The Fluid Mechanics section is comprised of 7 full-time academic staff members, with expertise across the full range of fluid mechanics disciplines. Academic staff are active in teaching, research and consultancy. Our student population comprises approximately 15 full-time PhD students who are based in our state-of-the-art Hydrodynamics laboratory. Our students have come from varied backgrounds, some direct from undergraduate studies and others after a period in industry, with first degrees in a range of disciplines including mathematics, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, aeronautical engineering, energy, and environmental engineering.
Members of the Fluid Mechanics Section
- Fluid Mechanics Academic and Teaching Staff A-Z
- Fluid Mechanics Research Staff A-Z
- Fluid Mechanics Research Students A-Z
- Fluid Mechanics Emeritus, Senior Research Investigators, Visitors and Honorary staff
- Technical, laboratory and administration staff
Fluid Mechanics Academic and Teaching Staff A-Z
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Henry BurridgeSenior Lecturer in Environmental Fluid Mechanics, PhDTransport of heat and mass by convection; Convection in the built environment; Effective ventilation of buildings; Modification of natural materials for use in buildings. |
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Adrian CallaghanSenior Lecturer, PhDDirector of MSc Engineering Fluid Mechanics for the Offshore, Coastal and Built Environments Breaking waves; Surface water waves; Two-phase flows; Air-entrainment; Upper ocean turbulence. |
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Marios ChristouSenior Lecturer in Fluid Mechanics and Mathematics, PhD, DIC, MEng, ACGIMetocean, Offshore and coastal engineering; Wave statistics; Freak/rogue waves; Analysis of field measurements; Wave-structure interaction; Wave-vessel interaction; Infragravity waves; Side-by-side and tandem offloading; Boundary Element Modelling. |
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John CraskeSenior Lecturer, Imperial College Research Fellow, PhDUndergraduate Examinations Officer Building physics; Buoyancy-driven turbulence; Jets and plumes; Numerical analysis; Inverse problems; Adjoint methods; Flow optimisation; Data assimilation. |
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Graham HughesChair in Environmental Fluid Mechanics, PhDHead of Fluid Mechanics Section Buoyancy-driven flows; Stratified turbulence and mixing; Convection; Turbulent plumes and jets; Flow energetics. |
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Ioannis KarmpadakisLecturer in Coastal Engineering, PhDCoastal engineering, wave heights, crest heights, wave breaking, coastal structures, nonlinear waves, shallow water depths, statistics Email Ioannis |
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Li MaLecturer in Fluid-Structure Interaction, PhD, DIC, MEng, ACGIFluid-structure interaction; Renewable energy systems; Extreme waves; Load statistics; Reliability; Hydrodynamic impacts; Wave-in-deck; Convective flows Email Li |
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Costanza RoddaLecturer in Fluid Mechanics, PhDGeophysical fluid mechanics, wave-vortex interactions, turbulence, buoyancy-driven flows, building ventilation, laboratory experiments, data-driven modelling |
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Daniel Valero HuertaSenior Lecturer, PhDHydraulic engineering; Hydraulic infrastructure; River flows; Multiphase flows; Plastic in rivers; Air-water flows; Sediment-laden flows |
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Maarten van ReeuwijkProfessor of Urban Fluid Mechanics, BSc MSc PhDBuoyancy driven flows; Atmospheric and oceanic turbulence; Sustainable cities; Flow and dispersion in urban canopies; Heat and mass transfer; Direct Numerical Simulation; Large-eddy simulation. |
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Fluid Mechanics Academics A-Z |
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Fluid Mechanics Research Staff A-Z
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Barnaby DobsonImperial College Research Fellow, PhDKeywords: Water resources modelling; Optimization; Uncertainty and systems analysis; Project: Integrated urban water cycle modelling for London (as part of the Camellia project) Email Barnaby |
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Alice HandyResearch Associate, PhDKeywords: Urban fluid mechanics, building ventilation and pollutant dispersion Project: SAMHE investigating indoor air quality in schools Email Alice |
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Jingzi HuangResearch AssistantKeywords: large eddy simulations, urban fluid mechanics, transport.
