Senior CDT Fellow, Gas Turbine Aerodynamics
College Lecturer, Churchill College
Madingley Road
Cambridge CB3 0DY
Biography:
Dr Young completed her PhD in 2012 on the subject of Tip-Clearance Effects in Axial Compressors. She then went on to be the Maudslay-Butler Research Fellow at Pembroke College, and is now a Senior Research Associate at the Whittle Laboratory. Dr Young undertakes research at the Whittle Laboratory in two areas: axial compressors and tidal power generation.
Departments and Institutes
Research Interests
Unsteady flows in axial compressors.
Tidal power generation.
Teaching
Current:
- CDT MRes GTA3 Advanced Experimental Methods
- CDT MRes MP2 Compressor Mini Project
- Part IA Mechanics, Structures and Thermofluids supervision
Previous:
- Energy Technology MPhil Project supervision
- Energy Technology MPhil Tidal power lecturing
- Part IIB (MEng) Project supervision
- 3A3 (Fluid Mechanics II) supervision
- 3A5 (Thermodynamics and Power Generation) supervision
- Part 1B Thermofluid Mechanics supervision
- Part 1B Mathematics supervision
- Part IIA Turboexpander Project demonstration
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Collaborators
Key Publications
“Effects of tip-clearance on stall inception in a multi-stage compressor”.
“Accounting for Eccentricity in Compressor Design”.
“Load alleviation technology for extending life in tidal turbines”.
“Novel usage of five-hole probes: Tidal channel turbulence measurements.”