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Computational Engineering and Design Group

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We're a centre for multidisciplinary engineering simulation and design, and combine a range of analytical, computational and experimental techniques.

Part of Engineering

About

Our 3 main research themes are:

  • design search and optimisation
  • applied computational modelling
  • computational methods

The strength of our research is based on combining engineering methods with industrial applications. For example, we are developing grid-based, problem-solving services for academia and industry. Our research has many applications, and our activities include:

  • using computational methods for studying design and related problems in fluids, structures, control systems and biomechanics
  • evolutionary optimisation
  • constructing advanced cost-prediction systems
  • optimising metamodelled, approximate or noisy systems and analysis of robustness

We also host:

People, projects and publications

People

Dr Leran Wang

Senior Research Fellow
Connect with Leran

Email: Leran.Wang@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8376

Professor Michele Meo

Professor of Applied Mechanics
Connect with Michele

Email: M.Meo@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2380591276

Professor Nico Avdelidis

Professor-Aerospace Systems Management

Research interests

  • NDT & E
  • Digital Twins in Health Management of Aerospace Systems
  • Infrared Vision & Thermal Imaging

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Nico

Email: N.P.Avdelidis@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Ondrej Hovorka

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Nanorobotics for biomedicine
  • Computational nanomagnetism
  • Data science and machine learning
Connect with Ondrej

Email: O.Hovorka@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4898

ORCID

Dr Philip Basford MEng PhD MIET

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Sensor Networks
  • µCT scanning for Biomedical applications
  • Data processing and handling for µCT

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Philip

Email: P.J.Basford@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 5449

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Dr Sergio Araujo-Estrada BEng, MSc, PhD

Lecturer in Control and Robotics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Sergio

Email: S.Araujo-Estrada@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Sifeng Bi

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Uncertainty Quantification
  • Model Updating
  • Bayesian Approach

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Sifeng

Email: Sifeng.Bi@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2380598459

ORCID

Professor Simon Cox

Head of Department

Research interests

  • My research focusses on computational tools, technologies and platforms and how they enable i…
  • High Performance and novel Computing SystemsCloud Computing and commercial distributed comput…
Connect with Simon

Email: S.J.Cox@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3116

Dr Yolanda Hou

Research Fellow
Connect with Yolanda

Email: Yu.Hou@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 7803399293

James Scanlan
Professor of Design
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I manage a number of research programmes sponsored by BAE systems, Airbus, Rolls-Royce and the EPSRC.