Research associate

Name	Research project	Principal Investigator
Dr Richard Jackson	Advanced cavities using high resolution additive	Prof G D Lock

PhD researchers

Name	Research area	Supervisors
James Parry	Gas turbine stator-well flow and heat transfer	Dr J A Scobie, Dr M Carnevale, Dr H Tang
Joshua Bowen	A fundamental investigation into brush seal fluid dynamics	Dr J A Scobie, Dr C M Sangan and Prof G D Lock
Benjamin Brimacombe	An investigation into combined film and internal cooling of turbine blades	Dr O J Pountney, Dr C M Sangan and Dr D J Cleaver
Giove De Cosmo	Hot gas ingestion in gas turbines	Dr M Carnevale, Dr C M Sangan and Prof G D Lock
Peter Darby	Modelling of ingress in an aero-engine gas turbine stage	Dr C M Sangan, Dr J A Scobie and Prof G D Lock
Dimitrios Graikos	Hot gas ingestion in gas turbines	Dr J A Scobie, Dr N Y Bailey and Prof G D Lock
Dario Luberti	Buoyancy-induced flow and heat transfer inside compressor rotors	Dr J A Scobie, Dr O J Pountney and Prof G D Lock
Alex Mesny	Improving turbine efficiency by combining the effects of rim seals and end wall contours	Dr C M Sangan, Dr O J Pountney and Dr D J Cleaver
Liam Wood	Improving turbine efficiency by combining the effects of rim seals and end-wall contours	Dr C M Sangan, Dr J A Scobie and Prof G D Lock

Graduated PhD researchers

Our centre has many distinguished alumni.

Name	Award Date	Thesis Title	Supervisors
Dr Neys Schreiner	2020	Computational modelling of gas turbine aerodynamics with endwall contouring	Dr C M Sangan and Dr M Wilson
Dr Ernesto Pedraza-Valle	2020	Development of a rotating test facility for the experimental characterisation of turbomachinery shaft seals	Dr J A Scobie, Dr C M Sangan and Prof P S Keogh
Dr Artur Joao Carvalho Batista Soares De Figueiredo	2020	Measurements of gas turbine aerodynamics using volumetric velocimetry with optical modelling	Dr D J Cleaver, Dr C M Sangan and Prof G D Lock
Dr Fabian Patricio Hualca Tigsilema	2020	An experimental study of ingress through gas-turbine rim seals	Dr C M Sangan, Dr J A Scobie and Prof G D Lock
Dr Joshua Horwood	2019	Computation of flow instabilities in turbine rim seals	Dr M Wilson and Dr C M Sangan
Dr Marios Patinios	2016	Fluid mechanics of ingress in a 1.5-stage gas turbine experimental facility	Dr C M Sangan and Prof G D Lock
Dr Hui Tang	2016	Theoretical models of buoyancy-induced flow in rotating cavities	Prof G D Lock and Dr M Wilson
Dr Chris Lusty	2016	Rotor vibration reduction and control via flexibly-mounted internal-stator magnetic bearings	Prof P S Keogh and Prof M N Sahinkaya
Dr Xiaohan Wang	2016	Fluid dynamics of hot gas ingress	Dr C. M. Sangan and Prof G D Lock
Dr Samuel Jiménez	2016	Internal sensing and actuation topologies for active rotors	Prof P S Keogh, Prof M N Sahinkaya and Dr M T Cole
Dr Fawaz Saket	2016	Controlled escape from trapped contact modes in magnetic bearing systems	Prof P S Keogh and Prof M N Sahinkaya
Dr Muhao Wang	2016	H optimal control for linear time invariant and parameter dependent conditions in active magnetic bearing systems	Prof P S Keogh, Prof M N Sahinkaya and Dr M T Cole
Dr Leah Isobel Mear-Stone	2016	Theoretical modelling of flow in rotor-stator systems	Prof G D Lock and Dr M Wilson
Dr Peichao Li	2015	Active touchdown bearing control in magnetic bearing systems	Prof P S Keogh and Prof M N Sahinkaya
Dr GeonHwan Cho	2014	Hot gas ingress through turbine rim seals : heat transfer and fluid dynamics	Prof G D Lock and Dr M Wilson
Dr Roy Teuber	2014	Computation of rim-sealed ingestion for gas turbines	Prof G D Lock and Dr M Wilson
Dr Yogesh Lalwani	2014	Computational modelling of ingestion through turbine rim-seals	Dr M Wilson and Prof G D Lock
Dr James Scobie	2014	An experimental study of gas turbine rim seals	Prof G D Lock and Dr M Wilson
Dr Frederick Berg	2013	Principles for aircraft exergy mapping	Prof P S Keogh and Dr M Balchin
Dr Le Wang	2013	Study of gas turbine ingress using computational fluid dynamics	Dr M Wilson and Prof G D Lock
Dr Oliver Pountney	2012	Modelling and measurement of sealing effectiveness and heat transfer in a rotor-stator system with ingress	Prof G D Lock and Dr M Wilson
Dr Carl Sangan	2011	Measurement of ingress through gas turbine rim seals	Prof G D Lock and Dr M Wilson
Dr Vinod Kakade	2009	Fluid dynamic and heat transfer measurements in gas turbine pre-swirl cooling systems	Prof G D Lock and Dr M Wilson
Dr Paul Lewis	2008	Pre-swirl rotor-stator systems : flow and heat transfer	Dr M Wilson and Prof G D Lock
Dr Paul Newton	2005	Aerodynamic and heat transfer measurements in turbine tip leakage flow models	Prof G D Lock and Prof J M Owen
Dr Farzaneh Gord	2003	Flow and heat transfer in a pre-swirl rotor-stator system	Dr M Wilson and Prof J M Owen
Dr Martin King	2003	Convective heat transfer in a rotating annulus	Dr M Wilson and Prof J M Owen
Dr James Kingsley-Rowe	2002	Pressure and heat transfer measurement using a luminescent paint method	Prof G D Lock
Dr Abdul Aziz Jaafar	2000	Flow and heat transfer in a rotating cavity with a stationary casing	Prof J M Owen and Dr M Wilson
Dr Tanat Lewis	1999	Numerical simulation of buoyancy-induced flow in a sealed rotating cavity	Dr D A S Rees and Dr M Wilson