Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) talk coming up next month! Professor Brian Golding Mason Gold Medal Lecture: Forecasting Summer Thunderstorms ⛈️ Date: Wednesday 8 October 2025 Time: 18:00 - 19:30 Location: University of Leeds Liberty Building Moot Court lecture theatre (room 1.28)

Discover the key findings and actions from the Women in Fluid Dynamics UK SIG recent survey in this visual summary! We appreciate all who shared their feedback

🌟 Call for Early Career Researcher Short Research Visit Applications 2025 We are pleased to invite proposals from early career researchers in the UK for Short Research Visits that will support their career development. Deadline: 4th October More info: fluids.leeds.ac.uk/funding/

🌟 LIFD's latest monthly newsletter is out now! 🌟 August's edition includes: 🐝 Re-designing beehives 🌍 Building collaborations with Africa 🎓 Celebrating our graduates 🪟 SAMHE project ✍ 4 research fellow posts open for applications sway.cloud.microsoft/mIu5WLjDUrgR...

Re-designing Beehives for Extreme Climates: re-engineering man-made hives based on natural cavities and developing rapid economical experimental testing protocols for manufacturers and researchers fluids.leeds.ac.uk/2025/08/19/r...

Firedrake 25 The tenth Firedrake user and developer workshop will be held at the School of Mathematics together with Leeds Institute of Fluid Dynamics, University of Leeds, from 15-17 September 2025. All details and to register: firedrakeproject.org/firedrake_25...

Celebrating 5 Years of World-Leading Fluid Dynamics Research at LIFD ⭐️Driven national influence ⭐️Delivered global impact ⭐️Reinforced leadership in education ⭐️Forged & strengthened strategic partnerships ⭐️Inspired the next generation tinyurl.com/yrpd3ped

💡Got a brilliant idea to engage the public with engineering? Apply for an Ingenious grant, where you could receive up to £30,000 for creative, inclusive projects like Eerie Engineering. 🌍 Help make engineering accessible to everyone: raeng.org.uk/ingenious #RAEngIngenious

What does it truly mean to foster equitable leadership in academia? Dr Karisha George from @york.ac.uk shares more about her leadership journey and her time on our Equity in Leadership programme: whiterose.ac.uk/news/equity-...

Policy relevant research and news from across @universityofleeds.bsky.social in our August signpost. Covering: new #transport partnership, guides for Parliamentary #CitizenEngagement, @y-pern.bsky.social impact report, plus #ClimateAction, #HealthInequalities, and more. medium.com/policy-leeds...

The last recorded talk from the EPSRC CDT in Future Fluid Dynamics at Leeds symposium is now available online! Neural Network Implementation of Finite Element Models for Fluid-Structure Interaction - Linfeng Li youtube.com/watch?v=KZ_v...

🌟 LIFD's latest monthly newsletter is out now! 🌟 July's edition includes: 📖 LIFD 5-year Report 🥳 🧫 Impact of air quality on children’s education ⛅ New Met Office Academic Partnership colleague appointed 🖥️ MULTIForm - NNUF User Access Scheme sway.cloud.microsoft/46YhWTgYbAqd...

Another keynote talk from our CDT Symposium Continuum Modelling of Particulate Suspensions - Duncan Hewitt youtu.be/MLRdXTqYMBE

Amazing news that STFC Executive Chair Professor Michele Dougherty will be the new Astronomer Royal: the first woman to hold the post in its 350 year history. Congratulations from everyone at UKRI 🪐

Marvel at spiral galaxy NGC 1309 captured in rich details by NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope 🌀 Hubble has observed this galaxy several times to study two supernova blasts and their aftermath, uncovering a 'zombie' star Read more 👉 esahubble.org/images/potw2... 🔭🧪 #extragalactic

Delighted to be part of this project investigating the impact of retrofit on indoor air, health, economy, & environment. I'm looking at how residents & stakeholders experienced the retrofit, & exploring contextual factors which impact implementation & outcomes borninbradford.nhs.uk/news/new-bra...

Lab-grown blood could resolve shortages of rare blood types and many more problems. 🩸 Angela McLean, the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser, explains how this could transform medicine. Watch the full talk on engineering biology: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHcB...

Today is the last day to submit a session topic proposal for the 37th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, which will be held 30 March - 3 April, 2026 in San Diego, CA & Online! Submit now: bit.ly/4lSDuXe #AMS37Hurr

Where do you think new development in #Leeds should be located? 💭 As part of the Leeds Local Plan, we want to hear your thoughts on the approach for locating new homes, businesses, and other types of development across Leeds. Share your thoughts: bit.ly/4nzUwuV

"I would heartily encourage any BBSRC-adjacent early-career researchers to consider applying!" Find out more and apply by 7 August www.ukri.org/who-we-are/w...

🌟NEW TALK ONLINE🌟 Transition to and from Turbulence in a Vertical Heated Pipe - Elena Marensi youtu.be/8acfxoAEHGI

Now available to watch back from the CDT symposium! Saffman-Taylor Instabilities in Shear-Thinning Fluids - Ashleigh Hutchinson youtu.be/XKJGPJuFDeo

⭐ Firedrake 2025 ⭐ The tenth Firedrake user and developer workshop will be held at the School of Mathematics together with Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (LIFD), University of Leeds, from 15-17 September 2025. www.firedrakeproject.org/firedrake_25...

