brown@adfa.edu.au
He holds a Masters and Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering. Previously he was responsible for the numerical simulation and analysis of the 'SCRAMSPACE' hypersonic flight vehicle and was heavily involved with the vehicle's design, construction, testing and launch. Since joining ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Canberra he has sought to apply the same coupling of high fidelity numerical simulations with ground and flight test to study the complex interaction between satellites and the space environment. His current research interests include:Ìý
- Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) and Particle-in-Cell (PIC) simulations of space vehicles in Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Ìý - Orbit propagation and determination techniques
Ìý - High fidelity drag modelling of LEO satellites
Ìý - Physics-based atmosphere modelling and approximation
Ìý - Hypersonic computational fluid dynamics
 
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