Professor Rubén Sevilla

Professor, Engineering

+44 (0) 1792 602040

r.sevilla@swansea.ac.uk

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0061-6214

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Academic Office - A_128
First Floor
Engineering Central
Bay Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

About

I obtained my PhD in 2009 from the Civil Engineering School of UPC-BarcelonaTech, ranked 23rd in the world in the field of Civil and Structural Engineering, after obtaining my 5-year degree from the UPC School of Mathematics, ranked first in Spain for over a decade. During this period I received three awards from the European Association for Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, the Spanish Association for Computational Methods in Engineering and the publisher Birkhauser-Verlag for the best thesis in Spain and Europe. In 2009 I moved to Swansea, to work in the renowned Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational Engineering as a post-doctoral research assistant and I became faculty member in 2012. Since then, I have received a number of honours and awards from the publisher EMERALD and the Welsh government.

I am the current President of the UK Association for Computational Mechanics and I also hold a number of positions in the European Association for Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and the International Association for Computational Mechanics.

Areas Of Expertise

Computational Engineering
High-order Finite Elements
Numerical Methods
Reduced Order Modelling
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Computational Electromagnetics
Computer Aided Design
Mesh generation

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

My teaching is closely related to my research. I teach problem solving in Engineering using programming for undergraduate Year 2 Civil Engineering students and Finite Element Computational Analysis to postgraduate students in the MEng Civil Engineering, MEng Aerospace Engineering, MSc in Civil Engineering, MSc in Aerospace Engineering, MSc in Computational Engineering and the International MSc in Computational Mechanics.

I am also responsible for the Research Dissertation module of the International MSc in Computational Mechanics and the Visiting Research Dissertation module offered to exchange students.

I am currently the coordinator of the international International MSc in Computational Mechanics (formerly Erasmus Mundus) and Year 2 Coordinator of the Civil Engineering degree.

Research

My research interest is the development, analysis and application of advanced discretisation methods to problems of industrial interest. I am particularly interested in methods that are able to account for an accurate boundary representation, bridging the gap between computer aided design (CAD) and finite element analysis. The computational techniques that I develop have applications across a wide range of problems in engineering, including fluid dynamics, electromagnetics, solid mechanics and heat transfer.

I am also interested in the development of mesh generation techniques for advanced discretisation method, including high-order curvilinear mesh generation and meshing techniques for the NURBS-enhanced finite element method.

Recently, I have been actively working in the field of reduced order modelling, developing novel methods to reduce the complexity of problems that require a parametric analysis and fast queries. This work includes the development of methods such as the proper generalised decomposition method, the proper orthogonal decomposition method and machiner learning.

I am currently involved in several national and European projects with industrial partners such as Volkswagen AG, ESI Group, ITI Limited, SEAT and Zenotech.

Award Highlights

Nominated to the 2020 Excellence in Learning and Teaching Awards.
Nominated to the 2016 Excellence in Learning and Teaching Awards.
Judge Panel Member, Swansea University Impact Awards, 2014.
Selected participant. 2013 Welsh Crucible.
Highly commended award. 2012 St David’s Day Cutting Edge Research Poster Competition.
Highly commended award. 2011 Emerald Awards in the Numerical Heat Transfer & CFD category.
Prize. Best PhD thesis of 2009 on numerical methods in applied sciences, ECCOMAS.
Prize. Best PhD thesis of 2009 on numerical methods in engineering, SEMNI.
Award. Borsa Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer awarded by the IEC and Birkhäuser Verlag.

Collaborations

Industry

- Volkswagen AG
- ESI Group
- ITI Limited
- SEAT
- Zenotech

Academia

- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya: Prof Antonio Huerta, Prof Pedro Diez, Dr Matteo Giacomini, Dr Sergio Zlotnik
- CNRS (Laboratoire de Mecanique et Acoustique): Dr Regis Cottereau
- Universitat Politècnica de Valencia: Prof Juan J Rodenas. Dr Manuel Tur
- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology: Dr Ettore Barbieri

