Research
My research interests cover four main inter-related areas: aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, flight simulation and computing. More details, including details of project and publications, please take a look at the specific sections for each topic here..
Aerodynamics
My main interests include both computational and experimental aerodynamics and are focussed around vortex-dominated low-speed flows. These are linked to my work in aeroacoustics.
Research in racing car aerodynamics is one of my , and I have worked with several Formula One teams on this subject.
Aeroacoustics
Current research in computational and experimental aeroacoustics mainly concerns issues to do with airframe noise. This includes high-lift and landing gear noise investigations.
I lead a research programme in wind tunnel microphone array measurement technology, trying to improve the accuracy of such techniques in closed-section facilities.
Computing
From using developing parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) codes during my PhD research, I have now develop systems for a variety of scientific and engineering applications. Most of this work is part of the Microsoft Institute for High Perfomance Computing at Southampton, that I run with profressor Simon Cox.
Flight Simulation
We have been developing commodity flight simulation systems for teaching and research for the past decade. Through this we have developed a strong relationship with Microsoft, which we continue to develop. We not focus our research around the Microsoft ESP platform, for a variety of differernt applications.