Biography
Dr Ronan Grimes graduated with a B.Eng. (Hons) Mechanical Engineering from UL in 1997 and received his PhD in 2001, also from UL, for his research on air flow and heat transfer in fan cooled electronic systems. In 2003 he was awarded an IRCSET Government of Ireland Post Doctoral Research Fellowship. To date he has received funding of over ¿0.7M from the EU, Enterprise Ireland and IRCSET. His research interests are in the fields of electronics thermal management, micro fluidics and the development of rotating machinery such as micro fans and micro pumps. Under the EU-funded EMERGE programme, he collaborated with the Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz (IMM) on micro fan fabrication and he is currently leading a Commercialisation Fund Technology Development project on the development of micro fans for electronics thermal management. He is the supervisor of three graduate students and mentors one post doctoral researcher. He is the author of 24 publications, the majority of which were peer reviewed.
Research Interests
Fluid mechanics, heat transfer, microfluidics, micro TAS, electronics cooling, microfans
Publications
Conference Publication
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE)
Stafford, J; Grimes, R; Newport
2010 11th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation, and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems, EuroSimE 2010
Punch J., Walsh E., Grimes R., Jeffers N., Kearney D.
DOI: 10.1109/ESIME.2010.5464505
HT2008: PROCEEDING OF THE ASME SUMMER HEAT TRANSFER CONFERENCE, VOL 3
Cleary, M; Grimes, R; Hodes, M; North, MT
2008 Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT 2008
Kearney D., Punch J., Grimes R.
HT2008: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME SUMMER HEAT TRANSFER CONFERENCE - 2008, VOL 2
Kearney, D; Punch, J; Grimes, R
2008 Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT 2008
Cleary M., Grimes R., Hodes M., North M.T.
Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference 2009, HT2009
Grimes R., Hanly K., Walsh E.
HT2009: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME SUMMER HEAT TRANSFER CONFERENCE 2009, VOL 1
Grimes, R; Hanly, K; Walsh, E
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME/JSME THERMAL ENGINEERING SUMMER HEAT TRANSFER CONFERENCE 2007, VOL 3
Cleary, M; Grimes, R; Hodes, M; North, MT
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME/JSME THERMAL ENGINEERING SUMMER HEAT TRANSFER CONFERENCE 2007, VOL 3
Grimes, R; Quin, D; Walsh, E; Punch, J
ICNMM2007: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NANOCHANNELS, MICROCHANNELS, AND MINICHANNELS
Grimes, R; Walsh, P; Walsh, E; Egan, V
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME/JSME THERMAL ENGINEERING SUMMER HEAT TRANSFER CONFERENCE 2007, VOL 2
Kearney, D; Punch, J; Grimes, R
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannnels, and Minichannels, Pts A and B
Hanly, K; Walsh, E; Grimes, R
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD
Cleary M., Hodes M., Grimes R., North M.T.
American Society Of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) Htd
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FED
Grimes R., King C., Walsh E.
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannnels, and Minichannels, Pts A and B
King, C; Walsh, E; Grimes, R
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannnels, and Minichannels, Pts A and B
Sirr, N; Ciobanu, D; Grimes, R; Davies, M
Proceedings of the ASME/Pacific Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Integration and Packaging of MEMS, NEMS, and Electronic Systems: Advances in Electronic Packaging 2005
Punch J., Grimes R., Heaslip G., Galkin T., Vakevainen K., Kyyhkynen V., Elonen E.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FED
Kearney D., Punch J., Grimes R.
Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division
Walsh, EJ; Grimes, R
HT2005: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME SUMMER HEAT TRANSFER CONFERENCE 2005, VOL 4
Hanly, K; Grimes, R; Walsh, E; Rodgers, B; Punch, J
Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Micro-Electronics and Micro-Systems
Punch, J; Grimes, R; Heaslip, G; Galkin, T; Vakevainen, K; Kyyhkynen, V; Elonen, E
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FED
Walsh E.J., Grimes R.
Micro Total Analysis Systems 2004, Vol 2
Davies, M; Dalton, T; Grimes, R
Advances in Electronic Packaging 2005, Pts A-C
Punch, J; Grimes, R; Heaslip, G; Galkin, T; Vakevainen, K; Kyyhkynen, V; Elonen, E
HT2005: Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference 2005, Vol 4
Punch, J; Grimes, R; Heaslip, G; Galkin, T; Vakevainen, K; Kyyhkynen, V; Elonen, E
HT2005: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME SUMMER HEAT TRANSFER CONFERENCE 2005, VOL 4
Walsh, EJ; Grimes, R
Advances in Bioengineering, BED
King C., Walsh E., Grimes R., Gonzalez A.
