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Prof Cath Noakes will be a keynote speaker for the upcoming WES (Women's Engineering Society) Annual Conference, which will be taking place online on 20th-21st April 2021. Read more about the event, WES (Women's Engineering Society) Annual Conference.

Researchers at the University of Leeds invited KS3 school children to take part in a national science photography competition, aiming to explore the wonders of everyday fluid dynamics. Teachers were invited to submit a photograph or video that captures fluid dynamics in action, through experimentation or real-world observation. The entries were judged and prizes were awarded...

CDT Co-Director, Cath Noakes, was on BBC Look North on 16th December discussing the importance of ventilation when meeting indoors. View the programme on BBC iPlayer.  

Congratulations to the following CDT students and alumni who were awarded prizes at the annual celebration event on 15th December 2020. This year's event took place online and a copy of each students' award is uploaded as a pdf. Best Paper Prize awarded to Thomas Sykes for his paper 'Substrate wettability influences internal jet formation...

Congratulations to CDT student Foteini Zagklavara who won the Best Presentation Award at the ICFMFA XIV 2020 International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Flow Analysis. The award was for her presentation on "Size Optimization of Microfluidic Polymerase Chain Reaction Devices Using COMSOL". Read more about the Internaltional Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Flow Analysis.

CDT student Megan Bickle has had her work published following a UKRI policy internship at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Read her evidence statement "Xylella fastidiosa; a summary of the threat to the U.K. and the current preparations".

Two leading academic researchers and a former Pro-Chancellor at the University of Leeds have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020. Professor Cath Noakes and Professor Sheena Radford have been awarded OBEs in this year's list. Cath has been given the prestigious OBE for services to the COVID-19 response. Her research team developed...

Congratulations to Prof Cath Noakes who has received a top award from the Royal Academy of Engineering. She was one of 19 individuals who received the President of the Academy’s Special Awards for Pandemic Service. The accolade comes in recognition of her work, which has had “widespread and significant impact” in tackling the spread of coronavirus. The...

The University of Leeds is pleased to announce a new science competition inviting KS3 students to explore the wonders of everyday fluid dynamics! Deadline for entries is Tuesday 1st December 2020. Discover more and enter here: https://www.stem.leeds.ac.uk/engineeringandcomputing/fluid-dynamics-competition-2020-2021/