2026 Programme
Date/Venue of the next Event
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Friday 19 June 2026 @ 9:30am-4:30pm
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Roscoe building, Theatre B, The University of Manchester
Registration (free)
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Programme
OPENING SESSION (Chaired by Prof Yasser Mahmoudi)
09:30 - 10:00 Tea/Coffee & Networking
10:00 - 10:10 Welcome by the Chair
10:10 - 10:20 Overview of ERCOFTAC/Reynolds Day: Prof Brian Launder
MORNING SESSION (Chaired by Prof Peter Stansby)
10:20 - 11:10 Keynote Lecture: Prof Panagiota Angeli, UCL (Title: Droplet microfluidics and the effects of surface active agents)
11:10 - 11:30 Stefan Nixon, Cambridge (Title: On Structures in Rayleigh-Taylor turbulence)
11:30 - 11:50 Thomas Preskett, Southampton (Title: Impact of Pressure Gradient History on Smooth and Rough Wall Turbulent Boundary Layers)
11:50 - 12:10 Matthew McCormack, EdinburghPresentation 3 (Title: Sidewall effects in liquid-metal magnetoconvection)
12:10 - 12:35 Flash Presentations for Posters (2min each)
LUNCH
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch and drinks/Networking/Poster Session
AFTERNOON SESSION (Chaired by TBC)
13:30 - 13:50 Michael Rennick, Edinburgh (Title: Topology Controls the Phase Separation Dynamics of Multicomponent Fluid Mixtures)
13:50 - 14:10 Javier Lorente-Macías, Cambridge (Title: Optimal control and inverse modelling in microfluidics: Applications to inkjet printing)
14:10 - 14:30 Jake Ineson, Manchester (Title: Direct Numerical Simulations of Magnetoconvection at Low Magnetic Reynolds Number)
14:30 - 15:00 Panel Discussion & QA
15:00 - 15:45 Tea/Coffee break/Networking/Poster Session
15:45 - 16:15 Announcement of Winners for Presentation & Posters
16:15 - 16:30 Closing Remarks

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