Contact Details

Telephone

work +44 (0)1224 272988

Email

jefferson.gomes@abdn.ac.uk

Address

The University of Aberdeen School of Engineering Kings College Fraser Noble Building, Room 354 AB24 3UE

Web Links

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0845-2274

http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=oFqzt9oAAAAJ

Biography

• Lecturer in Engineering, University of Aberdeen (2012-today);
• Visiting Academic, Imperial College London (2013-today); 
• Visiting Academic, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, 2005-today);
• Research Fellow, Imperial College London (2010-2012);
• Research Associate,  Imperial College London (2006-2010);
• PhD, Imperial College London (2004);
• MSc, State University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, 1999);
• BSc in Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, 1996).

Research Interests

Computational multi-fluids dynamics (CMFD), multi-physics modelling, adaptive numerical methods, finite element methods (FEM), computational optimisation, porous media flow, turbulence modelling, nuclear criticality, reactor physics, heat and mass transfers.

Current Research

Self-adaptive computational methods; Multiphase compositional porous media flow (reservoir simulation); Safety assessment for nuclear systems (severe accident modelling); Atmospheric modelling. 

Collaborations

• Applied Modelling and Computation Group (AMCG), Imperial College London;
• Petroleum Engineering & Rock Mechanics Group (PERM), Imperial College London;
• Professor Su Jian, Nuclear Engineering Department, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). 

Research Grants

• Molecular Basis of Advanced Nuclear Fuel Separations (MBase):  Criticality and Fission in the Solution State (EPSRC, 2010-13), Co-Investigator;
• Thermohydraulics for Innovative Nuclear Systems (THINS): Development of Novel Discretisation Methods for Multiphase Flows (EU-FP7, 2010-14), Co-Iinvestigator;
• Gas-Fast Reactors (GoFastR): Modelling and Simulation of Core-Melting in PWR (EU-FP7, 2010-13), Co-Investigator;
• Technology Proof of Concept: Computational Framework for Multi-Scale Environmental Modelling (NERC, 2010-12), Co-Investigator;
• Follow-on Fund: Realising the Commercial Potential of the Multi-Physics and Multi-Scale FETCH Technology for Nuclear Safety Applications (EPSRC, 2010-11), Co-Investigator; 
• Energy Grant: Numerical Investigation of Biomass Gasification (Brazilian CNPq, 2006-7), Co-Investigator.

Teaching Responsibilities

Postgraduate Courses

1. Renewable Energy: Geothermal and Solar  (EG501J): 2014-today;
   
2. Energy Technologies (EG5066): 2013;

Undergraduate Courses

1. Chemical Thermodynamics (EX3029): 2014-today;
   
2. Computational Fluid Dynamics (EG501V): 2015-today;
3. Engineering Thermodynamics (EG3521): 2013-2015;
4. Advances in Chemical Engineering (EG5597): 2014-2015.

External Responsibilities

• Associate Editor of the Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering;
• Reviewer service for Fluid Phase Equilibria, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, International Journal for Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flows, Journal of Fluids Engineering, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Journal od Petroleum and Gas Engineering;
• Reviewer for the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

Admin Responsibilities

• Course Coordinator:

1. Chemical Thermodynamics (EX3029): 2014-today,
2. Engineering Thermodynamics (EG3521): 2013-2015;
3. Advances in Chemical Engineering (EG5597): 2015.

PostDoc and PhD Opportunities

1. PhD Opportunities:
1. Self-Funded Projects:
• Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Two-phase Flows in Porous Media [details];
• Implementation of Coupled In Situ Adaptive Tabulation (ISAT) and Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction Methods in Reactive Systems [details];
2. Funded Projects
• Coming soon.
2. PDRA Posts 
   • Coming soon.

Research Supervision

Research Students

Konstantinos Christou: Modelling and Simulation of Reactive Flows in Porous Media. Mar 2014 - Feb 2017.

Babatude Lashore:Multi-Fluid Flow and Multi-Scale Reactive Transport in Subsurface Rocks. Mar 2014 - Feb 2019.

Marion Ferrat: Interpretation of Paleomonsoon Dynamics on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau from a 10 kyr Peat Record of Dust Deposition and Regional Atmospheric Model Simulations. PhD 2011 (Supervisor: Prof Weiss, Imperial College London).

Brendan Tollit: Coupled Neutronic and Fluid Dynamic Modelling of Very-High Temperature Reactors. PhD 2010 (Supervisor: Prof Pain, Imperial College London).

Dimitrios Pavlidis: Modelling Urban Air Quality. PhD 2010 (Supervisor: Prof ApSimon, Imperial College London).

Bryan Miles: Transient Stability and Dynamics of High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Nuclear Reactors. PhD 2010 (Supervisor: Prof Pain, Imperial College London).

Undergraduate Students

Amanda T Goes: The Impact of Porous Media Heterogeneity on Flow Instabilities: Uniform and Random Isotropic Permeability Distribution. Jun-Sept 2015 (Funding: Science without Borders).

Igor Monteiro: The Impact of Porous Media Heterogeneity on Flow Instabilities: Uniform and Random Isotropic Permeability Distribution. Jun-Sept 2015 (Funding: Science without Borders).

William Randunz: Multi-Scale Flow Simulation in Heterogeneous Porous Media. Nov 2013 - Sept 2014 (Funding: Science without Borders).

Luciana Carvalho Pedreira: Stratified Counter-Current Flows in an Inclined Pipe: Transition from Confined to Unconfined Flow Behaviour. Mar 2014 - Jan 2015 (Funding: Science without Borders).

Felipe Rocha Andrade: A Computational Framework for the Evolutionary Cuckoo Search Algorithm: Standard Benchmark Test-Cases and Applied Engineering Problems. April 2013 - Aug 2013 (Funding: Science without Borders).

Estevao Zeppone Carlos: A Computational Framework for the Evolutionary Cuckoo Search Algorithm: Standard Benchmark Test-Cases and Applied Engineering Problems. April 2013 - July 2013 (Funding: Science without Borders).

Anna Elisa Braganca Zoboli: Thermodynamical Investigation of Hydrate Formation in Natural Gas. Nov 2005- Fev 2009 (Supervisor: Prof Su Jian, UFRJ)

Publications