Are you a postdoc ready to unlock your potential? Applications are now open for our next Prosper cohort: whiterose.ac.uk/what-we-do/w... @prosperpostdoc.bsky.social

@universityofleeds.bsky.social is pleased to welcome Dr Ben Booth to a 0.2 FTE role in the School of Computer Science. Ben is AI Lead for the @metoffice.gov.uk AI4Climate Downscaling Flagship project. He has an interest in risk and exploring climate hazards.

Congratulations to EPSRC CDT Fluid Dynamics student Jacob Perez on passing his viva! Jacob's PhD was on Characterising North Atlantic Eddy Driven Jet Variability. Jacob is now working for Moody's as a graduate model analyst.

⭐ We are pleased to announce the appointment of LIFD's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee⭐️ Dr Claire McIlroy Dr Tom Ranner Dr Thomas Robshaw Dr Timon Salar Gutleb fluids.leeds.ac.uk/2025/07/15/l...

When you build an interdisciplinary research team, how do you ensure everyone can participate equitably? And how do you help your team get over the stumbling blocks of differing language and approaches? Read Prof Paul Vickers excellent insights in Designing harmony into interdisciplinary teams 👇

If you're an early- or mid-career researcher at University of Leeds, you have one more week to apply for our final Global Crucible cohort - which offers an opportunity to develop interdisciplinary skills and global connections. More info here: www.leeds.ac.uk/horizons-ins...

The Leeds Local Plan is a chance to shape the future of your city. Topics include housing, development, transport and the environment. Have your say on the vision and aims of the Local Plan 👇 bit.ly/4nzUwuV

A globular star cluster. - From the series "Astrophysics in the forest".

Can you put Niagara Falls through a straw? This has some awesome explanations of fluid dynamics principles

❗Doctoral students: want to experience first-hand how research feeds into policy? The latest round of the UKRI Policy Internships scheme is open for applications. Apply by 8 September 2025➡️ www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...

Pleased to share one of the keynote talks from the EPSRC CDT in Future Fluid Dynamics at Leeds recent symposium Structures in Oscillating Boundary Layer Flows - Tom Eaves youtu.be/f7X7vlcnDiI

Next entry point for our new FutureLearn Fluid Dynamics course is 14th July! Deepen your knowledge of fluid dynamics and discover exciting degrees and industries where this expertise is applied. www.futurelearn.com/courses/flui...

Dear #mathsky, if you repost this, it will let people see the article for free. Thanks! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“Global partnership definitely makes a difference, particularly for the project that I’m doing. Because the project is based in Africa, it’s so necessary to have people on board who are based in that country and have that contextual knowledge.”

This Clean Air Day, I am delighted to announce a new EPSRC funded network, HESTIA. In HESTIA we are co-developing a health-equity-centred approach to home design & retrofit, integrating existing + emerging building technologies to ⬆️ human & environmental health co-benefits, + ⬇️ health inequalities

For years my research was “niche”. It didn’t fit neatly into core civil engineering and didn’t have critical mass. Luckily Leeds (and funders) supported our group, and turns out it was quite important during a pandemic. Remember you have to fund what *could* be next as well as your established peaks

Pleased to be hosting our first industry study group this week on the theme of fluids in safety problems. Thanks to Sellafield Ltd, Health and Safety Executive & ABL Group who have joined us today to share their open problems for the academic teams to tackle fluids.leeds.ac.uk/events/indus...

The University has placed in the top 100 universities in the world for the 8th year in a row, moving up to 13th position among the 90 UK institutions on the list 🙌 The QS World University Rankings were released today, and Leeds is ranked 86th in the world.

Are you an early- or mid-career researcher at University of Leeds who wants to build interdisciplinary skills and new connections with colleagues in South Africa and Ghana? We’ve launched applications for our final Global Crucible cohort! Find out more: www.leeds.ac.uk/horizons-ins...

Air pollution must be recognised as a public health issue. Our report 'A breath of fresh air' highlights evidence on the increased range of health impacts linked to air pollution. The government needs to treat #airpollution as a serious & preventable health risk. 🔗 ow.ly/F3yq50Wc7wr #CleanAirDay

🚀Apply for the Fellowship Accelerator by 7 July! This OD&PL programme supports Postdocs to develop a fellowship proposal, covering project, person and place. 💡No draft needed - just an idea. Learn how to turn it into a compelling application! 👉 Watch the info session and apply: bit.ly/3P6XhnQ

Indoor air expert and @universityofleeds.bsky.social researcher @cathnoakes.bsky.social has collaborated on a major new report led by @rcphysicians.bsky.social which highlights increasing health risks from air pollution. www.leeds.ac.uk/main-index/n...

Day out at the BBC in Salford to record for R4 Sliced Bread. But you’ll have to wait until the summer to find out what it is about!

🌟 LIFD's latest monthly newsletter is out now! 🌟 May's edition includes: - New FutureLearn course in fluid dynamics 🧑‍🏫 - Fluid Mechanics Webinar – 6th June 💻 - European study group with industry: processing and safety in fluids 👷 - Job opps 🎓 sway.cloud.microsoft/PPIJjZjdEU4y...

Great session today for the our early career researcher away day. Super talks and insights on funding, fellowships and impact, international academic placements and public engagement. Launched our mentoring scheme and got lots of good ideas for future events!

Can public engagement rebuild trust? A new POST brief exploring how meaningful public engagement can boost trust in Parliament references work by Cristina Leston-Bandeira. 👉 Read the brief: post.parliament.uk/approved-wor... #UK #Parliament #Trust #PublicEngagement #Research

Have you seen our new Future Learn course yet? Free to access for two weeks, or buy it to keep for £39. A great introduction to fluid dynamics and its applications.