People

Department of Mechanical Engineering Thermofluids

• Prof Shuisheng He CFD, nuclear thermal hydraulics, turbulence and transition, heat transfer

• Prof Ning Qin Aerodynamics, shape optimization, flow control, turbulence

• Prof Pierre Ricco Flow control, flow instability, transition, perturbation methods

• Prof Yang Zhang Combustion, flame dynamics, advanced flow diagnostic, future energy systems

• Prof Robert Howell Wind turbine aerodynamics, tidal turbines, wing stall control

• Dr  Andrew Nowakowski Aerodynamics, multicomponent multiphase flows, numerical methods

• Dr Elena Marensi Transition, flow optimization and control, nonlinear dynamics, data-driven modelling

• Dr Melika Gul Experimental fluid mechanics, turbulence, optical flow diagnostics, aerodynamics, wind energy

• Dr Marco Colombo Multiphase flows, boiling, nuclear thermal hydraulics, CFD

• Prof Stephen Beck Flow measurements, pipe networks, leaks in pipes

• Prof Lin Ma clean and sustainable energy, decarbonisation, CFD

• Prof Kirill Horoshenkov Computational and experimental acoustics, sensors for water industry

• Dr Abby Samson Low carbon and sustainable energy, fuels and combustion

• Dr Robert Woolley  Thermodynamics, heat transfer, combustion, laser diagnostics

School of Mathematics and Statistics  Fluid Dynamics Group

• Dr Yi Li  Turbulence and chaotic systems, bubble dynamics, data-intensive methods

• Dr Nils Mole  Turbulent diffusion, concentration modelling, atmospheric dispersion

• Dr Julia Rees  Microfluidics, rheology, interfacial flows

• Dr Ashley Willis  Transition and chaotic dynamics, shear flows, magnetohydrodynamics

• Professor Koji Ohkitani (Emeritus)  Vortex dynamics, singularity formation

Chemical and Biological Engineering

• Prof Siddharth Patwardhan Sustainable chemical and materials engineering

• Prof Will Zimmerman Microfluidics, microbubbles, thin film dynamics, inverse methods 

• Prof Solomon Brown Clean energy processes and storage, energy systems, uncertainty quantification

• Dr Alasdair Campbell Reactive flows, combustion, turbulent plumes, solar energy

• Dr Xizhong Chen  Particle technology, multiphase modelling, smart manufacturing, artificial intelligence

Material Science and Engineering

• Dr Chris Holland Natural material, rheology

• Dr Edgar Barajas Ledesma Natural materials, nanotechnology, spectroscopy, thermomechanical characterisation

• Dr Richard Hodgkinson Rheology, extensional flows, experimental fluid dynamics, instrumentation/metrology

Civil Engineering

• Prof Ian Guymer Contaminants and pollutant transport, mixing processes, hydraulics

• Prof Simon Tait Water engineering, pollutant transport, sediment deposition

• Dr Elisabeth Bowman Geomechanics, high-speed debris flows, rock avalanches

• Dr James Shucksmith Water engineering, flooding, pollution transport

• Dr Georges Kesserwani Water engineering, flood modelling and forecasting