Editor
Prof. Marcello Lappa, University of Strathclyde, UK.
Prof. Marcello Lappa is the Leader (main Programme Advisor) of the MSc course in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde (public British University located in the center of Glasgow, UK). Since 2021, he is listed in the "World Ranking of Top 2% Scientists in "Stanford University database in the subfield Fluids & Plasmas. He has conducted (as PI) scientific experiments in the fields of fluids and materials science on board the international Space Station in collaboration with NASA, ESA and the UK Space Agency (https://t-paola.co.uk/). Over the last 25 years, he has authored 3 international books (2004, Elsevier Science, Cambridge; 2009, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester; 2012, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester) and more than 200 publications (130 articles in high impact-factor peer reviewed journals or as book chapters, most of which as single author, http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcello_Lappa/publications, and 70 other conference and technical papers) . His research focuses on fluid motion and stability behaviour, computational fluid dynamics, incompressible and compressible fluid flows, organic and inorganic materials sciences and crystal growth, multiphase flows, solidification, high-temperature gas-dynamics, particle dynamics and microgravity science. On September 2013 he attained a qualification (habilitation) to the rank of Full Professor in Italy. He joined the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering of the University of Strathclyde as an Associate Professor in 2015 (Academic grade 9). On Oct 2017 he took on the role of Director of the MSc course in Mechanical Engineering (Programme Advisor of Studies) and later he was given the highest UK Academic title (Full Professor). Over recent years he has secured (in a position of PI) over £ 2 million of external funding. He seats in the Steering Committees of several conferences (ICTEA, ICCES, ICFVM, ParCFD, ICOME, ICCMREA, AMT, ICMAPH) and acts as a Reviewer for several funding bodies (EPSRC-UK, DFG-Germany, FNRS-Belgium, GIF-Israel, ANVUR-Italy, NSERC-Canada, NVSTE-Kazakhstan and ESA). Since 2005 he serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the international scientific Journal “Fluid Dynamics and Materials Processing” (ISSN 1555-256X), currently being indexed in Scopus and the ESCI index of Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science.
Summary
Materials science stands at the intersection of physics, chemistry, engineering, the science of soft matter and biology. Similarly, fluid-dynamics is inherently multidisciplinary, standing at the interface between physics, chemistry, biology, engineering and last but not least, material science itself. However, while the overall research contributions in the field of fluid mechanics have been overwhelming in areas such as aeronautical, naval and mechanical engineering, its connections with materials science have not been explored to a similar extent. Through an open call process, this special issue of the FDMP journal aims to gather significant inputs from across the research community to help broaden our horizons of the still untapped potential for cross-sector fertilization between materials science and fluid-dynamics. The proposed issue is therefore interdisciplinary by design. More specifically, it is about fostering understanding—not only by communicating between authors and readers - but also by breaking down those disciplinary boundaries, which often prevent researchers and professional from sharing data and information that can be used to solve the problems spanning several domains. “Review” papers are particularly welcome. The covered subjects include:
Transparent alloys
Metal alloys
Particles/impurities interaction with solidification fronts
Phase Change Materials
Polymerization
Gel Formation
Emulsification
Nano Materials
Advanced Ceramics
Metal matrix composites and hypereutectic alloys
Immiscible alloys
Ferrofluids
Semiconductor and superconductors by the Bridgman Method
Semiconductor and superconductors by the Floating Zone Method
Semiconductor and superconductors by the CZ Method
Functional Coatings and Thin Films
High Entropic Inorganic materials
Protein crystallization
Tissue-Engineering - Living tissues in vitro
3D Printing of inorganic materials
3D Printing of organic and biological materials
This collection of review papers is intended to provide a common point of origin from which many studies in the community may depart, making research results in different areas easier to compare and providing researchers with reasonable “views” to assume for areas outside their experience.
Keywords
Multiphase flows, phase change, solidification, crystallization, liquid metals, polymers and related solutions, gels and emulsions, solid particle dynamics, complex fluids
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