RESEARCH GROUP

We are based in the School of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh

Current group members

Sept 2024-present: P. Wan, PhD
Sept 2023-present: A. Dixon, MEng, now PhD
May 2023-present: H. Bridge (with G. Melaugh and C. MacPhee), PhD
Jan 2023-present: Dr B. Bhowmik, PDRA [Google Scholar]
Dec 2022-present: M. Hassanpour (with S. Haeri), PhD
Oct 2022-present: A. Zeng, MSc, now PhD
Nov 2021-present: X. Li, PhD
Jan 2021-present: A. Robertson, PhD

Former

in Edinburgh:
2023-2024: Z. Sun, MSc, Mechanical characterisation of smart DNA hydrogels
2019-2024: Y. Li, PhD [Google Scholar]
2022-2023: K. Maksymiuk, MEng, Using photoelasticity to understand particulate flows in chemical engineering
2021-2022: S. Zuckerberg, MEng, Making photoelastic partices for granular suspensions
2020-2021: K. Antoniou (with W Poon), MPhys, Illuminating contact forces in suspensions
2020-2021: L. Debono, MEng, The Rheology of Dense Suspensions in Viscoelastic Media under Shear Flow
2020-2021: M. Blair, MEng, Thickening in dense suspensions under shear flow

in Cambridge:
2017-2018: R. Tilley, MEng, Shear Thinning of Dense Cornstarch Suspensions at High Shear Rates
2017-2018: P. Martin, MEng, Extensional Rheology of Dense non-Brownian Suspensions
2017-2018: K. Poon, MEng, Extensional Rheology of Shear Thickening Materials
2017-2018: C. Rusli, MEng, Extensional Rheology of Shear Thickening Materials
2017-2018: L. Sefton, MPhys, Absorbing phase transitions in granular suspensions
2017-2018: N. Wolf (with A. Zaccone), MPhys, Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Sheared Particles
2016-2017: A. Khan (with N. Vriend), MPhil, Visualising and Characterising Contact Networks in Submerged Photoelastic Disks
2016-2017: M. Jones, NanoDTC, Tuning the Rheology of Athermal Particle Suspensions with Attractive Interactions
2016-2017: O. Cheal, MPhys, Fragile Behaviour of Dense Suspensions Under Elongational Flow

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