Contacts
Education
2014 Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Mechanical Systems and Design, Tohoku University, Japan
2014 Doctor of Engineering, Mechanical, Energy, Civil and Acoustics, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France
2011 Master of Engineering, Mechanical Systems and Design, Tohoku University, Japan
2009 Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
Work Experience
2016-pres. Research Fellow, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, ANU
2014-2016 Research Scientist, Research and Development Center, Toshiba Corporation, Japan
2013-2014 Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan
2010-2013 Research Assistant, Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Japan
Research interests
Dr Torres's research interests are in complex transport phenomena involving heat transfer and fluid mechanics, with applications in energy, environmental and biomedical engineering. He is particularly interested in experimental and theoretical mass diffusion, solid-gas interfacial transport and natural convection phenomena. He has first-authored publications in renowned journals on various topics: nonlinear dynamics and chaos, natural convection, thermodiffusion, multicomponent diffusion and phase-shifting interferometry.
Groups
- Researcher, Energy storage and recovery
- Researcher, Solar thermal
- Researcher, Hydrogen economy