Professor Sergei Sazhin

Professor Sergei Sazhin is a Professor of Thermal Physics based at the Advanced Engineering Centre. Professor Sazhin received his PhD from St Petersburg State University (Russia) during the period of 1972–1977.

He is an editorial member for many international refereed journals, an Associate Editor of Journal of Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Sciences (JAMES) (2015– present) and expert reviewer for several international journals and conferences.

He has served on the programme committees for numerous international conferences including as:

  • chairman of the scientific committee of the 27th European Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (2016) and
  • member of the World Congress on Engineering (WCE) programme committee since 2008.

His research work at the 91¶¶Òõ has been supported by 13 EPSRC grants, in 11 of which he has been the Principal Investigator. He has supervised 14 successful PhD completions during the period 2000-2016 including four successful completions during 2012-2016. He has been an external examiner of three PhD theses in the UK, seven PhD theses in France, and PhD theses in Israel, Russia, Sweden, India and Estonia.

He has authored more than 500 publications, including three monographs and 234 papers in international refereed journals. His current ISI Web of Science (Google Scholar) citation index is 32 (45). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (UK) since 1994. His current research is focused on numerical and asymptotic modelling of fluid dynamics, heat/mass transfer, and combustion processes in Diesel and gasoline sprays.

He received the Leadership in Research Excellence Award (91¶¶Òõ, 5th June 2017). He has been a member of the Scientific Council of the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer (ICHMT) since 2018.

Sergei-Sazhin

Professor Sergei Sazhin
Professor of Thermal Physics

My research interests

The Advanced Engineering Centre is a vibrant research area combining robust science with applied innovation. We have a track record in transforming the design of next-generation energy-efficient power systems for the passenger and industrial vehicle market. I collaborate with other academic institutions, industry and in scholarly activities. 

Currently my research interests focus on

  • Mathematical modelling of fluid dynamics, heat transfer and combustion processes in internal combustion engines
  • Modelling of heat and mass transfer processes in sprays
  • Spray formation and droplet break-up

Research activity

Current research projects

Previous research projects

Contact me

Professor Sergei Sazhin
Professor of Thermal Physics
School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics
91¶¶Òõ
Cockcroft Building, Lewes Road
91¶¶Òõ BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom 

Tel: +44 (0)1273 642677

Email: S.Sazhin@brighton.ac.uk

Biography

I gained my PhD degree (Physics and Mathematics) at St Petersburg State University (Russia) in 1977 before becoming a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and a Chartered Physicist. Following my time as a researcher at the Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, Russia (1972-1982), I worked as a Research Fellow in the Department of Physics, Sheffield University, UK between 1988 and1992.

This role was followed by four years in industry, working as a research scientist for Fluent Europe Ltd, Computational Fluid Dynamics Software and Consultancy Services in Sheffield, UK until 1996.

I joined the Centre for Automotive Engineering at the 91¶¶Òõ in 1996 as a senior lecturer. I became Professor of Thermal Physics in 2002. My research work has been supported by 13 EPSRC grants (including two currently active grants), the European Regional Development Fund (Franco-British INTERREG IIIa, E3C3), the Royal Society and the British Council. I am a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation (2007–present), Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Systems Engineering (2012-present), Oil & Gas Research (2015–present), Austin Journal of Irrigation (2015–present) an Associate Editor of Journal of Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Sciences (JAMES) (2015– present), and a member of the scientific committees of the French programme Methodes d'analyses experimentales et de simulations des brouillard multi-composant (2007-present), and Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Systems Engineering (2012-present). In addition, I contributed to organising international mathematical workshops on multi-scale asymptotics and hysteresis (2004-2016) and the World Congress on Engineering (London, 2007-2016). In addition, I acted as Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the 27th European Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (91¶¶Òõ, September 2016).

I have supervised 14 successful PhD completions over the past 16 years.

