Bio

I come originally from Lima, Peru and I am PhD student working under the supervision of Dr. Papadakis at the Department of Aeronautics at Imperial College London. My doctoral work is supported by National Program of Scholarships and Educational Credit (PRONABEC) in Peru where I obtained the President of the Republic Scholarship.

I completed my M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Technische Universität Berlin in Berlin, Germany. Before joining Imperial College, I worked in the aerospace industry as a manufacturing engineer at Airbus in Germany, within the A350 XWB manufacturing program. During my studies, I worked for 3.5 years as a Co-Op at the Department of Impact, Aeroelasticity and thermals, Fans & Compressor Division at Rolls-Royce.

Work

My work focuses on the fundamental study of non-equilibrium and inhomogeneous turbulence employing aerospace relevant geometries through the use of Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) as a research tool and the use of supercomputers.

I am currently conducting high-performance simulations of the wingtip flow studying the spatial evolution of vortical structures and their high order statistical moments. These configurations provide turbulent flows with a high level of anisotropy and three-dimensional complexity.

The understanding of the vortex evolution in terms of high-order statistics which are available with DNS in the near wake region is of great importance for the improvement of civil aviation safety standards now with the introduction of unmanned aircraft and higher saturated airspace as well as for the overall improvement of energy efficiency and use.