Engineering CFD Lab Members

PhD Students

Jake Pattison (PhD, 10/2021 - )
- UMZ of turbulent pipe flow
Zekun Ma (PhD, 10/2023 - )
- Accelerating turbulent flow DNS
Risa Romy (PhD, 10/2023 - )
- CFD of fistula haemodynamics
William Biddles (PhD, 10/2024 - )
- Flow separation control

MSc Students (Engineering)

Ashwath Narayan JR - Machine learning for ultrasound image segmentation
Natanael Strugaj - Aneurysmal flow prediction
Erasmus Visiting Students

Clement Patat (Physics at Université Paris-Est Créteil, France), 13/04/2015-5/06/2015
- High performance computing for biomedical application
Nicolas Toure (the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Poitiers, France), 6/07/2015-14/09/2015
- Computer visualisation of scientific computing data

Project Students (ES327)

Matt Bates - Tennis ball and string
Areg Aslanov - CFD of a rolling sphere
Max Grabner - Nek5000 simulation of a turbulent circular jet flow
Robert Latham - CFD of a Formula Student car flow: read wing
Araan Mohanadass - CFD of a Formula Student car flow: front wing

Visiting Academic

Professor Masashi Yamakawa (Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan), 4/2016-3/2017
Dr James Jewkes (Curtin University of Technology, Australia), 1/2011-2/2011, 8-9/2014
Dr Xiuling Ji (Beijing Institute of Technology, China), 1/2012-8/2012
Dr Tae-Seon Park (Kyungbook University, South Korea), 8/2008-8/2009

Former Member

Dr Minsuok Kim (PDRA, 2014-2017, EU FP7 AirPROM lung modelling) Currently Associate Professor, University of Loughborough
Dr Ashwin T.R (PDRA, 1/2014-9/2015, PDRA, EPSRC Li-ion battery modelling) Currently, WMG, University of Warwick.
Dr Seo Yoon Jung (8/2006-8/2007) Currently Research Scientist, KAERI, South Korea.
Dr Majid Malek Jafarian (9/2004-6/2005) Currently Assistant Professor, in Mechanical Engineering Department, Birjand University, IRAN

Former Students

PhD Students

[19] Adam Nawaz (PhD, 10/2018 - 2026)
- Machine learning for bio-CFD
[18] Tedja Verhurst (PhD, 10/2019 - 9/2023) co-supervised by Dr Craig Lawson, Dr David Judt at Cranfield University
- Health monitoring of cavitation erosion on airframe fuel pumps
[17] Vasit Sirilapanan (PhD, 5/2015 - 2021)
- CFD of haemodynamics in the aneurysm and fistula.
- Lecturer at Navamindradhiraj University, Thailand
[16] Samuel Dunstan (PhD, 10/2016 - 2020)
- DNS of turbulent rotating jet and pipe flows
[15] Yvonne Xue Chen (PhD, 10/2017 - 2021)
- UMZ of turbulent pipe flow
[14] Jacqui Mufsud (PhD, 10/2017 - 2021)
- CFD of bubble dynamics with acoustic cavitation
[13] Marco Macchi (PhD, 4/2014 - 2018) co-supervised by Professor J X Wen (SUSTech, China)
- LNG/Fuel cascade and ammable cloud formation
[12] Iresha Atthanayake (PhD, 1/2014 - 7/2018) co-supervised by Professor P J Thomas
- PhD Dissertation: Behaviour of an axi-symmetric jet in the rotating reference frame
[11] Bram Vangestel (PhD, 3/2012 - 2019) joint supervision with Professors P J Thomas and J Baeyens
- Engineering CFD of air filter
[10] Tony Wang (PhD, 10/2013 - 1/2018)
- PhD Dissertation: Direct numerical simulations of turbulent pipe flow with 90 degrees bends
[9] Oliver Yang (PhD, 10/2012 - 11/2016) co-supervised by Professor D A Lockerby
- PhD Dissertation: Turbulent skin-friction drag reduction control by spanwise motion
[8] Edd Hurst (PhD, 10/2009 - 9/2014)
- PhD Dissertation: A numerical study of turbulent drag reduction using streamwise travelling waves of spanwise wall velocity
[7] Salvio Chacko (PhD, 2/2008-11/2012)
- PhD Dissertation: Numerical analysis of unsteady heat transfer for thermal management.
[6] Dana Elam (PhD, 11/2007-7/2012)
- PhD Dissertation: A direct numerical simulation of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuators for turbulent skin-friction control.
[5] Michal Kopera (MSc/PhD, 10/2007-2011) co-supervised by Professors R M Kerr (Eng/Maths)and D Barkley (Maths)
[4] Tariq Talha (PhD, 11/2006-7/2012)
- PhD Dissertation: A numerical investigation of three-dimensional unsteady turbulent channel flow subjected to temporal acceleration.
- Lecturer at National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Pakistan
[3] Michael Asante (PhD, 9/2004-7/2012)
- PhD Dissertation: Numerical modelling of nosocomial infection in a multi-bed ward environment.
[2] Dr Adam K Preece (PhD, 9/2003-8/2008)
- PhD Dissertation: An investigation into methods to aid the simulation of turbulent separation control.
- Senior engineer at Aircraft Research Association (ARA) Ltd.
[1] Dr James Jewkes (PhD, 8/2002-7/2008)
- PhD Dissertation: An improved turbulent boundary layer inflow condition, applied to the simulation of jets in cross-flow.
- Associate Professor at University of Leicester, UK