Publications

Research Highlights

Vieira, L., Giacomini, M., Sevilla, R., & Huerta, A. (2020). A second-order face-centred finite volume method for elliptic problems. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 358, 112655
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2019.112655, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52110
Sevilla, R., Zlotnik, S., & Huerta, A. (2020). Solution of geometrically parametrised problems within a CAD environment via model order reduction. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 358, 112631
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2019.112631, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51756
Sevilla, R. (2019). HDG-NEFEM for two dimensional linear elasticity. Computers & Structures, 220, 69-80.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2019.05.005, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50293
Sevilla, R., Giacomini, M., & Huerta, A. (2018). A face-centred finite volume method for second-order elliptic problems. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 115(8), 986-1014.
https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.5833, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39642
Sevilla, R. & Cottereau, R. (2018). Influence of periodically fluctuating material parameters on the stability of explicit high-order spectral element methods. Journal of Computational Physics, 373, 304-323.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2018.07.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40915
Poya, R., Sevilla, R., & Gil, A. (2016). A unified approach for a posteriori high-order curved mesh generation using solid mechanics. Computational Mechanics, 58(3), 457-490.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-016-1302-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28844
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00466-016-1302-2
Sevilla, R., Rees, L., & Hassan, O. (2016). The generation of triangular meshes for NURBS-enhanced FEM. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 108(8), 941-968.
https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.5247, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28843
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nme.5247/full
Marco, O., Sevilla, R., Zhang, Y., Ródenas, J., & Tur, M. (2015). Exact 3D boundary representation in finite element analysis based on Cartesian grids independent of the geometry. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 103(6), 445-468.
https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.4914, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21138
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nme.4914/abstract
Sevilla, R. & Huerta, A. (2018). HDG-NEFEM with Degree Adaptivity for Stokes Flows. Journal of Scientific Computing, 77(3), 1953-1980.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-018-0657-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38254
Sevilla, R., Giacomini, M., & Huerta, A. (2019). A locking-free face-centred finite volume (FCFV) method for linear elastostatics. Computers & Structures, 212, 43-57.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2018.10.015, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45222

