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Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Professor Ali Elham

Professor of Design Optimisation

Multidisciplinary Design Optimisation; 

Topology Optimisation;

Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:A.Elham@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 6044

Professor Andras Sobester

Professor of Digital Design (Airbus)
Email:A.SOBESTER@soton.ac.uk

Professor Andy Keane

Professor of Computational Engineering
Email:Andy.Keane@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 2944

Professor David Toal

Professor

Design optimisation & automation

Machine learning & deep learning

Email:D.J.J.Toal@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 7662

Professor Gennaro Scarselli

Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:G.Scarselli@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 8451

Doctor Haris Moazam Sheikh

Lecturer

Black-box optimization techniques

Topology optimization

Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:H.M.Sheikh@soton.ac.uk

Professor James Scanlan

Professor of Design
Email:J.P.Scanlan@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 2369

Doctor Jie Yuan

Lecturer

Computational methods for large-scale nonlinear dynamical systems

Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:J.Yuan@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+00

Professor Michele Meo

Professor of Applied Mechanics
  1. Smart Materials and Structures
  2. NDT and SHM
  3. Impact and Crashworthin
Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:M.Meo@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 2380591276

Professor Nico Avdelidis

Professor of Aerospace Systems Management

NDT and E

Digital Twins in Health Management of Aerospace Systems

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