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Professor Rakesh Mishra is a Professor of Fluid Dynamics in the Department of Engineering and Technology within the School of Computing and Engineering at the University of Huddersfield. He joined the institution in 2000 as a Research Fellow and was promoted to Lecturer in September 2003, Senior Lecturer in 2004, Reader in 2009, and Professor of Fluid Dynamics in summer 2011. Prior to Huddersfield, he worked as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, and Reader at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Allahabad, India from 1988 to 2000, during which he was seconded to the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi for his PhD studies completed in 1996. His teaching career began in 1987 as a Lecturer at the College of Engineering Pusad, India. A Chartered Engineer, Mishra is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). He currently serves as Head of Research for the Department of Engineering and Technology and UoA12 Co-ordinator, Co-Director of the Centre for Thermofluids, Energy Systems and High-Performance Computing, and leads the Energy Emission and Environmental research group. He is a member of the Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power Society of India and engages in consultancy for thermo-fluid industries, knowledge transfer partnerships, and collaborations on renewable energy, asset management, smart houses, and digital twins.