This is Cambridge's world-famous turbomachinery laboratory, named after Frank Whittle - one of the inventors of the jet engine for aircraft propulsion. Whittle Laboratory is a part of the Engineering Department but situated outside the city centre, by the side of Madingley Road. Abhijit Guha was fortunate to be at this laboratory during its "golden period"**, its academic members included a catalogue-full of famous people and pioneers in the field - Sir William Hawthorne (FRS), Sir John Horlock (FRS), John Denton (FRS), Denis Whitehead, Nick Cumpsty, John Young, Bill Dawes, Tom Hynes, Howard Hodson and Ivor Day, and the laboratory was frequently visited by luminaries across the world, e.g. Edward Greitzer of the MIT Gas Turbine Laboratory or Claus Sieverding of von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics. There was constant and vigorous interaction with engine manufacturers like Rolls-Royce and GE, and other industries. There was a community culture inside the laboratory with professors, students and technicians taking tea/coffee together at 11am and 4pm, and many walking together to the nearby cafeteria at Cavendish Laboratory for lunch. John Denton was one of the pioneers in the field of time-marching CFD techniques and would readily give all members of the laboratory access to his computer codes (very expensive top-selling products); similarly Bill Dawes's viscous CFD codes were available to laboratory members when needed. This atmosphere of co-operation helped to sustain and amplify excellence and world-leadership. A nostalgic reunion took place in 2003 to mark the laboratory's 30th anniversary.

** As described by John Denton in his speech on the 30th anniversary.

Picture of Silver Mug presented to Abhijit Guha by Whittle Laboratory, Cambridge University
Commendation 1 on Two Phase Heat Transfer Course at Cambridge University (from Prof. A.P. Dowling, FRS, currently the Dean of Engineering)
Commendation 2 on Two Phase Heat Transfer Course at Cambridge University (from Prof. A.P. Dowling, FRS, currently the Dean of Engineering)