Grant Ingram is currently a Professor in the Department of Engineering at Durham University. He joined the Department in 2005 as a lecturer and has worked on two key areas of research: conventional turbomachinery and renewable devices. Both of these activities are approached from a fluid dynamics background with a focus on improving engineering designs and processes. Notable projects include work on axial flow turbine aerodynamics, understanding the starting process of vertical axis wind turbines and the development of a novel rotor following seal design for steam turbine applications.