Richard A. Adjei is an Assistant Professor at the School of Aerospace, University of Nottingham Ningbo China. Prior to his appointment in 2022, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Turbomachinery Laboratory, Tsinghua University. He received his PhD in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics at Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2020. His research involves aerodynamic design and optimization with focus on the development of intelligent systems and models for aircraft and gas turbine design. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and associate member of the International Society of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO).

Multidisciplinary Design Optimization for Aircraft and Gas Turbine Design

• Projection-based reduced order modeling (ROM) for accelerated shape optimization
• Multi-fidelity techniques for robust aerospace design.
• Uncertainty quantification for aerospace design and optimization
• Gas turbine aerodynamics and heat transfer

Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Design of Electric Propulsion Systems

• Electric ducted fans and propeller design for hybrid and all-electric aircraft propulsion.
• Energy management analysis for hybrid electric aircraft propulsion systems
• Aeroacoustics analysis of Urban Air Mobility Systems (UAM).

1. AERO1002 Fluid Mechanics and Aircraft Aerodynamics - 2022 to date

2. AERO3007 Advanced Aerodynamics -2024 to date

3. AERO1005 Aerospace Electronic Engineering and Computing -2023 to 2024

• Member, Royal Aeronautical Society (MRAeS)
• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME),
• Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• Associate member, International Society of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO).