Engineering Department Acoustics/Combustion Student seminars


2008-05-02 12:00: Droplet Impingement Modelling (Dr Ilai Sher, Visitor, CUED)

2008-05-07 12:00: TBC (Tom Law, Engineering Department, Acoustics Grop)

2008-05-09 12:00: The aeromechanics of bat flight (Brown University)

2008-05-16 12:00: Mechanisms for Model Scale Landing Gear Noise Generation (Alexander Quayle)

2008-05-23 12:00: Reduction of Aeroengine Tonal Noise using Scattering from a Multi-Segmented Liner (Tom Law (Acoustics lab, University of Cambridge))

2008-05-30 12:00: Fuel Placement and Evaporation for Prefilming Airblast Atomisers at Gas Turbine Conditions (Umesh Bhayaraju)

2008-10-17 12:00: 1D Raman/Rayleigh and OH PLIF data analysis for understanding stratified flame structure (Mark Sweeney (University of Cambridge))

2008-10-24 12:00: Propeller noise - the problem of ingested turbulence (Rosie Robison (University of Cambridge))

2008-10-31 12:00: Simulations of Laminar Flame Propagation in Droplets Mists (Alexandre Neophytou, CUED)

2008-11-07 12:00: Measurement of Oil Derived Components in an Internal Combustion Engine Exhaust (Tashiv Ramsander)

2008-11-14 12:00: System identification and model-based control of two-dimensional cavity oscillations (Simon Illingworth (University of Cambridge))

2008-11-20 12:00: Study of cycle-by-cycle air-to-fuel ratio determined from the exhaust gas composition and a novel fast response device based on a wide band lambda sensor (Simon Regitz (University of Cambridge))

2008-11-28 12:00: Jet noise modelling (Mohammed Afsar (University of Cambridge))

2008-12-05 12:00: Aerothermodynamic Layout of a Scramjet Propulsion System for Space Transportation Systems: The Research Group GRK1095/1 - Structure and Achievements (Marius Banica (University of Stuttgart))

2010-09-15 09:00: Combustion in Gas Turbines: Present and Future Challenges (Speaker to be confirmed)

2012-05-04 14:15: Frequency-domain linearized Navier-Stokes equations for computational aeroacoustics (Dr Axel Kierkegaard (KTH, Sweden))

2012-05-11 14:15: 'Phased Array Measurement of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Noise'. (Charlie Pearson)

2012-05-18 16:00: “Extension of Ffowcs-Williams and Hawkings' acoustic analogy to turbomachinery cascade noise prediction with swirl” (Helene Posson  (DAMPT))

2012-05-25 14:15: "Reduced-order Jet Noise Modelling for Chevrons" (Karthik Depuru Mohan)

2012-06-15 14:15: "Jet noise modeling: from static jet to shock noise-fuselage interaction" (Sergey Karabasov)

2012-06-22 14:15: Open Rotor Broadband Noise (Dr Mike Kingan (ISVR, University of Southampton))

2012-06-27 16:00: Aeroacoustic research at MWL, KTH (Professor Mats Abom)

2012-06-27 16:30: "Nonlinear acoustic properties of perforates" (Professor Hans Boden (KTH))

2013-04-26 13:00: Turbulent Structure Detection in Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities. (Dr Romain Watteaux, DAMTP)

2013-05-03 13:00: The evolution of a stratified turbulent cloud.   (Dr Andrea Maffioli  CUED                  )

2013-05-10 13:00: Shock control on transonic wings by three-dimensional bumps. (Simon Collis, CUED )

2013-05-17 13:00: Passive ventilation in multi-storey buildings - a dimensionless design approach (Andrew Acred, Imperial College London)

2013-05-24 13:00: An Experimental Investigation of Flow Control for Supersonic Inlets (Neil Titchener, CUED )

2013-05-31 13:00: Turbulent miscible fountains - height, rhythm and scales. (Dr Henry Burridge, CUED )

2013-06-07 13:00: Two-phase gravity currents containing a finite volume of fluid (Dr Madeleine Golding, DAMTP                                             )

2013-06-14 13:00: Wetting in Granular Flows: Debris Flows & Ice Avalanches (Dr Barbara Turnbull, University of Nottingham)

2013-10-11 13:00: The Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Under Rotation (Dr Matthew Scase, University of Nottingham)

2013-10-18 13:00: Some Aerodynamic Issues of Unmanned Air Vehicles (Prof. Trevor Birch, Capability Leader Aerospace Science, DSTL)

2013-10-25 13:00: Night-purging multi-storey buildings (Dr Paul Lynch)