Research output

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Workshops

  • Mathematical modelling of multiphase flows 10 May 2018
  • Sprays in engineering applications: modelling and experimental studies - (2nd workshop at Brunel University) 4-5 December 2017
  • New approaches to mathematical modelling of sprays and vortex rings 20 November 2017
  • Laminar and turbulent vortex rings 21 August 2017
  • Modelling and experimental studies of aerosols and sprays for medical and automotive applications 24-25 July 2017
  • Sprays in engineering applications: modelling and experimental studies 12/13 June 2017
  • Aerosols: environmental, technological and health science applications 13 October 2016
  • New mathematical tools for modelling mono- and multi-phase flows 23 August 2016
  • Vortex rings and related processes 27 November 2015
  • Modelling of droplets and flames 10 August 2015
  • Heating and evaporation of spherical and non-spherical droplets 30 July 2015 
  • Jets and Vortex Rings, 14 July 2015
  • Vortex ring-like structures in gasoline engines: observations and modelling, 1 December 2014
  • Spray modelling: nano- and micro-scales, 30 September 2014
  • New approaches to spray modelling, 19 August 2014
  • Numerical simulation on gas phase combustion and spray flame by Fang Wang (Beihang University, Beijing, China), CAE Research Seminar, 13 December, 2013
  • Vortex rings: theory and applications, Advanced Engineering Centre Research Workshop, 20th November 2013
  • Motion of a vortex ring and a vortex pair in a viscous fluid by Professor Y. Fukumoto (Institute of Mathematics for Industry, Kyushu University, Japan), AEC Workshop, 30 August 2013
  • Modelling of droplet and spray dynamics, heating and evaporation, Advanced Engineering Centre Research Workshop, 16th August 2013
  • New mathematical models and engineering applications, Advanced Engineering Centre Research Workshop, 17th June 2013
  • Droplet and sprays: new approaches to modelling, Advanced Engineering Centre Research Workshop, 5th June 2013
  • New approaches to modelling of droplet heating and evaporation, Advanced Engineering Centre Research Workshop, 17 October 2012
  • Modelling of heating and evaporation processes: mathematical and engineering approaches, Centre for Automotive Engineering Research Workshop, 8 May 2012
  • Droplets and Sprays: modelling and experimentation, Advanced Engineering Centre Research Workshop, 13 January 2012
  • Flow instabilities and spray penetration, Advanced Engineering Centre Research Workshop, 6 January 2011
  • New mathematical tools for modelling the processes in internal combustion engines: a dialogue between mathematicians and engineers, Advanced Engineering Centre Research Workshop, 13 April 2010
  • Sprays: mathematical models versus physical phenomenon, Advanced Engineering Centre Research Workshop, 22 September 2009
  • Sprays: new physical and mathematical models, Advanced Engineering Centre Research Workshop, 5 June 2009
  • Sprays: modelling versus experimentation, UK-Israel Workshop, 91¶¶Òõ, UK, July 16-18, 2007
  • "International Workshop on Multi-rate processes & hysteresis", University College Cork, Ireland, March 31- April 5, 2008

PHD students

Name Thesis
Mansour Al Qubeissi (2015) Heating and evaporation of automative fuel droplets
 J Xei (China) (2013) Development of a new kinetic model for the analysis of heating and evaporation processes in complex hydrocarbon fuel droplets
 A Elwardany (Egypt) (2012)

Modelling of multi-component fuel droplet heating and evaporation

 

I Gusev (Russia) (2012)

A mathematical study of the effect of a moving boundary and a thermal boundary layer on droplet heating and evaporation
T Kristyadi (Indonesia) (2007)

Modelling of the heating and evaporation of fuel droplets
 S Shevelko (Russia) (2006)

Development of 3D projection mesh generation technique and its applications

 
 W Abdelghaffar (Egypt) (2005)

Modelling of fuel droplet heating in diesel engines
 C Deligiannis (Greece) (2003)

Two-dimensional vortex methods: analysis, develpopment, applications

 
 S Hawat (Libya) (2002)

Numerical modelling of flow and heat transfer for high performance surfaces

 
C Crua (France) (2002)

Combustion processes in a diesel engine
D Kennaird (UK) (2001)

Numerical modelling of fuel spray impingement and wall film formation

 
G Feng (China) (2001)

Spray dynamics and air motion in the cylinder of G–DI engines
S Savic (Yugoslavia) (2000)

Liquid fuel spray characteristics

 
MY Sulaiman (Malaysia) (2000)

Performance characteristics of compact heat transfer surfaces

 

Roles


  • Fellow of the Institute of Physics
  • Chartered Physicist
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation (2007-present), and Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Systems Engineering (2012-present), Irrigation and Drainage Systems Engineering (2012-present), Oil & Gas Research (2015-present), Austin Journal of Irrigation (2015-present).
  • An associate Editor of Journal of Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Sciences (JAMES) (2015-present)
  • Member of the scientific committees of the French programme Methodes d'analyses experimentales et de simulations des brouillard multi-composant

Awards

Leadership in Research Excellence Award. 91¶¶Òõ, 5 June 2017

My paper published in International  Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 10 (1), 6-46, was selected by Literati Club as the most ‘Outstanding Paper' in the 2000 volume.