Dr Elena Marensi

PhD, FHEA

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Lecturer in Fluid Mechanics

Faculty Director: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Wellbeing (Interim)

Elena Marensi
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Dr Elena Marensi
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
D244
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Profile

I am a lecturer of Fluid Mechanics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sheffield. Prior to this, I was an ISTplus Fellow in the Nonlinear Dynamics & Turbulence group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria and a PDRA in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield.

I hold a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sheffield, jointly with the A*Star Institute of High Performance Computing in Singapore. I obtained my Bachelor and Master degrees in Marine Engineering & Naval Architecture from the University of Genoa, Italy.

My research focuses on transition to turbulence in wall-bounded shear flows, flow instabilities, turbulence modelling and control, and flow optimisation. To tackle these problems I combine mathematical tools with high-fidelity computer simulations and data-driven approaches applied to both numerical and experimental data.

Qualifications

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) (2023)

  • PhD in Fluid Mechanics, University of Sheffield, Department of Mechanical Engineering (2016)
  • Master degree in in Marine Engineering & Naval Architecture, University of Genoa, School of Engineering (2012)
  • Bachelor degree in Marine Engineering & Naval Architecture, University of Genoa, School of Engineering (2010)
Research interests
  • Transition to Turbulence
  • Flow Optimisation
  • Turbulence control
  • Stability analysis
  • Nonlinear dynamics
  • Data-driven analysis & modelling
Publications

Journal articles

Chapters

Conference proceedings papers

Preprints

Teaching interests
  • MEC449: Advanced Engineering Fluid Dynamics
  • MEC320: Computational Fluid Dynamics
Professional activities and memberships
  • (2023 – present) Co-lead of the UK Fluid Network (UKFN) Special Interest Group on “Flow instability, modelling and control”.
  • (2022 – present) Member of the UK Turbulence Consortium