Biography
Dr Dalton is currently the Assistant Director of the Stokes Research Institute in the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Limerick. The Stokes Research Institute comprises eleven full-time researchers, seven of whom have PhDs, eighteen postgraduate students and an administrator. Dr Dalton has a B.Eng. in Aeronautical Engineering awarded in 1994 and her Ph.D, awarded from the University of Limerick in 1997, is on enclosure heat transfer as applied to electronic reliability design. At present she is engaged in managing the research contracts awarded to the Centre, augmenting the research funding for the Centre, the supervision of postgraduate students, and lecturing internationally on thermofludics
Research Interests
The development of optical techniques for measurement at the microscale, dimensional analysis in heat transfer and fluid mechanics, and microfluidics. The primary application of her work is in the development of medical diagnostic systems for genetic analysis.The formulation of a generic dimensional analysis technique, and its application to the scaling of thermofluidic systems from the macro- to the micro scale. The development of novel optical techniques for the measurement of temperature, fluid velocity, pressure and strain, and the application of these techniques in the interrogation of macro- and micro-scale thermofluidic systems. The derivation of semi-empirical models for complex thermofluidic phenomena
Professional Activities
Employment
- 2003 Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineer - Lecturer (Biomedical Engineering)
- 2000 Stokes Research Institute - Assistant Director
- 2000 PEI Technologies, Enterprise Ireland - Centre Manager
- 1998 Stokes Research Centre - Senior Research Fellow
- 1997 Stokes Research Centre - Research Fellow
Patent
- 2001 2001/1081 - Contrast Bathing Physiotherapy Device Utilising Peltier Thermoelectric Effect
Award
- 1998 - Post-doctorate Scholarship
- 1997 - PhD Scholarship
Education
- 1997 University of Limerick - Ph.D.
- 1993 University of Limerick - B.Eng.
Committee
- 1899 Limerick Instruments Ltd (1999 ¿ 2002),
- 1899 Institution of Engineers of Ireland,
- 1899 The Society of Biomolecular Screening,
- 1899 K-16 ASME Committee on Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics,
- 1899 Stokes Ventures Ltd.,
- 1899 Faculty of College of Engineering,
- 1899 American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
Other
- The 11th Biennial European Laser Anemometry Conference,
- The 14th Symposium on Measuring Techniques in Transonic and Supersonic Flow in Cascades and Turbomachines
Publications
Conference Publication
Proceedings of the ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference 2009, SBC2009
Fleming P., Dalton T.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME SUMMER BIOENGINEERING CONFERENCE - 2009, PT A AND B
Fleming, P; Dalton, T
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, ICNMM2008
Kinahan D.J., Dalton T.M., Davies M.R.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NANOCHANNELS, MICROCHANNELS, AND MINICHANNELS, PTS A AND B
Enright, R; Dalton, T; Krupenkin, TN; Kolodner, P; Hodes, M; Salamon, TR
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, ICNMM2008
Kinahan D.J., Dalton T.M., Davies M.R.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME/JSME THERMAL ENGINEERING SUMMER HEAT TRANSFER CONFERENCE 2007, VOL 3
Enright, R; Eason, C; Dalton, T; Salamon, T
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME/JSME THERMAL ENGINEERING SUMMER HEAT TRANSFER CONFERENCE 2007, VOL 2
Eason, C; OKeeffe, N; Enright, R; Dalton, T
7th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multiphysics Simulation and Experiments in Micro-Electronics and Micro-Systems, EuroSimE 2006
Dalton T., Hodes M., Eason C., Kolodner P., Enright R., Krupenkin T.
DOI: 10.1109/ESIME.2006.1644071
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannnels, and Minichannels, Pts A and B
Enright, R; Eason, C; Dalton, T; Hodes, M; Salamon, T; Kolodner, P; Krupenkin, T
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannnels, and Minichannels, Pts A and B
Sayers, MB; Dalton, TM; Davies, MR
Advances in Bioengineering
Dalton, TM; Kinahan, DJ; Davies, MR
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FED
Guire D.M., Dalton T.M., Davies M.R.
