ProfessorSpencer Sherwin, FREng
Professor of Computational Fluid Mechanics
Department of Aeronautics - Faculty of Engineering
- Professor of Computational Fluid MechanicsDepartment of Aeronautics - Faculty of Engineering
- 020 7594 5052 (Work)
- 318, City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
BIO
Biography: Spencer Sherwin is Professor of Computational Fluid Mechanics in the Department of Aeronautics at Imperial College London. He received his MSE and PhD from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Princeton University. Prior to this he received his BEng from the Department of Aeronautics at Imperial College London.
Group web page: www.sherwinlab.info
Research: Professor Sherwin leads an active research group specializing in the development and application of parallel high order spectral/hp element methods (Nektar++ ) for flow around complex geometries with a particular emphasis on vortical and bluff body flows and biomedical modelling of the cardiovascular system. More recently, he has been closely involved in industrial application of these methods through partnerships with McLaren Racing, Airbus and Rolls Royce. Previously he also held a RAEng/McLaren Racing Fellowship during which spectral/hp element methods were applied to problems of interest of Formula One aerodynamics that promoted the development of wall resolving large eddy simulation capabilities for highly unsteady and separated flows
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Professor of Computational Fluid MechanicsImperial College London, Aeronautics, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 2005 - present
- Reader in Computational Fluid MechanicsImperial College London, Aeronautics, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 2003 - 31 Aug 2005
- Senior LecturerImperial College London, Aeronautics, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 2000 - 31 Aug 2003
- LecturerImperial College London, Aeronautics, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 1995 - 31 Aug 2000
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Head of DeparmentImperial College London, Aeronautics, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 2022 - present
- Head of Aerodynamics SectionImperial College London, Aeronautics, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 2017 - 31 Aug 2024
DEGREES
- Ph.D, Mechanical and Aeronautical EngineeringPrinceton University, Princeton, United States1 Jun 1992 - 1 May 1995
- M.S.E, Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringPrinceton University, Princeton, United States1 Sep 1990 - 1 Oct 1992
- B.Eng, Aeronautical EngineeringImperial College London, London, United Kingdom5 Oct 1987 - 6 Jul 1990
FACULTY
- Faculty of Engineering
POSITION NAME
- Professor of Computational Fluid Mechanics