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Mark Jabbal

Associate Professor in Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

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Biography

Dr Mark Jabbal is an Associate Professor and UG Programme Director in Aerospace Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering at the 糖心原创. Mark received his PhD in Experimental Aerodynamics from the University of Manchester in 2008. Prior to joining the 糖心原创 in 2016, Mark was an Aerodynamic Consultant at Flow Science Ltd (2002-2003), a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Manchester (2008-2011) and a Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering at Brunel University London (2011-2016). His main research interests include aerodynamic flow control in aerospace and automotive applications for drag reduction. This research combines experimental fluid mechanics, modeling and optimisation, and vehicle system integration studies. Mark is a Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society (MRAeS) and a co-opted member and Vice-Chair of the RAeS Aerodynamics Specialist Group.

Dr Mark Jabbal is a member of the Mechanical and Aerospace Systems Research Group and is affiliated to the Research Group. He is also Chair of the Whole Aircraft thematic working group in the Institute for Aerospace Technology.

Expertise Summary

  • Aerodynamic flow control
  • Synthetic and pulsed jet actuators
  • Active flow control systems architectures
  • Novel aircraft design, airframe-propulsion integration
  • Heat transfer and thermal management technologies

Enquiries are welcomed from potential PhD candidates with a strong academic record and interest in any of these research areas.

Teaching Summary

Programme Director for UG Aerospace Engineering Module Convenor for MMME1030 Fluid Mechanics & Aircraft Aerodynamics and Contributing Tutor for MMME3080 Aerospace Aerodynamics and MMME1050… read more

Research Summary

PI for the H2020/Clean Sky 2 Project (Grant No. 887092): advancing active flow control technologies for more efficient aircraft

Co-I for the H2020/Clean Sky 2 Project (Grant No. 864290): aircraft rear-end configuration optimisation

Current PhD Supervision:

India Agravat - Experimental optimisation of synthetic jet actuators for flow separation control (started 2025)

Shih-Ban Hsiao - Development of synthetic jet actuators for thermal management (started 2024)

Sam Land - Development of pulsed jet actuators for flow separation control (started 2023)

Shanshan Xiao - Aerodynamics of variable droop leading edge on a rotating blade (started 2023)

PhD students supervised to completion:

Peter Rhodes - Large scale model order reduction for drag reduction of the Ahmed body (2022); now Aerodynamics Engineer at Bentley Motors

Baris Gungordu - Structural and fluidic analyses of piezoelectric synthetic jet actuators for performance enhancements (2022); now Lecturer at Middle East Technical University

Adeel Arshad - Assessment of nanomaterials in enhancing the thermophysical properties of phase change materials for thermal management (2021); now Research Associate at Aston University

Hery Mwenegoha - Advanced navigation architecture for low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles (2021); now Senior Inertial Navigation Engineer at FocalPoint

Jonne Jeyalingam - Towards the noise reduction of synthetic jet actuators using lobed orifices (2018); now Tech Lead at Rethink Robotics

Recent Publications

  • GUNGORDU, B., JABBAL, M. and POPOV, A. A., 2023. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 104,
  • ARSHAD, A., JABBAL, M., FARAJI, H., TALEBIZADEHSARDARI, P., BASHIR, M. A. and YAN, Y., 2022. Journal of Energy Storage. 48,
  • STRYCZNIEWICZ, W., STALEWSKI, W., JABBAL, M. and BAHRI, F., 2022.
  • ARSHAD, A., JABBAL, M., SHI, L. and YAN, Y., 2021. Journal of Energy Storage. 34,
  • Programme Director for UG Aerospace Engineering
  • Module Convenor for MMME1030 Fluid Mechanics & Aircraft Aerodynamics and Contributing Tutor for MMME3080 Aerospace Aerodynamics and MMME1050 Integrated Project
  • BEng, MEng & MSc project supervisor and coordinator for UoN entry in IMechE UAS Challenge
  • Recipient of Lord Dearing Award (2020) for outstanding contribution to the development of teaching and student learning
  • External examiner for MSc Aerospace Engineering at the University of Manchester, 2024-2027

Future Research

I welcome enquiries from potential PhD candidates and visiting researchers from Home, EU and international countries who are interested in the following research areas: Experimental aerodynamics and fluid dynamics; boundary layer flow control; drag reduction using passive and active technologies; synthetic jet actuator development; active flow control system architectures for vehicle integration; heat transfer and novel cooling technologies for thermal management

