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Dr Laura Montano Luna

Dr Laura Montano Luna

Associate Lecturer
Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Associate Lecturer in Humanitarian Engineering at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Laura Montano is an Associate Lecturer in Humanitarian Engineering at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW Sydney. She holds a PhD in hydraulic engineering from UNSW, for which she obtained the Dean's Award for Outstanding Thesis (Top 10% of the theses). Laura holds a Bachelor of Environmental Engineering and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Hydraulic Resources from Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia.

 Laura is currently part of a multidisciplinary project investigating mangrove restoration projects as an option to increase resilience and adaptation in Pacific Islands' communities. Laura's role focuses on assessing ecosystem services of mangrove restoration projects. Laura is also an expert in open channel flows, hydraulic structures, physical hydraulic modelling and turbulent flows. Laura is interested in combining her humanitarian engineering, hydraulic and research expertise to promote community capacity building and wellbeing improvement for communities in in developing regions.
Phone
(+61) 2 8071 9872
E-mail
l.montano@unsw.edu.au
Location
UNSW Sydney and UNSW Water Research Laboratory
  • Journal articles | 2021
    Felder S; Montano L; Cui H; Peirson W; Kramer M; Montano Luna L, 2021, 'Effect of inflow conditions on the free-surface properties of hydraulic jumps', Journal of Hydraulic Research, 59, pp. 1004 - 1017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2020.1866692
    Journal articles | 2021
    Montano L; Felder S, 2021, 'Air-Water Flow Properties in Hydraulic Jumps With Fully and Partially Developed Inflow Conditions', Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME, 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4051199
    Journal articles | 2020
    Montano L; Felder S, 2020, 'An experimental study of air–water flows in hydraulic jumps on flat slopes', Journal of Hydraulic Research, 58, pp. 767 - 777, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2019.1671512
    Journal articles | 2020
    Montano L; Felder S, 2020, 'LIDAR Observations of Free-Surface Time and Length Scales in Hydraulic Jumps', Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001706
    Journal articles | 2018
    Montano L; Li R; Felder S; Montano Luna L, 2018, 'Continuous measurements of time-varying free-surface profiles in aerated hydraulic jumps with a LIDAR.', Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 93, pp. 379 - 397, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2018.01.016
  • Reports | 2024
    Coghlan I; Chan J; Montano Luna L, 2024, Manning River and Clyde River boat wave investigation, Water Research Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental Engineerng, UNSW Sydney, Manly Vale, NSW, 2093, WRL TR 2024/13
    Other | 2023
    Felder S; Montano L; Cui H; Kramer M, 2023, Closure to “Effect of inflow conditions on the free-surface properties of hydraulic jumps” by S. FELDER, L. MONTANO, H. CUI, W. PEIRSON, and M. KRAMER, J. Hydraulic Res. 59(6), 2021, 1004–1017, https://doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2020.1866692, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2023.2265877
    Conference Papers | 2023
    Modra B; Montano L; Cox R; Felder S, 2023, 'Innovation in physical hydraulic modelling (PHM) for dam design', Cairns, presented at ANCOLD 2023 Conference, Cairns, 25 October 2023 - 27 October 2023
    Conference Papers | 2023
    Montano L; Felder S, 2023, 'Improving dissipator basin designs by using new knowledge of the fundamental flow processes in hydraulic jumps', Cairns, presented at Ancold 2023 Conference, Cairns, 25 October 2023 - 27 October 2023
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Felder S; Montano L; Montano Luna L, 2022, 'Remote sensing technologies for dam design and prototype monitoring', Sydney, presented at Ancold/Nzsold 2022 Conference, Sydney, 26 October 2022 - 28 October 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28421
    Reports | 2021
    Smith G; Montano Luna L; Rahman P, 2021, scoping study for the lower hunter river cumulative development impact study and plan, Water Research Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Manly Vale, NSW, 2093, WRL TR2020/27
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Li R; Montano Luna L; Splinter K; Felder S, 2019, 'Opportunities of LIDAR measurements in air-water flows', in Proceedings 38th IAHR World Congress, Panama, presented at IAHR, Panama, 01 September 2019 - 06 September 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.3850/38WC092019-0726
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Montano Luna L; Cox R; Felder S, 2019, 'Measuring internal forces in a hydraulic jump with a load cell', in E-proceedings of the 38th IAHR World Congress, Research Publishing Services, Panama, presented at 38th IAHR World Congress, Panama, 01 September 2019 - 06 September 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.3850/38WC092019-0382
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Felder S; Montano Luna L; Peirson W; Cui H, 2018, 'Effect of inflow conditions on the air-water flow properties in hydraulic jumps', in Proc. of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Adelaide, presented at 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Adelaide, 10 December 2018 - 13 December 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27044
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Montano L; Felder S, 2018, 'LIDAR measurements of free-surface profiles and turbulent scales in a hydraulic jump', in 7th IAHR International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures, ISHS 2018, Aachen, Germany, pp. 537 - 546, presented at 7th International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures, Aachen, Germany, 15 May 2018 - 18 May 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.15142/T3Q64F
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Li R; Montano Luna L; Felder S, 2017, 'LIDAR measurements of free-surface characteristics in hydraulic jumps.', in Brady P; Felder S (ed.), Proceedings of the 13th Hydraulics in Water Engineering Conference (HIWE2017), Engineers Australia, Sydney, pp. 238 - 246, presented at 13th Hydraulics in Water Engineering Conference, Sydney, 13 November 2017 - 16 November 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26460
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Montano Luna L; Felder S, 2017, 'Air-water flow properties in hydraulic jumps on a positive slope', Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, presented at 37th IAHR World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 13 August 2017 - 18 August 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26344
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Montano Luna L; Felder S, 2017, 'Measurements of air-water flow properties in hydraulic jumps in a sloping channel.', in Brady P; Felder S (ed.), Sydney, presented at 13th Hydraulics in Water Engineering Conference, Sydney, 13 November 2017 - 16 November 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26463