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Dr Sergii Veremieiev

Associate Professor

MPhys, PhD, FHEA


Affiliations
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Associate Professor in the Department of EngineeringE323 (Floor 3.5 Christopherson)+44 (0) 191 33 44287

Biography

Sergii Veremieiev obtained his Bachelor and Master degrees, both in Physics, from Donetsk National University in 2006 and 2007, respectively. Then he moved to the UK to undertake a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering in the University of Leeds under the EST Marie Curie Research Programme. Upon completion of his PhD in 2011, he took up a research fellow position in Leeds to work in the area of Computational Fluid Dynamics. In 2013 he joined Liverpool John Moores University to work as a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering. In 2015 he started a Lectureship at the Department of Engineering of Durham University and in 2021 was promoted to Senior Lecturer (now Associate Professor).

Research Interests
• Fluid mechanics modelling
• Free-surface and multiphase flows
• Flows with moving contact lines
• Capillary flows and wetting
• Hydrodynamic stability
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Numerical analysis: finite difference, finite volume, finite element methods
• Partial differential equation solvers: multigrid, multifrontal, generalised minimal residual methods
• Parallel Processing and High Performance Computing
Positions Available

Funded PhD scholarship on computer modelling of irregular nonlinear surface waves and their effects on offshore wind turbine structures. The project is at Aura Centre for Doctoral Training and is available to Home (UK) students. Applications are made via the University of Hull admissions system. The closing date for applications is 16th April 2023 and the starting date is in September 2023.

PhD candidates with interests in fluid mechanics are sought. An enquiry or an expression of interest in existing or proposed research project can be sent over email. An application for PhD can be made directly online designated for the attention of Dr S. Veremieiev.

Research Projects
• Flows of droplets on solid surfaces [Experiments: Podgorski et al, Phys. Rev. Let., 2001; Modelling: Veremieiev et al, Interf. Phenom. Heat Tran. 2014]
• Formation of rivulet instability on solid surfaces [Experiments: F.G. Johnson et all, J. Fluid Mech, 1999; Modelling: D. Slade, PhD thesis, University of Leeds, 2013]
• Crown formation on droplets splashing liquids [Experiments: Vander Wal et al, Experiments in Fluids, 2006; Modelling: Robert Battrum, MEng Final Year Report, Durham University, 2017]
• Capillary instabilities in thin film flows [Experiments: Lloyd von Morgen, MEng Final Year Report, Durham University, 2017]
Past PhD Students
• George Daly. Thin film flow on functional surfaces: stability and morphology. PhD thesis, Durham University, p. 161, 2022.
• Florian Marner. Potential-based formulations of the Navier-Stokes equations and their application. PhD thesis, Durham University, p. 366, 2019.
• Ayad Abdalla. Bilayer channel and free-surface thin film flow over topography. PhD thesis, University of Leeds, p. 261, 2014.
• David Slade. Gravity-driven thin liquid films: rivulets and flow dynamics. PhD thesis, University of Leeds, p. 251, 2013.
Teaching Commitments
ENGI1171 L1 Design Practicals
ENGI2231 L2 Fluid Mechanics
ENGI3291 L3 Nuclear Engineering
ENGI3291 L3 CFD Analysis Coursework
ENGI4497 and ENGI44H10 L4 / MSc Thermal Renewables
Downloads
C++/MPI Free-Surface Solver. Code for numerical simulation of free surface flows using built-in multigrid and/or external solver libraries. Please contact me if you would like to have a copy.
Matlab subroutines for linear stability analysis of gravity-driven film flow on inclined corrugated substrate.
Figures in Technical Report. Template for generating raster (PNG) and vector (PDF) images using Matlab and Word and presenting them in a Technical Report (Latex or Word).

Awarded Grants

  • 2017: 2016-2017, £120k, EPSRC first grant EP/P011071/1 Stabilising effect of topography on thin film flows for coating applications
  • 2016: 2016-2021, £2.27M, EPSRC grant EP/N025245/1 Evaporative drying of droplets and the formation of microstructured and functional particles and films

Publications

Conference Paper

Doctoral Thesis

  • Veremieiev, S. (2011). Gravity-driven continuous thin film flow over topography. University of Leeds. PhD: 1-212, URL: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1688/.

Journal Article

Supervision students