Skip to content
Jad El Badaoui

Simulation you can
argue with.

Aerospace engineer working across CFD, fluid-structure interaction, composite structures and high-performance computing.

Most of what I do is about whether a result holds up once it is checked, not just whether it converged: separating verification from validation, comparing solver output against hand calculations, and stating what a model cannot tell you.

Education
BEng Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol
Incoming
MSc Advanced Computational Methods, Imperial College London
Toolset
ANSYS Fluent · Abaqus · MATLAB · Python · C++ · SYCL

Selected work

Five projects, each combining at least two of analytical theory, numerical simulation, physical manufacture and experiment. The useful engineering tends to appear where they disagree.

Engineering profile

How the projects are put together

Every repository documents its own methods, verification, limitations and data provenance, including the results that were inconclusive and the failure mode nobody predicted.

Simulation & Analysis

  • ANSYS Fluent, CFX & Mechanical
  • RANS turbulence modelling (k-ε, SST k-ω)
  • Rotating reference frames & periodic domains
  • One-way fluid-structure interaction
  • Abaqus 3D ply-by-ply finite elements
  • Verification & validation: Richardson / GCI, y⁺ audits, hand-calculation cross-checks

Structures & Composites

  • Classical laminate theory & ABD matrices
  • Hashin failure criteria, O'Brien energy release rates
  • Free-edge interlaminar stress analysis
  • Thin-ply laminate manufacture (layup, bagging, autoclave)
  • Tensile testing with video-gauge strain measurement
  • SEM fractography

Programming & Computational Methods

  • Python (NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, pytest)
  • MATLAB analysis pipelines
  • Automated test suites asserting physical properties
  • Reproducible, provenance-tracked analysis
  • C++ with SYCL/DPC++ & FPGA optimisation (in progress)

Design & Experimentation

  • Autodesk Inventor, including a 535-file full-vehicle assembly
  • XFoil aerofoil analysis
  • FDM additive manufacture for flight parts
  • Wind-tunnel testing with a six-component balance
  • Ultimate load testing & failure investigation
  • Requirements traceability & concept downselection

Education & current work

MSc Advanced Computational Methods for Aeronautics, Flow Management and Fluid-Structure Interaction

Imperial College London · Incoming

BEng Aerospace Engineering

University of Bristol

Final-year research project on thin-ply composite laminates, supervised by Prof. Michael R. Wisnom.

More on how I work, and what each project taught me, on the about page.

CV

Two versions, same work

The projects on this site point at two different graduate disciplines, and a CV written to cover both covers neither well. Each version leads with the work that matters to the reader it is written for. The evidence behind them is the same, and it is all on this site.