Qinling Li

Dr. Qinling Li is a Senior Lecturer in Thermo-Fluids at the Department of Engineering and Mathematics, Sheffield Hallam University, and part-time member of the CFD Lab at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), supersonic jet dynamics, energy storage, and turbomachinery design. She holds a PhD from Southampton University and has held roles including Research Associate at the University of Cambridge and Loughborough University.

Education:

• PhD in Aerodynamic Flight Mechanics, Southampton University, 2003
• MSc and BSc from Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Research Interests:

• LES of Supersonic Jet in Crossflow (SJICF)
• Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of compressibility effects
• Turbomachinery design and performance optimization
• Shockwave-boundary layer interaction
• Fluid-structure interaction (FSI)

Teaching Modules:

• Further Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
• Advanced CFD
• Body Styling & CFD

Professional Activities:

• Reviewer, Journal of Applied Computational Methods (2018–present)
• Visiting Scholar, Beijing Institute of Technology (2016–2017)
• Member of IMechE, AIAA, and RAeS

Labs/Teams: Active contributor to the CFD Lab (Cambridge) and the Materials and Engineering Research Institute (MERI) at Sheffield Hallam.