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Oliver Buxton - Interview with the Winner of 5th Da Vinci Competition 2010

P​rof Oliver Buxton Oliver Buxton won 5th ERCOFTAC Da Vinci Competition in 2010 presenting his PhD thesis on "The Fine Scale Features of Turbulent Shear Flow" completed at Imperial College where he also just recently has been appointed professor. T​his year Prof Oliver Buxton and Imperial


Dust-DN: PhD Opportunities on Atmospheric Dust

Dust-DN: PhD Opportunities on Atmospheric Dust Looking for a prestigious PhD opportunity in Europe? With this message we would like to introduce you to the DUST DOCTORAL NETWORK (Dust-DN, https://dust-dn.cyi.ac.cy/ ) which is recruiting on 17 ambitious research projects in the theme of


Osborne Reynolds Day 2024 - The Winners

(Left to right) Amir Keshmiri (Chair of Organizing Committee), Brian Launder, Hilde Metzger (poster joint winner) , Neelakash Biswas, Thomas Howarth, James Shemilt (oral runner-up), Chris Goodwin (oral winner) , Sam Hartharn-Evans (oral runner-up), Theofilos Boulafentis, Joseph Kilbride,


Chairperson’s Address June 2024

Chairperson's Address, June 2024 Dear Colleagues and Members, Over the last few years, we have seen a global trend of increasing confrontation and decreasing collaboration. Prominent examples are Brexit, border shutdowns during the Corona pandemic or the wars in Ukraine and Gaza to name just a


Workshop ”3D Wakes” - Report

The ERCOFTAC Workshop ”3D Wakes” https://www.imperial.ac.uk/aeronautics/ercoftac/ took place on the 10 th , 11 th and 12 th April 2024 at Imperial College in London, UK. Each of the four half day sessions, starting Wednesday afternoon and ending Friday after lunch, was introduced by a 1


Spring Festival 2024: PC Iberia

We hope you all found the ERCOFTAC Spring Festival 2024 useful, insightful and enjoyable! Thanks to the PC Iberia and Department of Aerospace Engineering of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid : Prof. Stefano Discetti Department of Aerospace Engineering, Universidad Carlos III Madrid,