Biography
May 2015 - present: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Turbomachinery Research Fellow
Feb 2014 - April 2015: Research associate working with MHI
2009 - 2014: PhD Candidate in Engineering (Turbomachinery), Jesus College, Cambridge
2007-2009: Consultant at Arthur D. Little
2002-2006: BA(Hons) and MEng in Thermofluid Engineering, Jesus College, Cambridge
Research
Sam's current research focuses on using experimental and CFD techniques to study off-design compressor performance and unsteady flows in gas turbine exhaust ducts.
Sam's PhD thesis investigated the effect of circumferentially uniform and non-uniform bleed air extraction on compressor performance.
Publications
Grimshaw, S.D., Pullan, G., and Hynes, T., 2015. Modelling Non-uniform Bleed in Axial Compressors. Paper to be presented at the ASME Turbo Expo 2015, Montreal. Recommended for publication in the ASME Journal of Turbomachinery
Grimshaw, S.D., Pullan, G. & Walker, T., 2014. Bleed-Induced Distortion in Axial Compressors. Paper presented at the ASME Turbo Expo 2014, Düsseldorf. Recommended for publication in the ASME Journal of Turbomachinery
Teaching and Supervisions
Sam supervises Cambridge Tripos Papers 1A: Mechanical Vibrations, 1B: Mathematical Methods and 3A3: Thermofluids II