Dr Elena Marensi University of Sheffield webpage
I am a Lecturer (Assistant Prof.) of Fluid Mechanics in the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Sheffield.
My research focuses on Transition to Turbulence in wall-bounded shear flows, Flow Instabilities, Turbulence Modelling & Control and Flow Optimisation. To tackle these problems I combine mathematical tools with high-fidelity computer simulations and data-driven algorithms. My recent research has been primarily aimed at understanding how turbulence first arises in flows through conduits and in developing control methods to tame it.
I am a member of the departmental Thermofluids Group and the cross-faculty Sheffield Fluid Mechanics Group (SFMG)
PhD students and Postdocs
- Robbie Bennett (PhD student 2024 –) A novel dynamical system view of wall-bounded turbulence
In collaboration w/ Ashley Willis (School of Maths, U. Sheffield) and Yohann Duguet (LISN-CNRS)
- Benjamin Richards (PhD student 2024 — ) Saving Energy by an Optimised of Entrance Pipe Flow
In collaboration w/ Pierre Ricco (Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, U. Sheffield)
- Magnus Bentham (PhD student 2023 — ) Machine Learning for Multiphase Flows
Co-supervised by Marco Colombo (Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, U. Sheffield)
- We are currently recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Computational and Theoretical Fluid Mechanics: see details here to apply. Deadline 14/02