Dr Sophie Calabretto

Honorary Associate Professor

School of Engineering

University of Leicester

Industry Fellow

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

University of Technology Sydney

PhD projects in fluid mechanics.

Possible project topics.

• • Absolute and convective instabilities of developing jets
• • The impact of thermal effects on boundary-layer transition
• • The effect of super-hydrophobic coatings on controlling boundary-layer separation and transition to turbulence

Present post-grad students

PhD

• • S. Ceccacci, Control of boundary-layer separation using surface roughness 2020 — 2023
• • M. Nisar, Absolute and convective instabilities of developing jets 2019 — 2024