Kuruparan Thanapalan

Why did you choose Cranfield?

I worked in the oil and gas industry for six months before studying at Cranfield. I wanted to improve my skills within the oil industry and especially fluid mechanics - understanding fluid behaviour particle interactions. 

What was Cranfield's impact

I enjoyed the thesis - working on a new research topic that wasn't done before in industry, and then trying to build a model of the experiments carried out and the partnership with industry as well, so a lot of input from industry. I enjoyed analysing the results and trying to find something meaningful from them and then trying to build a model using a programme with mathematics and physics.

I'm now working for Gas Management Services Ltd Fluxys, a Belgian company based in Cambridge. I've been working there for two months now on the financial aspect of the oil business.