Dr Mingyi Tan BSc, MEng, PhD, FHEA, MRINA, MIMarEST
Lecturer
Mingyi Tan is a lecturer in Maritime Engineering and Ship Science, within Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton.
Mingyi has a background in applied mechanics, numerical analysis and computer simulations.
BSc, Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, 1982
Meng, Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, 1984
PhD, Computational Fluid Dynamics, University of Southampton, 1994
Mingyi is experienced in both development and applications of computational methods for fluids, and fluid-structure interactions and he has expertise in computer simulations and software solutions to problems found in different engineering disciplines and industry.
Mingyi has been working on a number of research and consultant projects, such as a sloshing analysis for IHI, a pipe flow study for National Grid and hydrodynamic analysis of a wave energy device for Carbon Trust. Some of the software tools developed from these projects are also used for student projects and further research. He has also collaborated in research with organisations such as BMT, Lloyds Register and DSME.
He worked as a Research Fellow in the University until 2007 and then as a Lecturer since.