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Riblet surfaces for reducing drag of marine vessels

This project aims to investigate the drag reduction performance of antifouling surfaces for marine vessels. more...

Supervisor(s): Lei, Chengwang (Professor)

Drag-reducing Anti-fouling Coatings for Maritime Applications

A PhD project is available immediately (July 2021) in the group of Prof Chiara Neto in the School of Chemistry on the study of drag reduction by lubricant-infused surfaces. The proj more...

Supervisor(s): Neto, Chiara (Professor)

New liquid-infused surfaces based on wrinkled Teflon

Investigation of the new families of slippery nanostructured surfaces with reduced hydrodynamic drag. more...

Supervisor(s): Neto, Chiara (Professor)

Computational Automotive Aeroacoustics

Current automotive aerodynamic design is driven by a myriad of requirements including minimum drag, minimum noise, favourable handling, thermal management and vehicle soiling. Our g more...

Supervisor(s): Thornber, Ben (Dr)

Understanding slip and designing new slippery surfaces

Investigation of the properties of surfaces that affect the slip of liquids at solid interface, with the potential to develop more energy-efficient microfluidic devices. more...

Supervisor(s): Neto, Chiara (Professor)

Compressible Turbulent Mixing

A fundamental understanding of compressible turbulent mixing is critical to advancing technologies in aeronautical, automotive, clean energy and acoustics. This project aims to deve more...

Supervisor(s): Thornber, Ben (Dr)