2013-11-01 13:00: Efficient mixing in stratified flows: Rayleigh-Taylor instability within a stable stratification, experiments and computation. (Megan Davies, DAMTP)

2013-11-08 13:00: Instability of Flow over a Surface (Dr Ed Brambley, DAMTP)

2013-11-15 13:00: Propeller integration experiments in DNW and TU Delft (Georg Eitelberg, Director, DNW, TU Delft)

2013-11-22 13:00: From noise in jets and wind turbines to relativity (Samuel Sinayoko, CUED and University of Southampton)

2013-11-29 13:00: Biomimetic techniques for flow control (Prof. Alfredo Pinelli, City University, London)

2014-01-17 13:00: Experimental Study of Suction and Vortex Generators for Supersonic Inlet Flow Control (Joseph Oorebeek, CUED)

2014-01-24 13:00: The Stokes drift of internal gravity waves (Ton van den Bremer, University of Oxford)

2014-01-31 13:00: The effectiveness of an air curtain in the doorway of a ventilated building (Daria Frank, DAMTP)

2014-02-07 13:00: Linear stability predictions vs. real shear flow behavior (Dr Outi Tammisola, CUED)

2014-02-14 13:00: Linear analysis to understand the formation of coherent structures in wall turbulence (Vikrant Gupta, CUED)

2014-02-21 13:00: The quest for lift - Investigations into low Reynolds number aerodynamics (Robbie Stevens, CUED)

2014-02-28 13:00: Transient Flows and Stratification of a Naturally Ventilated Enclosure Containing Both a Localised and Distributed Source of Buoyancy (Jamie Partridge, DAMTP)

2014-03-07 13:00: Standing and spinning waves in axisymmetric annular combustors (Giulio Ghirardo, CUED)

2014-04-25 13:00: Convection in Porous Media, and implications for geological storage of CO_2 (Duncan Hewitt, DAMTP)

2014-05-02 13:00: Taking the plunge: the flow of relatively dense rivers into lakes (Charlie Hogg, DAMTP)

2014-05-09 13:00: Corner effects on shock-induced separation  (Prof. Holger Babinsky)

2014-05-16 13:00: Aeroacoustics of Cyclone Separators (Tom Grimble, CUED)

2014-05-23 13:00: The interplay of waves and turbulence (Prof. Peter Davidson)

2014-05-30 13:00: Dynamics of marine ice sheets (Prof. Grae Worster)

2014-06-06 13:00: Stratified turbulence in an inclined duct (Prof. Paul Linden)

2014-06-13 13:00: 3D measurements of fine scale features in turbulence: a quest for universality (John Lawson, CUED)

2014-10-17 13:00: Fountains and their fluxes (Dr Henry Burridge, CUED)

2014-10-24 13:00: Three breaking solitary waves (Dr Yong Sung Park, University of Dundee)

2014-10-31 13:00: Heat Transfer Enhancement using Porous Media: effect of local-thermal non-equilibrium condition and thermal radiation (Dr Yasser Mahmoudi-Larimi, CUED)

2014-11-07 13:00: Dynamics of fluid driven delamination and fracturing in elastic and magneto-elastic materials (Dr Jerome A. Neufeld, BP Institute, Departments of Earth Sciences & Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics)

2014-11-14 13:00: Collective dynamics in confined bacterial suspensions (Adrien Lefauve, DAMTP)

2014-11-21 13:00: THE DRILLERS DON’T LIKE GETTING WET or WHY THE LAUNDRY ROOM KEEPS GETTING FLOODED : Water up to surprisingly high levels around the legs of large floating oil rigs (Professor Paul H. Taylor, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford)

2014-11-28 13:00: SBLIs in Intakes at Incidence (Tafara E. Makuni, CUED)

2014-12-05 13:00: Linear dynamics in turbulent flows over a porous layers (Nabil Abderrahaman-Elena)

2015-01-09 13:00: Renewable power generation: geothermal and solar thermal systems (Dr Kamel Hooman, The University of Queensland )

2015-01-16 13:00: Using Computational Fluid Dynamics ‘in real life’ processes (Professor Harvey Thompson, Professor of Computational Fluid Dynamics School of Mechanical Engineering , University of Leeds )

2015-01-23 13:00: ‘Spaghetti sandwich’ micro-structure of very high Reynolds number turbulence - not quite Kolmogorov  ( Lord Hunt of Chesterton,Trinity College Cambridge; UCL and Dr Nick Worth, CUED)

