People

Investigators

	Professor Philip Hall Principal Investigator Department of Mathematics Imperial College London phil.hall@imperial.ac.uk		Professor Spencer Sherwin Co-Investigator Department of Aeronautics Imperial College London s.sherwin@imperial.ac.uk
	Professor Anatoly Ruban Co-Investigator Department of Mathematics Imperial College London a.ruban@imperial.ac.uk		Professor Jonathan Morrison Co-Investigator Department of Aeronautics Imperial College London j.morrison@imperial.ac.uk
	Professor Xuesong Wu Co-Investigator Department of Mathematics Imperial College London x.wu@imperial.ac.uk		Dr Shahid Mughal Investigator Department of Mathematics Imperial College London s.mughal@imperial.ac.uk
	Professor Chris Atkin Co-Investigator School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences City University London chris.atkin.1@city.ac.uk		Professor Peter Schmid Investigator Department of Mathematics Imperial College London peter.schmid@imperial.ac.uk

Postdoctoral researchers

	Dr Mohammed Afsar Research Associate Department of Mathematics Imperial College London m.afsar@imperial.ac.uk	Mohammed's research focuses on the Receptivity of a three-dimensional boundary layer to small-scale free-stream turbulence.
	Dr Tomass Bernots Department of Mathematics Imperial College London tomass.bernots08@imperial.ac.uk	Tomass is investigating linear and nonlinear receptivity to Tollmien—Schlichting waves in transonic flows.
	Dr Kengo Deguchi Research Associate Department of Mathematics Imperial College London k.deguchi@imperial.ac.uk	Kengo's research aims to extend his theoretical results of 'Exact Coherent Structure' flow states to more realistic external boundary layer flows, which typically appear on aeroplane wings.
	Dr Nicola De Tullio Research Associate Department of Mathematics Imperial College London n.de-tullio@imperial.ac.uk	Nico is investigating boundary layer instability and receptivity to free-stream acoustic waves in the transonic regime.
	Dr Marina Kravtsova Research Associate Department of Mathematics Imperial College London m.kravtsova@imperial.ac.uk	Marina is investigating non-linear receptivity of transonic flow where a wall roughness causes a local separation region in the boundary layer, and the boundary layer interacts with external acoustic noise.
	Dr Christian Thomas Research Associate Department of Mathematics Imperial College London c.thomas@imperial.ac.uk	Tom is investigating the various stages of boundary-layer transition on a swept wing, including receptivity, linear and nonlinear disturbance development.
	Dr Alex White Research Associate Department of Mathematics Imperial College London alexander.white@imperial.ac.uk	Alex is investigating the effect of surface roughness, free stream turbulence, concave curvature and three dimensionality of the oncoming flow on the generation of disturbances in the boundary-layer.
	Dr Hui Xu Research Associate Department of Mathematics Imperial College London hui.xu@imperial.ac.uk	Hui is investigating the receptivity and instability of the boundary-layer transition stages and addressing the influences of free stream disturbance, wavy wall, blowing and suction, external acoustic waves on the instability in the boundary layer.
	Dr Tariq Saeed Research Associate Department of Aeronautics Imperial College London t.saeed@imperial.ac.uk	Tariq is developing an experiment to investigate the transition process on a swept wing. This research aims to support and facilitate the theoretical investigations undertaken by the LFC-UK team.

PhD students

	Alex Amos Department of Mathematics Imperial College London	PhD topic: Critical layers and interactions of stationary and travelling crossflow vortices in threedimensional boundary layers
	Curtis Banks Department of Mathematics Imperial College London c.banks11@imperial.ac.uk	PhD topic: Receptivity of a three-dimensional swept wings, in particular understanding the stability behaviour of stationary crossflow vortices
	Adam Butler Department of Mathematics Imperial College London	PhD topic: Non-Parallel-Flow Effects on Stationary Crossflow Vortices at Their Genesis
	Thomas de Cointet Department of Mathematics Imperial College London thomas.de-cointet07@imperial.ac.uk	PhD topics: (i) Receptivity of the boundary layer to surface roughness and the development of crossflow vortices. (ii) Transonic flow separation around discontinuities in curvature
	Radu Cimpeanu Department of Mathematics Imperial College London radu.cimpeanu11@imperial.ac.uk	PhD topic: Effect of thin films of fluid covering the surface of aircraft components, wings in particular, on the governing flow around these bodies
	Liam Dempsey Department of Mathematics Imperial College London l.dempsey12@imperial.ac.uk	PhD topic: Transition to turbulence of Poiseuille-Couette flow, including investigation of the effect of 3D nonlinear disturbances
	Matthew Gipon Department of Mathematics Imperial College London matthew.gipon11@imperial.ac.uk	PhD topic: Transition to turbulence prediction, specifically focusing on cylindrical geometry which could be used to model flow on aircraft fuselages or inside turbine engines
	Kurunandan Jain Department of Mathematics Imperial College London kurunandan.jain11@imperial.ac.uk	PhD topic: Generation of Tollmien—Schlichting Waves at the Leading edge of a Wing
	Joseph Maestri Department of Mathematics Imperial College London j.maestri11@imperial.ac.uk	PhD topic: Turbulence in channel flows, including the patterns and structures that arise during the onset of turbulence which are often called “self-sustaining states” or “exact-coherent structures”
	Jamie Nutter Department of Mathematics Imperial College London j.nutter11@imperial.ac.uk	PhD topic: Generation of Görtler vortices within the boundary-layer, in the long-wavelength (viscous-inviscid interaction) regime, caused by variable wall curvature in the streamwise direction
	David Price Department of Mathematics Imperial College London d.pryce10@imperial.ac.uk	PhD topics: (i) Stability of a vibrating elastic wing and how Tollmein-Schlichting waves effect this. (ii) Downstream effect of curvature and hence the creation of Gortler vortices
	Hannah Roland Department of Mathematics Imperial College London hannah.roland12@imperial.ac.uk	PhD topic: Receptivity of the Boundary Layer to Vibrations of the Wing Surface - Part 2
	Richard Bosworth Department of Aeronautics Imperial College London r.bosworth12@imperial.ac.uk	PhD topic: Experimental verification of receptivity of a laminar boundary layer on a flat plate to free stream disturbances
	Daniele de Grazia Department of Aeronautics Imperial College London d.de-grazia12@imperial.ac.uk	PhD topic: Direct Numerial Simulation of compressible Euler and Navier-Stokes equations which can take into account the main passive devices and approaches currently employed for transition location control
	Gianmarco Mengaldo Department of Aeronautics Imperial College London g.mengaldo11@imperial.ac.uk	PhD topic: Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) data for 2D-2.5D geometries (i.e. aerofoils and swept wings) given by Airbus and comparing the DNS data with experimental data
	Hari Vemuri Department of Aeronautics Imperial College London hari.vemuri11@imperial.ac.uk	PhD topic: Tollmien-Schlichting wave cancellation by Feedback Control