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I am Professor of Engineering and specialise in the optical measurement of complex flows. I joined the University of Sussex in November 2023 and I am based in the TFMRC (Thermo-Fluid Mechanics Research Centre). Prior to this I was Professor of Thermofluids and Director of the Advanced Engineering Centre at the University of Brighton. My research focuses on fluids, heat and mass transfer processes in the energy, biomedical and manufacturing sectors. I have more than 25 years' experience on the development and application of optical measurement techniques to investigate the microscale physics of complex multiphase flows, such as fuel sprays, industrial process fluids (lubricants, coolants, carbon capture solvents), and biomedical fluid dynamics (droplet impacts, bioartificial organs, intraocular lenses). My research has received continuous EPSRC funding since 2013 (until 2028), as well as support by industry, Innovate UK, EU, and UKRI.

Publications

  • The effect of fuel injection equipment on the dispersed phase of water-in-diesel emulsions
  • On the transcritical mixing of fuels at diesel engine conditions
  • Investigation of Puffing and Micro-Explosion of Water-in-Diesel Emulsion Spray Using Shadow Imaging
  • Assessing the role of surface tension force to the simulation of sub-grid scale interaction of turbulence and cavitation under realistic diesel injection conditions
  • Quantitative characterisations of spray deposited liquid films and post-injection discharge on diesel injectors
  • Drop impact onto suspended and surface-attached metallic meshes
  • A phenomenological model for near-nozzle fluid processes: Identification and qualitative characterisations
  • High-Speed Thermographic Analysis of Diesel Injector Nozzle Tip Temperature
  • Bioengineering a cryogel-derived bioartificial liver using particle image velocimetry defined fluid dynamics
  • Spray Characteristics and Droplet Micro-Explosion of Water in Diesel Emulsion
  • Development of theranostic wound dressings: harnessing the knowledge of biospecific interactions at the biomaterial interface to promote healing and identify biomarkers
  • Designing and Demonstrating a Master Student Project to Explore Carbon Dioxide Capture Technology
  • Aerodynamical phenomena in a large top covered wind mill with vertical axis wind turbine
  • Time-resolved gas thermometry by laser-induced grating spectroscopy with a high-repetition rate laser system
  • A model for droplet heating and its implementation into ANSYS Fluent
  • Mathematical modelling of heating and evaporation of a spheroidal droplet
  • An overview of experimental techniques of the investigation of water-diesel emulsion characteristics droplets micro-explosion
  • Simultaneous measurement of monocomponent droplet temperature/refractive index, size and evaporation rate with phase rainbow refractometry
  • The Effect of Fuel Injection Equipment of Water-In-Diesel Emulsions on Micro-Explosion Behaviour
  • Change of evaporation rate of single monocomponent droplet with temperature using time-resolved phase rainbow refractometry
  • Temperature measurements under diesel engine conditions using laser induced grating spectroscopy
  • Effect of the scale resolution on the two phase coupling characteristics of high speed evaporating sprays using LES / Eulerian-Lagrangian methodologies
  • Quantitative analysis of dribble volumes and rates using three-dimensional reconstruction of X-ray and diffused back-illumination images of diesel sprays
  • The effect of unstable emulsion of water-in-diesel on micro-explosion phenomena
  • Transcritical mixing of sprays for multi-component fuel mixtures
  • Microscopic observation of miscible mixing in sprays at elevated temperatures and pressures
  • Quantification of diesel injector dribble using 3D reconstruction from x-ray and DBI imaging
  • Drop impact onto a metallic porous layer: scale effects
  • Drop impact onto attached metallic meshes
  • A model for mono-and multi-component droplet heating and evaporation and its implementation into ANSYS Fluent
  • Drop impact onto porous surface: scale effects
  • Simulation and Measurement of Transient Fluid Phenomena within Diesel Injection
  • Puffing and Microexplosion Behavior of Water in Pure Diesel Emulsion Droplets During Leidenfrost Effect
  • Drop Impact onto a Metallic Porous Layer: Effect of Liquid Viscosity and Air Entrapment
  • A study of the controlling parameters of fuel air mixture formation for ECN Spray A
  • A model for multi-component droplet heating and evaporation and its implementation into ANSYS Fluent
  • A mathematical model for heating and evaporation of a multi-component liquid film
  • The effect of operating conditions on post-injection fuel discharge in an optical engine