2015-01-30 13:00: Spheres to swimmers in a Stokes flow (Dr Finn Box, BP Institute, Department of Earth Sciences)

2015-02-06 13:00: Dynamics of Elastic Capsules in Flow (Dr Yi Sui, School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London  )

2015-02-13 13:00: How do waves create ‘sausages’, ‘pancakes’ and ‘cannellonis’ from ‘spaghetti’ turbulence? (Avishek Ranjan, CUED)

2015-02-20 13:00: Carbon-dioxide motion and reaction in subsurface aquifers (Dr Silvana Cardoso, CUED)

2015-02-27 13:00: Nonlinear development and acoustic radiation of instability waves/coherent structures in transitional/turbulent free shear flows (Professor Xuesong Wu, Imperial College London)

2015-03-06 13:00: Experiments with internal solitary waves in stratified fluids (Professor Peter Davies, University of Dundee )

2015-05-01 13:00: Aeroacoustics of cyclone separators (Dr Anurag Agarwal)

2015-05-08 13:00: Low-dimensional dynamics and control of turbulent bluff body wakes  (Dr Georgios Rigas, CUED)

2015-05-15 13:00: Working with atria: natural ventilation in multi-storey buildings (Dr Andrew Acred, CUED)

2015-05-22 13:00: New Developments in Turbulence Modelling for Industrial Needs (Alexandra Stefanescu)

2015-05-29 13:00: Mixing dynamics in pulsed fuel jets (Dr Edward Richardson, University of Southampton)

2015-06-05 13:00: Creating a Shallow-Water Wave Environment (David Aknin, Imperial College London)

2015-06-12 13:00: Unsteady turbulent jets and plumes (John Craske, Imperial College London)

2015-10-09 13:00: Nonlinear thermoacoustics: flames on the edge of chaos (Prof. Matthew Juniper (University of Cambridge))

2015-10-16 13:00: Flow Around Transonic Aircraft Blister Fairings (Charlotte Coles)

2015-10-23 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Dr Vasily Semiletov)

2015-10-30 13:00: Sensitivity to explicit and implicit parameters for simulations of fires in confined spaces (Dr Pierre Carlotti (Laboratoire Central, PP LABCENT))

2015-11-06 13:00: Measurements in vivo: the fluid mechanics of insects in flight (Richard Bomphrey)

2015-11-20 13:00: The modelling and computation of convective flows of Bingham fluids in porous media (Dr Andrew Rees (University of Bath))

2015-11-27 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Nick Treleaven (Loughborough University))

2015-12-04 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Ivo Sutor (Imperial College))

2016-02-12 13:00: Simulating the Airflow Dynamics of Breathing: Towards Clinical Impact  (Alister Bates (Imperial College))

2016-02-26 13:00: On a slippery slope (Dr Maarten van Reeuwijk)

2016-03-04 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Prof. Nick Collings)

2016-04-22 13:00: Sharks, Aeroplanes and the Rotating-Disk Boundary Layer (Prof. Peter Thomas)

2016-04-29 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Dr Paul Bruce)

2016-05-06 13:00: The outer zone of turbulent boundary layers  (Prof. Javier Jiménez)

2016-05-13 13:00: Fluid-structure interactions of membrane wings (Prof. Bharat Ganapathisubramani)

2016-05-20 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Dr Julien Landel)

2016-05-27 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Dr Nishant Singh)

2016-06-03 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Dr Olivier Marquet)

2016-06-10 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Dr James Sprittles)

2016-10-07 13:00: Jets and turbulence in Jupiter's weather layer  (Dr. Roland Young, Oxford University (Dept. of Physics))

2016-10-14 13:00: Turbulence in stably stratified flows: energy spectra, intermittent bursts and helicity dynamics (Dr. Cecilia Rorai, Queen Mary University)

2016-10-21 13:00: Diapycnal mixing in stratified plane Couette flows (Dr. Qi Zhou, DAMTP, Cambridge University)

2016-10-28 13:00: Leading Edge Contamination and the Saga of the ‘Bleeding Slot’ (Professor Mike Gaster, City University, London)

2016-11-04 13:00: Onset of unsteadiness in aero-engine intakes at incidence (Andrea Coschignano, CUED)

2016-11-11 13:00: The Physics of beer tapping and others topics in mass transfer (Dr. Javier Rodriguez, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid)

2016-11-18 13:00: Linear stability vs. real nonlinear flow - Part 2 (Dr. Outi Tammisola, University of Nottingham )

2016-11-25 13:00: Giant Volcanic Intrusions (Professor Herbert Huppert, DAMTP, University of Cambridge)

