Dr Charitha de Silva is the Associate Head of School (Education) and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of New South Wales. His particular areas of research expertise are in wall-bounded flows, turbulent structure,  microfluidics/biofluids and advanced flow diagnostics (particle image velocimetry).  He is a member of the School's Flow Noise Group and the Vision Fluid Dynamics Research groups.

Research Interests

• Turbulent flows: Understanding the Physics of Fluid Flow 
• Advanced  Flow Diagnostics
• Aerobiology Flows
• Flow control
• Microfluidics / Lab-on-chip Devices / Biofluids

Research Appointments

• The University of New South Wales, Senior Lecturer, 2023-present
• The University of New South Wales, Lecturer, 2019-2023
• The University of Melbourne, Research Fellow, 2015-2018

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy (2014): The University of Melbourne. 
• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) (2009): The University of Melbourne. First-class honours

Research Collaboration

Dr de Silva collaborates with several active researchers from the University of Melbourne (Melbourne Fluids Group), the University of Sydney, the University of Adelaide, and RMIT. Internationally, he has joint research projects and/or publications with leading world-class experts in fluid dynamics and multiple institutions in Germany, the Netherlands, the USA, Norway, and England.

Postgraduate Scholarship Opportunities 

Research positions are available with Dr de Silva for Masters and PhD students in turbulent flow measurements, advanced flow diagnostics, and microfluidics. Click here for further details. UNSW Sydney offers a number of prestigious scholarship schemes to international and domestic research candidates. Please send Dr de Silva your CV, a copy of your academic transcripts, and the results of an English language test if required.