Research Interest
We are interested in the enhancement of drug delivery into the lungs through comprehensive studies of:
- Aerosol generation from commercial inhaler devices
- Aerosol deposition losses in oral and nasal airways
Deeper insight into the aerosol generation, transport and deposition can be made using experimental analysis (aerosol deposition and fluid flow field measurements) and CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) numerical simulation.
Other Interests
- Wind turbines
- Airfoil vortex interactions (AVIs)
- Direct methanol fuel cells
Resources
- Schematic of the aerosol deposition experimental setup
- Phase Doppler Particle Analyser / Laser Doppler Velocimetry system (PDPA / LDV, Dantec Dynamics, NJ)
- TeraMach cluster of compute nodes (140 processors)
Previous Partners and Funding Sources
- Advanced Engine Technology (AET, Ottawa, ON)
- Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (Ottawa, ON)
- CFI (Canada Foundation for Innovation)
- EDEY FX (Ottawa, ON)
- Environment and Climate Change Canada (Ottawa, ON)
- Green Gen Tech (GGT, Ottawa, ON)
- Luxmux Technology Corporation (Calgary, AB)
- MITACS, MRI (Ministry of Research and Innovation)
- MMSI (Rockton, ON)
- NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada)
- NUCAP (Toronto, ON)
- OCE (Ontario Centres of Excellence)
- Red Maple Trials Inc. (Ottawa, ON)
- Vairtex Canada Inc. (Ottawa, ON)
- ZEC Wind Power (Ottawa, ON)