Dr. Daren Watson joined IM体育官网 in 2021 as an assistant professor
in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Watson is a fluid mechanician with expertise
in experimental fluid mechanics, fluid-structure interactions, and biomechanics of
insect locomotion on fluid surfaces. He also has extensive experience in the development
of alternative energy solutions for small island developing states. Watson鈥檚 work
in these areas has generated broad interest across the field of engineering, resulting
in publications in several high-impact journals such as Physical Review Fluids, Physics
of Fluids, Journal of Fluids and Structures, and Energy Reports.
Recipient, Prime Minister鈥檚 National Youth Award for Excellence, 2020. The award is
the highest honor bestowed upon a Jamaican youth who has achieved eminent national
and international distinction in a specified area.
Member, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, 2019
Recipient, University of the West Indies Graduate Scholarship, 2013
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Central IM体育官网, 2020
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Central IM体育官网, 2019
M.Phil. in Physics, University of the West Indies, 2016 B.S. in Environmental Physics and Mathematics, University of the West Indies, 2013
Interfacial Fluid Mechanics
Fluid-Structure Interactions
Alternative Energy Systems
Reviewer, Physics of Fluids, American Institute of Physics, 2021 鈥� present
Member, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, 2019 鈥� present
Watson, D. A., Bom, M. J., Weinberg, P. M., Souchik, J. C., and Dickerson, A. K. (2021)
鈥淲ater entry dynamics of spheres with heterogeneous wetting properties鈥�. Physical
Review Fluids, Volume 6, Issue 4, doi:10.1103/physrevfluids.6.044003, April 2021.
Watson, D. A., Souchik, J. C., Weinberg, P. M., Bom, M. J., and Dickerson, A. K. (2020)
鈥淢aking a splash with fabrics in hydrophilic sphere entry鈥�. Journal of Fluids and
Structures, Volume 94, 102907, doi:10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2020.102907. March 2020.
Alam, E., Smith, N., Watson, D., Hassan, T., and Neupane, K., (2019) 鈥淓arly screening
of DDH using svm classification鈥�. 2019 SoutheastCon, doi:10.1109/SoutheastCon42311.2019.9020565,
April 2019.
Watson, D. A., Stephen, J. L., and Dickerson, A. K. (2019) 鈥淚mpacts of free-falling
spheres onto a deep liquid pool with altered fluid and impactor surface conditions鈥�.
Journal of Visualized Experiments, Issue 144, e59300, doi:10.3791/59300, February
2019.
Watson, D. A., Stephen, J. L., and Dickerson, A. K. (2018) 鈥淛et amplification and
cavity formation induced by penetrable fabrics in hydrophilic sphere entry鈥�. Physics
of Fluids, Volume 30, Issue 8, doi:10.1063/1.5036655, August 2018.
Watson, D. A., Binnie, Y., Duncan, K. L., Dorville, J. F. (2017) 鈥淧hoturgen: The open-source
software for the analysis and design of hybrid solar wind energy systems in the Caribbean
region: An introduction to its development policy鈥�. Energy Reports, Volume 3, doi:10.1016/j.egyr.2017.03.001,
November 2017.
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