Background

Dr Farah Houdroge is a mathematical modeller at the Burnet Institute working across a variety of projects related infectious disease modelling and public health including BBV and STI elimination, resource optimisation analyses and statistical analyses, with a vested interest in climate change and health.

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

Positions

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

Qualifications

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

Awards

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

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