Professor Ben Evans

Professor

Aerospace Engineering

b.j.evans@swansea.ac.uk

Intermediate Welsh Speaker

Academic Office - A_202
Second Floor
Engineering Central
Bay Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3662-9583

About

Professor Ben Evans is a Professor in Aerospace Engineering and sits on the design team for the Bloodhound Land Speed Record project with responsibilities for aerodynamic modelling.

Professor Evans's research interests range from computational shape optimisation and high speed aerodynamic modelling to molecular gas dynamics simulation and has worked with companies including Rolls-Royce, Airbus and Reaction Engines. He has interests in engineering public engagement and engineering education.

Areas Of Expertise

High speed aerodynamics
Computational fluid dynamics
Molecular gas dynamics
Optimisation
Engineering education and public engagement

Publications

Research Highlights

Mohebbi, F., Evans, B., & Sellier, M. (2019). On the Kutta Condition in Compressible Flow over Isolated Airfoils. Fluids, 4(2), 102
https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids4020102, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51321
Evans, B., Hanna, M., Dawson, M., & Mesiti, M. (2019). High order parallelisation of an unstructured grid, discontinuous-Galerkin finite element solver for the Boltzmann–BGK equation. International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, 33(8), 343-351.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10618562.2019.1651843, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51144
Mohebbi, F., Evans, B., Shaw, A., & Sellier, M. (2019). An inverse analysis for determination of space-dependent heat flux in heat conduction problems in the presence of variable thermal conductivity. International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics, 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15502287.2019.1615579, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50600
Evans, B. (2017). Nano–particle drag prediction at low Reynolds number using a direct Boltzmann–BGK solution approach. Journal of Computational Physics
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2017.09.038, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35652
Naumann, D., Evans, B., Walton, S., & Hassan, O. (2017). Discrete boundary smoothing using control node parameterisation for aerodynamic shape optimisation. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 48, 113-133.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2017.03.042, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32662
Naumann, D., Walton, S., Hassan, O., & Evans, B. (2016). A novel implementation of computational aerodynamic shape optimisation using Modified Cuckoo Search. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 40(7-8), 4543-4559.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2015.11.023, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa25940
Hannon, C., Evans, B., & Evans, B. (n.d.) Solid particle erosion protection for the BLOODHOUND SSC front wheel arches. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications
https://doi.org/10.1177/1464420716659777, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28394
Townsend, J., Evans, B., & Tudor, T. (2016). Aerodynamic optimisation of the rear wheel fairing of the land speed record vehicle BLOODHOUND SSC. Aeronautical Journal, 120(1228), 930-955.
https://doi.org/10.1017/aer.2016.40, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31365
Kear, M., Evans, B., Ellis, R., & Rolland, S. (2016). Computational aerodynamic optimisation of vertical axis wind turbine blades. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 40(2), 1038-1051.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2015.07.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22343
Hannon, C., Evans, B., & Evans, B. (2015). Characterisation of an under-cured epoxy adhesive for use on the riv-bonded Bloodhound SSC lower chassis. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications
https://doi.org/10.1177/1464420715601701, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa25939

