EngD Students 2011–12



EngD Students - Year 1
Name Research Group Research Topic
Victoria Banks Transportation Automatic cars are safer and more efficient
Mark Evans Infrastructure Trackbed and drainage renewal implications on life cycle costs and optimisation of design
Michal Lewandowski Materials Structural integrity of hydrogen pressure vessels for the transport industry
Daniel Lurcock Dynamics Prediction of groundborne noise and vibration in buildings
Richard McIlroy Transportation Human factors challenges for future hybrid vehicles
Stefan Parfitt Energy and Climate Change/Infrustructure Next generational automotive power plant
Joshua Price Transportation Human factors in the design of traffic management systems
Daniel Rustom Electro-Mechanical Engineering Solid state anemometers: the next generation
Alistair Shepherd Fluid Structure Interactions A system approach to renewable energy technologies for green shipping
Talia Sherrard Environment Intertidal structures: Engineering for sustainability and biodiversity
Amrith Surendra Computational Engineering and Design Value assessment of alternative architectures for UAV power and propulsion


EngD Students - Year 2
Name Research Group Research Topic
Gavin Bailey Transportation Developing delivery and service plans for the NHS
David Cooper Computational Engineering and Design Process modelling to enable unit costing capabilities within the early gas turbine design process
Christopher Dodd Computational Engineering and Design Unit cost optimisation in the early concept design phase of gas turbine design
James Gill Airbus Noise Technologies Centre Minimising the environmental impact of advanced aircraft designs
Jonathan Gravina Fluid Structure Interactions Nuclear ship propulsion
Andrew Hamilton Transportation Bench marking the performance of urban roads using urban traffic control data
Siddartha Santos Sancho Computational Engineering and Design Integration of life cycle simulation models within the early gas turbine design process
Matthew Streeter Fluid Structure Interactions Integrated design for production to ensure sustainability in marine transportation
Prathiban Sureshkumar Fluid Dynamics and Acoustics Predicting and mitigating noise in advanced turbofan/advanced open-rotor aircraft engines
Anthony Velazquez Transportation Sustainable logistics through collaborative working in the food supply chain


EngD Students - Year 3
Name Research Group Research Topic
Marcus Alexander Transportation The implications for generators and the grid of battery, hybrid and fuel-cell vehicles
Andrew Crossland Transportation Sustainable ‘take-back’ logistics for the charity sector
Joanne Davies Fluid Structure Interactions Composite materials/structures – Damage tolerance criteria for aged ships
Thomas Foley Acoustoelectrochemistry Ultrasonic Hydrogen Production
Peter Halswell Fluid Structure Interactions The design of Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIBs) and the associated impact on the environment
James Hammond Transportation Interactive learning environments to improve road safety and encourage sustainable travel amongst the young
Frederick Levy Infrastructure Enhancing the capacity of existing electricity grid transmission lines
Ken Liddell

Fluid Dynamics and Acoustics

Blast Characterisation and the Determination of Detonation Timing Variability in Tunnelling
Albert Prinn Fluid Dynamics and Acoustics Advanced computation methods for aircraft noise
James Pritchard Transportation Determining the Environmental Performance of Rail Transport Relative to other Modes
Lauren Wallis Energy Technology: Electrochemical Engineering Novel battery technologies for electric and hybrid electric vehicle applications
Sarah Windiate Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Computational modelling of noise generated by a single wheel geometry


EngD Students - Year 4
Name Research Group Research topic
Jennifer Black Intelligence Agents and Multimedia Business Models for Geospatial Data on the Semantic Web
Tim Case Computational Engineering and Design Improving the producibility of ‘strangers’ by design
Stephan Langmaak Computational Engineering and Design Factory Cost Modelling & Factory Simulation
Jack Lawrence Fluid Dynamics and Acoustics Experimental Analysis of Far-field Noise Augmentations from Jet-Wing Interaction & Jet-Flap Impingement
Darko Matovski Information: Signals, Images, Systems Quality driven biometric fusion
Jennifer Ogawa Transportation Monitoring and Evaluation of Managed Motorway Schemes
Katherine Soady Engineering Materials Life Assessment Methods for Industrial Steam and Gas Turbine Blade-Disc Interfaces
James Underwood Fluid Structure Interactions Ultimate strength of damaged steel ship structures