Collapsing non-spherical bubbles

Professor Daniel Fuster is the CNRS Research Director at the Institut d’Alembert, and works at Sorbonne University in Paris. He visited us today, and presented his recent work on the collapse of non-spherical bubbles. Professor Fuster’s work was motivated by some interesting laboratory observations. In the experiments, a pulse of laser energy is used to

PhD position in Electrohydrodynamics

A fully funded PhD at the University of Cambridge, under the supervision of Professor Alex Routh is available. It is in collaboration with a Dynamic Smart Glass manufacturer. Dynamic Smart Glass windows become opaque or clear in response to an external trigger. Example uses can be temperature modulation in cars through to maintaining a pleasant environment in a

Encapsulation of vitamin E

Encapsulation is used to deliver materials to specific sites, protect fragile materials from harsh external environments or to delay release of an active compound until a desired time. Mohammed Al Sharabi and professor Alex Routh have been working on an EPSRC-funded project looking at making novel encapsulated materials. The project was joint with the Universities

On the ventilation of a room

All buildings require ventilation to keep the indoor air fresh and clean. With underfloor air distribution, fresh air is supplied at a low level, while exhaust air is extracted from the top of a room. If the room contains a heat source, then a temperature stratification develops and occupants are surrounded by fresh air in

Periodic cycles of hydrogen storage 

Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar are intermittent, and this leads to the need for substantial energy storage. At times of excessive generation, some of the renewable energy might be converted into hydrogen and stored underground. The hydrogen will then be recovered and used when the renewable sources produce insufficient energy.  A recent

Cracking in drying films

Professor Alex Routh has long been interested in colloidal suspensions, and today he told us about some of his recent work in the field.  When a pool of fluid containing a suspension of particles  is left to dry, the liquid slowly evaporates and the particles consolidate into a solid, which eventually cracks. We can see

First seminar of Lent term

Professor Yulong Ding visited us from the University of Birmingham today, and gave the first seminar of Lent term. The title of the seminar was: “Multiphase Transport Phenomena and Energy Process Intensification”. He started by talking about a few energy storage techniques which have been developed by his group over the years, including liquid air