  • Modelling of heating and evaporation of spheroidal droplets
  • Fuel nozzle geometry effects on cavitation and spray behavior at diesel engine conditions
  • Assessment of the grid requirements for the modelling of the dynamics of high speed evaporating sprays using LES / Eulerian-Lagrangian frameworks
  • A simple model for puffing/micro-explosions in water-fuel emulsion droplets
  • Visual analyses of end of injection liquid structures and the behaviour of nozzle surface-bound fuel in a direct injection diesel engine
  • Primary rainbow of high refractive index particle (1.547 < n < 2) has refraction ripples
  • Modelling of Heating and Evaporation of Biodiesel Fuel Droplets
  • 2D Titanium Carbide (Ti3C2Tx) in Accommodating Intraocular Lens Design
  • Droplet Impact on Suspended Metallic Meshes: Effects of Wettability, Reynolds and Weber Numbers
  • Droplet size and morphology characterization for diesel sprays under atmospheric operating conditions
  • Assessing the importance of surface tension effect for simulating the sub-grid scale interaction of turbulence and cavitation in micro-channel flows
  • High-Speed Infrared Measurement of Injector Tip Temperature during Diesel Engine Operation
  • Fuzzy logic and neuro-fuzzy modelling of diesel spray penetration: A comparative study
  • Models for droplet heating and evaporation: application to simulation of the autoignition process in diesel engines
  • Advancement in turbulent spray modelling
  • Grouping and trapping of evaporating droplets in an oscillating gas flow
  • Tools and techniques for intelligent characterization of fuels
  • Fuzzy logic and neuro-fuzzy modelling of diesel spray penetration: A comparative study
  • High-speed microscopic imaging of the initial stage of diesel spray formation and primary breakup
  • Tools and Techniques for Intelligent Characterization of Fuels
  • Time-resolved fuel injector flow characterisation based on 3D laser Doppler vibrometry
  • Laser-induced fluorescence investigation of nitric oxide formation and hydroxyl radicals in a diesel rapid compression machine
  • Split injection strategy for diesel sprays: Experiment and modelling
  • The effect of operating conditions on post-injection fuel discharge in an optical engine
  • Transition from droplet evaporation to miscible mixing at diesel engine conditions
  • Dropsizing of near-nozzle diesel and RME sprays by microscopic imaging
  • Investigation of the internal dynamics of diesel nozzles by time-resolved laser doppler vibrometry
  • A breakup model for transient Diesel fuel sprays
  • Modeling and control of internal combustion engines using intelligent techniques
  • Development in diesel spray characterisation and modelling
  • The effect of compression ratio on exhaust emissions from a PCCI diesel engine
  • Advancement in turbulent spray modelling: The effect of internal temperature gradient in droplets
  • Modelling of biodiesel fuel droplet heating and evaporation: Effects of fuel composition
  • Jet and Vortex Ring-Like Structures in Internal Combustion Engines: Stability Analysis and Analytical Solutions
  • Dropsizing of near-nozzle diesel and RME sprays by microscopic imaging
  • Optical characterisation of diesel, RME and kerosene sprays by microscopic imaging
  • Tools and Techniques for Intelligent Characterization of Fuels
  • Development in diesel spray characterisation and modelling
  • Development in diesel spray characterisation and modelling
  • Fuzzy logic and neuro-fuzzy modelling of diesel spray penetration: A comparative study
  • Fuzzy logic and neuro-fuzzy modelling of diesel spray penetration: A comparative study
  • Selection of test methods to examine the fracture mechanics of carbon fibre composite flywheels
  • Modelling of gasoline fuel droplets heating and evaporation
  • Thermal risk assessment of vegetable oil epoxidation
  • Diesel fuel spray penetration, heating, evaporation and ignition: modelling vs. experimentation
  • Microscopic imaging of the initial stage of diesel spray formation
  • Safety assessment of epoxidation reaction
  • Tools and techniques for intelligent characterization of fuels
  • Investigation of the internal dynamics of diesel nozzles by time-resolved laser doppler vibrometry
  • Shadowgraphic characterisation of marine lubricant sprays
  • Direct imaging of primary atomisation in the near-nozzle region of diesel sprays
  • Dropsizing of Near-Nozzle Diesel and RME Sprays by Microscopic Imaging
  • Development in diesel spray characterisation and modelling
  • Optical Characterisation of Diesel, RME and Kerosene Sprays by Microscopic Imaging
  • Image-based analysis of evaporating diesel sprays in the near-nozzle region
  • Evaporating droplets: comparisons between DNS and modelling
