Division of Aerospace Engineering and Fluid Mechanics
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- Academic Members
- Postdoc Research Assistants
- Professional Services
- Current PhD Projects
- Past PhD Projects
Academic Members
![]() Dr Eldad Avital |
![]() Dr Lorenzo Botto |
![]() Prof James Busfield |
![]() Dr Neil Cagney |
![]() Dr Rafa Castrejón |
![]() Dr Jun Chen |
![]() Dr Ahmed Ismail |
![]() Prof Sergey Karabasov |
![]() Dr Fariborz Motallebi |
![]() Dr Jens-Dominik Mueller |
![]() Dr Angadh Nanjangud |
![]() Dr Maria Romero-Gonzalez |
![]() Prof Hazel Screen |
![]() Prof John Stark |
![]() Prof Vassili Toropov |
![]() Dr Ranjan Vepa |
![]() Prof Wen Wang |
![]() Dr Pihua Wen |
![]() Dr Yousef Zawahreh |
Postdoc Research Associates
![]() Dr Weiqi Li |
![]() Dr Annabel Markesteijn |
![]() Dr Sara Naderizadeh |
![]() Dr Russell Quadros |
![]() Dr Danae Zamboulis |
Professional Services
![]() Dr Russell Bailey |
![]() Dr Erica Di Federico |
![]() Nick DugganLead Aerospace Technician |
![]() Dr Benjamin Gridley |
![]() Dr Shoghik Hakobyan |
![]() Mr Dennis Ife Mechanical Workshop Manager |
![]() Ms Jun Ma |
![]() Mr Andrew McDonaldMechanical Workshop Technician |
![]() Mr Danny Neighbour |
![]() Mr James SearlesMechanical Workshop Technician |
Current PhD Projects
Thesis Title | Supervisor |
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Theoretical and computational modelling of airframe / propulsion interaction noise for reduced noise aircraft design | Sergey Karabasov |
Design, Simulation and Control of an Integrated Wave and Tidal Energy Converter (WATEC) for optimum power transfer in shallow seas | Ranjan Vepa |
Research - Multidisciplinary multifidelity stochastic topology optimisation Title - Level Set Multidisciplinary Topology Optimisation | Vassili Toropov |
Fluid-Structure Interaction Modelling for Smart Blades of Renewable Energy Turbines | Eldad Avital |
Optimal Distributed Propulsion Systems for All-Electric Airc | Ranjan Vepa |
Lifetime predictions of Elastomers | James Busfield |
Development of an Organ-chip Model to examine Muscle Degeneration | Hazel Screen |
Modulating tendon micromechanics for injury prevention or management | Hazel Screen |
Novel Models of Tendinopathy on a Chip | Hazel Screen |
Mixed mode colloid electric propulsion | John Stark |
Ultralow loading Pt-based electrocatalysts for HER | Yi Sui |
Modelling and characterisation of cells in flows | Yi Sui |
Prediction of Leakage in Elastomeric Seals for High Pressure Applications | James Busfield |
Optimization of deployable structures used for drug delivery | Vassili Toropov |
Optimal Design and Simulation of All Electric Aircraft | Ranjan Vepa |
Self Healing Elastomers | James Busfield |
Tyre Degradation Performance - SRI | James Busfield |
Fracture behaviour in high performance tyres | James Busfield |
Shape optimisation of winglets and wing appendages using CAD-based shape optimisation | Jens-Dominik Mueller |
Numerical simulation of cell dynamics in inertial flows | Yi Sui |
supersonic jet noise modeling | Sergey Karabasov |
Fluid-Structure Interaction of offshore aquaculture units and particle dynamics for disinfection control | Eldad Avital |
Numerical simulation of electrohydrodynamics | Yi Sui |
IL-10 signalling in human vascular development (human vascular cell differentiation from induced-pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)) | Wen Wang |
Factors Impacting Tissue Compliance in the Human Left Atrium and its Effect on Radiofrequency Ablation Success | Hazel Screen |
Filler Reinforcement of Elastomers | James Busfield |
Optimisation of a Novel Polymeric Heart Valve | James Busfield |
The interfascicular matrix niche ? novel approaches to identify the aetiology of tendinopathy | Hazel Screen |
Optimisation of Tyre Wear Performance | James Busfield |
Nanostructured Reinforcing Fillers to Enhance Physical and Mechanical Properties | James Busfield |
