Dr Kevin Nolan is an experienced experimental fluid dynamicist with a focus on optical measurement of fluid flows.
He has expertise in techniques such as Particle Image Velocimetry, Schlieren Imaging, Thermography, Optical Flow and machine vision.

He studied Aeronautical Engineering at UL and subsequently obtained his PhD at the Stokes Institute in 2009.
He worked in biotech start up Stokes Bio where he developed optics and software for next generation high-throughout microfluidic PCR instruments.
He was a Marie Curie fellow at Imperial College London where he worked on direct numerical simulations of turbulent flows where he tracked flow structures to determine the origins of turbulence breakdown.
From 2012 to 2018 he worked at Bell Labs developing novel thermal management technologies, in particular for photonics applications. Here he worked on novel air movers, solid state pumping and highly efficient viscoelastic mixing in microfluidics.

Dr Kevin Nolan joined the UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering in 2018.
He teaches and coordinates Mechanics of Fluids I and II for engineering students as well as coordinating a lab internship module for visiting students.

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