  • Multi-dimensional quasi-discrete model for the investigation of heating and evaporation of diesel fuel droplets
  • Optical investigation of cylinder oil sprays in slow-speed marine diesel engines
  • Modelling of droplet heating, evaporation and break-up: Recent developments
  • Split injection strategy for diesel sprays: Experiment and modelling
  • Measuring and processing in-cylinder measurements of NO and OH obtained by laser-induced fluorescence in a diesel rapid compression machine
  • Advanced models for droplet heating and evaporation: Effect on the autoignition of diesel fuel sprays
  • Fuzzy Logic and Neuro-fuzzy Modelling of Diesel Spray Penetration
  • Fuzzy logic and neuro-fuzzy modelling of diesel spray penetration
  • Neural network classification of diesel spray images
  • Combustion processes in a diesel engine
  • Diesel spray formation, autoignition and soot production at elevated in-cylinder pressures
  • Fuzzy logic and neuro-fuzzy modelling of diesel spray penetration
  • Spray penetration in a turbulent flow
  • Neural network classification of diesel spray images
  • A new high-pressure diesel spray research facility
  • Diesel autoignition at elevated in-cylinder pressures
  • Laser-induced incandescence study of diesel soot formation in a rapid compression machine at elevated pressures
  • The effect of compression ratio on exhaust emissions from a PCCI diesel engine
  • Spray development and combustion characteristics for common rail diesel injection systems
  • The influence of injector parameters on the formation and break-up of a diesel spray
  • The initial stage of fuel spray penetration
  • Spray development and combustion characteristics for common rail diesel injection systems
  • Measuring and processing in-cylinder measurements of NO and OH obtained by laser-induced fluorescence in a diesel rapid compression machine
  • Neural network classification of diesel spray images
  • Fuzzy logic and neuro-fuzzy modelling of diesel spray penetration
  • Models of fuel spray penetration
  • Neural network classification of diesel spray images
  • The effect of compression ratio on exhaust emissions from a PCCI diesel engine
  • Characterization of the soot formation processes in a high pressure combusting diesel fuel spray
  • In-cylinder study of the formation, autoignition and soot production of diesel sprays at elevated pressures
  • PDA characterization of dense diesel sprays using a common-rail injection system
  • A new high-pressure diesel spray research facility
  • In-cylinder penetration and break-up of diesel sprays using a common-rail injection system
  • Investigation of diesel pollutants formation through optical diagnostic techniques
  • Spray penetration in a turbulent flow
  • The influence of injector parameter on the formation and breakup of a Diesel spray
  • The influence of injector parameters on the formation and break-up of a diesel spray
  • In-cylinder penetration and break-up of diesel sprays using a common-rail injection system
  • The effect of compression ratio on exhaust emissions from a PCCI diesel engine
  • Characterisation of the soot formation processes in a high pressure combusting diesel fuel spray
  • PDA characterization of dense diesel sprays using a common-rail injection system
  • In-cylinder study of the formation, autoignition and soot production of diesel sprays at elevated pressures
  • Diesel spray formation, autoignition and soot production at elevated in-cylinder pressures
  • Combustion processes in a diesel engine
  • Spray development and combustion characteristics for common rail Diesel injection systems
  • Characterization of the soot formation processes in a high pressure combusting diesel fuel spray
  • Diesel spray formation, autoignition and soot production at elevated in-cylinder pressures
  • Fuel spray penetration: modelling and experiments
  • Models of fuel spray penetration
  • A new high-pressure diesel spray research facility
  • Drop impact onto attached and suspended metallic meshes: Liquid penetration and spreading
  • Drop impact onto attached metallic meshes: liquid penetration and spreading
  • Primary rainbow of high refractive index particle (1.547
  • The influence of fluid properties on near nozzle sprays in clean and fouled GDI injectors
  • Exploring exudate absorption via sessile droplet dynamics in porous wound dressings
  • Superheated flash-boiling atomisation effects on spray carbon capture performance using non-aqueous amines
  • Ti3C2Tx MXene augments osmo-adaptive repression of the inflammatory stress response for improved wound repair

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  • Julien Manin

  • Alex Gander

  • D Sykes

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