All Research

Journal Articles

Giacomini, M., Borchini, L., Sevilla, R., & Huerta, A. (2021). Separated response surfaces for flows in parametrised domains: Comparison of a priori and a posteriori PGD algorithms. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 196
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.finel.2021.103530, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55795
Balla, K., Sevilla, R., Hassan, O., & Morgan, K. (2021). An application of neural networks to the prediction of aerodynamic coefficients of aerofoils and wings. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 96, 456-479.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2021.03.019, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56398
Sevilla, R. (2021). An implicit HDG method for linear convection-diffusion with dual time stepping. Journal of Computational Physics, 434, 110201
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2021.110201, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56254
Giacomini, M., Sevilla, R., & Huerta, A. (2021). HDGlab: An Open-Source Implementation of the Hybridisable Discontinuous Galerkin Method in MATLAB. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 28(3), 1941-1986.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-020-09502-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55239
Vila Perez, J., Giacomini, M., Sevilla, R., & Huerta, A. (2021). Hybridisable Discontinuous Galerkin Formulation of Compressible Flows. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 28(2)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-020-09508-z, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55266
Sevilla, R., Zlotnik, S., & Huerta, A. (2020). Solution of geometrically parametrised problems within a CAD environment via model order reduction. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 358, 112631
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2019.112631, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51756
Sevilla, R., Borchini, L., Giacomini, M., & Huerta, A. (2020). Hybridisable discontinuous Galerkin solution of geometrically parametrised Stokes flows. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 372, 113397
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2020.113397, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55059
Giacomini, M. & Sevilla, R. (2020). A second‐order face‐centred finite volume method on general meshes with automatic mesh adaptation. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 121(23)
https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.6428, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54125
Komala Sheshachala, S., Sevilla, R., & Hassan, O. (2020). A coupled HDG-FV scheme for the simulation of transient inviscid compressible flows. Computers & Fluids, 202, 104495
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2020.104495, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53737
Tsiolakis, V., Giacomini, M., Sevilla, R., Othmer, C., & Huerta, A. (2020). Nonintrusive proper generalised decomposition for parametrised incompressible flow problems in OpenFOAM. Computer Physics Communications, 249, 107013
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2019.107013, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52617
Vieira, L., Giacomini, M., Sevilla, R., & Huerta, A. (2020). A second-order face-centred finite volume method for elliptic problems. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 358, 112655
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2019.112655, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52110
Sevilla, R., Giacomini, M., & Huerta, A. (2019). A locking-free face-centred finite volume (FCFV) method for linear elastostatics. Computers & Structures, 212, 43-57.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2018.10.015, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45222
Sevilla, R. (2019). HDG-NEFEM for two dimensional linear elasticity. Computers & Structures, 220, 69-80.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2019.05.005, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50293
Cottereau, R. & Sevilla, R. (2018). Stability of an explicit high-order spectral element method for acoustics in heterogeneous media based on local element stability criteria. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.5922, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40878
Khamis, M., Sevilla, R., & Ennser, K. (2018). Design of W-type Index Chalcogenide Fiber for Highly Coherent Mid-IR Supercontinuum Generation. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 1-1.
https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2018.2873589, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44952
Khamis, M., Sevilla, R., Ennser, K., Ennser, K., & Sevilla, R. (2018). Large Mode Area Pr3+-Doped Chalcogenide PCF Design for High Efficiency Mid-IR Laser. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 30(9), 825-828.
https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2018.2818333, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39150
Sevilla, R., Giacomini, M., Karkoulias, A., & Huerta, A. (2018). A superconvergent hybridisable discontinuous Galerkin method for linear elasticity. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 116(2), 91-116.
https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.5916, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40780
Giacomini, M., Karkoulias, A., Sevilla, R., & Huerta, A. (2018). A Superconvergent HDG Method for Stokes Flow with Strongly Enforced Symmetry of the Stress Tensor. Journal of Scientific Computing, 77(3), 1679-1702.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-018-0855-y, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa44847
Sevilla, R. & Huerta, A. (2018). HDG-NEFEM with Degree Adaptivity for Stokes Flows. Journal of Scientific Computing, 77(3), 1953-1980.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-018-0657-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38254
Sevilla, R. & Cottereau, R. (2018). Influence of periodically fluctuating material parameters on the stability of explicit high-order spectral element methods. Journal of Computational Physics, 373, 304-323.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2018.07.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40915
Sevilla, R., Giacomini, M., & Huerta, A. (2018). A face-centred finite volume method for second-order elliptic problems. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 115(8), 986-1014.
https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.5833, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39642
Dawson, M., Sevilla, R., & Morgan, K. (2018). The application of a high-order discontinuous Galerkin time-domain method for the computation of electromagnetic resonant modes. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 55, 94-108.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2017.10.030, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa36201
Poya, R., Gil, A., Ortigosa, R., Sevilla, R., Bonet, J., & Wall, W. (2017). A curvilinear high order finite element framework for electromechanics: From linearised electro-elasticity to massively deformable dielectric elastomers. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2017.09.020, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35289
Sevilla, R., Gil, A., & Weberstadt, M. (2017). A high-order stabilised ALE finite element formulation for the Euler equations on deformable domains. Computers & Structures, 181, 89-102.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2016.11.019, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30908
Poya, R., Sevilla, R., & Gil, A. (2016). A unified approach for a posteriori high-order curved mesh generation using solid mechanics. Computational Mechanics, 58(3), 457-490.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-016-1302-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28844
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00466-016-1302-2
Sevilla, R., Rees, L., & Hassan, O. (2016). The generation of triangular meshes for NURBS-enhanced FEM. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 108(8), 941-968.
https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.5247, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28843
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nme.5247/full
Marco, O., Sevilla, R., Zhang, Y., Ródenas, J., & Tur, M. (2015). Exact 3D boundary representation in finite element analysis based on Cartesian grids independent of the geometry. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 103(6), 445-468.
https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.4914, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21138
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nme.4914/abstract
Sevilla, R. & Barbieri, E. (2014). NURBS distance fields for extremely curved cracks. Computational Mechanics, 54(6), 1431-1446.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-014-1067-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21139
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00466-014-1067-4
Sevilla, R., Hassan, O., & Morgan, K. (2013). The use of hybrid meshes to improve the efficiency of a discontinuous Galerkin method for the solution of Maxwell’s equations. Computers & Structures, 137(1), 2-13.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2013.01.014, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14321
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045794913000357
Sevilla, R., Hassan, O., & Morgan, K. (2013). An analysis of the performance of a high-order stabilised finite element method for simulating compressible flows. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 253(1), 15-27.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2012.09.001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13206
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045782512002757
Xie, Z., Sevilla, R., Hassan, O., & Morgan, K. (2012). The generation of arbitrary order curved meshes for 3D finite element analysis. Computational Mechanics, 51(3), 361-374.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-012-0736-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13205
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00466-012-0736-4
Sevilla, R., Fernández-Méndez, S., & Huerta, A. (2011). NURBS-Enhanced Finite Element Method (NEFEM). A seamless bridge between CAD and FEM. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 18(4), 441-484.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-011-9066-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10753
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11831-011-9066-5
Sevilla, R., Fernández-Méndez, S., & Huerta, A. (2011). 3D NURBS-enhanced finite element method (NEFEM). International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 88(2), 103-125.
https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.3164, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10755
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nme.3164/abstract
Sevilla, R. & Fernández-Méndez, S. (2011). Numerical integration over 2D NURBS-shaped domains with applications to NURBS-enhanced FEM. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 47(10), 1209-1220.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.finel.2011.05.011, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13204
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168874X1100117X
Sevilla, R., Fernández-Méndez, S., & Huerta, A. (2011). Comparison of high-order curved finite elements. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 87(8), 719-734.
https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.3129, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10752
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nme.3129/full
Sevilla, R., Fernández-Méndez, S., & Huerta, A. (2008). NURBS-enhanced finite element method (NEFEM). International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 76(1), 56-83.
https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.2311, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10750
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nme.2311/full
Sevilla, R., Fernández‐Méndez, S., & Huerta, A. (2008). NURBS‐enhanced finite element method for Euler equations. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 57(9), 1051-1069.
https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.1711, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10751
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fld.1711/abstract
Cavaliere, F., Zlotinik, S., Sevilla, R., Larrayoz, X., & Diez, P. (n.d.) Nonintrusive reduced order model for parametric solutions of inertia relief problems. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56712

