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Dr Brenda Timmerman

RESEARCH PROFILE


Optical Engineering Fluid Dynamic Measurements PIV, digital holography, interferometry, phase measurements, tomography, large-scale high-speed flows, compressible turbulence, endoscopic PIV airflow in lungs Biomedical engineering ophthalmology, imaging of retina, measurement of birefringence in cornea
 

RESEARCH GROUPS


  • Warwick Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre (WIMRC)

TEACHING PROFILE


Courses Taught

  • ES906 Optical Engineering and Image Processing
  • ES410: Group Project
  • ES173 Biomedical Engineering
  • ES4C6 Remote Sensing and Global Modelling
  • ES4C5 Optical Engineering
  • ES907 Ultrasonic and Biomedical Instrumentation
  • ES327: Individual Project
  • ES9P5 Remote Sensing and Data Processing

Learning, Teaching & Development Activity

  • Module leader

 


 

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS


  • Resubmission: Warwick Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre Phase II, with Professor Kenneth W Young, Warwick Manufacturing Group, Dr Mark A Williams - Warwick Manufacturing Group Prof Swaran P Singh - Health Sciences Research Institute Dr Jay J Bal - Warwick Manufacturing Group Dr Shengcai Li - Civil and Mechanical Engineering Dr Kerry S Burton - Warwick HRI Dr Jannis J Angelis - Warwick Business School Dr Guy C Barker - Warwick HRI Prof David A Pink - Warwick HRI Professor Ruth M Davies - Warwick Business School Dr James A Covington - Electrical and Electronic Engineering Dr Zoe J Radnor - Warwick Business School Dr Kerry E Kirwan - Warwick Manufacturing Group Dr Alessia Contu - Warwick Business School Prof Dieter F Wolke - Psychology Dr Rebecca Cain - Warwick Manufacturing Group Dr Davide Nicolini - Warwick Business School Ms Mairi Macintyre - Warwick Manufacturing Group Dr Andrew P Dove - Chemistry Dr Brenda H Timmerman - Electrical and Electronic Engineering Dr Matthew R Broome - Warwick Medical School Professor Alan G Chalmers - Warwick Manufacturing Group Dr Richard P Jones - Electrical and Electronic Engineering Prof Peter J Bryanston-Cross - Civil and Mechanical Engineering Professor Gordon F Smith - Warwick Manufacturing Group Professor Paul A Jennings - Warwick Manufacturing Group Dr Andrew J Clark - Chemistry Professor Jacky A Swan - Warwick Business School Dr Teresa Pinheiro - Biological Sciences Dr. Stefan A Bon - Chemistry Dr Duncan R Billson - Electrical and Electronic Engineering Prof Tim D Bugg - Chemistry, Funded by: EPSRC, Project Start Date: 01/04/2008 Project End Date: 30/09/2011

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


  • Timmerman, B. H., Skeen, A. J., Bryanston-Cross, P. J. and Graves, M. J.(2009) 'Large-scale time-resolved digital particle image velocimetry (TR-DPIV) for measurement of high subsonic hot coaxial jet exhaust of gas turbine engine' Measurement Science And Technology 20 (7), 074002 (0957-0233)
  • Timmerman, B. H., Skeen, A. J., Bryanston-Cross, P. J., Tucker, P. G., Jefferson-Loveday, R. J., Paduano, J. and Guenette, G. R.(2008) 'High-speed digital visualization and high-frequency automated shock tracking in supersonic flows' Optical Engineering 47 (10), 103201 (0091-3286)
  • Misson, G. P., Timmerman, B. H. and Bryanston-Cross, P. J.(2008) 'Human corneal stromal lamellar organization: a polarized light study in pseudophakic eyes' Journal Of Modern Optics 55 (4-5), 625 - 637 (0950-0340)
  • B.H. Timmerman, P.J. Bryanston-Cross(2007) 'Optical investigation of heat release and NOx production in combustion' Journal of Physics: Conference Series 85 (1742-6588)
  • P.L.M. Zusterzeel, R.P.M. Steegers-Theunissen, F.J.M. Harren, E. Stekkinger, H. Kateman, B. Timmerman, R. Berkelmans, A. Nieuwenhuis, W.H.M. Peters, M.T.M. Raijmakers, E.A.P. Steegers(2002) 'Ethene and other biomarkers of oxidative stress in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy' Hypertension In Pregnancy 21 (1), 39 - 49

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Conferences


RESEARCH DEGREES SUPERVISED

  • Vortical structure eduction andv measurement in turbulent coaxial jets, Date of Completion: 2010
  • Novel techniques for high-speed time-resolved photoelestic stress analysis and its application to compressor blade design, Date of Completion: 2009
  • The Registration of Images obtained from a Digital Ophthalmoscope, Date of Completion: 2008
  • The development of a light pipe for a demonstration digital ophthalmoscope, Date of Completion: 2007
  • The Developmewnt of a digital ophthalmoscope, Date of Completion: 2007
  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHSPEED PIV TECHNIQUES AND THEIR APPLICATION TO JET NOISE MEASUREMENT, Date of Completion: 2006
  • The development of a new instrument for the measurement of autofluorescence in the human lens, Date of Completion: 2005
  • Design of a new digital ophthalmoscope, Date of Completion: 2005
  • Molecular and Mathematical Analysis of Infrared Laser Tissue Ablation, Date of Completion: 2003
  • Design and investigation of a non-contact tonometer for glaucoma detection based on the acoustic resonance of the eye, Date of Completion: 2003
  • The investigation and application of OET (optical emission tomography) as a combustion diagnostic, Date of Completion: 2002
  • The research and development of in situ non-intrusive optical and temperature diagnostics in an internal combustion engine, Date of Completion: 2002
  • PIV

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