Microfluidics for sorting circulating tumor cells | Yi Sui |
Graphene based transparent electrodes for tuneable optical devices | James Busfield |
Novel 3D Shapes for MDO of Fans and Compressors | Vassili Toropov |
Investigating Human Achilles Tendon Biomechanics Using Novel Ultrasound Imaging | Hazel Screen |
Controlling Droplet Impact and Penetration | Rafa Castrejón |
Role of CD34+ Stem Cells in Isografted Vessel Remodelling | Wen Wang |
Frictional Properties of Elastomer Seals. | James Busfield |
Navier Stokes flows with meshless finite block method | Pihua Wen |
Numerical simulation in composite-metal joint analysis | Pihua Wen |
Numerical simulation of cells in flows | Wen Wang |
Past PhD Projects
Thesis Title | Supervisor | Year |
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Vassili Toropov | 2017 | |
Design modelling and control of a miniature robotic system for surgical applications | M Hasan Shaheed, Ranjan Vepa | 2017 |
Development of materials and applications for electroactive composites | James Busfield, Federico Carpi | 2017 |
High Performance Flow Control & Shape Optimisation Solver | Jens-Dominik Mueller, Sergey Karabasov | 2017 |
Motion of deformable capsules in complex flows | Yi Sui | 2017 |
Experimental and Numerical Study of Surface Curvature Effects on the Performance of the Aerofoils Used in Small Wind Turbines | Theodosios Alexander, Eldad Avital | 2017 |
Optimal pump characteristic design for MCS devices suitable to different stages of Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) | Theodosios Alexander, Fariborz Motallebi | 2017 |
Micro-patterning of peptide-based biomaterials | Julien Gautrot, Hazel Screen | 2017 |
The Effects of Loading Frequency on Tenocyte Matabolism | Hazel Screen | 2017 |
Electric Breakdown of Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Materials | Federico Carpi, James Busfield | 2017 |
Predicting tyre compound wear. | James Busfield, Emiliano Bilotti | 2017 |
Design, Modelling and Fabrication of a Robotic Retractor for Colorectal Surgery | Pihua Wen, Ettore Barbieri | 2017 |
Fatigue life prediction in aircraft tyres | James Busfield | 2017 |
Robust and Stable discrete adjoint solver development for shape optimisation of incompressible flows with industrial applications | Jens-Dominik Mueller, Eldad Avital | 2017 |
SmartNanoHeat - Self-regulating heating compounds | Emiliano Bilotti, James Busfield | 2017 |
Micro-structure reorganisation of the aortic heart valve under a biaxial loading condition | Hazel Screen, Wen Wang | 2016 |
Parallelization solutions for the YNANO Discontinua Simulations in 2D | Ante Munjiza, Pihua Wen | 2016 |
The synergistic role of mechanical stimuli and VEGF treatment in stem cell differentiation to endothelial cells | Wen Wang | 2016 |
The role of HDAC7-related peptide in stem cell differentiation towards endothelial cell | Wen Wang | 2016 |
Investigating the effects of cholesterol on phospholipid bilayer with molecular dynamics simulations. | Wen Wang, Yiling Lu | 2016 |
Interaction between the circulating blood and vascular endothelial cells in health & disease. Cell Mechanics for endothelial glycocalyx | Wen Wang, Asa Barber | 2016 |
The effects of the rate of hypo-osmotic challenge and IFT88 mutation on the biomechanics of chondrocytes. | Martin Knight, Wen Wang | 2016 |
Developing Cationic Nanoparticles for Gene Delivery | Julien Gautrot, John Stark | 2016 |
A novel fibre composite system to investigate tenocyte metabolism under physiological and pathological loading conditions. | Hazel Screen | 2016 |
The Strain Dependent Dielectric Behaviour of Carbon Black Filled Natural Rubber | James Busfield, Emiliano Bilotti | 2016 |
The Role of DKK3 in Vascular Smooth Muscle Differentiation | Wen Wang | 2015 |
Microfluidics for a novel bioreactor | Wen Wang, Pankaj Vadgama | 2015 |
The development of a novel nanostructured silica filler for high friction and low rolling resistance rubber applications. | James Busfield | 2015 |
