Dr Russell Quadros

Background

Dr Russell Quadros graduated with distinction in Mechanical Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India. He subsequently earned his MSc and PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), respectively.

Following his doctoral studies, Dr Quadros joined Sapienza University of Rome as a Postdoctoral Researcher, where he investigated complex shock–boundary-layer interactions using direct numerical simulations (DNS). He later moved to Queen Mary University of London as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, conducting research on adjoint-based optimisation for high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations.

Dr Quadros joined the Centre for Propulsion Engineering at Cranfield University in January 2022 as a Research Fellow in Propulsion Aerodynamics. Since then, he has led and successfully delivered key work packages across several major externally funded research programmes, including aerospace propulsion (Project RACHEL – WP5, Rolls-Royce), space propulsion and launch applications (Project SHARP, UK Space Agency and HyImpulse), and multiphase flow modelling (Project LH2-GT, Rolls-Royce).

Through these projects, Dr Quadros has established advanced CFD and optimisation capabilities that are now integral to the Centre’s research portfolio. His work has strengthened Cranfield University’s industrial collaborations and contributed to the expansion of its externally funded research activities. He currently co-supervises two Research Assistants, four MSc students, and one PhD candidate in collaboration with Dr David Rajendran.

Publications

• Articles in journals