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- Engineering platform — Tools, curriculum, and notes
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About
Oxford DPhil aerothermal engineer (Rolls-Royce sponsored) — research, open engineering resources, teaching, and ventures on one cross-linked platform. Start with evidence below before hiring, collaboration, or media outreach.
- Current position: DPhil candidate, Oxford Thermofluids Institute (Sponsored by Rolls-Royce)
- Academic background: Oxford (DPhil), Cambridge (MRes), Cagliari (MSc/BSc, 110/110 cum laude)
- Core competencies: High-speed aerothermal testing, high-fidelity CFD, operational leadership
Research & professional profiles
Verified identifiers for citation, collaboration, and media fact-checking.
- University of Oxford — official profile
- ORCID iD 0000-0002-1547-8096
- Press & media kit — bios, facts, and approved imagery for journalists
- Collaborate — industry, research, and venture engagement paths
Engineering knowledge platform
Every piece of research, teaching material, and applied code on this platform operates as a single interconnected knowledge graph. The Engineering hub is the root index—designed so that calculators, publications, and experimental datasets reinforce one another.
- Publications — peer-reviewed aerothermal research
- Projects — experimental campaigns and applied case studies
- Ventures — applied aerodynamics and enterprise operations
- Engineering calculators — thermophysical utilities with documented correlations
- Fluid mechanics curriculum — structured university-level modules
- Technical notes — derivations and instrumentation workflows
- Articles — long-form reference writing (pilot)
- Turbomachinery deterioration — flagship research theme
- Instrumentation & measurement — methods theme
- Aerothermal engineering methods — experiment and CFD validation cluster
- Thermal & additive design — heat-exchanger research theme
- Applied aerodynamics — field validation and outdoor fluids
Start here by audience
Each path leads to published evidence on this site before contact — scoped engagements only, not anonymous quote forms.
Students & parents
Founders & partners
Recruiters & hiring managers
For R&D, aerothermal engineering, and experimental roles — start with evidence on this site, then email with role title, technical remit, and sponsorship or clearance constraints.
- Projects — experimental campaigns, CFD, and applied case studies
- Publications — peer-reviewed work and manuscripts in preparation
- Technical expertise — computation, experiment, and software matrix
- LinkedIn · lucasrey.eng@gmail.com
Professional services
Beyond research and open publishing, I take scoped engagements where engineering judgement and experimental depth matter. Teaching uses the contact form; research, consulting, workshops, speaking, and ventures use direct email with the guidance on the contact page or Collaborate — there is no anonymous quote form or marketplace listing.
- Teaching & mentoring — university STEM support and admissions guidance · teaching form
- Corporate workshops & training — aerothermal, instrumentation, and CFD validation programmes · workshop enquiry
- Technical review sessions — scoped CFD, instrumentation, or experimental design review · review enquiry
- Engineering advisory — technical review, scoped consulting, and R&D collaboration · consulting enquiry
- R&D & hiring — aerothermal and experimental engineering roles · recruiter path · projects
- Speaking & keynotes — seminars on aerothermal topics, measurement practice, or quantitative methods · speaking enquiry
- Research collaboration — peer-reviewed aerothermal work · collaborate · publications · research enquiry
Engineering & research
Research focuses on the intersection of aerodynamics, heat transfer, and energy systems. Recent work at the Oxford Thermofluids Institute, in collaboration with Rolls-Royce, integrates high-fidelity simulation, experimental validation, and data-driven modelling to quantify high-pressure turbine component deterioration.
Technical execution spans the entire testing lifecycle: from 1D system models and 3D CFD/FEA predictions to bespoke hardware design, neural-network surrogates, and rigorous transient rig commissioning.
- Aerodynamics (high-speed compressible flows)
- Thermal management & cooling infrastructure
- Aerothermal hardware & system design
- Data-driven models & machine learning
Turbomachinery deterioration · Instrumentation & measurement · Publications · Projects
Technical expertise
Capabilities matrix: core competencies across computation, experiment and software.
Computational
- CFD (RANS) & CHT
- Thermal & structural FEA
- Design for additive manufacturing (DfAM)
- Mesoscale wind modelling (WRF-ARW)
- Progressive composite damage modelling
- Low-order network & cycle analysis
Experimental
- Transient high-speed wind tunnels
- Infrared thermography (HTC mapping)
- Multi-hole pneumatic probing — see the instrumentation theme and probe uncertainty note
- Optical metrology (Structured-light 3D)
- High-frequency DAQ & signal conditioning
- Destructive materials testing (Instron)
Software & code
- Python (PyTorch, SciPy, Pandas)
- C++ (Finite volume OOP solvers)
- ANSYS (CFX, Mechanical, SpaceClaim)
- OpenFOAM & TURBOSTREAM
- MATLAB (Monte Carlo uncertainty)
- SolidWorks & Siemens NX
Professional trajectory
Training runs Oxford DPhil (ECAT engine-scale HPT, Rolls-Royce sponsored) → Cambridge MRes at the Whittle Laboratory (transonic compressor redesign, first-principles FV solver) → Cagliari 110/110 cum laude (DMLS thermal hardware, composite damage modelling). Parallel track: KiteGeneration from 2011 — Punta Trettu operations, EU grant-funded infrastructure, and WRF site-selection work.
That mix — ECAT rig commissioning, a peer-reviewed AM heat-transfer paper, and grant-funded venture infrastructure — is why I close loops between experiment, simulation, and operations rather than optimising models in isolation.
Education
University of Oxford
2021 - Present
DPhil in Engineering Science
Focus: Experimental aerodynamics and heat transfer. Multi-year campaign validating RANS solvers against engine-scale ECAT facility data for Rolls-Royce.
University of Cambridge
2020 - 2021
MRes in Future Propulsion & Power
Whittle Laboratory
Focus: Redesign of transonic compressor stator utilizing 3D CFD and ML surrogates. Developed finite volume solver from first principles.
University of Cagliari
2013 - 2020
MSc & BSc in Mechanical Engineering
110/110 cum laude
Thesis focused on DMLS cooled housings and composite structural damage modelling (Tsai-Hill criteria).
Venture leadership
Beyond enterprise management, I am an active competitor in hydrofoil kitesurfing (2012 IKA World Championships). Operating at racing speeds on foil sections provides a physical grounding for Lift/Drag characterisation and cavitation limits modelled in the lab.
- Co-Founder, KiteGeneration & Punta Trettu Kite Center
- VDWS International & FIV Sailing Instructor
- BLSD & Lifeguard certified
Teaching & admissions
University STEM support and admissions preparation for Oxford, Cambridge, and competitive quantitative programmes — tied to the engineering work published on this site.
- Oxbridge admissions (interviews & statements)
- British Physics Olympiad (BPhO) marker
- University thermofluids & heat transfer
United Kingdom & EU
Italian
Italian, English, Spanish
Available for technically rigorous R&D and institutional collaboration.
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This page sits within the broader knowledge structure on lucasrey.com:
- Engineering - Central knowledge platform - tools, curriculum, notes, and research assets.
- Research - Peer-reviewed and technical publications in aerothermal and fluid engineering.
- Teaching - Engineering-informed teaching, mentoring, and quantitative reasoning.
Connected work
Related content from the same research and engineering work:
- Engineering platform
- Publications
- Projects
- Teaching
- About & professional services - Referenced from contact
Related hub
- Collaborate - Industry advisory, aerothermal R&D collaboration, and venture partnerships.