  • GUNGORDU, B., JABBAL, M. and POPOV, A. A., 2023. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 104,
  • ARSHAD, A., JABBAL, M., FARAJI, H., TALEBIZADEHSARDARI, P., BASHIR, M. A. and YAN, Y., 2022. Journal of Energy Storage. 48,
  • STRYCZNIEWICZ, W., STALEWSKI, W., JABBAL, M. and BAHRI, F., 2022.
  • ARSHAD, A., JABBAL, M., SHI, L. and YAN, Y., 2021. Journal of Energy Storage. 34,
  • GUNGORDU, B., JABBAL, M. and POPOV, A., 2021. Modelling of piezoelectrical driven synthetic jet actuators
  • ARSHAD, A., JABBAL, M., FARAJI, H., TALEBIZADEHSARDARI, P., BASHIR, M. A. and YAN, Y., 2021. Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung.
  • ARSHAD, A., JABBAL, M., FARAJI, H., BASHIR, M. A., TALEBIZADEHSARDARI, P. and YAN, Y., 2021. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 125,
  • ARSHAD, A., IBRAHIM ALABDULLATIF, M., JABBAL, M. and YAN, Y., 2021. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 129,
  • MWENEGOHA, H. A., MOORE, T., PINCHIN, J. and JABBAL, M., 2021. Journal of Navigation.
  • ARSHAD, A., ALABDULLATIF, M. I., JABBAL, M. and YAN, Y., 2021.
  • ARSHAD, A., FARAJI, H., JABBAL, M. and YAN, Y., 2021.
  • ARSHAD, A., JABBAL, M. and YAN, Y., 2020. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 146,
  • ARSHAD, A., JABBAL, M., SARDARI, P. T., BASHIR, M. A., FARAJI, H. and YAN, Y., 2020. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress. 18,
  • ARSHAD, A., JABBAL, M. and YAN, Y., 2020. Applied Thermal Engineering. 181,
  • ARSHAD, A., JABBAL, M. and YAN, Y., 2020.
  • ARSHAD, A., JABBAL, M., SHI, L., DARKWA, J., WESTON, N. J. and YAN, Y., 2020. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments.
  • MWENEGOHA, H. A., MOORE, T., PINCHIN, J. and JABBAL, M., 2020. IEEE Access.
  • ARSHAD, A., ALI, H. M., HABIB, A., BASHIR, M. A., JABBAL, M. and YAN, Y., 2019. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress. 9, 308-321
  • ARSHAD, A., JABBAL, M., YAN, Y. and REAY, D., 2019. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 279, 444-484
  • ARSHAD, A., JABBAL, M., YAN, Y. and DARKWA, J., 2019. International Journal of Energy Research.
  • MWENEGOHA, H., MOORE, T., PINCHIN, J. and JABBAL, M., 2019. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland). 19(11),
  • ARSHAD, A., JABBAL, M., YAN, Y. and DARKWA, J., 2019. International Journal of Energy Research.
  • MWENEGOHA, H. A., MOORE, T., PINCHIN, J. and JABBAL, M., 2019.
  • A. ARSHAD, H.M. ALI, S. KHUSHNOOD and M. JABBAL, 2018. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 117, 861-872
  • H.M. ALI, A. ARSHAD, M. JABBAL and P.G. VERDIN, 2018. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 117, 1199-1204
  • J. JEYALINGAM and M. JABBAL, 2018. Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical. 280, 52-60
  • A. JONES, M. JABBAL and T. BUSS, 2018. Operational vibration shape measurement of piezoceramic disc actuator using digital image correlation vibrometry with a single reference signal In: IOP Modern Practice in Stress and Vibration Analysis (MPSVA18).
  • JONES, I. A., JABBAL, M. and BUSS, T. M., 2018.
  • JONES, I. A., JABBAL, M. and BUSS, T. M., 2018.
  • J. JEYALINGAM and M. JABBAL, 2017. Flow structures of synthetic jet actuators using lobed orifices In: European Drag Reduction and Flow Control Meeting, Rome, Italy..
  • M. JABBAL and J. JEYALINGAM, 2017. Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical. 266, 273-284
  • J. JEYALINGAM and M. JABBAL, 2016. In: 8th AIAA Flow Control Conference, Washington, D.C., USA.
  • M. JABBAL, S. EVERETT, K.S.G. KRISHNAN and S. RAGHU, 2016. In: 8th AIAA Flow Control Conference, Washington, D.C., USA.
  • M. JABBAL, 2015. International Journal of Unmanned Systems Engineering. 3, 1-20
  • M. JABBAL and S. RAGHU, 2015. Systems architecture and implementation costs of sweeping jet actuators for separation control In: European Drag Reduction and Flow Control Meeting, Cambridge, UK.
  • M. JABBAL and V. TOMASSO, 2014. Journal of Aircraft. 51, 330-335
  • M. JABBAL and S. KYKKOTIS, 2014. In: 32nd AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Atlanta, USA.
  • D. CAFARELLI, T. ARNOLD, A. KWONG, S. GURUNG and M. JABBAL, 2014. Performance enhancement of a vertical tail with active flow control technology In: RAeS Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Bristol, UK.
  • M. JABBAL, S. LIDDLE, J. POTTS and W. CROWTHER, 2013. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 227, 110-124
  • M. TRINDER and M. JABBAL, 2013. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education. 41, 27-43
  • H. MWENEGOHA and M. JABBAL, 2013. International Journal of Flow Control. 5, 215-242
  • W. CROWTHER, M. JABBAL and S. LIDDLE, 2011. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 225, 1-11
  • M. JABBAL and S. ZHONG, 2010. Physics of Fluids. 22, 063603 1-17
  • M. JABBAL, S. LIDDLE and W. CROWTHER, 2010. Journal of Aircraft. 47, 1966-1981
  • S. LIDDLE, M. JABBAL and W. CROWTHER, 2009. The Aeronautical Journal. 113, 575-586
  • M. JABBAL and S. ZHONG, 2008. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 29, 119-130
  • M. JABBAL and S. ZHONG, 2008. IUTAM Symposium on Flow Control and MEMS. 119-125
  • S. ZHONG, M. JABBAL, H. TANG, L. GARCILLAN, F. GUO, N. WOOD and C. WARSOP, 2007. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion. 78, 283-307
  • H. TANG, S. ZHONG, M. JABBAL, L. GARCILLAN, F. GUO, N. WOOD and C. WARSOP, 2007. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion. 78, 309-329
  • M. JABBAL, J. WU and S. ZHONG, 2006. The Aeronautical Journal. 110, 385-393
  • M. JABBAL, H. TANG and S. ZHONG, 2006. The effect of geometry on the performance of synthetic jet actuators In: 25th International Congress of the Aeronautical Sciences, Hamburg, Germany. 2. 815-823

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