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Dr Chennakesava Kadapa leads the lab. Dr Kadapa is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University.

Dr Kadapa has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Swansea University, United Kingdom. Dr Kadapa is a recipient of the prestigious Zienkiewicz scholarship for his PhD at Swansea University. Before joining Napier, Dr Kadapa worked as a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bolton. Dr Kadapa is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Dr Kadapa is also a member of the UKACM board and ASME UK Section leadership team.

Dr Kadapa published several single-author and first-author papers in the prestigious international journals for Computational Mechanics.

Dr Kadapa teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Mechanical Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University.

Current Postdocs

Dr Ehsan Adeeb

Dr Adeeb is an expert in CFD, Lattice Boltzman method and GPU computing. He is working on MAPFSI project, developing FSI framework for the interaction of thin soft flexible structures made of magnetoactive polymer against fluids inside confined geometries.

Dr Abhishek Ghosh

Dr Ghosh is an expert in continuum mechanics, nonlinear elasticity, magneto-elasticity and FEM. He is working on MAPFSI project (at Swansea University), developing finite elements for beam and shell structures made of magnetoactive polymer.

Current PhD students

Mr Raheel Usmani (2025-

Raheel comes with a strong background in fluid mechanics. Raheel's PhD focusses on FEM schemes for fluid-structure interaction problems with thin structures and high Reynolds number flows.

Mr Zhiqiang Guan (2024-)

Zhiqiang is PhD student in collaboration with Prof. Xu Guo and Prof. Yue Mei at Dalian University of Technology, China. Zhiqiang has a strong background in solid mechanics and topology optimisation. Zhiqiang's PhD focusses on CutFEM for topology optimisation of nonlinear elasticity and multiphysics problems.

Previous Undergraduate and Master's level students at Edinburgh Napier University.

Darral Cramb, BEng in Mechanical Engineering. 2023-24.
Project: Understanding the Impact of Ice Accretion on Aerofoil Performance Computational Investigation with ANSYS Fluent.
Ioannis Filokostas, BEng in Mechanical Engineering. 2023-24.
Project: Evaluation of a Rear Upper Suspension Wishbone Performance for the Formula Student Team Napier.
Christian Millar, BEng in Mechanical Engineering. 2023-24.
Project: CFD Analysis of the effects of porosity on fluid flow and wake reduction.
Anand Manayamparambil Sajeevan, MSc in Renewable Energy. 2022-2023.
Project: Design and Optimization of a Piezoelectric-Based Wind Energy Harvesting System.
Ajomon Sabu, MSc in Renewable Energy. 2022-2023.
Project: Hydrogen diffusion in rubber.
Akhiljose Konnoth James, MSc in Renewable Energy. 2022-2023.
Project: Morphing Blades for Advancing Offshore Renewable Energy Applications.
Inayat Ur Rahman Arshad, MSc in Environmental Sustainability. 2022-2023.
Project: Comparison of the carbon footprint of an electric vehicle to a fossil fuel vehicle.
Adewale Oyewo, MSc in Renewable Energy. 2022-2023.
Project: Characterisation and performance analysis of flexible neoprene sheets for wave energy conversion.
Kian Ogorka, BEng in Mechanical Engineering. 2022-2023.
Project: Simulation-driven design and analysis of hydro-electric turbines.

Undergraduate and Master's level students at the University of Bolton.

Syed Oeez Ul Hussan, MSc in Systems Engineering and Engineering Management. 2021-2022.
Project: Application of Artificial Intelligence in Project Management: Predictive Models for Employee Attrition using KNN, MLP, and XGBoost Algorithms as a case study.
Andreea Dabija, BSc (Hons) in Mechatronics. 2021-2022.
Project: Sparse Identification of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems (SINDy) for Vortex-Induced Vibrations.
Olaosebikan Olawale Idris, BSc in Mechatronics. 2020-2021.
Project: Operation and finite element analysis of a forklift machine.
When Zheng Jin, BSc in Mechatronics. 2020-2021.
Project: Design and finite element analysis of prosthetic arm for safeguarding in traffic accidents.
Wenshuo Pan, BSc in Mechatronics. 2020-2021.
Project: A smart robotic car based on Arduino UNO board.

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