Alper Celik

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Dr Celik’s research interests cover a range of topics at the intersection of fluid mechanics, acoustics, thermodynamics and biology. He has over ten years of experience on experimental techniques in fluid mechanics including:
I. Aerodynamics, aerodynamic noise and noise mitigation techniques
II. Development of novel acoustic liners
III. Acoustic metamaterials and its real-life applications
IV. Delta wings; active and passive flow control on delta wings and related bio-inspired flow control techniques.
Current research projects include:
- Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics Of Turbulent Flow Over And Past Permeable Rough Surfaces (EPSRC)
- AERIALIST: Advanced Aircraft-Noise-Alleviation Devices Using Metamaterials (HORIZON 2020).

Kabilan Baskaran

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Kaliban's research interests include:
I. Experimental and computational aerodynamics and aeroacoustics
II. Experimental and computational fluid dynamics
III. Combustion instability
IV. Reduced order modelling, Higher order spectral analysis.

Hasan Kamliya Jawahar

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Hasan's research mainly focuses on computational and experimental methods for airfoil noise as well as approaches for jet noise reduction, and heat transfer. Hasan earned a BEng (Hons) in Aerospace Systems Engineering from Coventry University in 2012 and an MSc in Aerospace Propulsion from Cranfield University in 2014. He then pursed his PhD at Bristol, specifically focussing on experimental and computational studies for high lift airfoils, and airfoils with morphed trailing edges. He was also actively involved in the designing and commissioning of the Aeroacoustic Wind Tunnel at Bristol. Upon receiving his PhD in 2019, he went on to conduct further research on jet installation noise abatement.
Research interests include:
I. Slat noise and noise mitigation with cove fillets in high-lift device
II. Application of morphing structures in reducting airfoil self-noise
III. Computational fluid dynamics in fluid-structure interactions
IV. Jet impingment and heat transfer characteristics.
Research projects include:
- Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance of morphing structures
- Experimental and computational study of high-lift device
- Jet aeroacoustics and installation noise control.

Xiao Liu

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Xiao joined the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic research group in 2013 and gained her PhD in 2018. She has since worked as a wind tunnel technical specialist collaborating with the research group on a range of aeroacoustic studies. Research interests include:
I. Noise mitigation strategies using passive flow control treatments (trailing-edge/leading-edge serration, porous material)
II. Aerodynamic performance study for aerofoil with edge treatment
III. Tandem aerofoil aerodynamics
Current research projects include:
- Aerodynamic and wake development of aerofoils with trailing-edge serration
- Noise control for a tandem aerofoil configuration using edge treatment.

Henrique Raposo

Henrique joined the aerodynamics and aeroacoustics research group in 2020 after completing his PhD at Imperial College London in partnership with Airbus. His research focused on the numerical modelling of the early stages of boundary layer transition, particularly compressible acoustic receptivity in the presence of surface roughness. Research interests inclde:
I. Propeller performance and noise generation;
II. Power balance method in integrated propulsion concepts.
Current research projects include: Performance and noise generation of wall-mounted and buried propulsion systems

Hari Vemuri 

Hari Vemuri joined the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic research group in 2018 as an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow and has since been studying different active and passive noise control techniques to reduce the airfoil self-noise and the turbulence-interaction noise. Before joining the University of Bristol, he completed his PhD in Aeronautics from Imperial College London and BTech and MTech in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Kanpur, India. Research interests include:
I. Airfoil noise generation in static and dynamic motion
II. Airfoil noise mitigation strategies
III. Receptivity in boundary-layer flows and flow control techniques.
Current research projects include leading-edge serrations for control of turbulence-interaction noise.

Luke Bowen‌

Luke graduated from the University of Leeds in 2017 with a MEng(Hons) in Aerospace and Aeronautical engineering and had a brief spell in Formula 1 before returning to pursue research in aeroacoustics and aerodynamics. He started his PhD and joined the group at theend of 2018. Lukes research interests include:
I. Flow control using porous materials
II. Turbulence interaction noise
III. Permeability
IV. Additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping.
His research project title is: Flow control using tailored permeable surfaces.

John Branch

John joined the aerodynamics and aeroacoustics research group in November 2019 to work on aerofoil self-noise and their prediction. His research project title is: Aerodynamics and aeroacoustics of aerofoils at high angles of attack.

