Stephanie Docherty

Stephanie Docherty is an Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences and the Institute of Mechanical, Process & Energy Engineering at Heriot-Watt University. She specializes in numerical simulation of fluid behavior, with a focus on rarefied gas flows, multiscale hybrid coupling methodologies, and thermal management of low-carbon solutions. Her work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to sustainable energy and climate action.

Research interests include:

• Rarefied gas dynamics for aerospace applications
• Hybrid simulation techniques for microscale and low-speed flows
• Multiphase flow analysis in thermal systems

Publications span from 2012 to 2025, addressing topics such as DSMC-CFD coupling, methane transport in shale, and molecular dynamics in nanotubes. She is actively accepting PhD students and holds an ORCID: 0000-0001-7627-2692.

Her research bridges computational methods and practical engineering challenges, with a focus on advancing fluid dynamics simulations for low-carbon technologies.