Faculty

Jie received his BSc (2011) and PhD (2016) degrees from Tsinghua University. Before joining the group in 2019, he worked as a Joint-PhD at KTH and a Postdoc researcher at Delft University of Technology. Jie is active in the field of stability and transition in shear flows, numerical simulation and modal analysis of fluid flows. 

Dandan graduated with a BEng degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nottingham in 2012. She received both MSc (2013) and PhD (2017) degrees from Imperial College London before joining the group. Her research includes stability, transition and adjoint-based optimal flow control.  

Wenqiang got his MSc from Chinese Academy of Science and PhD from Imperial College London before joining the group in 2019. His research topic was the influence of inlet distortion on the aerodynamic performance of the aero engine. His current project focuses on the numerical study of the icing process and active control method with plasma on the airplane.

Qiangqiang received his BSc degree from the Northwest A&F University in 2014, and the MSc degree from the Wuhan University in 2017. He is active in the field of wall slip flow and numerical simulation of heat transfer in microchannels or nanochannels.

Advaith graduated with a BTech degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati in 2013. He received his PhD (2020) along with MSc (Engg) degree from the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore before joining the group. His current project is on the data-driven reduced-order modelling and simulation of flow around an aircraft tail and its control. 

Huw collected his MENG degree from Durham University in 2016. Since joining the group, he has worked on numerical modelling and simulation of flow control using DBD plasma actuators in collaboration with ONERA in France. 

Yang received his BSc and MSc degrees from Tianjin University and Imperial College, respectively. Since joining the group in 2016, he has worked on the effect of thermal conditions and inflow turbulence intensity on the wake recovery behind wind turbines with numerical simulations. 

Mahmud received his MENG degree from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia with the Best Student Award based on excellent academic achievements including publishing several reviewed papers on top journals. He was a lecturer in Nigerian Defence Academy before joining the group in 2019.  He has interest in heat transfer enhancement of nanaofluid, aerodynamics and Renewable energy.

Basem received his MENG degree in Sustainable Energy systems from the University of Southampton in 2019 and then joined the group in Jan, 2020.  His PhD research focuses on data-based reduced order modelling of wind flow aiming at reducing the cost of power by offshore wind farms. 

Lei obtained his BSc and MSc degrees from Southwest Jiaotong University. He joined the group in 2019 under the co-supervision of Prof. Choi and Dr. Mao and work on wind tunnel measurements of vortex flow and transient dynamics. 

Tobias received his BSc in Physics with Theoretical Physics and MSc in Mathematical Medicine and Biology from the University of Nottingham in 2018/19, and joined the group in 2020. His research focuses on reduced order modelling. As a passionate cyclist, he hopes his PhD will also provide insight into how he can become more aero whilst cycling.

Josh obtained his MPhys in Physics from the University of Leicester in 2020, receiving both the College Prize and Stewardson Essay Award, and joined the group in October 2020. His research focuses on simulating the aeroacoustic properties of distributed electric propulsion configurations as part of the SilentProp project. His passion for numerical simulation stems from the ability to replicate complex real-life situations using basic computer programs.

Zhihua got his BSc and MSc from Northwestern Polytechnical University in 2017 and 2020, respectively, before joining the group. He has been an exchanging student at TU Braunschweig. He has developed research interests in combined cycle engine design.