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Prof Cath Noakes has been featured on IMechE's news page celebrating "five forward thinkers who helped shape the world we live in – and five who are creating the world of tomorrow" as part of their 175 year anniversary. Read more about 'Forward Thinkers: Celebrating 175 years of engineering innovation at the IMechE' and 'Forward...
Congratulations to our CDT student prize winners for 2021! Winner of the NAG Prize for the best performance on the MSc component of the CDT programme was Alasdair Roy The Outreach Prize went to Ciara Higham for her year-long and on-going commitment to outreach The Best Paper Prize was awarded to Daniel Richards for the...
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2021 are now available on the Royal Institution website and viewable worldwide! Watch Jonathan Van-Tam and six expert Guest Lecturers (including our very own CDT Co-Director Cath Noakes) tell us all about how viruses work, how they spread, and how we can fight them. Watch back the Christmas Lectures.
Computer based flow modelling research, developed at the Schools of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, is enabling companies in the commercial and public sectors to improve their products. This has resulted in improved products for a range of companies in the commercial and public sectors. Based on theoretical methods of how fluids and gases will flow through a range...
Each year, the CDT awards prizes to students for their achievements over the last year, under the best MSc performance, best paper and best outreach/public engagement categories. At the CDT Christmas Meal, the following students were awarded their certificates. Alasdair Roy was awarded the NAG prize for the best performance in the MSc within the CDT...
CDT Co-Director, Prof Cath Noakes, will be a guest lecturer at this year’s Royal Institution Christmas lectures. Read more about the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures.
What is Fluid Dynamics? Have you ever wondered why water spins down a plug hole? Why bubbles are round? Or why on the weather report they talk about high and low pressure? All these questions can be answered if you know a little something about fluid dynamics! But what is fluid dynamics? A fluid is something...
A review was published on 14th October 2021 on face coverings and COVID-19, with CDT Deputy Director Cath Noakes contributing to this as a member of the respiratory evidence panel. In summary, airborne transmission happens, ventilation is important, face coverings can be effective if they are good quality and fit well. The full review can be...
Academy celebrates first new Fellows elected under Fit for the Future diversity initiative The Royal Academy of Engineering has elected 69 leading figures in the field of engineering and technology to its Fellowship, including our very own LIFD Deputy Director Prof Cath Noakes. The group consists of 60 Fellows, four International Fellows and five Honorary...
Leading scientists say the UK risks being overtaken as a world leader in a key area of science and technology unless there is greater investment in research facilities and training. Fluid dynamics, which sits at the intersection between maths, physics and engineering, is used to model the way liquids, gases or plasmas behave in natural...