LFC-UK Investigators, Postdoctoral researchers and PhD students

Investigators

Philip Hall


Professor Philip Hall
Principal Investigator
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
phil.hall@imperial.ac.uk
Sherwin Professor Spencer Sherwin
Co-Investigator
Department of Aeronautics
Imperial College London
s.sherwin@imperial.ac.uk                                           
Anatoly Ruban photograph Professor Anatoly Ruban
Co-Investigator
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
a.ruban@imperial.ac.uk
Jonathan Morrison Professor Jonathan Morrison
Co-Investigator
Department of Aeronautics
Imperial College London
j.morrison@imperial.ac.uk
Xuesong Wu Professor Xuesong Wu
Co-Investigator
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
x.wu@imperial.ac.uk
Shahid Mughal Dr Shahid Mughal
Investigator
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
s.mughal@imperial.ac.uk
Chris Atkin Professor Chris Atkin
Co-Investigator
School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
City University London
chris.atkin.1@city.ac.uk
  Peter Schmid Professor Peter Schmid
Investigator
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
peter.schmid@imperial.ac.uk

Postdoctoral researchers

Afsar Dr Mohammed Afsar
Research Associate
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
m.afsar@imperial.ac.uk
Mohammed's research focuses on the Receptivity of a three-dimensional boundary layer to small-scale free-stream turbulence.
  Dr Tomass Bernots
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
tomass.bernots08@imperial.ac.uk
Tomass is investigating linear and nonlinear receptivity to Tollmien—Schlichting waves in transonic flows.
Deguchi Dr Kengo Deguchi
Research Associate
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
k.deguchi@imperial.ac.uk
Kengo's research aims to extend his theoretical results of 'Exact Coherent Structure' flow states to more realistic external boundary layer flows, which typically appear on aeroplane wings.
de Tullio Dr Nicola De Tullio
Research Associate
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
n.de-tullio@imperial.ac.uk
Nico is investigating boundary layer instability and receptivity to free-stream acoustic waves in the transonic regime.
  Dr Marina Kravtsova
Research Associate
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
m.kravtsova@imperial.ac.uk
Marina is investigating non-linear receptivity of transonic flow where a wall roughness causes a local separation region in the boundary layer, and the boundary layer interacts with external acoustic noise.
Thomas Dr Christian Thomas
Research Associate
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
c.thomas@imperial.ac.uk
Tom is investigating the various stages of boundary-layer transition on a swept  wing, including receptivity, linear and nonlinear disturbance development.
  White Dr Alex White
Research Associate
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
alexander.white@imperial.ac.uk
Alex is investigating the effect of surface roughness, free stream turbulence, concave curvature and three dimensionality of the oncoming flow on the generation of disturbances in the boundary-layer.
Xu Dr Hui Xu
Research Associate
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
hui.xu@imperial.ac.uk
Hui is investigating the receptivity and instability of the boundary-layer transition stages and addressing the influences of free stream disturbance, wavy wall, blowing and suction, external acoustic waves on the instability in the boundary layer.
Tariq Saeed photograph Dr Tariq Saeed
Research Associate
Department of Aeronautics
Imperial College London
t.saeed@imperial.ac.uk
Tariq is developing an experiment to investigate the transition process on a swept wing. This research aims to support and facilitate the theoretical investigations undertaken by the LFC-UK team.

PhD students

  Alex Amos
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
PhD topic: Critical layers and interactions of stationary and travelling crossflow vortices in threedimensional
boundary layers
Banks Curtis Banks
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
c.banks11@imperial.ac.uk
PhD topic: Receptivity of a three-dimensional swept wings, in particular understanding the stability behaviour of stationary crossflow vortices
  butler Adam Butler
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
 PhD topic: Non-Parallel-Flow Effects on Stationary Crossflow Vortices at Their Genesis
de Cointet Thomas de Cointet
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
thomas.de-cointet07@imperial.ac.uk
PhD topics: (i) Receptivity of the boundary layer to surface roughness and the development of crossflow vortices. (ii) Transonic flow separation around discontinuities in curvature
cimpeanu Radu Cimpeanu
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
radu.cimpeanu11@imperial.ac.uk
PhD topic:  Effect of thin films of fluid covering the surface of aircraft components, wings in particular, on the governing flow around these bodies
Dempsey Liam Dempsey
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
l.dempsey12@imperial.ac.uk
PhD topic: Transition to turbulence of Poiseuille-Couette flow, including investigation of the effect of 3D nonlinear disturbances
Gipon Matthew Gipon
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
matthew.gipon11@imperial.ac.uk
PhD topic: Transition to turbulence prediction, specifically focusing on cylindrical geometry which could be used to model flow on aircraft fuselages or inside turbine engines
  Kurunandan Jain
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
kurunandan.jain11@imperial.ac.uk
 PhD topic: Generation of Tollmien—Schlichting Waves at the Leading edge of a Wing
Maestri Joseph Maestri
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
j.maestri11@imperial.ac.uk
PhD topic: Turbulence in channel flows, including the patterns and structures that arise during the onset of turbulence which are often called “self-sustaining states” or “exact-coherent structures”
Nutter Jamie Nutter
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
j.nutter11@imperial.ac.uk
PhD topic: Generation of Görtler vortices within the boundary-layer, in the long-wavelength (viscous-inviscid interaction) regime, caused by variable wall curvature in the streamwise direction
Pryce David Price
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
d.pryce10@imperial.ac.uk
PhD topics: (i) Stability of a vibrating elastic wing and how Tollmein-Schlichting waves effect this. (ii) Downstream effect of curvature and hence the creation of Gortler vortices
  Roland Hannah Roland
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College London
hannah.roland12@imperial.ac.uk
 PhD topic: Receptivity of the Boundary Layer to Vibrations of the Wing Surface - Part 2
Bosworth Richard Bosworth
Department of Aeronautics
Imperial College London
r.bosworth12@imperial.ac.uk
PhD topic:  Experimental verification of receptivity of a laminar boundary layer on a flat plate to free stream disturbances
De Grazia Daniele de Grazia
Department of Aeronautics
Imperial College London
d.de-grazia12@imperial.ac.uk
PhD topic: Direct Numerial Simulation of compressible Euler and Navier-Stokes equations which can take into account the main passive devices and approaches currently employed for transition location control
Mengaldo Gianmarco Mengaldo
Department of Aeronautics
Imperial College London
g.mengaldo11@imperial.ac.uk
PhD topic:  Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) data for 2D-2.5D geometries (i.e. aerofoils and swept wings) given by Airbus and comparing the DNS data with experimental data
  vemuri Hari Vemuri
Department of Aeronautics
Imperial College London
hari.vemuri11@imperial.ac.uk
PhD topic: Tollmien-Schlichting wave cancellation by Feedback Control