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2018/19 Cohort

• Chris Cho –  Adaptive Market-Making using Reinforcement Learning within a Multi-Agent System; Agents, Interactions & Complexity Research Group
• Rebecca Clements –  Machine learning of quantum mechanical lattice energies for molecular crystal structure prediction; Computational Systems Chemistry Research Group
• Catriona Gibbon – Simulation of Transition States for Degradation Reactions of High Energy Polymers for Safe Storage; Computational Systems Chemistry Research Group
• Ben Kitching-Morley – Understanding the Early Universe using Simulations of Lattice Quantum Field Theory; Theory Research Group
• Marin Lauber – Flexible Sheets in Turbulent Flow; Fluid-Structure Interactions/Maritime Engineering Research Group
• Adam Murphy – Toward an Identification of the Nature of Dark Matter with Numerical Simulations; Theory Research Group
• Vanessa Nehruji – Statistical simulations of disordered magnetic materials; Computational Engineering and Design Research Group
• Vivienne Nenh – Developing Materials Interfaces for Batteries using Large-scale Quantum Chemistry Simulations; Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics Research Group
• Iain Smith – Using Molecular Simulations to Understand the Structure-function Relationships of Bacterial Membranes; Computational Systems Chemistry Research Group
• Yen-Ye Soh – Applied Value Driven Design Integrated with Aero-Engine Geometry; Computational Engineering and Design Group
• Liam Tope – Computational Modelling of Nonlinear Infrasound Propagation through the Atmosphere; Acoustics Research Group
• Jack Tyler – Exploitation of Multi-body Dynamics for Space Mission Design; Astronautics Research Group
• James Waters – Modelling and Data-intensive Science Methods to Understand Substorm-driven Energy Deposition into Polar Atmosphere; Astronomy Research Group

2017/18 Cohort

• Han Chen – New Methods for Drug Design based on Large-scale First Principles Quantum Mechanics; Computational Systems Chemistry Research Group
• Henry Ann Day-Hall – Higgs Boson Signals in b-Jet Dynamics at the Large Hadron Collider; Theory Research Group
• Enrico Degregori – Novel High Performance Computing for the Simulation of Transonic/Supersonic Aerofoils with a Wavy Leading Edge; Aerodynamics & Flight Mechanics Research Group
• Thomas Jack Greenslade – Numerical Simulation of Electromagnetic Stabilisation of Spacecraft; Astronautics Research Group
• Benjamin Felix Guthrie – Enhancing Autonomous Guidance and Navigation with Deep Learning AI Technologies; Astronautics Research Group
• Sebastien Lemaire – Efficient Overlapping-grid CFD Technique for a Self-propelled Ship; Fluid-Structure Interactions/Maritime Engineering Research Group
• Christoper Marsden – Probing the Co-evolution of Super-massive Black Holes and their Host Galaxies via State-of-the-art, Semi-empirical, Galaxy Evolution Cosmological Models; Astronomy Research Group
• Dimitrios Mathas – Simulation of Lubricant Properties for Interaction with Surfaces; Computational Systems Chemistry Research Group
• Edward John Parkinson – Radiative transfer modelling of accretion disk winds in Tidal Disruption Events; Astronomy Research Group
• Marley Luke Samways – Simulation of Biological Systems at Long Time and Distance Scales; Computational Systems Chemistry Research Group