2017-01-20 13:00: Unsteady Turbulence Cascades (Professor C. Vassilicos, Imperial College, London)

2017-01-27 13:00: Reduction of turbulent wall-friction by rotating discs (Dr. Pierre Ricco, University of Sheffield)

2017-02-03 13:00: Low-order modelling of turbulent structure and statistics (Dr. Ati Sharma, University of Southampton)

2017-02-10 13:00: Extrapolating turbulence to higher Re  (Professor Sergei Chernyshenko and Chi Zhang, Imperial College, London)

2017-02-14 13:00: Secrets learned from the peregrine falcon diving flight (Professor Christoph Bruecker, City University, London)

2017-02-17 13:00: Recent developments in plasma aerodynamics (Professor Kwing So Choi, University of Nottingham)

2017-02-24 13:00: Feedforward and Feedback Control of Boundary Layer Streaks Induced by Freestream Turbulence (Dr. Kevin Gouder, Imperial College, London)

2017-03-10 13:00: Wall turbulence: from surface roughness to surface slip (Professor Neil Sandham, University of Southampton)

2017-03-17 13:00: Feedback control of a turbulent bluff body wake for efficient  drag reduction (Mr. Rowan Brackston, Imperial College, London)

2017-04-21 13:00: Insights from minimal simulations of rough-wall turbulence (Dr. Daniel Chung. University of Melbourne, Australia)

2017-04-28 13:00: Timescales and the inertial subrange in wall flows (Prof. Jonathan Morrison. Imperial College, London)

2017-05-09 13:30: Vibrating cables & flapping flags: classical fluid-solid instabilities or energy sources? (Prof. Sébastien Michelin. Ecole Polytechnique (LadHyX))

2017-05-19 13:00: Large-eddy modeling for particle-laden flow: turbulence modulation and intensified heat transfer (Prof. Bernard Geurts. University of Twente)

2017-05-26 13:00: Making Waves in the Core of the Earth (Oliver Bardsley. University of Cambridge (CUED))

2017-06-09 13:00: Hydrodynamics of bacteria (Dr. Eric Lauga. University of Cambridge (DAMTP))

2017-06-16 13:00: The Fluid Dynamics of Atmospheric Vortices (Jack Atkinson. University of Cambridge (CUED))

2017-10-20 13:00: Cardiac acoustics and a smart stethoscope (Edmund Kay)

2017-10-27 13:00: How do planets generate their magnetic fields? (Prof. Peter Davidson (CUED))

2017-11-03 13:00: The Rapid Optimization Library (Greg von Winckel, Sandia National Laboratories, Center for Computing Research)

2017-11-10 13:00: Numerical analysis of instrumentation in aeroengines (Bryn Ubald, CUED)

2017-11-17 13:00: The threat of ice crystals for civil aviation (Stephan Bansmer (TU Braunschweig))

2017-11-24 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Luca Magri (CUED))

2018-01-25 13:00: Thermoacoustic oscillations in annular combustors: symmetry, eigenstructure, perturbation methods, and nonlinear phenomena (Jonas Moeck)

2018-02-02 13:00: Development and flight testing of a novel hybrid aircraft (Carl Sequeira, Hybrid Air Vehicles)

2018-02-09 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Aimee Morgans, Imperial College)

2018-02-16 13:00: Energy Spectrum for Buoyancy-Driven Turbulence (Abhishek Kumar, University of Coventry )

2018-02-23 13:00: Turbulent flows over superhydrophobic surfaces (Chris Fairhall, CUED)

2018-03-02 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Speaker to be confirmed)

2018-03-09 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Speaker to be confirmed)

2018-04-17 13:00: Particle-Turbulence interactions in multi-component mixtures: Cloud microphysical implications (Sat Ghosh)

2018-04-27 13:00: Spray in Crossflow (Dr. Anubhav Sinha, University of Warwick)

2018-05-11 13:00: The fluid dynamics of ocean fronts (John Taylor, DAMTP)

2018-05-18 13:00: The impact of surface roughness geometry on aero-engine intakes at incidence (Charlotte Coles CUED)

2018-05-25 13:00: Turbulent flow over canopies (Akshath Sharma, CUED)

2018-06-01 13:00: Modelling reverse flow dynamic stall on high advance ratio rotors (Anya Jones, University of Maryland)

2018-06-15 13:00: Effect of plastron deformation on the wake of super-hydrophobic spheres (Nicolas Mazellier, University of Orléans )

2018-07-13 13:00: The Development of Unsteady Pressure-Sensitive Paint Technique and its Application to the Investigation of Transonic Buffeting (Yosuke Sugioka - Tohoku University, Japan)

