“Our overall objective is to build a community, promote opportunities for collaboration and share our experience and knowledge.”
Overview
This theme considers the application of Modelling, Data and AI to challenges presented by the areas of materials and manufacturing
Materials
Research being conducted applying Modelling, Data and AI to diverse topics from new material design to process optimisation.
Manufacturing
Research being conducted includes the development of robotics to support manufacturing processes, digital twinning, circular economy.
Our Facilities
Key Enabling Technologies:
- Advanced FDM and SLS Rapid Prototyping
- Advanced Motion Capture Technology
- Advanced 3D Body and Objects Scanning technologies
- Advanced Computer Vision Equipment
- Advanced Wearable technologies
- Advanced Computational servers for simulations and AI
- Robotic Manipulators
- Legged Robots
- Wheeled Robots
- Humanoid Robots
- Hybrid robotic platforms
- Electronics Equipment
- Sensors
- Actuators
Theme Leads
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Professor Mark Whittaker
Available for Postgraduate Supervision Profile Mark is a Professor working in the Institute of Structural Materials (ISM) where his research interests focus on high performance materials for jet engine applications. He is passionate about helping others to achieve their goals, either through teaching, mentoring or supervision and actively looks to engage strongly with my research…
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Professor Ben Evans
Available for Postgraduate Supervision Profile Professor Ben Evans is a Professor in Aerospace Engineering and sits on the design team for the Bloodhound Land Speed Record project with responsibilities for aerodynamic modelling. Professor Evans’s research interests range from computational shape optimisation and high speed aerodynamic modelling to molecular gas dynamics simulation and has worked with companies including Rolls-Royce, Airbus and Reaction…
Specialist Areas
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Dynamic Characterisation of MEMS
Overview Welcome to our specialized research endeavors at the forefront of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) dynamics and cutting-edge measurement techniques. Our lab is dedicated to advancing precision measurement for micro-scale sensors, with a particular emphasis on MEMS devices. At our disposal are state-of-the-art facilities that empower our research and enable us to push the boundaries of…
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Constitutive Modelling of Solid Materials
Overview The constitutive model or material model, which renders the local stress in response to the local strain or strain history, is fundamental to any application of solid mechanics. In the context of computational structural finite element analysis, which is today indispensable tool in the engineering industry, the constitutive model is represented in terms of…
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Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction and Applications
Overview Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) is fundamental for many processes and applications in nature, science and engineering. It ensures the functionality of various biomechanical systems and engineering devices including, for instance, the vascular system, hydraulics, aeroplanes, parachutes and the mechanics of diving and swimming. In particular, FSI is exploited in renewable energy technology namely in wave…
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Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics and Optimisation for Aerospace
Overview One of the critical modelling tools used across the Aerospace industry is Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) which has proved crucial to high performance engineering design. However, CFD can be extremely computationally expensive to run, often making the thousands of simulations necessary for simple automated optimisation processes prohibitive. Within this group, we work on methods…
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Intelligent Robotics
Overview Intelligent robotics, with its potential to revolutionize various sectors, holds immense importance in current society and promises a transformative impact on future advancements. The group focuses on two particularly interesting areas of focus are intelligent assistive robotics and agricultural robotics. Intelligent assistive robotics seeks to enhance the quality of life for individuals by providing…