Lev Chernyshev

PhD student, University of Canterbury

Lev Chernyshev is a PhD candidate at the University of Canterbury who is passionate about fluid dynamics and their applications to high performance sports such as the America's Cup and Formula 1. Lev's PhD project is based on the hydrodynamics of America's Cup yacht appendages, and how its modelling can be improved in real-time dynamic simulations. He completed his honours project in aerodynamics with the university's Formula Student motorsport team, and is also contributing to research on sit-ski aerodynamics for New Zealand's Winter Paralympics campaign. In his spare time, Lev enjoys playing chess, reading, surfing, and skating.

Dr Natalia Kabaliuk

Senior Lecturer, University of Canterbury

My areas of expertise are Bioengineering, Fluid Mechanics, Heat and Mass Transfer and Thermodynamics within a wide range of applications including combustion systems, plasma sources, refrigeration systems, electrospraying, physoloical modelling, biomedical device R&D and forensics applications. I have researched fluid flow, mixing and heat transfer in gas burner systems, agricultural sprays and heat exchangers; modelled heat transfer and energy consumption in electrical floor heating and aquatic systems; vacuum plasma source design for mass spectrometry; liquid atomization, droplet formation and flight for forensic and healthcare applications. Some of my current research interests are in: - mechanobiology, biomechanics and mitigation of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) in contact sport players; - Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer of vapour deposition processes and Phase Change Materials (PCMs) for thermal management of electronic equipment; - bloodstain pattern formation simulation and reconstruction in Augmented Reality (AR) for virtual crime scene analysis.