2018-10-12 13:00: Effects of adverse pressure gradient on the structure of turbulent boundary layers (Dr Ayse Gungor (Istanbul Technical University))

2018-10-19 13:00: Explosive Fluid Instability and Fusion Performance (Professor Sir Steven Cowley (Princeton Plasma Physics  Laboratory))

2018-10-26 13:00: Cosmological simulations of our Universe: computational methods, challenges and future prospects (Dr Debora Sijacki (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge))

2018-11-02 13:00: Influence of Aspect Ratio on Dynamic Stall of a Finite Wing (Ignacio Andreu-Angulo (Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge))

2018-11-09 13:00: Slowly but surely: Locomotion of snails and its lessons for soft robots (Dr Javier Rodriguez (University Carlos III de Madrid))

2018-11-16 13:00: Transition to turbulence – a new perspective on transient turbulent flow (Professor Shuisheng He (University of Sheffield))

2018-11-22 13:00: QuickerSim CFD Toolbox for MATLAB - Basics and Applications (Dr Wojciech Regulski (QuickerSim Ltd.))

2018-11-23 13:00: Self-assembled Precipitate Membranes and the Implications for Life (Yang Ding (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge))

2018-11-30 13:00: The particulars of particulates (Dr Nathalie Vriend (DAMTP, University of Cambridge))

2019-01-18 13:00: Upside-Down and Inside-Out: The Biomechanics of Cell Sheet Folding (Prof Ray Goldstein ( DAMTP, University of Cambridge))

2019-01-25 13:00: Morphology in rapidly rotating planetary cores (Ben McDermott (CUED, University of Cambridge))

2019-02-01 13:00: The effect of temperature differences on cross-ventilation (Dr Megan Davies Wykes (CUED, University of Cambridge))

2019-02-08 13:00: Fluid Dynamics of Volcanic Ash Transport (Dr Jeremy Phillips (School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol))

2019-02-15 13:00: Dynamics of Marine Ice Sheets (Prof Grae Worster (DAMPT, University of Cambridge))

2019-02-22 13:00: Turbulence, Periodic Orbits and Koopman Analysis (Prof Rich Kerswell (DAMTP, University of Cambridge))

2019-03-01 13:00: Jet-edge interaction tones (Dr Peter Jordan (University of Poitiers))

2019-03-08 13:00: Jet Flow in a Rotating Fluid (Prof Peter Thomas (University of Warwick))

2019-03-15 13:00: Power law rheology of complex fluids (Dr Alexandre Kabla (CUED, University of Cambridge))

2019-04-26 13:00: Fluid Mechanics of Flow in the Upper Airways (Prof Denis Doorly (Imperial College London))

2019-05-03 13:00: Bio-inspired aerofoil adaptations for the reduction of turbulence interaction noise (Dr Lorna Ayton (DAMTP))

2019-05-10 13:00: The large-scale structure of small-scale turbulence, some implications for dispersion (Dr Gerrit Elsinga (TU Delft))

2019-05-17 13:00: Baroclinic Adjustment Revisited: in Atmospheric and Laboratory Models of Rotating Stratified Flows (Prof Peter Read (University of Oxford))

2019-05-24 13:00: Aerodynamics of bodies with wide recirculating wake (Prof Olivier Cador (University of Liverpool))

2019-05-31 13:00: The energetics of moving between statistically steady states in flows driven by buoyancy and wind (Dr John Craske (Imperial College London))

2019-06-07 13:00: Mixing pathways in forced stratified turbulence (Chris Howland (DAMTP))

2019-06-14 13:00: Real flows have corners: Side-wall effects on shock-induced separation (Prof Holger Babinsky (CUED, University of Cambridge))

2019-06-20 11:00: Skin-friction drag reduction in turbulent flows: how to set up the flow control problem (Maurizio Quadrio (Department of Aerospace Sciences and Technologies, Politecnico di Milano))

2019-09-24 13:00: Spanwise heterogeneity in developing turbulent boundary layers (Professor Nicholas Hutchins, University of Melbourne)

2019-10-11 13:00: Defending against lava flows: theory, experiment and field confirmation (Professor Herbert Huppert, King's College University of Cambridge)

2019-10-18 13:00: Turbulent flows of particles and bubbles : applications to microbe transport, deep sea mining and bubble-driven mixing (Professor Andy Woods (BP Institute, Department of Earth Sciences))

2019-10-25 13:00: Unsteady hydrodynamics in 3D (Amanda Smyth (University of Cambridge))