MSc Students

[60] William Kelsall (MSc 2025/26) - Take-off modelling of a flying car
[59] Matias Ulas (MSc 2025/26) - AI CFD of a dialysis fistula modelling
[58] Abdulazeez Sadik (MSc 2025/26) - Cruise flight modelling of a flying car
[57] Farouk Sadik (MSc 2025/26) - Prostate particle embolisation
[56] Chenjing Xu (MSc 2025/26) - U-Net machine learning for ultrasound image segmentation
[55] Ashwath Narayan JR (MSc 2024/25) - Machine learning for ultrasound image segmentation
[54] Natanael Strugaj (MSc 2024/25) - Aneurysmal flow prediction
[53] William Biddles (MSc 2023/24) - Aircraft thrust reversal unit (TRU) CFD
[52] Zhaozhao Fang (MSc 2022/23) - AI for flow prediction
[51] Juwon Kim (MSc 2022/23) - CFD of corium flow in a nuclear power plant accident
[50] Baizhi Li (MSc 2022/23) - The effect of side wind on the aircraft thrust reversal unit (TRU)
[49] Michał Murzyn (MSc 2022/23) - Optimisation of arteriovenous (AV) fistula
[48] Lucan Toseland (MSc 2022/23) - Solar panel cleaning using compressed air jets
[47] Jiawen Zhang (MSc 2022/23) - Ultrasound scan image denoising
[46] Grant Davison (MSc 2022/23) - Solar panel cleaning using compressed air jets
[45] Josh Frederich (MSc 2022/23) - Machine learning for medical imaging
[44] Yuang Lu (MSc 2022/23) - CFD of gas flow in human lungs
[43] Zekun Ma (MSc 2022/23) - CFD modelling of air purge flow
[42] Longjiang Tao (MSc 2022/23) - CFD-based optimisation of the fluidised bed
[41] Hailing Zeng (MSc 2022/23) - Artery embolisation
[40] Tiancheng Gu (MSc 2021/22) - Computational fluid dynamics modelling of ultrasound flow meter for Hydrogen
[39] Shenmin Li (MSc 2021/22) - Heat transfer characteristics analysis of twisted tapes with different twisted and space ratios using CFD
[38] Ahmed Sellami (MSc 2021/22) - Assessing the impact of upstream flow disturbances on flow meter accuracy
[37] Rodolfo Arturo Garcia Uchofen (MSc 2021/22) - Numerical simulation of prostatic artery embolisation (PAE)
[36] Ziyang Zhang (MSc 2021/22) - Study on particle motion in plasma reactor based on CFD-DEM method
[35] Wenyi Liu (MSc 2019/20) - CFD modelling of purge air design
[34] Jathursan Ushakaran (MSc 2019/20) - CFD study of flow with particles: artery embolisation
[33] Ziyang Zheng (MSc 2019/20) - Super-resolution reconstruction of medical image using machine learning
[32] Sheela Kumari (MSc, 2018/19)
- Li-ion battery modelling
[31] Harry Salles (MSc, 2018/19)
- Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation of ice-water mixture
[30] James Tunstall (MSc, 2018/19)
- Optimisation of an aircraft wing
[29[ Lifeng Zhang (MSc, 2018/19)
- High performance computing (HPC) of large-scale battery modelling
[28] Connor Denton (MSc, 2017/18)
- CFD of a vaccum cleaner
[27] Adan Nawaz (MSc, 2017/18)
- Fluid-Structure Interaction modelling of arteriovenous fistula maturation
[26] Thodoris Papachristopoulou (MSc, 2017/18)