2016/17 Cohort

• James Bailey – Analysis and Modelling of Boundary-Layer Flashback Processes for Hydrogen-Rich Gas-Turbine Combustion; Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Research Group
• Peter Bartram – Pushing the Envelope of Planetary Formation and Evolution Simulations; Astronautics Research Group
• Jamie Caldwell – Deep Optimisation; Agents, Interactions & Complexity Research Group
• Damien Crossland – A data-mining approach to predicting surface roughness drag in turbulent flows; Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Research Group
• Marian Daogaru – Space debris and the evolution of resilient space systems; Astronautics Research Group
• Samuel Diserens – Next Generation Space Debris Environment Model; Astronautics Research Group
• Gary Downing – Automatic Code Generation for Computational Science; Computational Engineering and Design Research Group
• Nicholas McCaw – Computational modelling of underwater noise generation by turbulent fluid-structure interactions; Fluid-Structure Interactions/Maritime Engineering Research Group
• Juraj Mihalik – The use of channel wings for slow speed UAV flight; Computational Engineering and Design Research Group
• Matthew Mostert – Lattice Holographic Cosmology; Theory Research Group
• Gregory Parkes – Computational modelling across ‘omic’ scales of biology; Vision, Learning and Control Research Group
• Daniel Powell –  Computational Modelling of Particle Tribocharging in Small, High-Speed Cyclones; Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Research Group
• Jack Saywell – Fidelity optimisation in an atomic quantum computer; Quantum, Light & Matter Research Group
• Samuel Senior – Extreme non-linear optics in hollow optical fibres; Optoelectronics Research Centre
• Daniel Wallace – Optimisation of Acoustic Systems for Perceived Sound Quality; Signal Processing & Control Research Group
• Alex Wright – Multiscale relativistic simulations; Applied Mathematics Research Group
• Mukarramah Yusuf – Modelling nutrients dynamics in South-East Asia’s largest lake; Earth Surface Dynamics Research Group

2015/16 Cohort

• Gabriele Boschetto – Large scale quantum chemistry simulations of organic photovoltaics; Computational Systems Chemistry Research Group
• Kostas Drakopoulos – Efficient overlapping-grid CFD technique for a self-propelled ship; Fluid-Structure Interaction/Maritime Engineering Research Group
• David Lusher – Couple multi-scale simulation of high Reynolds number airfoil flows; Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Research Group
• Ryan Pepper – Simulations of magnetic skyrmions; Computational Engineering and Design Research Group
• Alvaro Perez Diaz – Agent-based modelling of high frequency traders; Agents, Interactions & Complexity Research Group
• Craig Rafter – Integrating automated vehicles into the transport network; Transport Research Group
• Hossam Ragheb – Multi-scale modelling of composite riser systems; Fluid-Structure Interaction/Maritime Engineering Research Group
• Kieran Selvon – Simulation of biological systems at long length and distance scales; Computational Systems Chemistry Research Group
• Ashley Setter – Dynamics simulations for quantum feedback to steer a single particle harmonic oscillator in non-classical states; Quantum, Light & Matter Research Group
• Lucy Upton – Modelling jet dynamics and the Large Hadron Collider; Theory Research Group
• Alejandra Vergara Lope – Mathematical tools for analysis of genome function, linkage and disequilibrium structure and disease gene prediction; Human Development and Health Research Group
• Thorsten Wittemeier – Dispersion of small inertial particles in characteristic atmospheric boundary layer flows; Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Research Group
• Emanuele Zappia – Biomechanical optimisation of lower limb prosthetic socket design; Bioengineering Science Research Group

2014/15 Cohort

• Ioannis Begleris – Multimode simulation of high-power fibre lasers and amplifiers; Optoelectronics Research Centre
• Rory Brown – Modelling of neutron star interactions in x-ray binary systems; Applied Mathematics Research Group
• Paul Chambers – Challenging topological prejudice – automated airframe layout design; Computational Engineering and Design Research Group
• Robert Entwistle – Design of unmanned air vehicles; Computational Engineering and Design Research Group
• Stephen Gow – Uncertainty quantification and propagation through complex chains of computational models; Statistics Research Group
• Joshua Greenhalgh – Computational methods for the modelling and inversion of non-linear systems and its application to beam hardening correction in x-ray computed tomography reconstruction; Signal Processing Audio & Hearing Group
• James Harrison – Towards exascale computing in particle physics; Theory Research Group
• Jan Kamenik – Variability in high pressure blade trailing edge geometry and its impact on stage capacity and blade temperature; Computational Engineering & Design Research Group
• Jonathon Waters – Multiscale models of magnetic materials at elevated temperatures; Computational Engineering & Design Group