All Research

Journal Articles

Fu, P., Wang, M., Xiao, D., Zhong, S., Ge, X., Wu, M., & Evans, B. (2023). Hierarchical reconstruction of 3D well-connected porous media from 2D exemplars using statistics-informed neural network. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 410, 116049
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2023.116049, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63170
Walton, S., Evans, B., Smith, B., & Vincalek, J. (2022). How Engineers Use Evolution to Invent Things. Frontiers for Young Minds, 10
https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2022.776918, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60832
Evans, B., Townsend, J., Hassan, O., Morgan, K., Ayers, R., Chapman, M., & Green, A. (2022). On the subsonic and low transonic aerodynamic performance of the land speed record car, Bloodhound LSR. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 236(9), 1895-1921.
https://doi.org/10.1177/09544100211046159, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57407
Vincalek, J., Walton, S., & Evans, B. (2021). A user-centered approach to evolutionary algorithms and their use in industry. Cogent Engineering, 8(1)
https://doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2021.1995110, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58027
Mohebbi, F., Evans, B., & Sellier, M. (2021). On an Exact Step Length in Gradient-Based Aerodynamic Shape Optimization—Part II: Viscous Flows. Fluids, 6(3), 106
https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids6030106, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56440
Mohebbi, F., Evans, B., & Rabczuk, T. (2021). Solving direct and inverse heat conduction problems in functionally graded materials using an accurate and robust numerical method. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 159
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2020.106629, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55140
Mohebbi, F. & Evans, B. (2020). On an Exact Step Length in Gradient-Based Aerodynamic Shape Optimization. Fluids, 5(2), 70
https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids5020070, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54206
Mohebbi, F. & Evans, B. (2020). Simultaneous estimation of heat flux and heat transfer coefficient in irregular geometries made of functionally graded materials. International Journal of Thermofluids, 1-2, 100009
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijft.2019.100009, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53139
Mohebbi, F., Evans, B., & Sellier, M. (2019). On the Kutta Condition in Compressible Flow over Isolated Airfoils. Fluids, 4(2), 102
https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids4020102, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51321
Evans, B., Hanna, M., Dawson, M., & Mesiti, M. (2019). High order parallelisation of an unstructured grid, discontinuous-Galerkin finite element solver for the Boltzmann–BGK equation. International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, 33(8), 343-351.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10618562.2019.1651843, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51144
Kay, W., Naumann, D., Bowen, H., Withers, S., Evans, B., Wilson, R., Stringell, T., Bull, J., Hopkins, P., & Borger, L. (2019). Minimizing the impact of biologging devices: Using computational fluid dynamics for optimizing tag design and positioning. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10(8), 1222-1233.
https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13216, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50876
Mohebbi, F., Evans, B., Shaw, A., & Sellier, M. (2019). An inverse analysis for determination of space-dependent heat flux in heat conduction problems in the presence of variable thermal conductivity. International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics, 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15502287.2019.1615579, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50600
Evans, B. (2017). Nano–particle drag prediction at low Reynolds number using a direct Boltzmann–BGK solution approach. Journal of Computational Physics
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2017.09.038, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35652
Evans, B. & Walton, S. (2017). Aerodynamic optimisation of a hypersonic reentry vehicle based on solution of the Boltzmann–BGK equation and evolutionary optimisation. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 52, 215-240.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2017.07.024, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34688
Naumann, D., Evans, B., Walton, S., & Hassan, O. (2017). Discrete boundary smoothing using control node parameterisation for aerodynamic shape optimisation. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 48, 113-133.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2017.03.042, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32662
Townsend, J., Evans, B., & Tudor, T. (2016). Aerodynamic optimisation of the rear wheel fairing of the land speed record vehicle BLOODHOUND SSC. Aeronautical Journal, 120(1228), 930-955.
https://doi.org/10.1017/aer.2016.40, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31365
Naumann, D., Walton, S., Hassan, O., & Evans, B. (2016). A novel implementation of computational aerodynamic shape optimisation using Modified Cuckoo Search. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 40(7-8), 4543-4559.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2015.11.023, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa25940
Edmunds, M., Masters, I., Evans, B., & Laramee, B. (2016). Enhanced Flow Visualisation of Complex Aerodynamic Phenomena Using Automatic Stream Surface Seeding with Application to the BLOODHOUND SSC Land Speed Record Vehicle. The Aeronautical Journal, 120(1226), 547-571.
https://doi.org/10.1017/aer.2016.10, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa25027
http://cs.swan.ac.uk/~csbob/research/seeding/surface/bloodhound/edmunds15enhanced.pdf
Kear, M., Evans, B., Ellis, R., & Rolland, S. (2016). Computational aerodynamic optimisation of vertical axis wind turbine blades. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 40(2), 1038-1051.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2015.07.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22343
Hannon, C., Evans, B., & Evans, B. (2015). Characterisation of an under-cured epoxy adhesive for use on the riv-bonded Bloodhound SSC lower chassis. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications
https://doi.org/10.1177/1464420715601701, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa25939
Evans, B., Rose, C., & Evans, B. (2014). Simulating the aerodynamic characteristics of the Land Speed Record vehicle BLOODHOUND SSC. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering
https://doi.org/10.1177/0954407013511071, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18080
http://pid.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/03/14/0954407013511071.abstract
Remaki, L., Hassan, O., Evans, B., & Morgan, K. (2014). Spray drag effect of fluidized sand for a supersonic vehicle. Journal of Coupled Systems and Multiscale Dynamics, 2(3), 169-177.
https://doi.org/10.1166/jcsmd.2014.1052, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21090
Newton, W., Lewis, M., Carswell, D., Lavery, N., Evans, B., Bould, D., Sienz, J., & Evans, B. (2014). Investigating the thermal profile of a marine vessel engine room through simulation with field measurements. Applied Thermal Engineering, 73(1), 1360-1370.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.09.019, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18507
Evans, B., Morton, T., Sheridan, L., Hassan, O., Morgan, K., Jones, J., Chapman, M., Ayers, R., Niven, I., Hassan, O., Jones, J., & Evans, B. (2013). Design optimisation using computational fluid dynamics applied to a land–based supersonic vehicle, the BLOODHOUND SSC. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 47(2), 301-316.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-012-0826-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12231
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&v=2IkLYbQMv44
Evans, B. (2013). Enhancing Undergraduate Teaching and Feedback using Social Media – an Engineering Case Study. Engineering Education, 0-0.
https://doi.org/10.11120/ened.2013.00015, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16709
Evans, B., Morgan, K., Hassan, O., & Morgan, K. (2011). A discontinuous finite element solution of the Boltzmann kinetic equation in collisionless and BGK forms for macroscopic gas flows. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 35(3), 996-1015.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2010.07.027, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa6256
Evans, B., Hassan, O., Jones, J., Morgan, K., Remaki, L., Morgan, K., Hassan, O., Jones, J., & Evans, B. (2011). Computational fluid dynamics applied to the aerodynamic design of a land-based supersonic vehicle. Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, 27(1), 141-159.
https://doi.org/10.1002/num.20644, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa6255
Hannon, C., Evans, B., & Evans, B. (n.d.) Solid particle erosion protection for the BLOODHOUND SSC front wheel arches. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications
https://doi.org/10.1177/1464420716659777, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28394
Vincalek, J., Walton, S., Evans, B., & VINCALEK, J. (n.d.) Evaluating the effect of a ducted winglet on the induced drag of wind turbine blade using CFD and Trefftz plane analysis. Engineering with Computers, 0
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-023-01817-8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00366-023-01817-8

