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Comprised of academic staff and postgraduate researchers with expertise across the full range of fluid mechanics disciplines
The Fluid Mechanics section is comprised of 7 full-time academic staff members, with expertise across the full range of fluid mechanics disciplines. Academic staff are active in teaching, research and consultancy. Our student population comprises approximately 15 full-time PhD students who are based in our state-of-the-art Hydrodynamics laboratory. Our students have come from varied backgrounds, some direct from undergraduate studies and others after a period in industry, with first degrees in a range of disciplines including mathematics, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, aeronautical engineering, energy, and environmental engineering.
Members of the Fluid Mechanics Section
Fluid Mechanics Academic and Teaching Staff A-Z
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Henry BurridgeLecturer in Environmental Fluid Mechanics, PhDTransport of heat and mass by convection; Convection in the built environment; Effective ventilation of buildings; Modification of natural materials for use in buildings. |
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Adrian CallaghanSenior Lecturer, PhDBreaking waves; Surface water waves; Two-phase flows; Air-entrainment; Upper ocean turbulence. |
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Marios ChristouLecturer in Fluid Mechanics and Mathematics, PhD, DIC, MEng, ACGIDirector of MSc Engineering Fluid Mechanics for the Offshore, Coastal and Built Environments Metocean, Offshore and Coastal Engineering; Wave statistics; Freak/rogue waves; Analysis of Field Measurements; Wave-structure interaction; Wave-vessel interaction; Infragravity waves; Side-by-side and tandem offloading; Boundary Element Modelling. |
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John CraskeLecturer, Imperial College Research Fellow, PhDBuilding physics; Buoyancy-driven turbulence; Jets and plumes; Numerical analysis; Inverse problems; Adjoint methods; Flow optimisation; Data assimilation. |
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Graham HughesChair in Environmental Fluid Mechanics, PhDHead of Fluid Mechanics Section Buoyancy-driven flows; Stratified turbulence and mixing; Convection; Turbulent plumes and jets; Flow energetics. |
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Ioannis KarmpadakisLecturer in Coastal Engineering, PhDCoastal engineering, wave heights, crest heights, wave breaking, coastal structures, nonlinear waves, shallow water depths, statistics Email Ioannis |
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Li MaLecturer in Fluid-Structure Interaction, PhD, DIC, MEng, ACGIFluid-structure interaction; Renewable energy systems; Extreme waves; Load statistics; Reliability; Hydrodynamic impacts; Wave-in-deck; Convective flows Email Li |
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Ali MashayekLecturer in Environmental Fluid Mechanics, NERC Research Fellow, PhDGeophysical fluid dynamics, density stratified turbulence, ocean turbulence, ocean circulation, climate dynamics |
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Chris SwanProfessor of Hydrodynamics, PhD, CEng, MIMarESTSurface water waves; Extreme ocean waves; Wave kinematics; Wave statistics; Wave-structure and wave-vessel interactions; Wave loading; Impact loading; Experimental and numerical modeling. |
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Maarten van ReeuwijkReader in Fluid Mechanics, BSc MSc PhDBuoyancy driven flows; Atmospheric and oceanic turbulence; Sustainable cities; Flow and dispersion in urban canopies; Heat and mass transfer; Direct Numerical Simulation; Large-eddy simulation. |
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Fluid Mechanics Research Staff A-Z
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Enrique PadillaBubble-mediated air-sea fluxes, Oceanic whitecaps, Wave energy dissipation, Infragravity waves, Nearshore hydrodynamics.Email Enrique |
Fluid Mechanics Research Staff A-Z |
Fluid Mechanics Research Students A-Z
Fluid mechanics Emeritus, Senior Research Investigators, Visitors and Honorary staff
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Professor Rod SobeyEmeritus Professor of Fluid MechanicsProfessor Sobey has continued his research and writing since his formal retirement in October 2009, focusing on short and long wave kinematics and evolution. This research has been recognised in two awards from the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK - the 2010 Telford Premium award for his paper 'Analytical Solutions for Steep Standing Waves', and the 2013 David Hislop Prize for his paper 'Steep Progressive Waves in Deep and Shallow Water'. |
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Visiting and honorary staff
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Peter Tromans |
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Technical, laboratory and administration staff
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Dave de RuyterLaboratory Technician, Fluid MechanicsRoom 101b, +44 (0)207 594 5925, Email Dave |
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Gary AustinLaboratory Technician, Fluid MechanicsRoom 010a, +44 (0)207 594 5938, Email Gary |
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Darren JuppLaboratory Technician, Fluid MechanicsRoom 010a, +44 (0)207 594 5957, Email Darren |
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Rebecca NaessensResearch Group Administrator, Fluid MechanicsRoom 328, +44 ( 0)207 594 5990, Email Rebecca |
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