Faculty Profiles
Giles Brereton
Associate Professor
Research Interests
- emissions
- heat transfer
- thermodynamics
Research Biography
Turbulence and its prediction; unsteady fluid mechanics; IC engine flows; cardiovascular flows; nucleation and non-equilibrium thermodynamics; nonlinear acoustics.
Selected Publications
- Brereton, G. J., Schock, H. J. & Rahi, M. A., "An indirect pressure-gradient technique for measuring instantaneous flow rates in unsteady duct flows," Experiments in Fluids, 40 238, 2006.
- Brereton, G. J., Schock, H. J. & Bedford, J. C., "An indirect technique for determining instantaneous flow rate from centerline velocity in unsteady duct flows," J. Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 18, 2007.
- Spears, J. R., Prcevski, P. & Brereton, G. J., "Aqueous oxygen near the homogeneous nucleation limit of water: stabilization with submicron capillaries," ASAIO Journal, 52, 2, 186, 2006.
- Brereton, G. J. & Jiang, Y., "Convective heat transfer in unsteady laminar parallel flows," Physics of Fluids, 18, 10, 3602, 2006.
Selected Achievements and Awards
- College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award, 1992.
- Pi Tau Sigma Professor of the Term Award, Winter 1993.