Martin N. Goodhand Honored by ASME

NEW YORK, June 1, 2012 – Martin N. Goodhand, Ph.D., a research fellow at St. John’s College (Cambridge, UK), will be honored by ASME.  He is being recognized for the co-authored paper titled “The Impact of Real Geometries on Three-Dimensional Separations in Compressors.” He will receive ASME’s Gas Turbine Award.

The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the literature of combustion gas turbines or gas turbines thermally combined with nuclear or steam power plants.  It will be presented to Dr. Goodhand during the ASME TURBO EXPO 2012, which is being held in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 11 through 15.

As a member of Cambridge University’s Whittle Laboratory, Goodhand is currently studying compressor deterioration on secondment at Rolls Royce.  The aim of this work is to determine how compressor blade design can be altered to mitigate the effects of manufacturing imperfections and subsequent in-service erosion/fouling.

Goodhand earned a first class honors degree in engineering at Christ’s College (Cambridge, UK) in 2006.  He undertook his Ph.D. research at the Whittle Laboratory; in collaboration with Rolls Royce and under the supervision of Dr. Robert J. Miller, he studied how small changes to the leading edge geometries of compressor blades could have a large impact on overall compressor efficiency.  He earned his Ph.D. in 2010.

A member of the International Gas Turbine Institute’s Turbomachinery Committee, Goodhand received a Best Paper Award in 2010.

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