Prof. Clive B Beggs is an Emeritus Professor of Applied Physiology at Leeds Beckett University. He is both a bio-engineer and a physiologist and holds PhDs in two disciplines. With a background in mathematical and numerical modelling, he has worked for many years at the interface between biology, medicine, and engineering and has collaborated with leading clinical teams around the world. He has particular interests in fluid behaviour in the brain, and in the transmission of infection in buildings, and has published widely in both these fields. Prof. Clive B Beggs is currently working with teams at Queen Mary University of London, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, and the University of Leeds, investigating the use of air cleaning and disinfection technologies to mitigate the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in schools and hospitals.
Dr. Fariborz Motallebi is a Senior Lecturer in Aerodynamics at Queen Mary, University of London, and also the Academic Manager of Whitehead Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr. Fariborz Motallebi is the module organizer for “EMS514U Subsonic Aerodynamics and Wings”. Dr. Fariborz Motallebi's field of research covers experimental aerodynamics, which includes flow control, high-speed flows, wake flows, flow visualization, and application of model instrumentation. He is currently collaborating with the Defence Research Agency (Bedford) on the control of shock-induced separation by SBVG. Fariborz Motallebi is also collaborating with an experimental research group in the Aerospace Department at Delft, in the Netherlands. Fariborz Motallebi has experience using a variety of experimental techniques, including PIV and LDV.
Prof. Abdus Samad is a Professor in the Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University (India) in 1984 and 2004, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. from Inha University (South Korea) in 2008. He completed his post-doctoral studies at the University of Aberdeen, UK in 2010. He joined the Indian Institute of Technology Madras as an Assistant Professor in August 2010 and was promoted to Associate Professor in August 2015. He became a Professor in March 2020. His research areas include marine/wave/tidal energy, renewable energy, fluid and turbomachinery, design optimization, and computational fluid dynamics.
Nithya Venkatesan is a Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India. She received her M. Sc in Industrial Electronics from Bharathidasan University. She received her PhD in Process Control from the same university in 2009. In 2011, she joined Vellore Institute of Technology as an Associate Professor. Now, she has more than 20 years of professional teaching experience for aspiring engineering students. Her skills and expertise include digital electronics, control systems, and process control.
Dr. Eldad Avital graduated from Tel Aviv University with an MSc degree in 1992 and obtained his Ph.D. from Queen Mary University of London in 1998. Dr. Eldad Avital is a Reader in Fluids and Acoustics at Queen Mary University of London, UK, specializing in aero-hydrodynamics engineering with applications in energy, water, and biofluid. His research focuses on using computational and analytical techniques coupled with experimental validation. Dr. Eldad Avital is a senior member of AIAA, a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and a Chartered Engineer.