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels (ICMM2004)
Garvey J., Newport D., Dalton T.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FED
Guire D.M., Dalton T.M., Davies M.R.
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels (ICMM2004)
Eason C., Dalton T., O'Mathuna C., Davies M., Slattery O.
Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference 2004, HT/FED 2004
Dalton T.M., Mc Guire D., Davies M.R.
Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference 2004, HT/FED 2004
Mc Guire D., Garvey J., Dalton T.M., Davies M.R.
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels (ICMM2004)
Eason C., Dalton T., O'Mathuna C., Davies M., Slattery O.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD
Davies M., Dalton T.
FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VIBRATION MEASUREMENTS BY LASER TECHNIQUES: ADVANCES AND APPLICATIONS
Nosenzo, G; Whelan, MP; Dalton, T
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Nosenzo G., Whelan M.P., Dalton T.
DOI: 10.1117/12.472610
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Hradil J., Davis C., Mongey K., Gray D., Dalton T., McDonagh C., MacCraith B.D.
DOI: 10.1117/12.464207
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD
Newport D., Dalton T., Davies M.
American Society Of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) Htd
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD
Dalton T., Egan V., Newport D., Davies M., Whelan M.
American Society Of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) Htd
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings
Newport D., Dalton T., Davies M.
Proceedings of the National Heat Transfer Conference
Kehoe E., Davies M., Newport D., Dalton T., Whelan M., Forno C.
Proceedings of the National Heat Transfer Conference
Newport D., Whelan M., Dalton T., Davies M.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD
Datton T.M., Davies M.R.D.
American Society Of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) Htd
Other Publication
Visualising the onset of meandering structures in a small length scale fluidic junction using dye injections
Walsh, P; Davies, MRD; Dalton, T
Peer Reviewed Journal
Measurement of substrate thermal resistance using DNA denaturation temperature
Kinahan, DJ; Dalton, TM; Davies, MR
International Journal Of Thermal Sciences
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2009.07.026
Effect of substrate thermal resistance on space-domain microchannel fluorescent melting curve analysis
Kinahan, DJ; Dalton, TM; Davies, MRD
Biomedical Microdevices
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-009-9288-6
Gene transcript amplification from cell lysates in continuous-flow microfluidic devices
Gonzalez, A; Ciobanu, D; Sayers, M; Sirr, N; Dalton, T; Davies, M
Biomedical Microdevices
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-007-9083-1
Microfluidics for genetic cancer diagnostics
Newport, D; Davies, M; Dalton, T
Houille Blanche-Revue Internationale De L Eau
DOI: 10.1051/lhb:200601002
Direct comparison between five different microchannels, part 1: Channel manufacture and measurement
Eason, C; Dalton, T; Davies, M; O'Mathuna, C; Slattery, O
Heat Transfer Engineering
DOI: 10.1080/01457630590907392
Direct comparison between five different microchannels, part 2: Experimental description and flow friction measurement
Eason, C; Dalton, T; Davies, M; O'Mathuna, C; Slattery, O
Heat Transfer Engineering
DOI: 10.1080/01457630590907419
Development of optical temperature measurement procedures at the microscale
Newport, D; Garvey, J; Whelan, M; Dalton, T; Egan, V
Journal Of Microscale Thermophysical Engineering
Development of Optical Temperature Measurement Procedures for the Micro-scale
Newport, D; Garvey, J; Whelan, M; Dalton, T; Egan, V
Journal Of Microscale Thermophysical Engineering