Guanjiang Chen

Guanjiang joined the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic research group in September 2019. He mainly employs computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools to study the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic problems of fluid-structure interactions. He also conducts experiments on the subject of interest for validation of the numerical methods during developmental stages. His research interests include:
I. Aerodynamic and aeroacoustics characteristics of the flow through bluff body
II. CFD methods for fluid-structure interaction problems.
His research project title is: On the aeroacoustics of wake-bluff-body interactions using high-order accurate weakly compressible solver.

Gianni Comandini

Gianni is an Italian Civil Engineer with a research interest in lightweight composite metamaterials for sound applications. His PhD focus is in using modelling and manufacturing techniques like 3D printing to achieve noise manipulation with subwavelength materials. Gianni's research interests include:
I. Additive manufacturing of lightweight composite metamaterials
II. Acoustic application of 3D printed metamaterials
III. Wavelength manipulation in sound propagation.
His research project is: Lightweight composite metamaterials for manipulating sound propagation.

Nanshu Chen (Nathan)

Nanshu joined the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic research group in 2019, and has since been focusing on the numerical prediction of propeller noise.  His research interests include:
I. Noise prediction of contra-rotating open rotors
II. Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance of aerofoils with trailing edge serration.
His research project is: Development of contra-rotating open rotor noise prediction method.

Felix Gstrein

Felix enjoys working at the interface of natural science and applied engineering. With background knowledge in fundamental fluid mechanics, control engineering and programming, he joined the aerodynamic and aeroacoustics research group in 2018 and extended his knowledge in experimental aeroacoustics. His research interests include:
I. Aerodynamic noise control
II. Signal processing and analysis
III. Fundamental fluid mechanics.
His research project is: Aerodynamic noise reduction using micro-surface treatments.

Abhishek Gautam

Abhishek joined the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic research group in 2017 working on developing state-of-the-art experimental techniques to understand the behaviour of meta-materials for reducing noise from aero-engines and other aircraft components. Research interests include:
I. Helmholtz resonators for aircraft noise reduction.
II. Space coiling meta-materials for acoustic wave manipulation.
His research project is: Helmholtz resonator and space coiled metamaterials to reduce aircraft noise.

Liam Hanson

Liam joined the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic research group as a PhD student in 2020 after completing his MEng in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bristol. Research interests include:
I. Performance of modern propellers in the context of “Future Flight” configurations;
II. Noise mitigation strategies using surface treatments;
III. Use of Microelectrical-Mechanical System (MEMS) microphones in aeroacoustic measurements.
His research project is: Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics of Novel Propellers.

Nur Syafiqah Jamaluddin

Prior to studying for her PhD Nur Syafiqah was employed in the manufacturing sector. In 2019, she decided to return to pursue research in Aerospace Engineering. Her research interests include:
I. Propeller noise in static and dynamic motion
II. Propeller in transition and turbulent flight
III. Co-axial and tandem rotor configuration.
Her research project is: Experimental Characterisation of Propeller Noise During Unsteady Transition Flight

Pravin Suresh Kamble

Pravin has been a part of Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Research Group since March 2020. His research interests include:
I. Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics of UAV (umanned aerial vehicle) propellers
II. Noise mitigation strategies for UAV.
His research project is: Aeroacoustics and aerodynamics of novel ducted propellers.

Ismaeel Zaman

Having completed my masters degree in Aerospace Engineering in 2020 at the University of Bristol, Ismaeel has now joined the aerodynamics and aeroacoustics research team. His research interests include aeroacoustic analysis of propeller configurations and his research project is: Aeroacoustic investigation of the effects of different propeller mounting configurations.

Giulio Remo Cupilari

Giulio joined the Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics research team in January 2021 after graduating in Mechanical Engineering (Automotive) (MSc) at the University of Southampton. His final year research was on the 3D optimisation of a Formula One front wing via ANSYS Fluent, using vortex generators and turning vanes as add-ons. His research interests include:
I. Blade design and tip optimisation for maximising aerodynamic efficiency while reducing noise from sources such as haystacking and turbulence injestion. Wind tunnel and Anechoic chamber experiments will be conducted for a multi-rotor configuration.
II. Automated blade design.
III. Automated rig design to improve versatility.
His research project is: Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics Modelling of Distributed Propulsion, in collaboration with EMBRAER