People


Academic and research staff

Hector Iacovides – Group lead and Professor in Convective Heat Transfer

Imran Afgan – Senior Lecturer in Renewable Energy Systems

Abdelmagid Emad Abdelmagid Ali  – Research associate

Khalil Abo Amsha – Research associate

Andrea Cioncolini – Senior Lecturer Thermal Hydraulics

Dennis Cooper – Senior Experimental Officer

Tim Craft – Senior Lecturer

Amir Keshmiri – Senior Lecturer in CFD/Director of Business Engagement

Brian Launder – Research Professor in Thermofluids 

Dominique Laurence – Professor 

Vipin Michael – Research associate

Adel Nasser – Senior Lecturer

Rob Prosser – Reader in Thermodynamics and CFD

Alistair Revell – Reader in Turbulence and Fluid Structure Interaction

Paul Watkins – Reader in Thermodynamics

Dean Wilson – Research Associate
dean.wilson@manchester.ac.uk

Shanying Zhang – Experimental Officer

PhD Researchers

Mohamad Azrul Abd Jalil
Near wall domain decomposition for essentially unsteady turbulence flows
mohamadhazrul.abdjalil@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

Wael Abdelmoneam Elsaady
Time-dependent computational fluid dynamics and quasi-static analysis of smart dampers
wael.abdelmoneamelsaady@manchester.ac.uk

Firas Abdulsattar
Experimental work on the cooling of gas-turbine blades
firas.abdulsattar@manchester.ac.uk

Nabeel Abed
Conjugate heat transfer study in staggered and in-line heat exchanger tube bundles for compressible flows
nabeel.abed@manchester.ac.uk

Justyna Adamczyk
Flow-induced vibration in rods and rod bundles: an experimental and computational benchmark study
justyna.adamczyk@manchester.ac.uk

Mashhood Alowisi
Development of a new wall function for turbulent flows
mashhood.alowisi@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

Diego Araya Araya
Uncertainty quantification in offshore wind farms
diego.arayaaraya@manchester.ac.uk

Ioannis Bagkeris
Optimisation of the design and operation of mixing processes using computational fluid dynamics and high performance computing
ioannis.bagkeris@manchester.ac.uk

Dennis Cooper
Experimental benchmark study of a PWR pressuriser water spray into a steam environment
dennis.cooper@manchester.ac.uk

Amin Deyranlou
Assessment of different hemodynamic optimization criteria for cardiovascular prostheses
amin.deyranlou@manchester.ac.uk

Kamil Fedorowicz
Novel approaches to computational fluid dynamics of complex fluids
kamil.fedorowicz@manchester.ac.uk

Sam Hewitt
Advanced virtual prototyping for sustainable energy generation
sam.hewitt@manchester.ac.uk

Azin Hosseinzadeh
Computational modelling of urban heat island effects
azin.hosseinzadeh@manchester.ac.uk

Brendan Iyamabo
Revisiting wall functions to bridge the low-Reynolds-number academic/high-Reynolds-number industrial Gap in large eddy simulation predictions of turbulent fluid-solid interaction
brendan.iyamabo@manchester.ac.uk

Constantinos Katsamis
Thermohydraulics modelling capability of passive cooling systems (Studentship)
constantinos.katsamis@manchester.ac.uk

Martyn Kendrick
CFD simulation of natural circulation phenomena
martyn.kendrick@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

Kien Hsin Lai
Multi-objective robust optimisation under uncertainties
kienhsin.lai@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

Congcong Li
Numerical simulation and experimental investigation on the vertical fire spread of exterior wall claddings in high-rise buildings
congcong.li-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

Jorge Silva Leon
Aerodynamics of hairy-coated profiles: experimental and numerical study
jorge.silva-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

Andrew Mole
Development of advanced hybrid RANS-LES methodologies
andrew.mole@manchester.ac.uk

Hannah Mullings
Operational loads on a tidal turbine
hannah.mullings@manchester.ac.uk

Philipp Nguyen
Multiscale and zonal turbulent flow simulation by deterministic and statistical model coupling
philipp.nguyen@manchester.ac.uk

Charles Okon
Thermoacoustic technologies for electricity generation in small scale incineration and CHP units
charles.okon@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

Dominic Sarno
CFD modelling of flow and heat transfer for solar power tower central receivers
dominic.sarno@manchester.ac.uk

Max Szolcek
Deposition via electrokinetic phenomena and mitigation techniques for fission and fusion nuclear power plant cooling loops
max.szolcek@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

Saheed Shittu
Analysis of vortex-induced vibration of free spanning underwater pipeline
saheed.shittu@manchester.ac.uk

Nikola Stoyanov
TBC
nikola.stoyanov@manchester.ac.uk

Chen Wang
Near-wall boundary conditions for large eddy simulation
chen.wang-19@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

Xinguang Wang
Numerical modelling of turbulent urban canyon flows
xinguang.wang@manchester.ac.uk

Gaoqiang Yang
Fluid solid thermal interaction
gaoqiang.yang@manchester.ac.uk

Haoyuan Zhang
Turbulence modelling for aerodynamic heating in hypersonic flows
haoyuan.zhang@manchester.ac.uk

Xutong Zhang
Separation behavior and drag prediction for commercial aircraft based on K-ω SST IDDES Model
xutong.zhang@manchester.ac.uk

Chuxiong Zhou
Active noise control
chuxiong.zhou@manchester.ac.uk

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