2019-11-01 13:00: Finding the halo: a separated vortex ring underlies the flight of the dandelion (Dr Ignazio Viola, University of Edinburgh)

2019-11-08 13:00: Decaying two-dimensional turbulence undergoes statistical heating (Professor Gavin Esler, UCL)

2019-11-15 13:00: Changing size to swim: From added-mass powered escape maneuvers to resonance-exploiting robots. (Dr Gabriel Weymouth)

2019-11-22 13:00: Discovering new features in supersonic wind tunnels: Stories from collaboration with CFD (Kshitij Sabnis (University of Cambridge))

2019-11-29 13:00: Calculating extreme wave loads on offshore structures; an effective assessment of structural reliability (Professor Chris Swan, Imperial College London)

2019-12-06 13:00: Effective boundary conditions at a regularly microstructured wall (Professor Alessandro Bottaro, Univerisity of Genoa)

2020-01-31 13:00: Analysis and Application of Advanced Algorithm for Aeronautical Flows (Professor Spencer Sherwin, Imperial College London)

2020-02-07 13:00: Making sense of unsteady separation on a wing (Pascal Gehlert, University of Cambridge)

2020-02-14 13:00: Aerodynamic noise generation due to the scattering of jet instability waves (Dr Benshuai Lyu, DAMTP)

2020-02-21 13:00: Multiphase Plumes and Jets : Experiments, models and applications (Professor Andy Woods (BP Institute, Department of Earth Sciences))

2020-02-28 13:00: Turbulence over drag-reducing, anisotropically permeable substrates (Dr. Ricardo Garcia-Mayoral, University of Cambridge)

2020-03-06 13:00: Stethoscope Acoustics (Max Nussbaumer, University of Cambridge)

2020-03-13 13:00: Controversial issues concerning the origin of the Earth’s magnetic field (Professor Emmanuel Dormy, ENS Paris)

2021-02-10 13:00: The smooth-wall-like behaviour of turbulence over drag-altering surfaces  (Joseph Ibrahim (University of Cambridge))

2021-02-17 13:00: Short- and long-range airborne transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 (Dr Pedro Magalhães de Oliveira, Department of Engineering)

2021-03-03 13:00: Hypersonic foldable Aeroshell for THermal protection using ORigami (HATHOR): heat shield architecture for 21st century space missions (Michela Gramola)

2021-03-10 13:00: Cavitation Enhanced Drug Delivery (Prof Eleanor Stride, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK)

2021-06-02 13:00: Self-Excited Vibrations in a Geometrically Simplified Saccular Aneurysm (Amélie Lamarquette, CUED )

2021-06-09 13:00: Subglacial hydrology and the transient response of the polar ice sheets (Dr. Jerome A. Neufeld )

2021-11-19 12:30: Unbalanced exchange flow and the natural ventilation of buildings (Nick Wise, CUED)

2021-11-26 12:30: Physics-based uncertainty quantification of Reynolds-averaged-Navier-Stokes models for turbulent flows and scalar transport (Zengrong Hao, CUED)

2022-02-04 12:30: Bifurcations and control of propagating bubbles in Hele-Shaw channels (Dr. Alice Thompson (University of Manchester))

2022-02-11 12:30: The relation between different types of transonic buffet  (Dr. Pradeep Moise (University of Southampton))

2022-02-18 12:30: Probing density-stratified turbulence and mixing using simultaneous volumetric Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) (Dr. Adrien Lefauve (DAMTP))

2022-02-25 12:30: OpenFOAM: Object-Oriented Software in Computational Continuum Mechanics (Dr. Hrvoje Jasak (The Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge))

2022-03-04 12:30: Boundary layers in turbulent convection at vertical walls (Dr. Chris Howland (University of Twente))

2022-03-11 12:30:  A story of spinning tops, swirling plumes and sugar (Dr. Daria Frank)

2022-03-18 12:30: Frictional hysteresis in granular avalanches (Dr. Chris Johnson (University of Manchester))

2022-05-06 12:30: Climate dynamics of subNeptunes (Professor Raymond Pierrehumbert (Univ. of Oxford))

2022-05-13 12:30: Physics-informed Neural Networks for Simultaneous Surrogate Modelling and Aerodynamic Optimization  (Dr. Yubiao Sun)

2022-05-20 12:30: Engineering in America's Cup (Dr Simon Corkery (CUED))

2022-05-27 12:30: Active biological flows (Prof. Eric Lauda (DAMTP))

