Sergey Utyuzhnikov

Sergey Utyuzhnikov is a Professor of Computational Mathematics and Reader in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The University of Manchester since 2016. He holds a DSc (Habilitation) in Computational Mathematics from Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology (1997) and was certified as a Full Professor in Computational Mathematics by the Ministry of Education of Russia (1999). He has held academic roles at Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology (1986–2004) and Cranfield University (2004–2005), before joining the University of Manchester in 2005 as a School Senior Research Fellow.

Educations:

• BSc, MSc, Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology (1977–1983)
• PhD (Candidate of Science) in Computational Mathematics (1986)
• DSc (Habilitation) in Computational Mathematics (1997)

Research Interests: Focus on computational fluid dynamics, multiobjective optimization, active noise control, turbulence modeling, hypersonic flows, and geophysics. His work addresses challenges in boundary equations, nonlocal boundary conditions, and combustion modeling. He actively contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals through aerospace engineering research.

Key Projects:

• Leading the Aerospace Engineering research theme at the University of Manchester
• Co-investigator on projects like 'Development of advanced techniques for aerodynamic assessment of blunt bodies in hypersonic flow'

Awards and Memberships:

• Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics & Applications (FIMA) since 2007
• Membership in the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Academic expert for the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Labs & Collaborations: Part of the Aerospace Research Institute and collaborates internationally on topics like domain decomposition methods and turbulence modeling.