Dr Neil Cagney
PhD
News
March 2025 | ||
 Postgraduate students present research at Industrial Liaison Forum11 March 2025On 5 March 2025, our MEng and MSc students presented their research projects at the Industrial Liaison Forum, engaging with industry professionals, external visitors and academics. MEng Projects All fourth-year MEng students undertake team projects, working in groups of four to six. With their projects nearing completion, they showcased a mix of … [more] | ||
 SEMS Researchers Collaborate with top South African University on Wind Turbine Aerodynamics10 March 2025On 10th March 2025, Queen Mary University of London signed an agreement with the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, to collaborate on the research project “Small-scale vertical-axis wind turbines for backup domestic electricity generation in rural South African communities”. Kshitij Sabnis (QMUL) and Michael Atkins (University … [more] | ||
January 2025 | ||
 Undergraduate Engineering students present at AIAA SciTech Conference in Orlando, Florida27 January 2025A group of 3rd and 4th year aerospace and mechanical engineering undergraduate students presented their project in person at the AIAA SciTech Conference in Orlando this January. Their participation followed their first-place win at the AIAA Regional Student Conference, held in Melbourne, Australia, last November. The visit was jointly supported … [more] | ||
 SEMS to take part in Women in STEM Scholarship programme by British Council15 January 2025Queen Mary will this year take part in the Women in STEM studentship programme run by the British Council. The award is worth £180,000 and will provide funding for 5 female students to travel to the UK to complete a one-year MSc (including student fees and a living allowance). The studentships … [more] | ||
November 2024 | ||
 Undergraduate team wins first prize at AIAA Student Conference in Melbourne27 November 2024A team of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering third and fourth-year students has won first prize in the team presentation category at the prestigious American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Student Conference, held in Melbourne, Australia, on 25th and 26th November, competing against 13 other international entries. The team investigated the … [more] | ||
October 2024 | ||
 Student research paper accepted to AIAA Student Conference27 October 2024A group of undergraduate students, including fourth year (MEng) aerospace and mechanical engineering students Milcha Masresha , Andrews Agyei , Raima Rahman, Omar Abdi, Aamna Abbasi and Imad Foughali, and third year aerospace student Hardit Saini, have successfully had their research paper on wind turbines accepted to the American Institute of Aeronautics … [more] | ||
April 2024 | ||
 British Council support joint wind energy research project with VIT Chennai3 April 2024The British Council supports a joint masters educational-research project between Queen Mary and Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) in Chennai. The masters will research distributed wind energy for urban and rural requirements, integration and energy conversion. The project consortium also consists of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras India and … [more] | ||
August 2023 | ||
 Hussain Abid successfully defends his PhD thesis in Computational Aeroacoustics9 August 2023Many congratulations to Hussain Abid for passing his PhD exam hurdle. The external examiner, Professor George Barakos from Glasgow, eminent expert in CFD/CAA and VTOL modelling, was very impressed by the amount and quality of new results in Hussain’s thesis. The models developed in the thesis pave … [more] | ||