Dr Duncan Borman
- Job title: Associate Professor
- Email: d.j.borman@leeds.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 113 343 2354
- Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
- School: School of Civil Engineering
- Location: 305 School of Civil Engineering
- Areas of expertise: computational fluid dynamics; environmental flows; multiphase flow, mathematical modelling; hydraulic modelling; wastewater modelling; bioreactor modelling
- Faculty profile link: https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/civil-engineering/staff/254/dr-duncan-borman
Dr Duncan Borman’s research interest is in understanding problems that involve multiphase flows that occur in numerous real world problems; his approaches involve developing computational models and applying and developing novel Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). This involves developing understanding of mixing in complex fluids where a chemical or biological processes maybe occurring (e.g. bioreactors, fuel cells, combustion, high-speed jets, ventilation) and in problems that require prediction of moving boundaries and free-surfaces (e.g. air-water interfaces; understanding morphologies of solidifying/precipitating solutions, inverse problems). The research is reliant on the development of numerical codes, particularly in the area of boundary problems, but also makes use of a range of commercial and opensource solvers where suitable. He works closely with the cross-faculty Centre for Computational Fluid Dynamics and he is involved in multidisciplinary research with colleagues across the University, UK and internationally.