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The University of Leeds offers a range of paid research experience placements and internships across its seven Faculties each year to support the progression of underrepresented students to postgraduate research. This year’s internships are funded by the Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education (YCEDE). This partnerships aims to address underrepresentation in postgraduate research, open to...
The University of Leeds’ fluid dynamics expertise has been recognised in the UK’s biggest-ever investment into Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs), receiving millions of pounds from a new fund. Leeds’ EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Fluid Dynamics, led by Dr Oliver Harlen, is among 65 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) CDTs that will...
Engineering profiles - Seun Coker Name of course: PhD in Fluid Mechanics What did you study for your UG degree? Aerospace Engineering at the University of Southampton What A – Levels did you study? Physics, Maths and Further Maths The questions What advice would you give to a young person who is considering engineering at university...
The Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics is pleased to announce that there will be up to 12 funded places available for 2024 entry on its four-year programme that combines an integrated MSc (completed over the first two years) paired with a three-year PhD-level research programme. Programme: Integrated PhD and MSc in Fluid Dynamics Programme duration: 4 years...
Leading weather scientists and practitioners from the UK, South Africa, Zambia and Mozambique have commenced a two-week “testbed” to improve early warnings for severe thunderstorms in Southern Africa. Southern Africa remains a region prone to extreme weather, with hundreds of thousands of people and livelihoods put at risk every year. The region is expected to...
CDT Supervisor Professor Christopher Davies has been awarded the Price Medal (G) by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). Please see RAS piece on Chris below: Professor Christopher Davies is awarded the Price Medal for a series of investigations modelling the fluid dynamics and material properties of the Earth’s core. This work has helped understand...
Congratulations to the following CDT students who were awarded prizes at our annual CDT Awards Ceremony in December 2023. Megan Richards, Oluwaseun Coker, Jose Florido Lopez and Rhiannon Nicholls were awarded the best paper prize for their publication "On the near-field interaction of vertically offset turbulent plumes" Click here view their paper. CDT Director, Peter...
The Fluid Dynamics CDT hosted the annual EPSRC CDT Thesis Twitter Conference on Monday 6th November 2023. All the entries were brilliant and we loved learning about the cutting-edge research happening at Leeds! Congratulations to CDT Fluid Dynamics student Ciara Higham who was given the Judges Award for her entry "Experimental methods to investigate environmental...
The UK Fluids Conference 2023 was held in Glasgow 17-19th October 2023. Many thanks to the conference co-organisers at the University of Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde. The successful event was attended by over 200 Fluids researchers. Prizes were awarded as follows: Best Poster : Miranda Horne (University of Leeds, CDT Fluid Dynamics Associate) Best...
Congratulations to our CDT co-Director Steve Tobias on being elected an APS Fellow! Steve Tobias [2023] University of Leeds Citation: For significant contributions to astrophysical and geophysical fluid dynamics, combining mathematical analysis and deep physical insight leading to considerable advances in the understanding of solar dynamos, wave-mean flow interactions, and turbulent flows, and for selfless service...