Dr Joseph Banks MEng, PhD

Lecturer in Ship Science/Maritime Engineering

Dr Joseph Banks is a Lecturer in Ship Science/Maritime Engineering at the University of Southampton. He specialises in experimental and computational fluid dynamics with particular interests in high performance sport and fluid structure interactions.

He graduated from the University of Southampton in 2009 with a First Class degree in Ship Science (Yacht and Small Craft).  Growing up as a keen sailor this combined his passion for yachts with a technical curiosity of how to improve performance. He continued to study for a PhD working with British Swimming and UK Sport during the build-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games.  This work developed experimental tools for coaches and athletes to use in a pool environment and numerical simulations investigating the resistance components of a swimmer.

Following his PhD he worked as a research fellow developing experimental methods for assessing the performance of passive adaptive composite structures. He continued to work closely with elite sports and now lead the University’s research partnership with the English Institute of Sport (EIS).

Joseph’s research primarily focuses on the fluid dynamics involved in the resistance and propulsion of ships, yachts, athletes and their equipment (including swimming, sailing and rowing).