- Secondary flow structures in 180° - bent pipe and flow control towards stabilization under the application of body force using Nek5000
[25] Victoria Boothman (CSC MSc, 2016/18)
- The influence of viscosity magnitude, non-Newtonian rheology and anastomosis angle upon haemodynamic conditions within an Arteriovenous Fistula
[24] Sam Hallow (MSc, 2016/17)
- Modelling high velocity explosions
[23] Ben Harris (MSc, 2016/17)
- CFD of a land speed record car
[22] Dan Bruce (MSc, 2015/16)
- An electro-chemical based approach to modelling a multi-celled lithium-ion battery pack for electric vehicles
[21] Pierre Phelps (MSc, 2015/16)
- Direct numerical simulation of circular jet flows: An investigation to the effects of inflow conditions on jet development
[20] Gregory Begkos (MSc, 2014/15)
- Numerical simulation of human lung flow
[19] Marios Tziritis (MSc, 2014/15)
- Numerical simulation of car aerodynamics
[18] Parag Yeole (MSc, 2014/15)
- Numerical simulation of FSI
[17] Adam Rogozinsky (MSc, 2013/14)
- Numerical simulation of car aerodynamics
[16] Jackson Powell (MSc, 2013/14)
- Numerical simulation of human lung flow
[15] Leo Zeng (MSc, 2013/14)
- Numerical simulation of flow around a sphere
[14] Lanzhi Liang (MSc, 2012/13)
- Electronic car battery cooling
[13] Tian Coulsting (MSc, 2011/12)
- OpenFOAM simulation of a turbulent cavity flow
[12] Sean Roman (MSc, 2010/11)
- Numerical study of a turbulent U-bend flow optimisation
[11] Daniel J Lycett-Brown (CSC MSc, 2009/2010) Currently doing a PhD at University of Southampton
- Fluid-solid interactions: Using the immersed boundary method to investigate swimming at low Reynolds number
[10] Sina Haeri (CSC MSc, 2008/2009) Currently doing a PhD at University of Southampton
- MSc Dissertation: Numerical simulation of flow around flexible bodies
[9] Michael Jones (CSC MSc, 2008/2009)
- MSc Dissertation: Large eddy simulation of accelerating turbulent channel flow
[8] Elisavet Michali (MSc, 2008/2009)
- MSc Dissertation: Flow control
[7] Oladipo J. Bamgbose (MSc, 2008/2009)
- MSc Dissertation: Large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow with sudden pressure gradient change
[6] Thomas Grundy (MSc, 2007/2008)
- MSc Dissertation: An analysis of the fractional step method for solving the {Navier-Stokes} equations
[5] Azadeh Azimi (MSc, 2007/2008) Currently doing a PhD at Coventry University
- MSc Dissertation: Turbulent flow simulations with slip velocity
[4] Stefanos Katsimardos (MSc, 2006/2007)
- MSc Dissertation: Computational analysis of a novel wind turbine
[3] Caitlin Graham (MSc, 2006/2007)
- MSc Dissertation: Computational analysis of micro- and nano- flows
[2] Majah Zia (MSc, 2005/2006)
- MSc Dissertation: Unsteady heat transfer analysis
[1] Wittawach Prasitsom (MSc, 2005/2006)
- MSc Dissertation: Computational analysis for turbulent flow control

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