Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD)

Graduates in suits and gowns wear caps while taking photos in front of the Great Hall and Clothworkers Building during a Winter Graduation ceremony. The red brick, stained glass, festive lights, and bare trees create a vibrant atmosphere.

Our Winter graduation ceremonies begin today 🥳

It’s our virtual graduation today, with our in-person ceremonies starting on Friday.

Huge congratulations to everyone graduating over the next week or so! We're so pleased to welcome you to the @leedsalumni.bsky.social community 💚

#LeedsGrad

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Deadline extended until 16th January - please do get in touch if you are interested in working with me, Katy Roelich, @cathnoakes.bsky.social, and Mark Mon-Williams on improving indoor school spaces to support health, well-being, and equity for children and young people.

The first seminar in the 2025/26 Fluid Mechanics Webinar Series is coming up:
Title: Onsager’s "ideal turbulence" theory
Speaker: Gregory L. Eyink
Time: Thur 4:00 PM (GMT) on November 6

More info and RSVP via Cassyni

cassyni.com/s/fmws

Participants from our Prosper cohort deep in discussion at tables during the first workshop of their programme.

We're excited to be spending today with our current @prosperpostdoc.bsky.social cohort for the second workshop of their programme. Today we're focusing on exploring diverse career pathways, both within and beyond higher education.

Did you go to @lightnightleeds.bsky.social last week? ✨

If you were on campus, you might’ve seen our carnival piece, Banyan 💃

Listen to @drbrionythomas.bsky.social, from our School of Mechanical Engineering, and Rhian Kempadoo-Millar, Creative Lead at Mango Arts, share the story behind Banyan 👇

Discourse: A New Quantum World: “spooky” physics to tech revolution Jim Al-Khalili explores emerging technologies powering the future of quantum, and looks at how we got here.

Join Jim Al-Khalili as he reflects on a century of quantum mechanics, the strangest yet most successful theory in all of science, and how it has shaped our world—while also looking forward to the exciting development of entirely new technologies.

LIFD External Newsletter: October 2025 National Fluids Hub Industry Stakeholder Day: Monday 17th November, 10.00-15.00, at Cloth Hall Court, Leeds

LIFD's latest monthly newsletter is out now! October's edition includes:
💡 National Fluids Hub Industry Stakeholder Day
👩‍🎓 EPSRC CDT Future Fluid Dynamics PhD student recruitment open
🧑‍💼 Job Opps
🎙️ Prof Cath Noakes gives evidence to COVID enquiry

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Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) talk coming up next month!

Professor Brian Golding Mason Gold Medal Lecture: Forecasting Summer Thunderstorms ⛈️

Date: Wednesday 8 October 2025
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Location: University of Leeds Liberty Building Moot Court lecture theatre (room 1.28)

Discover the key findings and actions from the Women in Fluid Dynamics UK SIG recent survey in this visual summary! We appreciate all who shared their feedback

🌟 Call for Early Career Researcher Short Research Visit Applications 2025

We are pleased to invite proposals from early career researchers in the UK for Short Research Visits that will support their career development. Deadline: 4th October

More info: fluids.leeds.ac.uk/funding/

LIFD External Newsletter: August 2025 Honeybees (Apis Mellifera) are vital pollinators, with ~30% of agriculture depending on pollination. Honeybees have adapted successfully to diverse climates over 600,000 years using sophisticated buil

🌟 LIFD's latest monthly newsletter is out now! 🌟

August's edition includes:
🐝 Re-designing beehives
🌍 Building collaborations with Africa
🎓 Celebrating our graduates
🪟 SAMHE project
✍ 4 research fellow posts open for applications

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Re-designing Beehives for Extreme Climates: re-engineering man-made hives based on natural cavities and developing rapid economical experimental testing protocols for manufacturers and researchers

fluids.leeds.ac.uk/2025/08/19/r...

Firedrake 25

The tenth Firedrake user and developer workshop will be held at the School of Mathematics together with Leeds Institute of Fluid Dynamics, University of Leeds, from 15-17 September 2025.

All details and to register: firedrakeproject.org/firedrake_25...

Celebrating 5 Years of World-Leading Fluid Dynamics Research
at LIFD

⭐️Driven national influence
⭐️Delivered global impact
⭐️Reinforced leadership in education
⭐️Forged & strengthened strategic partnerships
⭐️Inspired the next generation

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Quote by a representative of Eerie Engineering, 2024 Ingenious awardee, stating, "The Ingenious Fund is a game-changer - empowering bold, creative public engagement projects that bring engineering to life.". Find out more at raeng.org.uk/ingenious. The quote is accompanied by an image of an event the Eerie Engineering team are running at a school.

💡Got a brilliant idea to engage the public with engineering?

Apply for an Ingenious grant, where you could receive up to £30,000 for creative, inclusive projects like Eerie Engineering.

🌍 Help make engineering accessible to everyone: raeng.org.uk/ingenious

#RAEngIngenious

"It is not only about increasing the numbers of academics from the global majority, but increasing the numbers of empowered academics from the global majority.” Dr Karisha Simone George

What does it truly mean to foster equitable leadership in academia?
Dr Karisha George from @york.ac.uk shares more about her leadership journey and her time on our Equity in Leadership programme:
whiterose.ac.uk/news/equity-...