Developement of Interferomertic Temperature Measurement Procedures for Microfluid Flow
Newport, D; Garvey, J; Dalton, T; Egan, V; Whelan, M
Journal Of Microscale Thermophysical Engineering
Development of Optical Temperature Measurement Procedures for the Micro-scale
Newport, D; Garvey, J; Whelan, M; Dalton, TM; Egan, V
Journal Of Microscale Thermophysical Engineering
Damage detection in composite structures based on optical fibre strain sensing and finite element model updating
Nosenzo, G; Whelan, MP; Dalton, T
Damage Assessment Of Structures, Proceedings
Modelling Electronic Cooling Axial Fan Flows
Grimes, R; Davies, MRD; Punch, J; Dalton, T; Cole, R
American Soc Mechanical Engineers J. Electronic Packagi
Modelling Electronic Cooling Axial Fan Flows
Grimes, R; Davies, M; Punch, J; Dalton, T; Cole, R
Asme Journal Of Electronic Packaging
On Free Convection Heat Transfer With Well Defined Boundary Conditio
Davies, MRD; Newport, DT; Dalton, TM
J. Heat Transfer
High-resolution vibration measurements using wavelength-demultiplexed fibre Fabry-Perot sensors
Christmas, SP; Jackson, DA; Henderson, PJ; Zhang, L; Bennion, I; Dalton, T; Butler, P; Whelan, M; Kenny, R
Measurement Science & Technology
On the thermal interaction between an isothermal cylinder and its isothermal enclosure for cylinder Rayleigh numbers of order 10(4)
Newport, DT; Dalton, TM; Davies, MRD; Whelan, M; Forno, C
Journal Of Heat Transfer-Transactions Of The Asme
DOI: 10.1115/1.1389467
Modelling Electronic Cooling Axial Fan Flows
Grimes, R; Davies, M; Punch, J; Dalton, TM; Cole, R
J. Electronic Packaging
High-resolution vibration measurements using wavelength-demultiplexed fibre Fabry-Perot sensors
Christmas S.P., Jackson D.A., Henderson P.J., Zhang L., Bennion I., Dalton T., Butler P., Whelan M., Kenny R.
Measurement Science And Technology
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/12/7/326
Forced convection board level thermal design methodology for electronic systems
Cole, R; Dalton, T; Punch, J; Davie, MR; Grimes, R
Journal Of Electronic Packaging
DOI: 10.1115/1.1339822
An optical and numerical investigation into the thermal interaction between an isothermal cylinder and its isothermal cubical enclosure for cylinder Rayleigh numbers of order 104. Transactions of the ASME:
Newport, D; Davies, M; Dalton, T; Whelan, M; Forno, C
J. Heat Transfer
Modeling electronic cooling axial fan flows
Grimes, R; Davies, M; Punch, J; Dalton, T; Cole, R
Journal Of Electronic Packaging
DOI: 10.1115/1.1339821
An optical and numerical investigation into the thermal interaction between an isothermal cylinder and its isothermal cubical enclosure for cylinder Rayleigh numbers of order 10^4
Newport, D; Davies, M; Dalton, T; Whelan, M; Forno, C
J. Heat Transfer
A New Approach to Teaching Thermofluids Dimensional Analysis
Davies, MRD; Dalton, TM
International J. Mechanical Engineering Education
Teaching Thermofluids Dimensional Analysis,
Davies, MRD; Dalton, TM
International J. Mechanical Engineering Education
On gaseous free-convection heat transfer with well-defined boundary conditions
Davies, MRD; Newport, DT; Dalton, TM
Journal Of Heat Transfer-Transactions Of The Asme
DOI: 10.1115/1.1318213
Dimensional analysis in heat transfer
Dalton, TM; Davies, MRD
Journal Of Heat Transfer-Transactions Of The Asme
DOI: 10.1115/1.2826002
An experimental and numerical investigation of natural convection plumes above a horizontal cylinder in an isothermal cubical enclosure
Dalton T.M., Davies M.R.D.
American Society Of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) Htd
An experimental and numerical investigation into the heat transfer of naturally convecting fin arrays within enclosures
Davies M.R.D., Dalton T.M.
American Society Of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) Htd