James McDonald

Institute for Aerospace Studies
University of Toronto

4925 Dufferin Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M3H 5T6

(416) 667-7887
mcdonald@utias.utoronto.ca

Supervising Professor:

Professor Clinton P. T. Groth, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Propulsion Group.

Education:

PhD,University of Toronto (2010)
Master of Applied Science (Aerospace), University of Toronto (2005)
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Dalhousie University (2003)
Bachelor of Arts in Music, Dalhousie University (2003)
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Dalhousie University (2001)

Publications:

McDonald, J., (2011) Extended Fluid-Dynamic Modelling for Numerical Solution of Micro-Scale Flows PhD Thesis, University of Toronto. [PDF]

Groth, C.P.T., Y., McDonald, J. (2009) Towards Physically Realizable and Hyperbolic Moment Closures for Kinetic Theory . Journal of Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics. Vol. 21 #6: 467-493.

McDonald, J., Groth, C.P.T. (2009) Physically-Realizable Hyperbolic Moment Closures for Predicting Non-Equilibrium Gaseous Flows. 17th Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada. [PDF]

McDonald, J., Groth, C.P.T. (2008) Extended Fluid-Dynamic Model for Micron-Scale Flow Based on Gaussian Moment Closure. 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. [PDF]

McDonald, J., Sachdev, J.S., Groth, C.P.T. (2006) Use of the Gaussian Moment Closure for the Modelling of Continuum and Micron-Scale Flows with Moving Boundaries. 4th International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics. [PDF]

McDonald, J., (2005) Numerical Modeling of Micron-Scale Flows Using the Gaussian Moment Closure. Masters Thesis, University of Toronto. [PDF]

McDonald, J., Groth, C.P.T. (2005) Numerical Modeling of Micron-Scale Flows Using the Gaussian Moment Closure. 35th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit. [PDF]

Lai, Y., McDonald, J., Kujath, M., Hubbard, T. (2004) Force, deflection and power measurements of toggled microthermal actuators. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 14: 49-56.