Grant Ingram

Grant Ingram is a Professor in the Department of Engineering at Durham University. His research focuses on improving turbomachinery efficiency and advancing renewable energy technologies. Key contributions include a 2008 award-winning paper in the Journal of Power and Energy, and an open-access book on turbomachinery. He advises graduate students like Richard MacPherson and Jamie McIntosh, and develops computational tools for fluid dynamics simulations.

Research Interests: Turbomachinery optimization, renewable energy systems, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), aerofoil design, and engineering education materials.

Awards: PE Publishing Prize (2008). He has authored software tools for OpenFOAM, gmsh, and SolidWorks, including the PEW Software suite. His teaching materials cover meshing techniques, flow solvers, and boundary layer analysis.

Additional Contributions: Developed 3D turbine models for educational use via Durham's Enhancing Student Learning grant. Maintains open-source repositories for CFD tutorials and wind turbine analysis.