Meissam Bahlali

Overview

I am a researcher in computational fluid mechanics, developing numerical methods to study complex natural systems.

I am currently working at Imperial College London, in the Department of Earth Science and Engineering, working with the Novel Reservoir Modelling and Simulation (NORMS) group.

Since 2022, I have been the lead developer of the Imperial College Finite Element Reservoir SimulaTor (IC-FERST, https://multifluids.github.io/), the group's leading edge code for simulating subsurface flow. I am responsible for code development, maintenance, and management, including reviewing contributions and providing development support to PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and MSc students through Imperial College's MSc GEMS course and annual MSc projects.

My current research focuses on flow and transport in porous media, using unstructured adaptive mesh techniques to model density-driven and variable-viscosity flow as well as solute transport in complex, heterogeneous geological formations. Applications include saline intrusion in coastal aquifers, large scale copper transport in sedimentary basins, and geothermal energy storage.

Research interests

My work combines theoretical and computational approaches to problems in environmental and geophysical fluid dynamics. Research interests include:

• Numerical methods in fluid mechanics, with applications to natural and engineered systems

• Stochastic modeling and turbulent particle dispersion; application to atmospheric flows

• Adaptive mesh modeling for flow and transport in porous media, including density-driven flow

• Lattice Boltzmann methods for moving boundary problems; applications in aerodynamics and aeroacoustics

In this website you'll find a lengthier description of my activities: see Research, Curriculum & Teaching.

Previous positions

• Postdoctoral Researcher at Aix-Marseille Université, M2P2 lab (2020)

• Research Associate at Imperial College London (2019)

• PhD at CEREA, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech/EDF R&D (2015-2018)