Book Chapters

Evans, B. (2013). Air Pressure-Dependent Sensors. Aerospace Sensors (pp. 19-53). New York
https://doi.org/10.5643/9781606500613, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13844
Araya, G., Evans, B., Hassan, O., & Morgan, K. (2011). Scale Adaptive Simulations over a Supersonic Car. Computational Fluid Dynamics 2010 -787).
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17884-9_99, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18081
Evans, B., Hassan, O., Jones, J., Morgan, K., Remaki, L., Jones, J., & Evans, B. (2010). Simulating Steady State and Transient Aerodynamic Flows Using Unstructured Meshes and Parallel Computers. Computational Fluid Dynamics Review 2010 -27). World Scientific
https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814313377_0001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13845

Conference Contributions

Vincalek, J., Walton, S., & Evans, B. (2021). It's the journey not the destination. In Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference CompanionACM.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3449726.3459483, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57029

Supervision

Untitled (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Sean Walton
Design and Optimisation of Electric Propulsion for Spacecraft Using Numerical and Experimental Methods (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Zoran Jelic
Development of Design Optimisation Techniques with Application to the Transonic Performance of the Skylon Spaceplane (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Sean Walton
Engineering Design Optimisation Using Computational Fluid Dynamics and Human-AI Collaboration (awarded 2024)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Sean Walton
A theoretical and empirical investigation into the growth of ultralong carbon nanotubes (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Alvin Orbaek White
Innovative Flow Control For Flatback Airfoils«br /»«br /» (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Alper Celik
CFD-Based Performance Characterisation of a Reaction Engines SABRE Intake (awarded 2024)

MSc

Other supervisor: Dr Sean Walton
The behaviour of evolutionary algorithms for the CFD-driven design optimisation of aerofoils (awarded 2023)

