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Ifrah Mussa serves as Lecturer in Aerodynamics within the Department of Aerospace and Aircraft Engineering at Kingston University's Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment. Her academic and professional journey is deeply rooted at Kingston, where she completed her MEng and PhD before transitioning to her current faculty role.
Her educational credentials include:
- MEng in Aerospace Engineering from Kingston University
- PhD from Kingston University focusing on ice formation on wind turbine blades
Dr. Mussa's research centers on computational aerodynamics with specialized expertise in icing phenomena affecting aircraft, wind turbines, and UAVs, alongside boundary layer transition and laminar flow control techniques. Her work bridges theoretical aerodynamics with critical safety applications in aviation and renewable energy infrastructure.
Analysis of her recent publications reveals consistent focus on computational ice accretion modeling, particularly for aerofoils and wind turbine blades (2020-2021). This research trajectory demonstrates growing sophistication in simulating icing effects across diverse aerodynamic surfaces, with increasing attention to practical engineering applications.
Her professional recognition includes:
- First place in Kingston University Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition
- British Council Scholarship for six-month PhD research placement in China
As an educator, Dr. Mussa supervises undergraduate and postgraduate projects while securing faculty funding for targeted summer research internships supporting BAME students. Her funded projects include numerical investigations of ice accretion on RG-15 aerofoils and CRM65 wing sections.
She actively contributes to the research community through committee membership in the 2nd Ice Prediction Workshop (IPW2) organized by AIAA and maintains international collaborations, notably her research placement at Northwestern Polytechnical University in China.