Email JingziProject: Effect of urban heterogeneity on atmospheric flow. |
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Dipanjan MajumdarResearch AssociateTurbulence at the Exascale: Application to Wind Energy, Green Aviation, Air Quality and Net-zero Combustion Email Dipanjan |
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Paul MannixResearch AssociateProject: Prediction and control of stratifications using probabilistic methods (as part of [D*]stratify) Keywords: Probabilistic methods, Adjoint optimisation, Hydrodynamic stability, Optimisation Email Paul |
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Kat RobertsResearch Associate, PhDSchools' air quality monitoring for health and education Email Kat |
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Samuel WoodResearch Associate, PhDDeveloping models to better understand the role that building ventilation plays in the spread of Covid-19 Email Sam |
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Fluid Mechanics Research Students A-Z
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Umniya Al KhaliliStarted Oct 2022Numerical simulation of waves over coastal bathymetries Supervised by: Christou, M.; Karmpadakis, I. Email Umniya |
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Yusuf AlmalkiStarted Jan 2020Coastal waves / Floating bodies Supervised by: Swan, C.; Karmpadakis, I. Email Yusuf |
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Nada AlsulaimanStarted Feb 2021Numerical modelling of the thermal effluent of power plants in a shallow, semi-enclosed bay Supervised by: Piggot, M; van Reeuwijk, M. Email Nada |
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Vasilis BellosStarted Jan 2020Wave propagation over complex coastal bathymetry Supervised by: Karmpadakis, I.; Swan, C. Email Vasilis |
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Rui CaoStarted Nov 2018Breaking wave energy dissipation, air entrainment and bubble statistics in the absence & presence of wind forcing Supervised by: Callaghan, A; Swan, C. Email Rui |
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Lianzheng CuiStarted Oct 2022Turbulent entrainment in stratified oceanic multiphase flows Supervised by: van Reeuwijk, M.; Hughes, G. Email Lianzheng |
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Lei DaiStarted Oct 2020The effective modelling of hydrodynamic impacts Supervised by: Ma, L.; Swan, C. Email Lei |
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Lizzie EllisonStarted Oct 2018Carbon dioxide sequestration through ocean fertilization and potential for harvest of calcium carbonate from marine organisms As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering Supervised by: Mashayek, A; Cheeseman, C.R. Email Lizzie |
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Pu GongStarted May 2018Numerical study of the natural ventilation driven by an occupant’s heat output considering the effect of radiation Supervised by: Hughes, G.; Burridge, H.C Email Pu |
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Steven (Cheong) HuoStarted Oct 2019Development of a probabilistic wave loading model for offshore structural designs Supervised by: Swan, C.; Ma, L.; Karmpadakis, I. Email Steven |
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Canwei JinStarted Jan 2022Peering inside breaking waves Supervised by: Callaghan, A; Craske, J Email Canwei |
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Cleo JongedijkStarted Dec 2017Lagrangian tracking of plastic particles in coastal areas and evaluation of beaching Supervised by: van Reeuwijk, M., Alsina, J. Email Cleo |
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Younmo LeeStarted Apr 2017Wave-structure and wave vessel interactions Supervised by: Swan, C.; Ma, L. Email Younmo |
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Lucy Xinlu MaoStarted Oct 2021The reliability of offshore floating wind farms Supervised by: Swan, C.; Ma, L.; Karmpadakis, I. Email Lucy |
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Sam OwensStarted Oct 2019Towards real-time simulation of urban air quality and microclimate Supervised by: van Reeuwijk, M. Email Sam |
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Xiwu PangStarted Nov 2021Simulating fluid load on offshore wind turbines Supervised by: Christou, M. Email Xiwu |
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Joe PeachStarted Oct 2019Measuring the space and time evolution of the geometric, kinematic and dynamic properties of oceanic breaking waves Supervised by: Callaghan, A; Benetazzo, A; Bidlot, J. Email Joe |
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Nick ReynardStarted Oct 2018As part of the CDT in Sustainable Civil Engineering Supervised by: Mashayek, A; Cheeseman, C.R. Email Nick |
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Rodrigo RibeiroStarted Sep 2020Uncovering the criteria for ship-contrail formation using high fidelity simulations Supervised by: van Reeuwijk, M. Email Rodrigo |
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Chenduo WangStarted Oct 2022Understanding stochastic behavior of passive tracers transport and thermal effects in built environment Supervised by: Craske, J; Hughes, G. Email Chenduo |
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Chris WilsonStarted Oct 2021Quantifying variability of the surface energy balance in heterogeneous vegetated urban areas Supervised by: van Reeuwijk, M. Email Chris |
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William WrightStarted Oct 2023Addressing coastal erosion: Stochastic modelling of shoreline evolution under a changing climate Supervised by: Craske, J; Karmpadakis, I. Email William |
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Fluid Mechanics Research Students A-Z |
Fluid Mechanics Emeritus, Senior Research Investigators, Visitors and Honorary staff
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Chris SwanEmeritus Professor of Hydrodynamics, PhD, CEng, MIMarESTSurface water waves; Extreme ocean waves; Wave kinematics; Wave statistics; Wave-structure and wave-vessel interactions; Wave loading; Impact loading; Experimental and numerical modeling. |
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Emeritus and Senior Research Investigators |
Visiting and honorary staff
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Ben Devenish |
Honorary Visiting Professor Met Office. Turbulence and dispersion (particularly in the atmospheric boundary layer), buoyant plumes, and the dispersion of volcanic ash and cloud formation. |
Shaui Huang |
Visiting Academic National Institute of Natural Hazards, China. Fluid-structure interaction of floating objects, with applications that include the tracking of sea/river ice, the motion of tsunami debris and their impacts on infrastructure and built environments. |
Visiting and Honorary staff |
Technical, laboratory and administration staff
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Dave de RuyterLaboratory Technician, Fluid MechanicsRoom 101b, +44 (0)207 594 5925, Email Dave |
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Andy WilsonLaboratory Technician, Fluid MechanicsRoom 010a, +44 (0)207 594 5938, Email Andy |
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Darren JuppLaboratory Technician, Fluid MechanicsRoom 010a, +44 (0)207 594 5957, Email Darren |
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Rebecca NaessensResearch Group Administrator, Fluid MechanicsRoom 328, +44 ( 0)207 594 5990, Email Rebecca |
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Professional Services Staff |