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Research Group: Computational Engineering and Design

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Head of Group: Professor Jim Scanlan The CED Group carries out multidisciplinary research using a range of analytical, computational and experimental techniques. Our strength lies in this sophisticated mix of engineering methods, coupled with industrial applications.

Group Overview

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We aim to be a centre of excellence for multidisciplinary engineering simulation and design which combines a range of analytical, computational and experimental techniques. Our strength lies in this sophisticated mix of engineering methods, coupled with industrial applications: a particular focus for our activities over the next few years will be the development of grid-based, problem-solving services for use by academia and industry.

Our primary research interests fall into three broad themed areas:

design search and optimisation
applied computational modelling
computational methods

These span cost modelling, design optimisation, solid material modelling, computational fluid dynamics, computational electromagnetics, repetitive structures, contact mechanics, structural dynamics and computational methods.

We host the Southampton Regional e-Science Centre, the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre for Computational Engineering and the Microsoft Institute for High Performance Computing. Our recently refurbished and dedicated building is equipped with numerous workstations, video conferencing facilities and high-speed parallel and clustered processor systems. Activities include the use of computational methods for studying design and related problems in fluids, structures, control systems and biomechanics, evolutionary optimisation, construction of advanced cost-prediction systems, optimisation of metamodelled, approximate or noisy systems and analysis of robustness.

Contact us

Computational Engineering and Design
Engineering and Physical Sciences
B176, Boldrewood Campus
University of Southampton
Highfield Campus
Southampton SO16 7QF

Tel: +44 (0)238059 4888

Email: aaceu@soton.ac.uk

Postgraduate opportunities

Postgraduate programmes:

MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering Science / Computational Engineering Design (1 year)

Publications

Articles

Hart, E. E., Sobester, A., Djidjeli, K., Molinari, M., Thomas, K. S., & Cox, S. J. (2012). A geometry optimization framework for photonic crystal design. Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications, 10(1), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.photonics.2011.06.005
Cheung, J. (2011). An overview of applying value-driven design to civil aviation systems. Project Control Professional, 49(2).
Fangohr, H., Chernyshenko, D., Franchin, M., Fischbacher, T., & Meier, G. (2011). Joule heating in nanowires. Physical Review B, 84(5), 054437-[12pp]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.054437
Fischbacher, T., Franchin, M., & Fangohr, H. (2011). Micromagnetic simulations of magnetoelectric materials. Journal of Applied Physics, 109(07D352), 109-112. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3565999
Bressloff, N. W., Pant, S., Limbert, G., & Curzen, N. (2011). Multi-objective design optimisation of coronary stents. Biomaterials, 32(31), 7755-7773. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.07.059
Chan, K. T., Stephen, N. G., & Young, K. (2011). Perturbation theory and the Rayleigh quotient. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2010.11.001
Carrese, R., Sobester, A., Winarto, H., & Li, X. (2011). Swarm heuristic for identifying preferred solutions in surrogate-based multi-objective engineering design. AIAA Journal, 49(7), 1437-1449. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J050819

Conferences

Cheung, J., Scanlan, J., & Wiseall, S. (2011). Some industrial challenges for implementing value-driven design. Paper presented at 2nd International Air Transport and Operations Symposium, Netherlands.
Denchfield, S., Winden, B., Brooks, C. J., Turnock, S. R., Hudson, D. A., Forrester, A. I. J., & Taunton, D. J. (2011). Wireless sensor network for determining boat motions and hydroelastic responses. Paper presented at Second International Conference on Advanced Model Measurement Technology for EU Maritime Industry (AMT' 11), United Kingdom.

Research Staff

List of all staff members in Computational Engineering and Design
Staff Member	Primary Position
Tom Bamford	Postgraduate research student with the Rolls-Royce UTC for Computational Engineering
Philip J Basford	Senior Research Fellow
Atul Bhaskar	Professor of Applied Mechanics
Neil W Bressloff	Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Design
Simon J Cox	Professor of Computational Methods
Kamal Djidjeli	Lecturer
Ali Elham	Professor of Multidisciplinary Design Optimisation
Robert Entwistle	Postgraduate research student
Mehmet Ali Erbil	CASCADE Research Fellow
Murat Hakki Eres	Senior Research Fellow
Hans Fangohr	Professor of Computational Modelling
Mario Ferraro	Enterprise Fellow
Jennifer Forrester	Senior Consulting Engineer
Ondrej Hovorka	Lecturer
Mohammad Mehdi Kashani	Associate Professor in Structural Mechanics, Design and Earthquake Engineering
Andy J Keane	Professor of Computational Engineering
Andrew Lock	Enterprise Fellow
Stephen D Prior	Reader in Unmanned Air Vehicles
Siul Aljadi Ruiz	Research Fellow
James P Scanlan	Professor of Design
Edmar Alino Da Cruz Silva	Senior Research Fellow
András Sóbester	Professor of Digital Design
Neil G Stephen	Head of Academic Affairs Malaysia Campus
David Toal	Associate Professor
Gerico Vidanes	Postgraduate researcher student
Ivan Voutchkov	Senior Research Fellow
Leran Wang	Research Fellow
Xu Zhang	Senior Research Fellow

Related Projects

List of related projects to Computational Engineering and Design
Related Projects	Status
Embedding intelligence & knowledge in CAD	Active
COntinuous, Mobile Patient Assessment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (COMPARA)	Active
Joule Heating in Nanowires	Active
Investigation of Wave Impact on Permeable Structures for Coastal Defences	Active
Understanding the physics of wet shaving	Active
DECODE: Decision Environments for Complex Designs	Active
A Mixed Finite Element-Smoothing Particle method for Nonlinear FSI Problems, with Applications to Maritime Engineering	Active
Optimized athlete body sensor networks for simulation-based performance analysis	Active
Balancing the Impact of City Infrastructure Engineering on Natural Systems using Robots	Active
Algorithms for Scientific Computing	Active
Computational Micromagnetics	Active
Investigations on Structure-Isolator Interaction System for Particular Vibration Isolation Performance	Active
Prediction of hydrodynamics characteristics of naval vessels	Active
Project MAVIS: exploring the upper atmosphere	Active
Investigations of Nonlinear Fluid-Solid Interaction Dynamic Systems for Wave Energy Harvesting	Active
Coronary Artery Stent Design for Challenging Disease	Active
Design rationale capture in detailed design stage	Active
Minimising the environmental impact of advanced aircraft designs	Active
CANOPUS: low cost access to space	Active
OpenDreamKit	Active

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