• The effects of upper airway tissue motion on airflow dynamics 

      Zhao, Yongling; Raco, Joel; Kourmatzis, Agisilaos; Diasinos, Sammy; Chan, Hak-Kim; Yang, Runyu; Cheng, Shaokoon
      Published 2019
      The human upper airway is not only geometrically complex, but it can also deform dynamically as a result of active muscle contraction and motility during respiration. How the active transformation of the airway geometry ...
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    • Effect of an upstream grid on the fluidization of pharmaceutical carrier powders 

      Elserfy, Khalid; Kourmatzis, Agisilaos; Chan, Hak-Kim; Walenga, Ross; Cheng, Shaokoon
      Published 2020
      The influence of grid generated mixing on the fluidization of pharmaceutical carrier powders 15 is studied in a channel-flow experiment using direct high-speed imaging and particle image 16 velocimetry (PIV). Four different ...
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    • Does Upper Airway Deformation Affect Drug Deposition? 

      Cheng, Shaokoon; Kourmatzis, Agisilaos; Mekonnen, Taye; Gholizadeh, Hanieh; Raco, Joel; Tang, Patricia; Chan, Hak-Kim
      Published 2019
      Knowledge that enables the accurate simulation of drug deposition in the human upper airway is necessary to develop robust platforms for efficient drug delivery by inhalation devices. The human upper airway is deformable ...
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    • Electrical and transient atomization characteristics of a pulsed charge injection atomizer using electrically insulating liquids 

      Kourmatzis, Agisilaos; Shrimpton, John
      Published 2011
      Charge injection atomizers are energy efficient devices that can be used in order to promote the atomization of dielectric liquids, and a potential application of such devices is fine spray delivery in small internal ...
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    • Towards Adaptive Benthic Habitat Mapping 

      Shields, Jackson; Pizarro, Oscar; Williams, Stefan Bernard
      Published 2020-01-01
      Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are increasingly being used to support scientific research and monitoring studies. One such application is in benthic habitat mapping where these vehicles collect seafloor imagery that ...
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