LIFD 5th Birthday Celebration
- Date
- Thursday 25 - Friday 26 January, 2024, see schedule
- Location
- University of Leeds/Leeds
We are pleased to invite colleagues to attend the upcoming LIFD 5th birthday celebration event. This event is open to internal and external colleagues and is free to attend, it will be hosted in person in Leeds. Venue details and a finalised schedule will be shared following registration.
Registration: https://leeds.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/lifd-5th-birthday-celebration-event-january-2024
If you would like to submit an abstract for a poster at this event, please email fluids-institute@leeds.ac.uk to request an application form.
Current draft schedule:
| Date | Time | Activity |
| 25th Jan 2024 | ||
| 12.00-13.30 | Lunch and registration | |
| 13.30-13.45 | Welcome | |
| 13.45-14.30 | Keynote talk – Prof Stephen Belcher, Chief Scientist, Met Office | |
| 14.30-15.15 | Dr Sepideh Khodaparast, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds
x1 speaker TBC |
|
| 15.15-15.45 | Break – tea/coffee/biscuits | |
| 15.45-16.15 | "The importance of UK Fluids to UKRI" - Dr Andy Lawrence Head of Engineering, EPSRC | |
| 16.15-16.45 | "LIFD achievements over the past 5 years and the future of fluid dynamics" - Prof Steve Tobias, LIFD Director, University of Leeds | |
| 17.00-18.00 | Drinks reception, canapés and posters | |
| 18.00-18.45 | Keynote talk - "Stability and Meta-stability: a challenge for fusion" - Sir Steven Cowley, Director, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory | |
| 26th Jan 2024 | 09.00-09.30 | Arrival and Tea/Coffee |
| 09.30-10.15 | Keynote talk "The relevance of fluids research to industry and to society" - Dame Ann Dowling, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cambridge | |
| 10.15-11.30 | Women in Fluids discussion panel - Guneet Hawley (Arup), Dr Claudia Castro Faccetti (AirRated), Dr Carolanne Vouriot (University of Sheffield), other panellists TBC | |
| Discussion topics: why fluid dynamics?; inspiration; barriers/challenges and how to overcome them; how does fluids need to change?; how do we get more women into fluids? | ||
| 11.30-11.45 | Break – tea/coffee/biscuits | |
| 11.45-12.30 | Fluids outreach – examples and opportunities: Maths World UK CEO Dr Katie Chicot and LIFD outreach ambassadors Yatin Darbar and Ciara Higham, University of Leeds | |
| 12.30-13.15 | "Adjoints and their uses in fluid mechanics" Dr Calum Skene, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds
x1 speaker TBC |
|
| 13.15-14.00 | Lunch and outreach demos | |
| 14.00-14.45 | Keynote talk "The fluid dynamics of infections - from science to policy" - Prof Cath Noakes, Professor of Environmental Engineering for Buildings, University of Leeds | |
| 14.45-15.00 | Close - Prof Steve Tobias, LIFD Director, University of Leeds |