{"id":147,"date":"2023-08-18T11:50:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sustainable-energy\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=147"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:07:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:07:23","slug":"david-macphee","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sustainable-energy\/people\/david-macphee\/","title":{"rendered":"David MacPhee"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. MacPhee\u2019s dynamic research group is focused on various problems in the realm of computational continuum mechanics, thermodynamics, and energy conversion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Current research areas include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Flexible-bladed design for wind and wave energy converters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aerator design for wastewater and aquacultural oxygenation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Industrial energy productivity and efficiency<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wastewater bio-energy and multigeneration systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Computational Fluid Dynamics and Fluid-Structure Interaction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a full list of publications, please visit my Google Scholar profile <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=RjO-BYEAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meet our sustainable energy faculty<\/p>\n\n\n\n            \n\n\n                                                                                                                         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text-cu-black-700\">\n                                    <li class=\"text-sm font-normal\">\n                        Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Energy system modelling, Energy Policy\n                    <\/li>\n                                                    <li>\n                        <strong class=\"font-semibold break-all text-cu-red-700 hover:underline\">\n                            <a href=\"mailto:AhmedAbdulla3@cunet.carleton.ca\">\n                                Email\n                                Ahmed\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/strong>\n                    <\/li>\n                                                    <li>\n                        \n                                                    ext\n                            1486\n                                            <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n            \n                    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