2022-06-10 12:30: Pressure-sensitive paint and miniature cameras: A glimpse into commercial wind tunnel testing (Dr. Kshitij Sabnis)

2022-06-17 12:30: A laboratory approach of Hydro-elastic waves (Dr. Antonin Eddi (ESPCI))

2022-10-07 12:30: Granular collapses:  in theory, in the lab. , over land and into the oceans (Professor Herbert Huppert (DAMTP))

2022-10-14 12:30: Wave loading on rock lighthouses (Professor Alison Raby (University of Plymouth))

2022-10-21 12:30: Liquid interface and buoyancy stabilization using high-frequency vibrations (Dr. Benjamin Apffel (ESPCI))

2022-10-28 12:45: Keep the physics in the model if you can: Data assimilation in Fluid Mechanics (Matthew Juniper (University of Cambridge))

2022-11-04 12:45: Accelerating time averaging by adding a Lie derivative of an auxiliary function (Professor Sergei Chernyshenko (Imperial College London))

2022-11-11 12:45: Making a splash: from concept to product with fluid mechanics (Alistair Gregory (TTP))

2022-11-18 12:45: The Aaberg Exhaust: or why you don’t suck out your birthday candles (Nick Wise (University of Cambridge))

2022-11-25 12:45: Explicit filtering large eddy simulation for turbulent flows (Santosh Hemchandra (Indian Institue of Science))

2022-12-02 12:45: An Introduction to Publication Fraud (Nick Wise (University of Cambridge))

2023-01-20 12:45: The stratified inclined duct: what we have learned about stratified turbulence in a maintained shear flow (Paul Linden (DAMTP))

2023-01-27 12:45: The Dependence of Tropical Cyclone Pressure Tendency on Size (Ralf Toumi (Imperial College London))

2023-02-03 12:45: Macroscopic model of droplet collisions in a gaseous medium (Jie Li)

2023-02-10 12:45: Plume dispersion in non-neutrally-stratified boundary layers (Matteo Carpentieri (University of Surrey))

2023-02-17 12:45: The ubiquitous acoustic bubble: a brief introduction (Professor Ronald Roy (University of Oxford))

2023-02-24 12:45: Exploring wind instruments through simulation (Professor Jim Woodhouse (CUED))

2023-03-03 12:45: Sidewall effects in compression corner shock wave boundary layer interactions (Rhys Williams (University of Cambridge))

2023-03-10 12:45: Data assimilating mean velocity measurements into computational fluid dynamics (Sean Symon (University of Southampton))

2023-05-12 12:45: Complex tidal flow interactions in stellar and planetary convective envelopes (Aurélie Astoul (University of Leeds))

2023-05-19 12:45: The Aerodynamics of Cricket Ball Swing (Aaron Briggs and Samuel Grimshaw)

2023-05-26 12:45: Aeroacoustics and aerodynamics of quiet owl flight (Justin Jaworski (Lehigh University))

2023-06-02 12:45: Aerodynamics as a Team Sport (Richard Stephens (Alpine))

2023-06-09 12:45: Unsteady and Transient applications of Pressure-Sensitive Paint (Mark Quinn (Univeristy of Manchester))

2023-06-16 12:45: The internal structure, and entrainment, of turbulent fountains (Henry Burridge (Imperial College London))

2024-03-08 13:00: Rough-Ribbed Surfaces to Mitigate Losses in High Lift Low-Pressure Turbines (Dr. Nagabhushana Rao Vadlamani, Associate Professor, IIT Madras, India)

2024-04-24 13:00: Overview and Q&A of Topping's recommendations on the grace to cut off ties to fossil fuel companies (Manar Alsaif, UoC)

2024-10-16 14:00: Unravelling the effects of turbulence: Vanishing tip vortices, scattering waves, and enhanced gas transfer (R. Jason Hearst; Professor, Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway)

2024-10-30 14:00: Dispersion of ocean plastics (Andy Woods)

2024-11-13 14:00: Droplet-Based Liquid Fuel Property Measurement Techniques (Shyam Menon, Louisiana State University )

2024-11-20 14:00: Modeling the waves and interactions of capillary surfers (Anand Oza, New Jersey Institute of Technology)

2025-01-22 14:00: How Wind Shapes Tree Architecture (Christophe Eloy, DAMTP (visiting scholar); IRPHE (Marseille) and Centrale Marseille)

2025-01-29 14:00: Multi-scale energy transfers in the near wake of a model wind turbine (Oliver Buxton, Imperial)

2025-02-05 14:00: Turbulence over textured surfaces (Ricardo Garcia Mayoral)

