Prof Vassili Toropov
PhD, FRAeS, AFAIAA, CEng

 

Research Group News

June 2023

Posing in front of the Pipistrel R&D building, from left to right -- S. Karabasov, H. Abid, and V. Toropov

Propeller noise and optimisation research

2 June 2023

Our computational aeroacoustics and optimisation team took part in a two-day EU project meeting hosted by Pipistrel in Slovenia, the first company in Europe who certified an all-electric passenger aircraft.


January 2022

Dame Ann Dowling is awarded an honorary doctorate

28 January 2022

During the Graduation Ceremonies at Tobacco Dock Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FRS FREng was awarded a DSc(Hon Caus). Dame Ann is one of the most distinguished engineers in the UK. She was first female Professor in Engineering at the University of Cambridge in 1993 and is now … [more]


April 2021

Karthikeyan Ponniah is awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) Leaders Scholarship

13 April 2021

Well done to my former tutee, Karthikeyan Ponniah, who has been awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) Leaders Scholarship. Karthikeyan is 1 of 30 candidates, who have received this award in this round. Recipients of this RAE award “will get the opportunity to acquire the skills needed to fulfil their … [more]


March 2021

Schematic of flexible rod-canopies placed over an aerofoil surface and preliminary results of Large Eddy Simulations accelerated on Graphics Processing Units for a benchmark aerofoil noise case

Surface treatments for next generation quiet aerofoils

5 March 2021

The team of engineers from Queen Mary has won significant funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) devoted to high-resolution modelling and simulation of aerofoil noise. In the new £405,916 research project, Prof. Karabasov and his team will work in collaboration with the Institute of Sound and … [more]