Dr Zainab Saleh

Contact

Email: z.saleh@kingston.ac.uk
Location: Roehampton Vale
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment
School: School of Engineering and the Environment
Department: Department of Aerospace and Aircraft Engineering

About

I joined the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Kingston University in Nov 2016 and currently perform as a senior lecturer in aerospace engineering. I accomplished my PhD in aerospace engineering at Queen Mary University of London in 2014, which was an experimental and computational investigation on tip leakage flows over the blades of high pressure gas turbines at transonic conditions. I worked in the School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London for more than a year before I joined Kingston University in Nov 2016. I got my Fellowship in Higher Education and PGCert Academic Practice in 2016.

My research area includes turbo-machineries' aerodynamics in gas turbine engines, compressible flows, optical flow visualisation and boundary layer ingestion in hybrid propulsion. I have a lot of experience conducting experimental testing in high speed wind tunnels at transonic conditions and running computational fluid dynamic simulations at both high speed and low speed flow conditions using ANSYS commercial software. I am currently participating in the aerospace research group in Kingston University and I am very keen in performing research activities including conducting individual and collaborative research, publishing high quality journal papers, accomplishing research grants and participating in national and international conferences.

Conference Papers:

Saleh, Z. , Avital E. J., Korakianitis T. (2017). 'The In-service Burnout Effect on the Transonic Leakage Flows over High Pressure Turbine Blade Tip'. International Society for Air Breathing Engines. Manchester, UK.

Saleh, Z. , Avital E. J., Korakianitis T. (2013). 'An Investigation into Turbine Blade Tip Leakage Flows at High Speeds.' Waset Word Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology. Zurich, Switzerland.

Journal Paper:

Saleh Z, Avital E and Korakianitis T (2013). An Investigation into Turbine Blade Tip Leakage Flows at High Speeds. Waset World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. 7 (1) pp. 12-17.

Wheeler, APS and Saleh, Z (2013). Effect of Cooling Injection on Transonic Tip Flows. JOURNAL OF PROPULSION AND POWER, 29. pp. 1374-1381.

Academic responsibilities

Senior Lecturer

Qualifications

PhD in Aerospace Engineering
MEng in Aerospace Engineering
PGCert in Academic Practice
FHEA (Fellow Higher Education Academy)

Research

My research area includes aero propulsion such as intake fan and high pressure turbines and other turbo-machineries in gas turbine engines, compressible flows, aerodynamics, flow visualisation at high speed and low speed. I have a lot of experience conducting experimental testing in high speed wind tunnels at transonic conditions and low speed wind tunnels. I also have experience in running computational fluid dynamic simulations at both high speed and low speed flow conditions.