Biography
Dr Tang read for an MEng in Engineering, Economics and Management at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 2006 with a first class degree having also been awarded the Edgell Sheppee prize, Lubbock prize and Lubbock scholarship. He subsequently remained at Balliol for my DPhil, performing research into turbine blade tip cooling in civil aerospace jet engines for Rolls-Royce. Following a brief stint at Lotus F1 Team in as a computational aerodynamicist, he returned to the Oxford Thermofluids Institute, joining the Active Flow Control group as a post-doctoral researcher at the end of 2013.
Research Interests
- Fluidic device development and control
- Liquid crystal thermography
Current Projects
Powerplant Integration of Novel Engine Systems (PINES) - a £28.2 million project funded by Innovate UK, combining expertise from academic partners the University of Oxford, Cranfield University, the University of Nottingham, and the University of Sheffield, as well as industrial partners Rolls-Royce and Parker Meggitt. In this project, a next-generation, fluidically controlled modulated air system is being developed at Oxford for civil aerospace turbofan engines, which will significantly reduce fuel burn and emitted pollution.
Liquid Hydrogen Gas Turbine (LH2GT) - a £31.4 million project funded by Innovate UK, combining expertise from academic partners the University of Oxford, Cranfield University, and University College London, as well as industrial partners Rolls-Royce, Heathrow Airport, Easyjet, Manufacturing Technology Centre and Reaction Engines. In this project, development of crucial new technologies needed for zero-carbon, hydrogen-fuelled aviation engines is being developed at Oxford, including a novel fuel pump, the hydrogen-air heat exchanger and fuel flow control and metering valves.
Research Groups
Related Academics
Publications
Feedback control of vortex shedding using data-driven modelling
Proudfoot J, Nicholls CJ, Tang BMT & Bacic M (2026)
BibTeX
@misc{feedbackcontrol-2026/8,
title={Feedback control of vortex shedding using data-driven modelling},
author={Proudfoot J, Nicholls CJ, Tang BMT & Bacic M},
year = "2026"
}
Investigation of Switched Vortex Valves for Continuous Modulation of Hydrogen Fuel Flows in Jet Engines
Cloud MP, Tang B, Nicholls C & Bacic M (2026)
BibTeX
@inproceedings{investigationof-2026/6,
title={Investigation of Switched Vortex Valves for Continuous Modulation of Hydrogen Fuel Flows in Jet Engines},
author={Cloud MP, Tang B, Nicholls C & Bacic M},
booktitle={AIAA AVIATION 2026 Forum},
year = "2026"
}
Characterisation of a Fluidic Opposed Jet Amplifier (OPJA)
Cloud MP, Tang B & Bacic M (2024)
BibTeX
@inproceedings{characterisatio-2024/7,
title={Characterisation of a Fluidic Opposed Jet Amplifier (OPJA)},
author={Cloud MP, Tang B & Bacic M},
booktitle={AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024},
year = "2024"
}
An analytical model of the dynamics of reattaching jets
Nicholls CJ, Tang BMT, Turner J & Bacic M (2023), Physics of Fluids, 35(11)
BibTeX
@article{ananalyticalmod-2023/11,
title={An analytical model of the dynamics of reattaching jets},
author={Nicholls CJ, Tang BMT, Turner J & Bacic M},
journal={Physics of Fluids},
volume={35},
year = "2023"
}
An analytical model of the dynamics of reattaching jets
Nicholls CJ, Tang BMT, Turner J & Bacic M (2023), Physics of Fluids, 35(11)
BibTeX
@article{ananalyticalmod-2023/11,
title={An analytical model of the dynamics of reattaching jets},
author={Nicholls CJ, Tang BMT, Turner J & Bacic M},
journal={Physics of Fluids},
volume={35},
year = "2023"
}
Investigations of Switched Vortex Valves with Ideal Gases
Proudfoot J, Tang B, Nicholls C & Bacic M (2023)
BibTeX
@inproceedings{investigationso-2023/6,
title={Investigations of Switched Vortex Valves with Ideal Gases},
author={Proudfoot J, Tang B, Nicholls C & Bacic M},
booktitle={AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum},
year = "2023"
}
Reattaching jet response to transverse acoustic excitation
Nicholls C, Chakravarthy K, Tang B, Williams BA & Bacic M (2023)
BibTeX
@inproceedings{reattachingjetr-2023/6,
title={Reattaching jet response to transverse acoustic excitation},
author={Nicholls C, Chakravarthy K, Tang B, Williams BA & Bacic M},
booktitle={AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum},
year = "2023"
}
Shear layer response to overmodulated acoustic perturbations
Nicholls CJ, Chakravarthy K, Tang BMT, Williams B & Bacic M (2022), Physics of Fluids
BibTeX
@article{shearlayerrespo-2022/12,
title={Shear layer response to overmodulated acoustic perturbations},
author={Nicholls CJ, Chakravarthy K, Tang BMT, Williams B & Bacic M},
journal={Physics of Fluids},
publisher={AIP Publishing},
year = "2022"
}
On acoustically modulated jet shear layers and the Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem
Nicholls CJ, Chakravarthy K, Tang BMT, Williams BAO & Bacic M (2022), Physics of Fluids, 34(11), 115106-115106
BibTeX
@article{onacousticallym-2022/11,
title={On acoustically modulated jet shear layers and the Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem},
author={Nicholls CJ, Chakravarthy K, Tang BMT, Williams BAO & Bacic M},
journal={Physics of Fluids},
volume={34},
pages={115106-115106},
publisher={AIP Publishing},
year = "2022"
}
Novel operating mode of a fluidic oscillator
Nicholls CJ, Tang BMT, Turner J & Bacic M (2022), Journal of Fluids Engineering, 144(7)
BibTeX
@article{noveloperatingm-2022/2,
title={Novel operating mode of a fluidic oscillator},
author={Nicholls CJ, Tang BMT, Turner J & Bacic M},
journal={Journal of Fluids Engineering},
volume={144},
number={71501},
publisher={American Society of Mechanical Engineers},
year = "2022"
}