MSc

Other supervisor: Dr Sean Walton
A Computational Fluid Dynamics Investigation Of A Novel Ducted Winglet Design. (awarded 2023)

MSc

Other supervisor: Dr Marinos Manolesos

Taught Modules

EG-M330 Next Generation Sustainable Aircraft Technologies

This module will introduce students to leading research technologies that will play a part in enabling future `net zero¿ aircraft using Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF), hydrogen-based propulsion, electrification or a combination thereof. After introducing students to the motivation and likely timescales of next generation aircraft utilising these new propulsion approaches the module run as a series of research seminars, including class discussion and Q&A, on technology areas that will be necessary to facilitate practical implementation of future `net zero¿ aircraft. By the end of the module students should have a good understanding of the challenges facing the aerospace industry to achieve sustainable aircraft over the next 2 ¿ 3 decades as well as some of the technologies that will enable the transition.
EG-M90 Advanced Aerodynamics

This module is intended to extend the theory of EG-293 Aerodynamics & EG-335 Gas Dynamics and apply it in the context of aerodynamic design across a range of length scales, Reynolds and Mach numbers. A number of case studies will be used to explore the concepts of aerodynamic design ranging from subsonic civilian aircraft to aerodynamic design in nature and hypersonic space vehicles. The course is split into four sections: subsonic, transonic, supersonic and hypersonic. By the end of the course students should have developed a good understanding of why aerospace vehicles operating in these different speed regimes with varying mission objectives look the way they do from an aerodynamic perspective.
EGA302A Aerospace Engineering Design 3

The module is a group design project for year 3 aerospace engineering students. Students are required to design an aerospace vehicle from an initial set of mission requirements and constraints through concept design to detailed design and flight testing. It requires students to draw on knowledge from a range of modules across the aerospace engineering course. Each student will specialise in one of six areas: aerodynamics, structures, materials & propulsion, weight & performance, control systems or dynamics & stability. Groups will be required to submit a series of group design reports at each stage in the design process as well as deliver presentations to their peers and supervisors. Each student will also take a turn acting as chief engineer and a reflective essay is required after the student's time as the chief engineer to include ethics, operational and EDI aspects. Group planning statement will include a pass/fail element for team ethics and EDI considerations. By the end of the module students should have an understanding of the process and complexities involved in designing an aerospace vehicle from scratch and appreciate the multi-disciplinary nature of this task. Note that since this module is, in part, explicitly assessing students' ability to work effectively within a team environment the group submissions and peer review components of assessment cannot be excluded for extenuating circumstances.
EGH303 Aerodynamics

This module extends the previous coverage of Fluid Mechanics and covers the fundamental equations governing aerodynamics and their application to aeronautical systems. Various analytical and computational methods of solving aerodynamic problems are covered. This will lead on to considerations of stability and instability in aircraft flight.

Key Grants and Projects

Development of Bayesian and Evolutionary Optimisation Approaches for Computational Aerodynamic Optimisation of Supersonic Intakes 2024

EPSRC DTP, £80K
Exploitation of Aerodoodle3D for Global Impact 2023

EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account, £15K
Development of Structural heAlth Monitored Advanced Recyclable & Transportable Hydrogen Tanks for High-Performance Application (SAMARTH) 2023

British Council In collaboration with IIT, Kanpur (India), £40K
Development of a handheld virtual wind tunnel 2020

EPSRC Research Impact Funding, £15,000
Development of transonic and supersonic CFD modelling and design optimisation techniques for spaceplanes 2020

PhD project with Reaction Engines Ltd
Worshipful Livery Company of Wales GOLD Award For contribution to Arts, Science and Technology in Wales 2018
Simulation and prediction of transient shock waves under high acceleration and deceleration conditions applied to the BLOODHOUND SSC Land Speed Record vehicle 2016 - 2017

Collaboration with South Africa, CSIR & University of the Witwatersrand, £4,600
TATA Steel Award for Outstanding Impact in Commerce and Industry 2014

Improved Aerodynamic Design Process for the Aerospace Industry through the Application of Unstructured Mesh Technology, Swansea University Impact Awards
Mike Crisfield Prize in Computational Mechanics 2006

Association of Computational Mechanics in Engineering Conference
Fujitsu PhD Scholarship 2013

