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Dr. Michael Gibbons

Dr. Michael Gibbons

Research Fellow/Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Manuf & Biomedical Eng

3531896 2396https://www.gibbonslab.com/

Biography

Michael is an Assistant Professor in Advanced Heat Transfer, a Royal Society-Science Foundation Ireland University Research Fellow and the Principal Investigator of the Thermal Fluids and Energy Group (www.GibbonsLab.com) in the Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering at Trinity College Dublin (TCD). Michael received his PhD and BAI in Mechanical Engineering from Trinity College Dublin. He has completed Fellowships with the Surface Engineering and Instrumentation Lab (SEiL) at York University and the Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT) at the University of Toronto, Canada. Dr. Gibbons' has over a decade of research experience in Fluids, Heat Transfer and Energy. His research focuses on fundamental and applied multiscale fluids and heat transfer, energy recovery and zero-carbon technologies using computational, experimental and interdisciplinary approaches. Michael leads his Thermal Fluids and Energy research group, TCD. He has authored over 25 international publications and has secured €1.2M in national and international funding as a Principal Investigator, in addition to €1.6M as a Co-PI from industrial partners. In addition, he was the co-chair of the THERMINIC 2022 international conference and is a lead researcher on a European Space Agency (ESA) Parabolic Flight Programme. Research Interests: Fluids and Heat Transfer; Waste Heat Recovery; Energy; Electronics and Photonics Cooling; Multiphase Flow; Electric vehicles and Zero Carbon Technology. Read more www.GibbonsLab.com, https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjcgibbons/ and on Twitter @MichaelGibbons_ / @GibbonsTFL

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Gibbons M.J, Robinson A.J, Heat transfer characteristics of single cone-jet electrosprays, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 113, 2017, p70 - 83Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Gibbons M.J, Howe C.M, Di Marco P, Robinson A.J, Local Heat Transfer to an Evaporating Sessile Droplet in an Electric Field, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 745, (3), 2016, p032066-Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Gibbons, M.J. and Robinson, A.J., Electrospray array heat transfer, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 129, 2018, p451-461Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Gibbons, M.J. and Di Marco, P. and Robinson, A.J., Local heat transfer to an evaporating superhydrophobic droplet, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 121, 2018, p641-652Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • M.J. Gibbons, G. Saccone, S.M. O'Shaughnessy, A.J. Robinson, P. Di Marco , Local convective heat flux to evaporating water droplets in micro-g to 2-g, 13th International Conference on Two-Phase Systems for Space and Ground Applications, Xi'an, China , October 15th-19th, 2018Conference Paper, 2018
  • Gibbons, M.J., Garivalis, A.I., O'Shaughnessy, S., Di Marco, P., Robinson, A.J., Evaporating hydrophilic and superhydrophobic droplets in electric fields, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 164, 2021, p120539Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Gibbons, Michael J., Nikafshar, Saeid, Saravi, Tina, Ohno, Katie, Chandra, Sanjeev, Nejad, Mojgan, Analysis of a Wide Range of Commercial Exterior Wood Coatings, Coatings, 10, (11), 2020, p1013Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • Devaraj, Sudarshan, Anand, Bobby, Gibbons, Michael, McDonald, André, Chandra, Sanjeev, Thermal spray deposition of aluminum and zinc coatings on thermoplastics, Surface and Coatings Technology, 399, 2020, p126114Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • Gibbons, M.J., Di Marco, P., Robinson, A.J., Heat flux distribution beneath evaporating hydrophilic and superhydrophobic droplets, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 148, 2020, p119093Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Feng, C., Gibbons, M.J., Marengo, M., Chandra, S., A novel ultra-large flat plate heat pipe manufactured by thermal spray, Applied Thermal Engineering, 171, 2020, p115030Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Feng, Chen, Gibbons, Michael, Chandra, Sanjeev, Fabrication of Composite Heat Sinks Consisting of a Thin Metallic Skin and a Polymer Core Using Wire-Arc Spraying, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 28, (5), 2019, p974-985Journal Article, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Gibbons, M.J., Yates, S.G., O'Shaughnessy, S.M., Persoons, T., Murray, D.B., Natural convection from a triangular array of isothermal horizontal cylinders, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2021, p110413Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • M.J. Gibbons, M. Marengo, T. Persoons, A review of heat pipe technology for foldable electronic devices, Applied Thermal Engineering, 194, (117087), 2021, p1-26Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • A. Khakpour , M.J. Gibbons and S. Chandra, Effect of moisture condensation on vapour transmission through porous membranes, Journal of Industrial Textiles, 2021, p1-21Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Michael Gibbons, Composite heat sink LED cooling, The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress 2018, York University, Toronto, Canada, 27/5/2018, 2018Conference Paper, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Chen Feng, Subramaniam Yugeswaran, Michael Gibbons, Sanjeev Chandra, Analytical heat conduction model of annular composite fins, The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress 2018, York University, Toronto, Canada, 27/5/2018, 2018Conference Paper, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • M.J. Gibbons, A.J. Robinson, Plume Characterisation of a Single Source Electrospray for Micro Electronic Cooling, International Symposium on Electrohydrodynamics (ISEHD 2014), The Beach Tower Okinawa, Okinawa, Japan, 23/06/2014, 2014Conference Paper, 2014, TARA - Full Text
  • Battaglioli, S. and James, O. and Gibbons, M.J. and Persoons, T., Simplified Steady-State Representation of Slot Synthetic Jet Actuators to Enable Numerical Optimization with Steady RANS Simulations, IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, 11, (11), 2021, p1750-1758Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
  • Farrell, G. and Gibbons, M. and Persoons, T., Combined Passive/Active Flow Control of Drag and Lift Forces on a Cylinder in Crossflow Using a Synthetic Jet Actuator and Porous Coatings, Actuators, 11, (7), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
  • Gibbons, M. J., Garivalis, A. I., O"Shaughnessy, S. M., Robinson, A. J., Di Marco, P., Water droplet evaporation in varied gravity and electric fields, npj Microgravity, 10, (1), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • M. Eshagh Nimvari, M. J. Gibbons, Multiphase flow simulation in hybrid porous structure, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 9th European Thermal Sciences Conference (Eurotherm 2024), Lake Bled, Slovenia, 12/06/2024, edited by IOP Publishing , (1), 2024Conference Paper, 2024
  • M. Gibbons, S. Finnegan, M. Maguire, S. O'Dea, A.J. Robinson, Heat Transfer Characterization of a Single Source Ultra-Low Flow Rate Electrospray, 8th World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, and Thermodynamics, Lisbon, Portugal, June 16-20, 2013Conference Paper, 2013, TARA - Full Text
  • RTE News, Head over heels: Studying water in zero gravity, 2018, -Miscellaneous, URL
  • Irish Independent, Irish scientists among elite team to fly in 'Vomit Comet', 2018, -Miscellaneous, URL

Research Expertise

Fluids and Heat Transfer; Waste Heat Recovery; Energy; Electronics and Photonics Cooling; Multiphase Flow; Electric vehicles and Zero Carbon Technology.

  • Title
    Loop heat pipe for waste heat recovery in data centre
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Royal Society - Science Foundation Ireland
    Date From
    01/10/2021
    Date To
    30/09/2026

Recognition

  • Royal Irish Academy - Young Academy of Ireland - https://www.ria.ie/young-academy-ireland/ 24/04/2027