Efficient Methods for Robust Shape Optimisation for Crashworthiness | Fabian Duddeck, Jens-Dominik Mueller | 2015 |
Electrical stimulation on cell-cell interactions in vitro | Wen Wang | 2015 |
Microcapsule for targetted drug delivery to diseased tissues | Wen Wang, Gleb Sukhorukov | 2015 |
An investigation into Turbine Blade Tip Leakage Flows at High Speeds | Eldad Avital, Theodosios Alexander | 2015 |
Functional impact of microRNA-34a on stem cell differentiation towards smooth muscle cell | Wen Wang | 2015 |
Numerical Simulation of a Marine Current Turbine in Turbulent Flow | John Williams, Eldad Avital | 2015 |
Numerical shape optimisation of flow around turbomachinery blades | Jens-Dominik Mueller, Andrew Wheeler | 2015 |
A Study of the Fluid Dynamic Coupling Between LP Steam Turbine and its Exhaust Hood | Andrew Wheeler, Jens-Dominik Mueller | 2015 |
Microcapsule internalization be cells in vitro caused by physical and biochemical stimuli | Gleb Sukhorukov, Wen Wang | 2014 |
Numerical Simulation of a Marine Current Turbine in Turbulent Flow | John Williams, Eldad Avital | 2014 |
The behaviour of hollow sphere filled rubber materials under strain | James Busfield | 2014 |
Failure of Rubber Components under Fatigue | James Busfield | 2014 |
Novel polymeric matrix and its interaction withbiological cells | Wen Wang, Ton Peijs | 2014 |
Tearing of rubber | James Busfield | 2013 |
Sensitivity computation and shape optimisation in aerodynamics using the adjoint methodology and Automatic Differentiation | Jens Mueller | 2013 |
A Biomechanical Characterisation of Eccentric and Concentric Loading of the Triceps Surae Complex | Hazel Screen | 2013 |
The Impact and Deformation of Press-Fit Metal Acetablular Components | Julia Shelton, James Busfield | 2012 |
Structure-Function Relationships in the Aortic Valve | Hazel Screen | 2012 |
Numerical investigation of the effect of free-surface flow past submerged bluff and streamlined bodies | John Williams, Eldad Avital | 2012 |
Computational and Experimental Study of Nasal Cavity Airflow Dynamics | Eldad Avital, Fariborz Motallebi | 2012 |
Spatial distribution, temporal development and mechanical properties of the endothelial glycocalyx in vitro | Wen Wang | 2012 |
Natural Rubber/Organoclay Nanocomposites | James Busfield | 2012 |
Modelling studies on biological tissue property and mechanical responses under external stimuli | Wen Wang | 2012 |
Can Interface Conditions be Modified by Support Surfaces to Minimise the Risk of Pressure Ulcer Development? | Wen Wang, Dan Bader | 2011 |
Comeld Joints: Optimisation of Geometric Parameters of the Protrusions | Pihua Wen, Felicity Guild, Paul Hogg | 2011 |
Computational modelling of flows in porous scaffold materials using a lattice Boltzmann method | Wen Wang | 2011 |
microRNAs play a role in human embryonic stem cell differentiation into endothelial cells | Wen Wang | 2011 |
Experimental Aeroacoustics Study on Jet Noise Reduction Using Tangential Air Injection | Eldad Avital, Chris Lawn, John Cater | 2011 |
Investigation and Modelling of Rubber Friction | James Busfield | 2010 |
Viscoelastic Properties of Elastomer under Complex Loading | James Busfield | 2010 |
Numerical Structure for Milling Proceses of Thin Wall Structures | Pihua Wen | 2010 |
The Influence of Microstructure on the Mechanical Behaviours of Tendons | Hazel Screen, Julia Shelton | 2010 |
Influence of electrostatics upon electrospray with the intention of application to colloid thrusters | John Stark | 2010 |
Adaptive Filtering Applications to Satellite Navigation | Ranjan Vepa | 2010 |
Mechanisms involved in the electrospray of biological macromolecules | John Stark | 2010 |
Visualization of fluid motions inside Taylor cones using dye tracer | John Stark | 2010 |
Carbon Black Filler Reinforcement of Elastomers | James Busfield | 2009 |
Novel biosensors and Their application in Mass Transport | Wen Wang, Pankaj Vadgama | 2009 |