Dr Jonathan Potts PhD, MMath, PgCTLHE, fHEA
Senior Lecturer and Course Leader of the BSc (Hons) Product Design Engineering
Summary
I teach predominantly Aerospace Engineering subjects and also Engineering Design, my primary area of expertise is experimental aerodynamics. I lead undergraduate modules in Aircraft Design, Flight Mechanics and Simulation, Instrumentation. I also lead design build test projects in wind tunnel design and rolling road systems development. I supervise undergraduate and postgraduate project work in flow control systems, formula student aero package development and spin-stabilised sports equipment. I lead our BSc (Hons) Product Design Engineering course striving towards a vibrant industrially-focused student experience.
About
I am presently involved with various projects related to active flow control research for improved aircraft wing efficiency applications. I am collaborating with our Centre for Sports Engineering 香蕉视频 to investigate shuttlecock and throwing dart aerodynamics and dynamics. I continue my research into spin-stabilised sports projectiles currently focused on the discus from field athletics.
I teach predominantly Aerospace Engineering subjects and also Engineering Design, my primary area of expertise is experimental aerodynamics. I lead undergraduate modules in Aircraft Design, Flight Mechanics and Simulation, Instrumentation. I also lead design build test projects in wind tunnel design and rolling road systems development.
I supervise undergraduate and postgraduate project work in flow control systems, formula student aero package development and spin-stabilised sports equipment. I lead our BSc (Hons) Product Design Engineering course striving towards a vibrant industrially-focused student experience.
Experimental Aerodynamics
UAV Systems
Sports Equipment Aerodynamics
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Teaching
Department of Engineering and Mathematics
College of Business, Technology and Engineering
Performance Enhancement of Synthetic Jet Actuators through Piezoceramic Material Development,
Low Speed Wind Tunnel Development,
Rolling Road Systems Development
Aerospace, Engineering Design / Industrial Collaborative Engineering
BSc Product Design Engineering, BEng/MEng Aerospace Engineering
Aircraft Design, Aircraft Flight Mechanics & Simulation, Aerospace Instrumentation, Computational Fluid Dynamics
Publications
Journal articles
Cerminara, A., Nayak, R., Potts, J., Tanno, H., Kloker, M., Saikia, B., ... Wagner, A. (2025). . Physics of Fluids, 37.
Hart, J., & Potts, J. (2020). . Proceedings, 49 (1), e28.
Khan, M., Alboul, L., & Potts, J. (2020). . UKRAS20 Conference: 鈥淩obots into the real world鈥 Proceedings, 69-70.
Hart, J., Potts, J., & James, D. (2018). . Sports Engineering, 21 (4), 465-478.
James, D., & Potts, J. (2018). . Sports Engineering, 21, 347-358.
Emerson, N.J., Morris, T., & Potts, J.R. (2018). . Proceedings, 2 (6), 242-247.
Kamaruddin, N.M., Potts, J.R., & Crowther, W.J. (2018). . Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, 90 (2), 390-397.
Jabbal, M., Liddle, S., Potts, J., & Crowther, W. (2013). . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 227 (1), 110-124.
Conference papers
Nayak, R., Cerminara, A., & Potts, J. (2024). . In UK Fluids 2024, Swansea, UK, 9 September 2024 - 11 September 2024.
Trejo Ramirez, M., Potts, J., & Nortcliffe, A. (2018). . ISEE Conference Proceedings.
Lewis, O., Potts, J., & Gautrey, J. (2016). . In Inspire to Suceed: Transforming Teaching and Learning in STEM (HEA Annual STEM Conference), East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham, 28 January 2016 - 29 January 2016.
Potts, J.R., & Masters, D. (2015). . Procedia Engineering, 112, 400-405.
Lukes, R., Hart, J., Potts, J., & Haake, S. (2014). . Procedia Engineering, 72, 685-690.
Book chapters
Potts, J., Lunnon, I., Crowther, W., Johnson, G., Hucker, M., & Warsop, C. (2009). . In 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including The New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics:
Theses / Dissertations
Chode, K.K. (2024). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Viswanathan, H., Chow, K., & Potts, J.
Khan, M.S. (2021). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Potts, J., & Alboul, L.