Third Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion December 2,3 2002 The University of Queensland, Brisbane

The Third Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion followed on from previous conferences in Sydney (1996) and Melbourne (1999). Its aimed is to bring together Australian and international researchers in the area of laser diagnostics to discuss current research and state-of-the-art technology.

Flow areas of interest included (but were not restricted to) Combustion Fluid Mechanics Flames Turbulent flow Hypersonics

Associated laser diagnostic techniques that are to be covered were Particle Image Velocimetry Laser Doppler Velocimetry Laser Induced Fluorescence Holography Interferometry Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy Nonlinear Spectroscopy Schlieren and Shadowgraph Imaging

The conference was held at the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland in Brisbane. Situated on the Brisbane River, it is easily accessible by a short ferry ride from the central business district. The conference host, the Department of Physics, actively researches the area of Laser Diagnostics of Hypersonic Flows through its involvement in the Centre for Hypersonics and Centre for Biophotonics and Laser Science.

NEXT CONFERENCE

The fourth Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion will be held at the University of Adelaide in 2005. Contact Dr Zeyad Alwahabi (Tel: (08) 8303 3768, e-mail zalwahab@chemeng.adelaide.edu.au) for further details.

PAPERS

We had about 30 presentations at the 2002 conference. These consisted of invited talks, full papers, and work in progress abstracts.

INVITED SPEAKERS

The conference featured four invited speakers on varying topics in laser diagnostics. Speakers were

• Dr Damon Honnery, Monash University, "The application of laser diagnostic techniques in the Laboratory for Turbulence Research in Aerospace and Combustion"
• Dr Zeyad Alwahabi, Adelaide University, "Advances in Laser Polarisation Spectroscopy Imaging"
• Prof Kazuyoshi Takayama, Tohoku University, Japan, "Laser Diagnostics Applied to Shock Wave Phenomena at the Shock wave Research Center"
• Dr Mark R. Gruber, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, USA, "Laser Diagnostics in Reacting and Non-reacting Supersonic Flows"

See the invited speakers page for further details.

SUPPORT

The organisers wish to thank the following for their contribution to the success of this conference

• Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development
• Quanta System, Milan
• Lastek
• Coherent Scientific

IMPORTANT DATES

• First Announcement & call for expressions of interest: 19 February
• Second Announcement: 8 April
• Call for Papers: 1 July
• Submission of Papers: 16 August
• Submission of Work-in-Progress abstracts: 13 September
• Notification to Authors of papers: 16 September
• Notification to Authors of abstracts: 27 September
• Registration starts: 24 October
• Conference: 2-3 December

ORGANISERS

Dr. Tim McIntyre Department of Physics The University of Queensland Brisbane, 4072 E-mail: mcintyre@physics.uq.edu.au Tel: 07 3365 3423 Fax: 07 3365 1242

Dr. Frank Houwing Department of Physics,Faculty of Science Australian National University ACT 0200 Email: Frank.Houwing@anu.edu.au Tel: 02 6125 2807 Fax: 02 6125 0741