Staff profile

Dr Andrew McDonald

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering

School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Department of Physics

Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

PhD Bristol University

Area of study

Physics

Teaching Units

3PHYEPP  Electromagnetic Theory and Plasma Physics

Recent Publications

A. J. McDonald, J. Whittington, E. Custovic, T. A. Kane, and J. C. Devlin, `Angle-of-Arrival Calculations for a Modified SuperDARN HF Radar Layout ', Journal of Geophysical Research, (Submitted for publication), (August 2012).

 

E. Custovic, A. J. McDonald, J. Whittington, T. A. Kane, and J. C. Devlin, `New Antenna Layout and Angle of Arrival Calculation for a SuperDARN HF Radar', Radio Science, (Submitted for publication), (July 2012).

 

B. A. Carter, R. A. Makarevich, J. C. Devlin, A. J. McDonald, `Coincident multi-point observations of the R- and F-region decametre-scale plasma waves at high latitudes', Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 80, pp323 (May 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2012.02.014

 

E. Custovic, A. J. McDonald , T. A. Kane , N. V. Vu , J. Whittington and J. C. Devlin, `Next Generation of Over the Horizon HF Radars and the determination of foF2 in real-time', pp 141-156, Proc. of the 11th Australian Space Science Conference, Canberra, September 26-29, 2011.

Older Publications

A. J. McDonald and S. Hanna, `Computer Simulations of Wetting of Solid Surface by Liquid Crystals', Physical Review E, 75, 041703 (2007), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.041703.

 

A. J. McDonald and S. Hanna, `Atomistic Simulation of a Model Liquid Crystal', Journal of Chemical Physics, 124, 164906 (2006), DOI: 10.1063/1.2193154. 

 

A. J. McDonald and S. Hanna, `Atomistic Computer Simulations of Terraced Wetting of Model 8CB Molecules at Crystal Surfaces', Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 413, pp 135-144 (2004), DOI: 10.1080/15421400490437222.

 

A. J. McDonald, M. P. Allen and F. Schmid, `Surface Tension of the Isotropic-Nematic Interface’, Physical Review E (Rapid Communications), 63 070101(R) 2000, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.010701