Dr Alexander Forrester

Dr Alexander Forrester

School of Engineering Sciences
University of Southampton
University Road
Southampton
SO17 1BJ

Position: Lecturer
Research group: Computational Engineering and Design

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Research interests

  • statistical model based optimization
  • aerospace optimization
  • sports equipment optimization
Teaching responsibilities for Dr Alexander Forrester
Module title Module code Discipline Role
Engineering Design SESM1011 Mechanical Engineering Course leader
Design Search and Optimisation II: Case Studies SESG6019 Engineering Sciences Tutor

Publications

pdf Toal, David J.J., Forrester, Alexander I.J., Bressloff, Neil W., Keane, Andy J. and Holden, Carren (2009) An adjoint for likelihood maximization. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematics, 465, (2111), 3267-3287. (doi:10.1098/rspa.2009.0096)
pdf Viswanath, Asha, Forrester, Alexander and Keane, Andy (2009) Design space reduction in optimization using generative topographic mapping. In, 8th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Lisbon, Portugal, 01-08 Jun 2009. , 10pp.
Forrester, Alexander I.J. and Jones, Donald R. (2008) Global optimization of deceptive functions with sparse sampling. In, 12th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Victoria, Canada, 10-12 Sep 2008. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 15pp.
Forrester, Alexander, Sobester, Andras and Keane, Andy (2008) Engineering design via surrogate modelling: a practical guide, Chichester, UK, Wiley, 228pp.
pdf Forrester, Alexander I.J., Sóbester, András and Keane, Andy J. (2007) Multi-fidelity optimization via surrogate modelling. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 463, (2088), 3251-3269. (doi:10.1098/rspa.2007.1900)
pdf Forrester, Alexander I.J. and Keane, Andy J. (2007) Multi-variable geometry repair and optimization of passive vibration isolators. In, 3rd AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference, Honolulu, USA, 23 - 26 Apr 2007. USA, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 10pp.
Forrester, Alexander I.J. and Keane, Andy J. (2007) Novel passive vibration isolators. In, ISMA International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering, Leuven, Belgium, 18-20 Sep 2006. .
Forrester, A.I.J. and Keane, A.J. (2007) Multi-variable geometry repair and optimization of passive vibration isolators. In, 48th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials Conference. USA, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). (Conference Proceeding Series).
Forrester, A.I.J., Keane, A.J. and Bressloff, N.W. (2006) Design and analysis of 'noisy' computer experiments. AIAA Journal, 44, (10), 2331-2339. (doi:10.2514/1.20068)
pdf Forrester, A.I.J., Bressloff, N.W. and Keane, A.J. (2006) Optimization using surrogate models and partially converged computational fluid dynamics simulations. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 462, (2071), 2177-2204. (doi: 10.1098/rspa.2006.1679)
pdf Forrester, Alexander I.J., Sobester, Andras and Keane, Andy J. (2006) Optimization with missing data. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 462, (2067), 935-945. (doi: 10.1098/rspa.2005.1608)
pdf Bressloff, N.W., Forrester, A.I.J., Banks, J. and Bhaskar, K.V. (2004) Shape optimization of the carotid artery bifurcation. In, 5th ASMO-UK / ISSMO conference on Engineering Design Optimization, Stratford upon Avon, UK, July 12 –13, 2004. UK, .
pdf Forrester, Alexander I.J., Bressloff, Neil W. and Keane, Andy J. (2003) Response surface model evolution. In, 16th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, Orlando, USA, 21-27 Jun 2003. Orlando, USA, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 9pp.