Computational aerodynamic design optimisation for complex geometries, £55,500
4 x BLOODHOUND Education Programme Public Engagement Grants 2013

Application of Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM) to the BLOODHOUND SSC Numerical modelling in MATLAB for BLOODHOUND SSC performance predictions CFD in the design of BLOODHOUND SSC Schools-based STEM engagement based on BLOODHOUND SSC, £20,000
Ingenious public engagement grant - Royal Academy of Engineering 2012

STEM schools-based public engagement based on the BLOODHOUND SSC, £21,760
Pathways to Impact Grant, Swansea University 2012

, £21,000
Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching Grant 2010

Enhancing undergraduate teaching using social media: Teach by Twitter, £2,200

Career History

Professor, Swansea University

2023 - Present
Associate Professor, Swansea University

2017 - Present
Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering, Swansea University

2011 - 2017
Engineering Design Team for the BLOODHOUND Supersonic Car, Swansea University

2007 - Present
Senior Research Assistant, Swansea University

2007 - 2011
PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Swansea University

2004 - 2008
MEng in Aerospace and Aerothermal Engineering, Jesus College, Cambridge University

2000 - 2004

Affiliated Positions

Director, Bloodhound Education Programme

2019 - Present
Director, Engineering Education Scheme in Wales

2018 - Present

Invited Presentations, Lectures and Conferences

My journey

November 2023

Welsh Government ‘Seren Network’ Seren Speaker – USW, Atrium, Cardiff
“On the subsonic and low transonic aerodynamic performance of the land speed record car: Bloodhound LSR”

October 2023

UK Fluids Conference – invited talk
“Fast cars, aeroplanes, evolution and artificial intelligence”

March 2023

Clifton College, Bristol “Scholars Lecture 2023”
“Overview of the UK-ARC materials and manufacturing theme review”

March 2023

UK-ARC – Swedish Aerospace Research Centre (SARC) Joint Workshop, Cranfield University
“Fast cars, aeroplanes, evolution and artificial intelligence”

January 2023

Eton College, Windsor invited speaker
“Fast cars, aeroplanes, evolution and artificial intelligence”

December 2022

University of Wales, Trinity St David’s invited seminar
‘Design, build and testing of the world’s fastest car: Bloodhound LSR. An engineering adventure’

June 2021

NAFEMS Webinar
‘Design, build and testing of the world’s fastest car: Bloodhound LSR. An engineering adventure’

February 2021

British Computing Society (BCS) Lecture
Alumni Centenary Lecture: ‘Design, build and testing of the world’s fastest car: Bloodhound LSR. An engineering adventure’

January 2021

Swansea University
The use of CFD in the design of a 1,000 mph car – BLOOHOUND SSC, an engineering adventure

October 2018

IMechE – London
The use of CFD in the design of a 1,000 mph car – BLOOHOUND SSC, an engineering adventure

October 2017

Leicester University Research Seminar
Uncertainty in Automotive CFD – ideas and lessons learnt from Bloodhound SSC

August 2017

Innovate UK KTN Seminar
Invited Lecture

June 2016

Oxford e-Research Centre
Invited Plenary Lecture: ‘The use of CFD in the design of BLOODHOUND SSC, an engineering adventure'

May 2016

ParCFD16 - Kobe, Japan
Modelling Turbomachinery and Aerodynamic Shape Optimisation Workshop

March 2014

Basque Center for Applied Mathematical
Invited Lecture

September 2014

M.I.T. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Rolls Royce 10th Anniversary ADOS Conference

September 2012

Rolls Royce
Oxford University Engineering Society

May 2011

Oxford University
Invited Lecture

March 2011

Institute of Mathematics
MathWorks

September 2010

MATLAB Virtual Conference
Cheltenham Science Festival

June 2010

Cheltenham
Keynote Speaker

April 2010

Intel HPC Symposium
Cambridge Engineering Society Lecture

November 2009

Cambridge University
World Motorsport Symposium

November 2009

TBC
Cheltenham Science Festival

June 2009

Cheltenham
Keynote Lecture

March 2009

Mexican Automotive Association Congress
Invited Lecture

February 2009

Singapore Institute of High Performance Computing

Professor Ben Evans

Email address

Welsh language proficiency

Twitter Account

Research Links

About

Areas Of Expertise

Research Highlights

All Research

Untitled (current)

Design and Optimisation of Electric Propulsion for Spacecraft Using Numerical and Experimental Methods (current)

Development of Design Optimisation Techniques with Application to the Transonic Performance of the Skylon Spaceplane (current)

Engineering Design Optimisation Using Computational Fluid Dynamics and Human-AI Collaboration (awarded 2024)

A theoretical and empirical investigation into the growth of ultralong carbon nanotubes (awarded 2023)

Innovative Flow Control For Flatback Airfoils«br /»«br /» (current)

CFD-Based Performance Characterisation of a Reaction Engines SABRE Intake (awarded 2024)

The behaviour of evolutionary algorithms for the CFD-driven design optimisation of aerofoils (awarded 2023)

A Computational Fluid Dynamics Investigation Of A Novel Ducted Winglet Design. (awarded 2023)

EG-M330 Next Generation Sustainable Aircraft Technologies

EG-M90 Advanced Aerodynamics

EGA302A Aerospace Engineering Design 3

EGH303 Aerodynamics

Development of Bayesian and Evolutionary Optimisation Approaches for Computational Aerodynamic Optimisation of Supersonic Intakes 2024

Exploitation of Aerodoodle3D for Global Impact 2023

Development of Structural heAlth Monitored Advanced Recyclable & Transportable Hydrogen Tanks for High-Performance Application (SAMARTH) 2023

Development of a handheld virtual wind tunnel 2020

Development of transonic and supersonic CFD modelling and design optimisation techniques for spaceplanes 2020

Worshipful Livery Company of Wales GOLD Award For contribution to Arts, Science and Technology in Wales 2018

Simulation and prediction of transient shock waves under high acceleration and deceleration conditions applied to the BLOODHOUND SSC Land Speed Record vehicle 2016 - 2017

TATA Steel Award for Outstanding Impact in Commerce and Industry 2014

Mike Crisfield Prize in Computational Mechanics 2006

Fujitsu PhD Scholarship 2013

4 x BLOODHOUND Education Programme Public Engagement Grants 2013

Ingenious public engagement grant - Royal Academy of Engineering 2012

Pathways to Impact Grant, Swansea University 2012

Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching Grant 2010

Professor, Swansea University

Associate Professor, Swansea University

Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering, Swansea University

Engineering Design Team for the BLOODHOUND Supersonic Car, Swansea University

Senior Research Assistant, Swansea University

PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Swansea University

MEng in Aerospace and Aerothermal Engineering, Jesus College, Cambridge University

Director, Bloodhound Education Programme

Director, Engineering Education Scheme in Wales

My journey

“On the subsonic and low transonic aerodynamic performance of the land speed record car: Bloodhound LSR”

“Fast cars, aeroplanes, evolution and artificial intelligence”

“Overview of the UK-ARC materials and manufacturing theme review”

“Fast cars, aeroplanes, evolution and artificial intelligence”

“Fast cars, aeroplanes, evolution and artificial intelligence”

‘Design, build and testing of the world’s fastest car: Bloodhound LSR. An engineering adventure’

‘Design, build and testing of the world’s fastest car: Bloodhound LSR. An engineering adventure’

Alumni Centenary Lecture: ‘Design, build and testing of the world’s fastest car: Bloodhound LSR. An engineering adventure’

The use of CFD in the design of a 1,000 mph car – BLOOHOUND SSC, an engineering adventure

The use of CFD in the design of a 1,000 mph car – BLOOHOUND SSC, an engineering adventure

Uncertainty in Automotive CFD – ideas and lessons learnt from Bloodhound SSC

Invited Lecture

Invited Plenary Lecture: ‘The use of CFD in the design of BLOODHOUND SSC, an engineering adventure'

Modelling Turbomachinery and Aerodynamic Shape Optimisation Workshop

Invited Lecture

Rolls Royce 10th Anniversary ADOS Conference

Oxford University Engineering Society

Invited Lecture

MathWorks

Cheltenham Science Festival

Keynote Speaker

Cambridge Engineering Society Lecture

World Motorsport Symposium

Cheltenham Science Festival

Keynote Lecture

Invited Lecture