2025-02-12 14:00: Synchronization in Navier-Stokes Turbulence and Its Role in Data-Driven Modeling (Masanobu Inubushi, DAMTP (visiting scholar); (Tokyo University of Science))

2025-02-19 14:00: Advancing sustainable aviation in an evolving atmosphere (Irene Dedoussi, CUED)

2025-02-26 14:00: Fluid Dynamics Challenges in Predicting Plastic Pollution Transport in the Ocean (Bruce Sutherland, University of Alberta)

2025-03-05 14:00: Particulate matter concentrations in UK schools: a nationwide study into the influence of ambient PM2.5 and the resulting exposure potentials (Alice Handy, Imperial)

2025-03-12 14:00: An experimental rig to investigate crosswind effects on intake flow behaviour (Luke Dickinson, CUED)

2025-03-19 13:45: 2nd year presentations (2nd year talks)

2025-03-26 14:00: Data-driven discovery of the origin of large-scale shear stress and pressure fluctuations (Jonathan Massey, Stanford)

2025-03-27 14:00: Advanced Microfluidic Platforms for Viscoelastic Fluid Dynamics and Biosensing (Amy Q. Shen, Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit, OIST, Japan)

2025-04-30 14:00: Laboratory analogues for the settling and remelting of iron snow in planetary cores (Quentin Kriaa, DAMTP)

2025-05-07 14:00: Controlling tip vortices, cavitation, and wakes through permeable tip treatment (Yabin Liu, CUED)

2025-05-14 14:00: Vortex-dominated flows: Can’t live with them…Can’t live without them… (Bharath Ganapathisubramani, University of Southampton)

2025-05-28 14:00: Overview of Research from the Oxford Hypersonics Group with a focus on transpiration cooling (Matthew McGilvray, University of Oxford)

2025-06-11 14:00: When wings meet vortical gusts (Paras Vadher, CUED)

2025-06-18 14:00: Hypersonic boundary layer transition control using non-uniform thermal boundary conditions (Paul Bruce, Imperial College London)

2025-11-05 14:00: Free convection of yield-stress fluids: The path between theory and observations (Ida Karimfazli, Concordia University, Montreal)

2025-11-12 14:00: AI and Scientific Computing: Algorithmic Alloys for Forecasting and Optimization of Complex Systems (Petros Koumoutsakos, Harvard)

2026-01-28 14:00: Model reduction and control of Flows over complex and responsive Surfaces (Shervin Bagheri, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm)

2026-02-04 14:00: Ultrafast ultrasound imaging: a paradigm shift for ultrasonography and its application to blood pressure measurments. (Jerome Baranger, CNRF, Institute Physics for Medicine Paris)

2026-02-11 14:00: Icy flows with freezing and melting (Kasia Warburton, DAMTP)

2026-02-18 14:00: Turbulent Flames: Adapting to the Future (Stewart Cant, CUED)

2026-02-25 14:00: Ring-Mode and McIntyre-Type Instabilities in Visco-Diffusive Swirling Flows: Isothermal and Non-Isothermal Couette–Taylor Annuli (Oleg Kirillov, Northumbria University)

2026-02-26 14:00: Interactions of shock waves and turbulence through high-fidelity numerical simulations for high-speed flight and propulsion applications (Iván Bermejo-Moreno, USC)

2026-03-04 14:00: The Fire Within: Understanding Wildfires Through the Lens of Thermochemistry. (Rein Guillermo, Imperial)

2026-03-11 14:00: Continuum modelling of particulate suspensions: clogging, jamming and mobilisation. (Duncan Hewitt, DAMTP)

2026-03-18 14:00: Shock-induced boundary-layer separation in transonic intakes at off-design climb (Connor O'Pray, Oxford)

2026-03-25 14:00: New insights on the self-similar behaviour of turbulent flows (Kostas Steiros, Imperial)

2026-04-27 14:00: TBC (Charles Meneveau, John Hopkins University)

2026-04-29 14:00: TBC (Juan Li, KCL)

2026-05-06 14:00: TBC (Peter Davidson, CUED)

2026-05-13 14:00: TBC (Chris Clark, Whittle (TBC))

2026-05-20 14:00: TBC (Andrew Wheeler, Whittle)

2026-06-03 14:00: TBC (Peter Haynes, DAMPT)

2026-06-10 14:00: TBC (Nicole Shibley, Department of Earth Sciences)

2026-06-17 14:00: The elephant in the room: Machine Learning directly into physical models (Matthew Juniper)

2026-06-24 14:00: TBC (Rich Kerswell, DAMTP)