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EPSRC Support by Research Area (Complex Fluids & Rheology) in Theme (Engineering)

Research areas are used to describe EPSRC's portfolio of excellent long term research and high quality postgraduate training.

Grants are classified using one or more research areas. The number and value of grants listed below reflects how the theme portfolio is described by this research area.

Please note: some research areas will appear under multiple themes. There is no unique, absolute, relationship between a research area and a theme.

Grant TitlePrincipal
Investigator		OrganisationDepartmentTotal Grant
Value (£)
Direct airborne particulate and bioaerosol capture using suspended liquid surfactant membranes for continuous biodetection and threat analysisMcCluskey, Dr DUniversity of HertfordshireSchool of Physics, Eng & Computer Scienc 197,863
Dispersion and Dissolution of HydrocolloidsAdams, Professor MJUniversity of BirminghamChemical Engineering 551,385
Dispersion and Dissolution of HydrocolloidsPeric, Professor DSwansea UniversityCollege of Engineering 337,467
DISPERSION AND DISSOLUTION OF HYDROCOLLOIDSWu, Professor CUniversity of SurreyChemical Engineering 749,741
Electrowetting-enhanced sustainable liquid films for collection of viable airborne pathogensCoudron, Dr LUniversity of HertfordshireSchool of Engineering and Technology 200,798
Exact Coherent Structures in Viscoelastic TurbulenceKerswell, Professor RUniversity of CambridgeApplied Maths and Theoretical Physics 466,610
Integrating membrane processes into hydroponics systems to promote plant growth, recover added-value root exudates and recycle nutrientsPapaioannou, Dr ELancaster UniversityEngineering 201,124
Mathematical modelling of lava flows undergoing rheological evolutionTaylor-West, Mr JUniversity of BristolMathematics 320,133
Modelling the rheology of biopolymers and sustainable food systems: exploring new challenges for soft matter researchIlg, Dr PUniversity of ReadingMathematics and Statistics 49,420
Multiphase Multicomponent Lattice Boltzmann Method for Modelling Wetting on Liquid Infused SurfacesKusumaatmaja, Professor HDurham, University ofPhysics 1,151,142
PERMEATION OF POLYMER FLUIDS IN SOILS (POPFS)MacMinn, Professor CWUniversity of OxfordEngineering Science 282,577
PERMEATION OF POLYMER FLUIDS IN SOILS (POPFS)O'Sullivan, Professor CImperial College LondonCivil & Environmental Engineering 624,245
PERMEATION OF POLYMER FLUIDS IN SOILS (PoPFS)Sheil, Dr BUniversity of CambridgeEngineering 286,155
PREdictive Modelling with QuantIfication of UncERtainty for MultiphasE Systems (PREMIERE)Matar, Professor OKImperial College LondonChemical Engineering 6,560,538
Probing Multiscale Complex Multiphase Flows with Positrons for Engineering and Biomedical ApplicationsBarigou, Professor MUniversity of BirminghamChemical Engineering 5,765,129
Soft Matter and microfluidics for the next generation of applications in engineering and healthcareDel Giudice, Dr FSwansea UniversityCollege of Engineering 19,129
Spray cooling high power dissipation Applications (SANGRIA): From fundamentals to DesignSefiane, Professor KUniversity of EdinburghSch of Engineering 595,208
Spray cooling high power dissipation Applications (SANGRIA): From fundamentals to DesignMatar, Professor OKImperial College LondonChemical Engineering 508,475
Spray cooling high power dissipation applications (SANGRIA): From Fundamentals to DesignKarayiannis, Professor TBrunel University LondonMechanical and Aerospace Engineering 590,564
SusAgriChem - Sustainable Formulation of Agri-Chemicals via Dynamic Molecular InterfacesAngeli, Professor PUCLChemical Engineering 936,263
Ultra-Liquid-Repellent Surfaces: from wetting to anti-biofouling propertiesGao, Dr NUniversity of BirminghamMechanical Engineering 314,195
Under the skin of polishing - from nano to macroWalker, Professor DDUniversity of HuddersfieldSch of Computing and Engineering 522,021
Under the skin of polishing - from nano to macroChen, Professor XLiverpool John Moores UniversitySchool of Engineering 286,788
Under the skin of polishing - from nano to macroCastagna, Dr JSTFC Laboratories (Grouped)The Hartree Centre 141,589
Under the skin of polishing - from nano to macroBingham, Professor PASheffield Hallam UniversityFaculty of Arts Computing Eng and Sci 32,564
Unravelling the Mechanisms of Self-Cleaning on Superhydrophobic and Liquid-Infused SurfacesNaga, Dr ADurham, University ofPhysics 346,187

Total Number of Grants: 26
Total Value of Grants: £22,037,310

The grant value may include the cost of access to facilities (these funds are not awarded to the grant holding organisation).