Associate Professor, Deputy Head of School (Research), School of Engineering and Information Technology, UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney
Sean O'Byrne is an Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School (Research) in the UNSW Canberra School of Engineering and Information Technology.
Research Experience
Hypersonics and re-entry physics
Sensors for hypersonic flight testing
Laser spectroscopy
Tuneable diode laser absorption spectroscopy
Laser-induced fluorescence
Laser-enhanced ignition in high-speed diffusive flames
Laser-based sensors for emissions monitoring, engine diagnostics
Thermal and chemical nonequilibrium in hypersonic flows
Aviation safety - laser pointer attacks on pilots
Teaching Experience
Research-led, project-based teaching
Courses taught include - Hypersonics, Microcontroller-based instrumentation
Additional Experience
NRC Postdoctoral fellow
NASA Langley Reserach Center, Hampton, VA, USA (2002-2003)
New South Global Postdoctoral Fellow, UNSW@ADFA, Canberra Australia (2004-2006)
Consulting Interests
Industrial application of laser-based diagnostics
Gaeous mixing and pollutant dispersion measurement
Hypersonic technologies and their applications
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects