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Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute

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Browse the list of our academic members to learn more about our expertise at the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute (SMMI).

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The University of Southampton is building on our world-leading success by appointing new academics.

Ambitious researchers and academics are invited to join our university as we further strengthen our reputation for education, research excellence and enterprise. We aim to tackle complex societal and environmental challenges and build on the University’s existing strengths.

Find out more about why this is such an exciting time to join the University of Southampton.

Dr Seyedvahid Vakili

Research Fellow

Research interests

Sustainable shipping;
Net zero emissions;
Alternative fuels for (maritime) net zero emissions;

Connect with Seyedvahid

Email: S.Vakili@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 6627

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Dr Sheida Afshan PhD, FICE, MIStructE, CEng, FHEA

Associate Professor

Research interests

High performance metallic materials and structures for applications in infrastructure and energy sectors
Experimental and numerical investigation of structural materials and components
Metallic materials for liquid hydrogen (LH2) fuel storage and transportation

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Sheida

Email: S.Afshan@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3947

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Professor Simon Blainey PhD, FRGS, FHEA, MCIHT, CMILT

Research interests

Rail demand and operations modelling
GIS and transport
Transport decision support systems

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Simon

Email: S.P.Blainey@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2834

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Dr Simon Boxall

Principal Teaching Fellow

Connect with Simon

Email: simon.boxall@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2744

Professor Simon Cox

Head of Department

Research interests

My research focusses on computational tools, technologies and platforms and how they enable interdisciplinary problems to be solved in engineering and science.His team in the Computational Engineering and Design Group is applying and developing high performance and cloud computing in a variety of collaborative interdisciplinary computational science and engineering projects. These include:
High Performance and novel Computing SystemsCloud Computing and commercial distributed computing - which led to a spin out companyApplied computational algorithms Computational electromagnetics– which led to the formation of a spin-off company.New algorithms such as meshless methods and fast solvers.Data Management Simon is also Director of the Microsoft Institute for High Performance computing where he demonstrates why, where and how current and future Microsoft tools and technologies can be exploited to enable engineering and scientific research to deliver faster, cheaper and better results.

Connect with Simon

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

Tel: +44 23 8059 3116