ProfessorSid Becker

Professor

Mechanical Engineering

  • Professor
    Mechanical Engineering
  • Assoc Dean Post Grad Research
    Deputy Vice-Chancellor - Research
  • +6433692155 (Work)
  • Civil Mechanical E506

TEACHING & SUPERVISION

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    M26 Clarus Pipeline Water Bath Insulation
    18 Feb 2024 - 20 Nov 2024
    Lucas Rhodes, Jack Dowd, Quintin Dickerson-Gillet,
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Numerical and Theoretical Investigations on Nonlinear Thermoacoustic Instabilities in a Bifurcating Combustor and Flame Transfer Function Identification
    1 Jun 2023 - 25 Jul 2022
    Guan, Yiheng
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Barracuda Kayak Foiling e-kayak: M
    20 Feb 2023 - 20 Nov 2023
    Leonard Brockerhoff; Luke Whitwell ; Benjamin Couper ; Simon Hollows,
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Kiwicare: Predator Free 2050 Improved Trap Box: M46
    21 Feb 2022
    Kaden Gibbons, Alex Darling, Max Truell, Thomas Kain,
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Venture Taranaki: Use of Hemp Fibre in Sustainable Oriented: M54 Strand Board
    21 Feb 2022
    Tone Kanthasao, Phoebe Zhao and Kaspar Soltero.,
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Capturing Flow through Porous Meida: MRI and Numerical Comparisons
    1 Dec 2021 - 1 Sep 2022
    Flint, Sam
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Analysis of the Warmer Kiwi Homes Initiative
    1 Apr 2021
    Robinson, Millie
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Eagle PPE: Reinventing the Glove M16
    22 Feb 2021
    Jack Ballard ; Matt Comber; Ella Gilroy; David Zhu,
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    A High-Granularity, Non-Invasive, and Low-Cost Method for Quantifying Panel Radiator Operation (Occupant Heating Behaviour) in Single-Occupant Office Spaces
    1 Feb 2021 - 29 Jun 2024
    Andrade Beltran, Maria Isabel
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Numerical studies on the performance of a standin-wave thermoacoustic engine
    1 Dec 2020 - 30 Jun 2024
    Guo, Lixian
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Numerical and theoretical investigations on thermoacoustic instability in gas turbine combustors
    1 Aug 2020 - 30 Nov 2025
    Evans, Molly
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Heat transfer correlation for expansion regime pulsed pressure mass transport
    1 Oct 2019 - 31 May 2024
    Radwan Mohamed, Salma
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Aeroacoustics Damping Performance Studies on Helmholtz Resonators and In-duct Perforated Plates
    1 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2020
    Guan, Di
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Simulation of Fluid Flow in Rock Fractures
    1 May 2019 - 1 Jun 2022
    Aghajannezhad, Pouria
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Fisher and Paykel DishDrawer Link System Size Reduction P17
    18 Feb 2019
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    RPB Universal Helmet Design P55
    18 Feb 2019
    Teck Soon; Nathan Arscott ; Julian Alexander; Ben Rowan,
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Energy efficient buildings in New Zealand climate by applying latent heat storage systems
    1 Sep 2018 - 31 May 2022
    Mohammadi Sefidan, Ali
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Integration of structured light methods to the DIET breast screening system
    1 Sep 2018 - 31 Aug 2019
    Ormsby, Zane
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Development of reverberation rooms for the measurement of sound absorption
    1 Aug 2018 - 31 Jul 2019
    Healey, Aaron
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Numerical and entropy studies of premixed flame stability behaviours and emissions in a micro-combustor
    1 Aug 2018 - 26 Jan 2022
    Siliang, Ni
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Study of a premixed hydrogen-fuelled flame transfer function in mesh-scale combustor
    1 Aug 2018 - 1 Aug 2022
    Sun, Yuze
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Invert Robotics: Retractable camera Arm
    1 Jan 2016 - 1 Jan 2016
    Jack Coote; Damon Hutley; Tim Ilin; Jeff Krause,
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    New Zealand Transport Agency: Kaikoura Fur Seals
    1 Jan 2016 - 1 Jan 2016
    Mark Houwers; Neryda Duncan; Jordan Maher; Denis Milkin,
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Prediction of Low Re Flow in Non-Uniform and Deformable Porous Media
    1 Jan 2016 - 1 Jan 2016
    Gasow, S
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Numerical modelling of an acoustically-driven bubble : the growth and collapse near a wall
    1 Dec 2015 - 31 Dec 2018
    Boyd, Bradley