Ralf Deiterding

Professor Ralf Deiterding is a leading expert in Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics at the School of Engineering, University of Southampton. He also holds an Adjunct Associate Professor position at the Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee - Knoxville. His work focuses on high-resolution computational methods for fluid-structure interaction, detonation waves, hypersonic flows, and adaptive mesh refinement.

• Education: PhD in Technical University Cottbus (2003), Diploma in Technical University Clausthal (1998)

Research Interests span innovative numerical algorithms for compressible flows, rotating detonation engines, transpiration cooling, and magnetohydrodynamic solvers. He develops AMROC and Virtual Test Facility software frameworks for large-scale simulations.

Scientific Contributions include parallel adaptive mesh refinement techniques for detonation physics, lattice Boltzmann methods for aerodynamics, and multi-physics simulations of hypersonic boundary layers. His publications emphasize detonation propulsion, shock-turbulence interaction, and parallel computing.

• Awards: ParCFD 2015 Best Paper Award

Collaborations involve EPSRC-funded projects on hypersonic aerothermodynamics and atmospheric dispersion, with teams at Oak Ridge National Lab and DLR Göttingen. He supervises PhD students in computational fluid dynamics and contributes to space weather forecasting via MHD solvers.