Professor Manolis Gavaises is the Chair in Fluid Dynamics at City St. George’s University of London, United Kingdom.
Prof Gavaises obtained his PhD from Imperial College London in 1997, receiving the Richard Way Memorial Prize for the most outstanding doctoral thesis on internal combustion engines in the UK. Joining City University London in 2001, he was appointed to the Delphi Technologies Research Chair in 2009. He holds honorary and visiting professorships at the University of Magdeburg, EPFL, and the Von Karman Institute. His research focuses on CFD tools for multiphase flows, aiding the commercialisation of high-pressure injectors and electrification technologies. Having supervised 37 PhD students and led 25 major research projects, his work’s environmental impact saves CO2 emissions equivalent to a city of 200,000 inhabitants. More recently, his research has expanded into multi-material and multi-scale simulation methods, integrating data-driven approaches for emerging applications of fluid mechanics.
What is your motivation to join DT-HATS?
I joined the DT-HATS Doctoral Network to advance fundamental and applied research in complex thermo-fluid phenomena governing alternative fuel injection systems, while fostering a new generation of researchers capable of bridging high-fidelity modelling, experimentation and industrial innovation for zero-carbon propulsion technologies
- S. Damianos, A. Papoutsakis, I. K. Karathanassis, M. Gavaises, “Effect of gas nuclei on the primary stage of shock–droplet interaction”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 194, 105478, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2025.105478
- R. Bellini, C. Rodriguez, I. K. Karathanassis, M. Gavaises, “Cavitation dynamics and surface erosion in fuel injectors considering the composition of fuel mixtures”, Computers & Fluids, 301, 106793, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2025.106793
- I. K. Karathanassis, M. Heidari-Koochi, F. Koukouvinis, L. Weiss, P. Trtik, D. Spivey, M. Gavaises, “Neutron imaging for quantification of cavitating flows”, Scientific Reports, 14, 26911, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76588-3
- B. Ravikumar, I. K. Karathanassis, T. Smith, M. Gavaises, “Atomistic Investigation of Viscoelastic Nanofluids as Heat Transfer Liquids for Immersive-Cooling Applications”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 63 (48), 21023-21037, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c01832
- A. Shams, S. Bidi, M. Gavaises, “Investigation of the ultrasound-induced collapse of air bubbles near soft materials”, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 102, 106723, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2023.106723
- T. Lyras, I. K. Karathanassis, N. Kyriazis, P. Koukouvinis, M. Gavaises, “Modelling of liquid oxygen and nitrogen injection under flashing conditions”, Applied Thermal Engineering 237, 121773, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121773