DrJorg Schluter

Dr Jorg Schluter is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering at Deakin University, specialising in thermofluids, aerodynamics, turbulence and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). His research focuses on the numerical simulation of complex fluid flows, with applications spanning aerospace engineering, energy systems, heat transfer and industrial fluid mechanics.

Dr Schluter received his Masters (Dipl.-Ing.) in Engineering Science (Physikalische Ingenieurwissenschaften), specialising in Fluid Mechanics, from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, in 1997. He subsequently undertook doctoral research at ENSEEIHT/CERFACS in Toulouse, France, where he investigated the numerical simulation of gas turbine combustion systems, completing his PhD in 2000.

Following his doctorate, he joined Stanford University's Center for Turbulence Research as a Postdoctoral Fellow and subsequently became a Research Associate in the Center for Integrated Turbulence Simulations. His research at Stanford focused on advanced CFD methods and the simulation of complex flow phenomena in gas turbine engines.

In 2005, Dr Schluter joined Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, as an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. During his ten years at NTU, he conducted research and taught in aerodynamics, fluid mechanics and computational methods.

Since joining Deakin University in 2015, Dr Schluter has continued to develop research in computational fluid dynamics and its engineering applications. His work spans a broad range of topics, including wind turbine aerodynamics, flapping-wing propulsion, turbulent boundary-layer control for drag reduction, combustion, thermal management and indoor airflow and aerosol transport.

His research combines high-fidelity numerical simulations, turbulence modelling and computational methods to improve the understanding of complex flow phenomena and develop practical solutions to engineering challenges.

Academic Appointments

July 2015 – Present
Senior Lecturer
School of Engineering, Deakin University
Geelong, Victoria, Australia

December 2005 – June 2015
Assistant Professor
Aerospace Division, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

March 2002 – November 2005
Research Associate
Flow Physics and Computation Division, Center for Integrated Turbulence Simulations
Stanford University, California, USA

October 2000 – February 2002
Postdoctoral Fellow
Flow Physics and Computation Division, Center for Turbulence Research
Stanford University, California, USA

September 1997 – September 2000
Doctoral Researcher
Computational Fluid Dynamics Department, CERFACS
Toulouse, France

April 1995 – August 1997
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Turbulence Laboratory, Hermann-Föttinger-Institut für Strömungsmechanik
Technical University of Berlin, Germany