The Computational Engineering Group combines expertise in fluid flow modelling with the latest high-performance computing solutions to enable the solution of complex fluid dynamic problems. The group has been collaborating with university and industry for many years and specialises in high performance parallel computing, turbulence and combustion modelling, microfluidics and non-equilibrium gas dynamics.

The group is one of the world's leading players in the modelling and design of microfluidic devices. This exciting new field offers many modelling challenges because, at such small scales, the fluid may not behave the same as that experienced in the macroscopic world.

The image shows air flow around the Daresbury Tower.
The calculations were performed on a 64 processor SGI Altix 3700.

Publications

A list of our publications can be found in the following link CEG Publications.

Collaborations

The Group actively collaborate with researchers throughout the UK, Europe and internationally.

Conferences

A very successful Parallel CFD 2010 was held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, May 17 - 21, 2010. Further details can be found on the Parallel CFD 2010 website. We are in the process of putting together a Special Issue for the highly respected journal, Computer and Fluids. Information of previous meetings can be found here: Parallel CFD website. Parallel CFD 2011 will be held in Barcelona, Spain.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers second international conference on Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer International Conference (MNHT09) was held at Shanghai Jiaotong University in Shanghai, China, from December 18 - 21, 2009. Professor David Emerson was the Track Chair for the topic of Computational Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer.

Academic Visitors

Visitors are always welcome.

Contact Details

Professor David Emerson

Science and Technology Facilities Council
Daresbury Laboratory
Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus
Warrington WA4 4AD
Cheshire
United Kingdom