About
Takfarinas Medjnoun (he/him) is a Research Fellow at the Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics research group at the University of Southampton.
His work explores fundamental and applied fluid mechanics research using various experimental methods to study turbulent flows. His primary focus is on understanding and modelling wall-turbulence dynamics pertaining to urban and atmospheric flow systems. Takfarinas' work also involves characterising rough-wall surfaces aiming at modelling and predicting the aerodynamic resistance relevant to other engineering applications such as fuel-based systems to help reduce their carbon footprint and environmental impact.
Research
Research interests
- Wall-bounded turbulence.
- Flow control and drag reduction.
- Experimental fluid mechanics (PIV/LIF, HWA, LDA, Force, Pressure and temperature).
- Machine learning in fluid mechanics.
Current research
Turbulent boundary layers over heterogeneous smooth and rough surfaces
Publications
Teaching
Past: Teaching Assistant
FEEG1003 Thermofluids
SESA 2022 Aerodynamics
SESA 2023 Propulsion
Biography
Takfarinas Medjnoun (he/him) was born and raised in Tizi-Ouzou (Algeria). He first started his undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bejaia, then moved to France in 2010 and completed his BSc and then MSc from Centrale Lille ENSMA, and ENSI Poitiers (2010-2014) in Aerospace Engineering with a focus on turbulence studies. Upon completion, he moved to the United Kingdom where he obtained his doctorate in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southampton (2015-2019) for his thesis entitled "Experimental investigation of secondary flows in turbulent boundary layers". Since 2019, Takfarinas is working as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics research group at the University of Southampton, during which he assisted in setting up the new state-of-the-art Experimental Fluids Laboratory (EFL) which encompasses different facilities and newly developed diagnostic tools that cover a wide range of fields such as aero-hydrodynamics, hydraulics, aeroacoustics and multiphase flows.
In his leisure time, Takfarinas enjoys and practices music and photography - with a special interest in astrophotography.