Research output per year
Research output per year
Prof, Dir
Accepting PhD Students
Alistair graduated from UMIST in 2002 with a degree in Aerospace Engineering with French, during which time he also completed a research placement at ENSMA in Poitiers, France. He received his PhD in Turbulence Modelling and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) at The University of Manchester in 2006, including a year at IMFT, Toulouse as a Marie Curie Fellow, 6 months in Paris with the EDF Code_Saturne development team and a Summer project at CTR, Stanford University. He was appointed as a Temporary Lecturer in 2007 to develop Aerospace teaching in Spacecraft Flight and Turbulence Modelling and Simulation. In 2011 he undertook a sabbatical at CIEMAT, Madrid to work on immersed boundary methods and Fluid Structure Interaction, and in 2020 he had a (curtailed) sabbatical at The University of Melbourne to work on machine learning for turbulence modelling.
He previously acted as Director of Social Responsibilty (covering a range of things including outreach, equality & diversity and environmental sustainability) for 5 years. Following a period of several years as deputy Head of Department he is currently Head of Department of Fluids and Environment, and deputy Head of School of Engineering. This is part of a pilot structure within the school-wide Future of Engineering project.
My research spans a range of computational engineering work, with a primary focus on turbulence modelling and simulation across different domains (external aerodynamics, internal thermal hydraulics and some cardiovascular flows). I have also got experience in development and application of methods for fluid-structure interaction (flow control, bio-inspired engineering) as well as substantial involvement in the development of novel software for future computational architectures (in particular lattice Boltzmann method on GPUs, interactive simulation, virtual reality).
My applied work in the Aerospace and Automotive sectors includes involvement in multiple projects focussed on improving the prediction of turbulence modelling & simulation, and novel strategies for drag reduction. In the energy sector, and in particular in the context of The Modelling & Simulation Centre, I work closely with stakeholders in the Nuclear energy industry where we are helping to translate developments from research projects into open source engineering software used in this sector. More recently I have also been working on a range of projects related to cardiovascular flow, to assess and quantify the role of turbulence in the human body in various cases.
Expressions of interest are welcomed from potential PhD students. A list of possible research topics for PhD is provided below, organised by the main areas of my research. These are examples of relevant projects either recently started or currently in development. If you have any questions or ideas how to extend or compliment these topics please get in touch!
My research group focusses on the development of computational fluid dynamics methods for industry and healthcare applications. We specialise in turbulence modelling and simulation, fluid structure interaction and interactive engineering simulation tools
Director of the Modelling & Simulation Centre (MaSC)
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External Examiner (MScs in Automotive & Mechanical Engineering), Coventry University
Sept 2016 → Sept 2020
Full EPSRC Peer Review College Member, Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Sept 2016 → …
Remote Evaluator/Cross Reader for Horizon2020, European Commission
Nov 2015 → …
Visiting Scientist , S T F C Daresbury Laboratory
Jan 2014 → …
Research output: Preprint/Working paper › Preprint
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mahmoudi Larimi, Y. (PI) & Revell, A. (CoI)
1/07/23 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
Nabawy BSc, MSc, PhD, MRAeS, SMAIAA, FHEA, M. (PI), Cioncolini, A. (CoI), Revell, A. (CoI), crowther, W. (CoI), Ren, L. (CoI), Shearwood, T. (PGR student), Mohamed, A. (PGR student), Wang, J. (PGR student) & Bond, E. (PGR student)
Project: Research
Zhong, S. (PI), Bojdo, N. (CoI), crowther, W. (CoI), Filippone, A. (CoI), Revell, A. (CoI), Quinn, M. (CoI), Davidson, T. (CoI), Appleton, W. (PGR student), Ellis, M. (PGR student), Fisher, T. (PGR student), Guo, J. (PGR student), Guo, T. (PGR student), Harley, W. (PGR student), Elms, J. (PGR student), Liu, Q. (PGR student), Quan, P. (PGR student), Savoie, M. (PGR student), Smith, D. (PGR student), Wen, B. (PGR student), Xu, F. (PGR student) & Zhang, M. (PGR student)
Project: Research
Revell, A. (PI), Bojdo, N. (CoI), Parslew, B. (CoI) & Quinn, M. (CoI)
14/10/16 → 13/10/19
Project: Other
Revell, A. (PI), Hollingsworth, P. (CoI), Parslew, B. (CoI) & crowther, W. (CoI)
1/10/15 → 30/09/18
Project: Research
Revell, A. (Co-Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
Revell, A. (Academic expert member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of grants peer review college › Research
Revell, A. (Academic expert member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of grants peer review panel › Research
Keavney, B. (Corresponding participant) & Revell, A. (Participant)
Impact: Attitudes and behaviours, Awareness and understanding, Society and culture
Harwood, A. (Creator) & Revell, A. (Creator), University of Manchester Figshare, 22 Jun 2021
DOI: 10.48420/14816583.v1, https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/preprint/An_Interactive_Virtual_Wind_Tunnel_using_Virtual_Reality_and_Unreal_Engine_4/14816583/1
Dataset
Ali, K. (Creator), Schultz, D. (Creator), Revell, A. (Creator), Stallard, T. (Creator) & Ouro, P. (Creator), University of Manchester Figshare, 23 Mar 2023
DOI: 10.48420/21262299, https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/Assessment_of_wind_farm_parameterization_in_WRF/21262299 and one more link, https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/Assessment_of_wind_farm_parameterization_in_WRF/21262299/2 (show fewer)
Dataset
Hewitt, S. (Contributor), Margetts, L. (Contributor), Revell, A. (Contributor), Pankaj, P. (Contributor) & Levrero-Florencio, F. (Contributor), Mendeley Data, 20 Jun 2019
DOI: 10.17632/ntprzxk477.1, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/ntprzxk477
Dataset