Rosalind Archer

Biography

Rosalind Archer joined the Engineering Science Department in 2002 as a Lecturer. Previously she had been an Assistant Professor in the Petroleum Engineering Department at Texas A&M University.

She maintains research interests in applications of computational fluid mechanics – typically to a diverse range of energy related problems.

Qualifications

PhD in Petroleum Engineering and PhD minor in Geological and Environmental Science, Stanford University
MS in Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University
BE in Engineering Science, The University of Auckland
 

Research interests

• Petroleum reservoir engineering (well testing, reservoir simulation, reservoir characterisation)
• Modelling wind flows for wind farm design and optimization
• Gas hydrates
• Geothermal energy
   

Research groups

Fluid Dynamics

Teaching

• ENGGEN 131 - Introduction to Computation and Software Development
• ENGSCI 343 - Continuum Mechanics
• ENGSCI 745 - Petroleum Engineering

Selected publications

2011 Dempsey, D., Ellis, S.E., Rowland, J.R.:” The energetics of normal earthquakes on dip-slip faults”, Geology, in press

2011 O’Sullivan, J., Archer, R. and Flay, R.G.J.: "Consistent Boundary Conditions for Flows within the Atmospheric Boundary Layer", Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 99, 1, 65-77

2011 Archer, R., Nates, G., Donovan, S. and Waterer, H.: "Wind Turbine Interference in a Wind Farm Layout Optimization Mixed Integer Linear Programming Model”, Wind Engineering, 35 (2), pp. 165-175

2011 Han, J.-C., Taberner, A.J., Kirton, R.S., Nielsen, P.F., Archer, R., Kim, N. and Loiselle, D.S.: "Radius-dependent Decline of Performance in Isolate Cardiac Muscle does not Reflect Inadequacy of Diffusive Oxygen Supply", Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol., 300, 4, pp. H1222-H1236

Administration

• Energy Research Theme Leader, Faculty of Engineering
• Coordinator, Master of Energy degree
• Deputy HOD, Department of Engineering Science

Professional affiliations

• Society of Petroleum Engineers
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists
• Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• GIPENZ