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In recognition of her contributions to indoor air research, Professor Cath Noakes has been conferred as a Fellow of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate. Professor Noakes was accepted into the Academy of Fellows at a ceremony at the start of the 2018 International Indoor Air Conference, held in Philadelphia, on 22 July....
Over 120 students, academic staff and industry partners attended the EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) Poster Event on the afternoon of Wednesday 24th May 2018 in the Parkinson Court. Students from the following five CDTs exhibited their MSc team project and PhD project posters: Bioenergy Fluid Dynamics Integrated Tribology Soft Matter Tissue Engineering &...
We are pleased to announce the upcoming Fluids Symposium: ‘Fluid Dynamics Modelling for Real World Applications’ on the 20th June 2018 (provisional timings, 09.45-15.45). Recent years have seen exciting advances in modelling techniques in diverse areas of Fluid Dynamics, with benefits to society including applications in industry, geosciences, hazard prediction and weather forecasting. Advances include theoretical...
We are pleased to announce that CDT student Jacob van Alwon was awarded the Faculty of Engineering Partnership Award for Postgraduate Teaching in 2018. This was run by Leeds University Union in conjunction with Celebrate Week. For more information please visit: Read more about the event run by the Leeds University Union with Celebrate Week.
The fourth cohort of CDT students presented a stand of 'unusual and exciting fluids' at the Be Curious public engagement festival at the University of Leeds on Saturday 17th March. This annual event attracts thousands of attendees, and allows the students to engage the general public in their research. Find out more information about the...
All of our CDT students have the opportunity to attend placements with industrial or academic partners over the course of their studies. Here we hear from a few of our CDT students who have undertaken a placement. Inna Gorbatenko In November 2016, I completed a two week placement with Shell Global Solutions at their technical...
We are pleased to announce that CDT student Fryderyk Wilczynski is the winner of the NAG Prize for the best performance in the MSc component of our integrated MSc/PhD Fluid Dynamics programme in cohort two. Fryderyk is now undertaking a PhD project on modelling filaments produced by magnetically confined plasmas. Read more about the prizes awarded by...
Hannah Kreczak had a paper accepted for publication as a Regular Article in Physical Review E. This paper presents a computational study of a simple one-dimensional map with dynamics composed of stretching, permutations of equally sized cells, and diffusion.
CDT student Megan Bickle talks about her experience at Recognising Inspirational Scientists and Engineers (RISE) training run by EPSRC. “I recently started a PhD in atmospheric science, researching the intensity of storms in the West African Monsoon. I find this topic incredibly interesting; getting to grips with the intricacies of such a complicated system as the weather...
A comprehensive new handbook about weather forecasting in West Africa could help safeguard lives and resources in the region. Meteorology of Tropical West Africa: The Forecasters' Handbook was coordinated by the University of Leeds in collaboration with international researchers and meteorological agencies to help the region’s weather forecasters. It results from the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary...