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Centre for Aerodynamics, Aerospace and Automotive Engineering members

Heads of Centre

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Dr David Birch

Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering; Head of Centre for Aerodynamics, Aerospace & Automotive Engineering

Davide Tavernini profile image

Dr Davide Tavernini

Senior Lecturer in Advanced Vehicle Engineering; Deputy Head, Centre for Aerodynamics, Aerospace and Automotive Engineering

Centre members

Matteo Carpentieri profile image

Dr Matteo Carpentieri

Associate Professor of Environmental Fluid Mechanics

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John Doherty

Reader in Vehicle Engineering

Robert Dorey profile image

Professor Robert Dorey

Professor of Nanomaterials

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Dr Saber Fallah

Professor of Safe AI and Autonomy

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Professor Patrick Gruber

Professor in Advanced Vehicle Systems Engineering

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Dr Ahu Ece Hartavi Karci

Reader, Head of the Centre for Automotive Engineering

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Dr Paul Hayden

Research Fellow

Yinglong (Ian) He profile image

Dr Yinglong He

Lecturer in Automated Electrified Transport (AcT) Systems

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Dr Mary Hilditch

Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Sciences

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Professor Nicholas Hills

Professor of Computational Engineering, Faculty Associate Dean of the Doctoral College

Giovanni Iacobello profile image

Dr Giovanni Iacobello

Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Sciences

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Dr Simao Marques

Senior Lecturer

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Dr Olaf Marxen

Senior Lecturer

Umberto Montanaro profile image

Dr Umberto Montanaro

Senior Lecturer in Autonomous Systems and Control Engineering

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Dr Michael Pekris

Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Sciences

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Dr Marco Placidi

Senior Lecturer in Experimental Fluid Mechanics

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Dr Guohong Tian

Senior Lecturer in Automotive Engineering

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Professor Jennifer Wen

Professor, Chair in Energy Resilience, Head of Fire and Explosion Modelling Group (FMEG), Programme Lead for Energy and Environment at Institute for Sustainability

Emeritus members

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Professor John Chew

Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering

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Dr Philip Hancock

Emeritus Reader in Fluid Mechanics

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Professor Alan Robins

Professor of Environmental Fluid Mechanics