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Enterprise, Partnerships & Innovation in Modelling, Data, and AI
Overview The Enterprise, Partnerships & Innovation (EPI) specialist area within the Zienkiewicz Institute for Modelling, Data and AI (ZI) provides a gateway for businesses and public sector organisations to access Swansea University’s research expertise in modelling, simulation, data analytics, and artificial intelligence. This platform connects industry leaders and alumni with academic experts to address technical…
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Sport Analytics
Overview With the advent of high-fidelity sensors and imaging systems, the applied sports sciences have observed a huge influx of available data originating from different sources, including wearable sensors that are now ubiquitous across many sporting disciplines. These sensors can quantify dynamic human movements over extended periods of time to enable reliable monitoring of athletic…
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Monitoring and Modelling the Dynamics of Hydrometeorological Extremes
Overview Hydrometeorological extremes such as severe storms, floods, landslides, and heat waves, can pose both immediate and long-term impacts on the built environment and engineering structures. Modelling, monitoring and further forecasting their dynamics have never been more important as we are facing the climate emergency. Our group specialise in the large scale, both physically based…
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Graphics Visualisation and Modelling of 3D Datasets
Overview Scientific simulations and instruments like MRI or CT-scans produce nowadays a large amount of data that can be hard for scientists to interpret. The use of advanced Graphics and Visualisation algorithms possibly supported by AI can allow people to get a better understanding of the data. This group is particularly concerned with efficient processing…
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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…