Policy Leeds signpost, August 2025 New transport partnership launches, citizen engagement guides for Parliaments, plus research on climate action, health inequalities, and…

Policy relevant research and news from across @universityofleeds.bsky.social in our August signpost.

Covering: new #transport partnership, guides for Parliamentary #CitizenEngagement, @y-pern.bsky.social impact report, plus #ClimateAction, #HealthInequalities, and more.

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Neural Network Implementation of Finite Element Models for Fluid-Structure Interaction - Linfeng Li YouTube video by Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics

The last recorded talk from the EPSRC CDT in Future Fluid Dynamics at Leeds symposium is now available online!

Neural Network Implementation of Finite Element Models for Fluid-Structure Interaction - Linfeng Li

youtube.com/watch?v=KZ_v...

LIFD External Newsletter: July 2025 We are pleased to share the Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics 5-year report. This report contains a reflection on some of our key achievements and changes in the institute over the last 5 years, conc

🌟 LIFD's latest monthly newsletter is out now! 🌟

July's edition includes:
📖 LIFD 5-year Report 🥳
🧫 Impact of air quality on children’s education
⛅ New Met Office Academic Partnership colleague appointed
🖥️ MULTIForm - NNUF User Access Scheme

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Continuum Modelling of Particulate Suspensions - Duncan Hewitt YouTube video by Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics

Another keynote talk from our CDT Symposium

Continuum Modelling of Particulate Suspensions - Duncan
Hewitt

youtu.be/MLRdXTqYMBE

STFC’s Executive Chair appointed as new Astronomer Royal The King has approved STFC Executive Chair Professor Michele Dougherty as the new Astronomer Royal.

Amazing news that STFC Executive Chair Professor Michele Dougherty will be the new Astronomer Royal: the first woman to hold the post in its 350 year history.

Congratulations from everyone at UKRI 🪐

A top-down view of a spiral galaxy, showing its brightly shining centre, its broad spiral arms and the faint halo around its disc, as well as distant galaxies and stars on a dark background. Large blue clouds of gas speckled with small stars and strands of dark dust swirl around the galaxy’s disc. A couple of the background galaxies are large enough that their own swirling spiral arms can be seen.

Marvel at spiral galaxy NGC 1309 captured in rich details by NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope 🌀

Hubble has observed this galaxy several times to study two supernova blasts and their aftermath, uncovering a 'zombie' star

Read more 👉 esahubble.org/images/potw2...
🔭🧪
#extragalactic

New Bradford study launched to investigate the impact of energy efficiency retrofits on indoor air quality, health, and the environment - Born in Bradford HEALTH researchers from Bradford are to play a lead role in investigating how improving the energy efficiency of social housing can impact on residents’ health, indoor air quality and carbon emissions...

Delighted to be part of this project investigating the impact of retrofit on indoor air, health, economy, & environment.

I'm looking at how residents & stakeholders experienced the retrofit, & exploring contextual factors which impact implementation & outcomes

borninbradford.nhs.uk/news/new-bra...

Lab-grown blood could resolve shortages of rare blood types and many more problems. 🩸

Angela McLean, the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser, explains how this could transform medicine.

Watch the full talk on engineering biology: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHcB...

Aerial view of downtown San Diego skyline with modern high-rise buildings and waterfront piers on a clear day. Photo credit: Getty Images via Unsplash.

Today is the last day to submit a session topic proposal for the 37th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, which will be held 30 March - 3 April, 2026 in San Diego, CA & Online!

Submit now: bit.ly/4lSDuXe #AMS37Hurr

Where do you think new development in #Leeds should be located? 💭

As part of the Leeds Local Plan, we want to hear your thoughts on the approach for locating new homes, businesses, and other types of development across Leeds.

Share your thoughts: bit.ly/4nzUwuV

BBSRC People and Talent Strategy Advisory Panel Researcher Subgroup: member vacancies Closing date 7 August 2025 Number of positions Eight Length of term Three years Time commitment Four days per year Remuneration £170, plus travel and subsistence cover where required. Caring costs inc...

"I would heartily encourage any BBSRC-adjacent early-career researchers to consider applying!"

Find out more and apply by 7 August www.ukri.org/who-we-are/w...

Transition to and from Turbulence in a Vertical Heated Pipe - Elena Marensi YouTube video by Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics

🌟NEW TALK ONLINE🌟

Transition to and from Turbulence in a Vertical Heated Pipe - Elena Marensi

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Saffman-Taylor Instabilities in Shear-Thinning Fluids - Ashleigh Hutchinson YouTube video by Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics

Now available to watch back from the CDT symposium!

Saffman-Taylor Instabilities in Shear-Thinning Fluids - Ashleigh Hutchinson
youtu.be/XKJGPJuFDeo

⭐ Firedrake 2025 ⭐

The tenth Firedrake user and developer workshop will be held at the School of Mathematics together with Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD), University of Leeds, from 15-17 September 2025.

www.firedrakeproject.org/firedrake_25...