Thesis Library

Below is a collection of PhD theses from CDT students who have successfully passed their vivas and completed their doctoral research.

2026

Surname	Forename	Project (link to thesis)
Bolton	Jonathan	On the modelling and optimisation of a novel wave-energy device.
Butler	Emily	An investigation of the fluid structure interaction in articular cartilage across disparate scales.
Qureshi	Imran	Modelling and analysis of gyroid-based compact heat exchangers.
Mohamadiyeh	Ahmad	Erosion of Sediment Beds by Submerged Impinging Jets and Propeller Wake Flows.

2025

Surname	Forename	Project (link to thesis)
Anderson	Jacob	Numerical Simulation of Non-Spherical Particle Interactions in Quiescent and Turbulent Fluids
Bennett	Joseph	Fluid Mechanics of Polymer Melt Filtration
Bullamore	Danielle	Reaction fronts in porous media: continuum modelling in fundamental configurations and applications to geoscience.
Collet	Rose	Image-informed patient-specific breast tumour models for early prediction of neoadjuvant chemotherapy response
Darbar	Yatin	Mixing Dynamics of Impacting and Coalescing Droplets
Driver	Luke	Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis and Optimisation of Laval Nozzles for Low Temperature Kinetics.
Fedrizzi	Giulia	The development and significance of geometric patterns in rock-melt mixtures: Insights from numerical modelling
Frank	Julie	Modelling Heat Exchangers with Embedded Phase Change Materials for Aircraft
Higham	Ciara	Characterising the Emission and Dispersion of Aerosols from the Toilet Plume and Quantification of the Associated Infection Risk
Lang	James	Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Generic Hyperloop System
Perez	Jacob	Characterising North Atlantic Eddy Driven Jet Variability
Shone	Fergus	Integrating Flow Imaging and Deep Learning into Patient-Specific Models Following Myocardial Infarction
Soroor	Mostafa	Microfluidics for Synchrotron to Unlock Structural Changes in Biomolecules.
Roy	Alasdair	Data driven construction of MHD surrogates using sparse regression and data assimilation

2024

Surname	Forename	Project (link to thesis)
Brennan	Amber	Computational and Experimental Evaluation of Shower Flow and Associated Aerosol Generation
Coyle	Reece	Localised states in the Zhang-Vinals equations
Edwards	Alexander	Transient models to assess transmission and control of airborne infection risks in a respiratory ward
Macraild	Michael	Efficient ensemble simulation methods for in-silico trials of endovascular medical devices
Walton	Gregory	Efficient numerical solution for fluid-structure interaction problems