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels (ICMM2004)
Quin D., Grimes R., Walsh E., Davies M., Kunz S.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FED
Grimes R., Quin D., Walsh E., Davies M., Kunz S.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MICROCHANNELS AND MINICHANNELS
Grimes, R; Walsh, E; Kunz, S; Davies, M; Quin, D
Proceedings of the National Heat Transfer Conference
Grimes R., Davies M.
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings
Kehoe E., Grimes R., Davies M.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Electronic and Photonic Packaging, EPP
Kehoe E., Grimes R., Davies M.
Proceedings of the National Heat Transfer Conference
Grimes R., Davies M.
Other Publication
An Experimental Study on the Performance of Miniature Heat Sinks for Forced Convection Air Cooling.
Egan, V; Stafford, J; Walsh, P; Walsh, E; Grimes, R
Thermal management of low profile applications
Walsh, EJ; Walsh, P; Grimes, R; Egan, V
Characterisation of a Miniature Low Profile Cooling Solution for Portable Electronics
Egan, V; Walsh, P; Walsh, E; Grimes, R
On the characterization of finned and finless heat sinks for portable electronics
V Egan, V; Walsh, P; Walsh, EJ; Grimes, R
Scaling of Flow Characteristics and Power Consumption with Profile Height for Miniature Centrifugal Fans
Walsh, P; Egan, V; Grimes, R; Walsh, EJ
Thermal Roadmap of Portable Products
Dalton, TM; Newport, D; Punch, J; Grimes, R
Peer Reviewed Journal
A Compact Modeling Approach to Enhance Collaborative Design of Thermal-Fluid Systems
Stafford, J,Newport, D,Grimes, R
Journal Of Electronic Packaging
DOI: 10.1115/1.4026051
Reduced Power Precision Temperature Control Using Variable Conductance Heat Pipes
Cleary, M,North, MT,Van Lieshout, M,Brooks, DA,Grimes, R,Hodes, M
Ieee Transactions On Components Packaging And Manufacturing Technology
DOI: 10.1109/TCPMT.2013.2270286
Development of compact thermal-fluid models at the electronic equipment level
Stafford, J; Grimes, R; Newport, D
Journal Of Thermal Science And Engineering Applications
Flat plate heat transfer with impinging axial fan flows
Stafford, J; Walsh, E; Egan, V; Grimes, R
International Journal Of Heat And Mass Transfer
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.08.020
An Experimental Investigation of the Flow Fields Within Geometrically Similar Miniature-Scale Centrifugal Pumps
Kearney, D; Grimes, R; Punch, J
Journal Of Fluids Engineering-Transactions Of The Asme
DOI: 10.1115/1.3176985
The effect of Reynolds number on microaxial flow fan performance
Quin, D; Grimes, R
Journal Of Fluids Engineering-Transactions Of The Asme
DOI: 10.1115/1.2953300
Compatibility of segmenting fluids in continuous-flow microfluidic PCR
Walsh E.J., King C., Grimes R., Gonzalez A., Ciobanu D.
Journal Of Medical Devices, Transactions Of The Asme
DOI: 10.1115/1.2812426
PIV measurements of flow within plugs in a microchannel
King, C; Walsh, E; Grimes, R
Microfluidics And Nanofluidics
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-006-0139-y
Low profile fan and heat sink thermal management solution for portable applications
Walsh, E; Grimes, R
International Journal Of Thermal Sciences
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2007.03.010
Film Thickness for Two Phase Flow in a Microchannel
Grimes, R; King, C; Walsh, E
Advances And Applications In Fluid Mechanics
Interaction of quantitative PCR components with polymeric surfaces
Gonzalez, A; Grimes, R; Walsh, EJ; Dalton, T; Davies, M
Biomedical Microdevices
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-006-9030-6
Influence of segmenting fluids on efficiency, crossing point and fluorescence level in real time quantitative PCR
Walsh, EJ; King, C; Grimes, R; Gonzalez, A
Biomedical Microdevices
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-006-6383-9
The Effect of Geometric Scaling on Aerodynamic Performance
Grimes, R; Walsh, EJ; Quin, D; Davies, M
Aiaa Journal
Segmenting fluid effect on PCR reactions in microfluidic platforms
Walsh, EJ; King, C; Grimes, R; Gonzalez, A
Biomedical Microdevices
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-005-6068-9
Optical measurement of electronic system air flow and temperature distribution
Grimes, R; Davies, M
Journal Of Optics A-Pure And Applied Optics
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/6/6/018
Air flow and heat transfer in fan cooled electronic systems
Grimes, R; Davies, M
Journal Of Electronic Packaging
DOI: 10.1115/1.1649241
Modelling electronic cooling axial fan flows
Grimes, R; Davies, M; Punch, J; Dalton, T; Cole, R
American Soc Mechanical Engineers J. Electronic Packagi
Forced Convection Board Level Thermal Design Methodology
Cole, R., Dalton, T., Punch, J., Davies, M., and Grimes, R.
J. Electronic Packaging