Dr Abdessalem Bouferrouk

Qualifications:

PhD, MEng, CEng, FHEA

Position:

Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering

Department:

FET - Engineering, Design and Mathematics

Telephone:

+441173287226

Email:

Abdessalem.Bouferrouk@uwe.ac.uk

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About me

I am an aerodynamicist by profession, and I lecture in Aerospace Engineering.  My interests include wing morphing and bio-inspired concepts (CFD, practical), flow control, aircraft design and aeroacoustics.  My passion is about creating sustainable technologies and solutions for the aerospace industry (fixed-wing aircraft, spacecraft  and rotorcraft).  I have teaching experience in Aerodynamics/Fluid Mechanics,  Computational Methods & CFD, Advanced Wind Energy, Aero-Acoustics,  Aircraft Design & Group Design Projects, Aeronautics, Thermodynamics.  ​Between 2016-2019, I was Programme Leader for Masters by Research (MRes) in Engineering.  I was educated in Aerospace Engineering at Southampton University (PhD, MEng). Previously, I held postdoctoral research positions at the universities of Birmingham, Nottingham and Exeter. 

Seeking industrial & academic partnerships (e.g. KTP/KTN, Innovate UK, EPSRC, HEA).  International collaborators also most welcome. 

Accepting PhD/MSc students. If interested, please get in touch. 

Collaborative Projects:   

Ducted Fans (Leonardo Helicopters), Trapped Vortices (Royal Society), High Speed Train Aeodynamics (EPSRC), MERiFIC (TSB), High Flow Installation Vessel (TSB-Funded), WEATHER Project (Network Rail).

Funded Projects:

Royal Academy of Engineering VP2526-12-131 (Lead, 2025-2028), Royal Academy of Engineering VP2425-11-204 (Lead, 2024-2027), Summer Internships UWE (2020-2026), Sustainable 3D Printing (PI, UWE, 2020), Thermal comfort modelling in BRI (Co-I, UWE, 2019), Vice Chancellor ECR Grant (PI, Morphing Wings, UWE, 2016), Bridging The Gaps Award (Co-I, Biodiesel from algae, Exeter University, 2013), Researcher-Led Award (PI, Signal Analysis and Statistical Tools for Field Data, Exeter University, 2013), ADF Award (PI, Wind Energy, Exeter University, 2013), TSB Award (Co-I, High Flow Installation Vessel, Exeter University, 2012), Bridging The Gaps Research Award (PI, Turbulence measurement protocols from ADCP data, Exeter University, 2012)                                              

I have supervised three PhD students to completion.  

Currently supervising three PhD students, one as DoS.

Area of expertise

Aerodynamics, CFD, Morphing, Aircraft Design, Renewable Energy (wind turbines), Aeroacoustics, bio-inspired wing and propeller designs, Thermofluids. 

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