Background

Dr Farah Houdroge is a mathematical modeller at the Burnet Institute working on a variety of projects related to Hepatitis C elimination, COVID-19 modelling as well as optimal and equitable geospatial allocation of resources.

Farah has a background in Applied Mathematics and Physics, and completed her PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics at Monash University in 2017 where, prior to joining the Burnet Institute, she worked as a Research Assistant and Teaching Associate in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

She also has experience in Biofluid mechanics and developed a model to simulate blood flow in the cerebral microcirculation as part of her Master’s degree at the Institute of Fluid Mechanics of Toulouse in 2013.

Positions

• Mathematical Modeller, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia, 2020 to present
• Co-lecturer, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 2020
• Head Teaching Associate, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 2014─2020
• Research Assistant, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 2017─2019

Qualifications

• PhD, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 2014─2017
• MSc, Fluid Dynamics Research, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France, 2011─2013
• BSc, Mathematics and Applications, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France, 2008─2011

Awards

• Faculty of Engineering International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (FEIPRS), 2014─2017
• Monash Departmental Stipend Scholarship (MDS), 2014─2017

Projects (2)

Current (2)

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  COVASIM: Modelling COVID-19

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  EC Australia: Eliminate Hepatitis C Australia Partnership

Publications (3)

2020 (1)

• Wake dynamics and flow-induced vibration of a freely rolling cylinder.
  F. Y. Houdroge, T. Leweke, K. Hourigan, M. C. Thompson
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics.. 2020 Jan; 903:A48

2017 (1)

• Two- and three-dimensional wake transitions of an impulsively started uniformly rolling circular cylinder.
  Houdroge, F, Leweke, T., Hourigan, K., Thompson, M. C.
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics.. 2017 Aug; 826:32-59

2016 (1)

• Fluid-structure interaction of a rolling cylinder with offset centre-of-mass.
  Houdroge, F, Thompson, M. C., Leweke, T., Hourigan, K.
  In Advances in Fluid--structure Interaction. M. Braza, A. Bottaro & M. Thompson (Eds.) Springer International Publishing Switzerland. 2016.. 2016 Apr