Microfluidics for Synchrotron to unlock structural changes in biomolecules
This is a unique opportunity to work closely with Diamond, the UK's national synchrotron science facility, to develop microfluidic tools for use on high energy...
Projects: 2020
Please note that the PhD projects listed are examples of projects offered to current CDT students and as such are not generally available to prospective students.
Towards Easy Parallel Computation for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Computational scientists are typically not expert programmers and thus have to work with easy to use programming languages. However, they have very high-performance requirements due...
Swimming in complex fluids
This project will address an open problem regarding the locomotion of biological swimmers, a problem of widespread importance throughout the animal kingdom. While many fish...
Physics Informed Neural Networks for Fluid Dynamics
This project will investigate the use of deep learning techniques, coupled with more conventional numerical modelling approaches, in order to develop new computational algorithms for fluid flow problems. The goal...
Mixing dynamics during coalescence of droplets of complex fluids
Droplet coalescence is a crucial feature of many industrial and natural processes. The focus here is on exciting emerging applications such as reactive inkjet printing....
Theoretical analysis of fluid flow in microfluidic biomedical devices
Microfluidic devices are promising to revolutionise the biomedical industry from rapid disease diagnostics and modelling to high-throughput drug screening and assessment. Much of the engineering of these next generation devices is done through experimental approaches and analysis. However, there is considerable scope to develop, apply...
Rheology of crosslinked assemblies of flexible fibres in viscous flow
Nature and industry abound with examples of highly porous, fibrous materials embedded in a viscous fluid. Examples include the cellular cytoskeleton, scaffolds for tissue engineering,...
Fully-coupled DEM-CFD simulation of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol particles behaviour in coronary arteries
Coronary artery plaque build-up which can lead to heart attack is mainly caused by low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in blood stream. In addition to the concentration of LDL cholesterol, hydrodynamics of blood...
Formation of bioaerosols carrying microbial particles
Bioaerosols, invisible tiny droplets less than 10 microns in diameter, are an important mechanism for disease transmission, as demonstrated by the current coronavirus pandemic. However, there is much we don’t understand...
Deep learning models of multiscale fluid transport for characterising treatment response in tumours
Tumour blood supply and interstitial flow play essential roles in tumour growth, invasion, and response to treatments like chemotherapy. This project is motivated by a need for better understanding of...