Rate My Professor Timothy Donohue

Dr. Timothy Donohue serves as Conjoint Lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and as General Manager of The University of Newcastle Research Associates Ltd. (TUNRA), where he leads a team of over 80 staff in providing specialised consultancy and applied research services, primarily to the resources sector. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) with Honours and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Newcastle, with his doctoral thesis titled 'Permeability and the structure of porosity in particulate materials,' focusing on developing packing algorithms to simulate packed beds of spheres and fibrous materials. His modelling expertise spans continuum mechanics, Discrete Element Method (DEM), and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Complementing his technical background, Donohue has earned a Master of Business Administration and a Graduate Certificate in Law, supporting his transition into senior management roles.

Donohue's professional career at TUNRA Bulk Solids commenced as Consulting Engineer from 2007 to 2011, followed by Senior Consulting Engineer in 2012, Engineering Manager from 2013 to 2017, Manager of TUNRA Bulk Solids from 2017, and Acting General Manager of TUNRA from 2018 onward. Appointed Conjoint Lecturer in 2016, his research interests include bulk materials handling, transfer chute design, bin and hopper design, bulk material stress and wall loads, DEM calibration, passive dust control techniques, and materials handling education. He has co-authored numerous publications, including the journal articles 'The correlation between the pre-consolidation and Instantaneous Yield Locus (IYL) of bulk solids' in Powder Technology (2023), 'Study of gate loads related to stress states in mass-flow bins during bulk solids filling and settlement' in Advanced Powder Technology (2021), 'Application of the Image Processing Technique in Identifying the Particle Dispersion From a Centrifugal Fertilizer Spreader' in Particulate Science and Technology (2017), and book chapters such as 'Conveying and Construction Machinery' (2021) and 'Methods for the characterization and control of dust in materials handling applications with a specific focus on passive dust control in transfer chutes' (2012). His contributions have advanced industrial solutions for dust emissions, silo loads, and particle flow simulations.