Book Chapters

Giacomini, M., Sevilla, R., & Huerta, A. (2020). Tutorial on Hybridizable Discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) Formulation for Incompressible Flow Problems. In Laura De Lorenzis, Alexander Düster (Ed.), Modeling in Engineering Using Innovative Numerical Methods for Solids and Fluids (pp. 163-201). Springer International Publishing
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37518-8_5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37518-8_5
Sevilla, R. & Huerta, A. (2016). Tutorial on Hybridizable Discontinous Galerkin (HDG) for second-order elliptic problems. Advanced Finite Element Technologies (pp. 105-129). Springer International Publishing
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31925-4_5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28842
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-31925-4_5
Marco, O., Sevilla, R., Ródenas, J., & Tur, M. (2014). Numerical Simulation from Medical Images: Accurate Integration by Means of the Cartesian Grid Finite Element Method. Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Images. Fundamentals, Methods, and Applications (pp. 255-260). Springer International Publishing
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09994-1_24, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24376
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-09994-1_24
Lian, H., Bordas, S., Sevilla, R., & Simpson, R. (2013). Recent Developments in the Integration of Computer Aided Design and Analysis. Computational Technology Reviews (pp. 1-36).
https://doi.org/10.4203/ctr.6.1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14322
http://www.ctresources.info/ctr/paper.html?id=42

Supervision

Untitled (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Oubay Hassan
Hybrid deep-learning accelerated CFD modelling of pollutant dispersion in an urban environment (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Oubay Hassan
Static and dynamic global stiffness analysis for automotive pre-design (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Antonio Gil
To be defined (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Antonio Gil
A new computational tool for multi-material solid dynamics (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Antonio Gil
Non-Intrusive Reduced Order Models for Aerodynamic Applications (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Oubay Hassan
Coupling of hybridisable discontinuous Galerkin and finite volumes for CFD applications (awarded 2021)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Oubay Hassan
A Computational Framework for a first-order system of conservation laws in thermoelasticity (awarded 2021)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Antonio Gil
Complexity reduction in parametric flow problems via Nonintrusive Proper Generalised Decomposition in OpenFOAM (awarded 2020)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Kenneth Morgan
High-fidelity surrogate models for parametric shape design in microfluids. (awarded 2021)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Oubay Hassan
Design and numerical simulation of semi-conductor nanolasers (awarded 2019)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Oubay Hassan
'High-order parallel discontinuous Galerkin time domain simulation of optical and photonic devices' (awarded 2017)

PhD

Other supervisor: Professor Kenneth Morgan

Taught Modules

EG-221 Structural Mechanics IIa

This module primarily concerns the analysis of statically indeterminate structures. After a review of statics and stress resultants, energy methods of analysis are introduced leading to the calculations of deflection and deformation for truss and frame structures.
EG-228 Problem Solving in Engineering with Matlab

This module aims at: ¿ Consolidating the ability to use Matlab and to design computer programs for solving problems in engineering. ¿ Introducing the fundamentals of numerical methods to solve problems of engineering interest
EG-M101 Research Dissertation

The module aims to develop fundamental research skills. It comprises the development of supervised research work leading to a dissertation in the field of the Master's degree programme. The specific research topic will be chosen by the student following consultation with academic staff.
EG-M123 Visiting Research Dissertation (TB1)

The module aims to develop fundamental research skills for Visiting students (Semester 1). It comprises the development of supervised research work leading to a dissertation in the field of the Master's degree programme. The specific research topic will be chosen by the student following consultation with academic staff.
EG-M124 Visiting Research Dissertation (TB2)

The module aims to develop fundamental research skills for Visiting Students in Semester 2. It comprises the development of supervised research work leading to a dissertation in the field of the Master's degree programme. The specific research topic will be chosen by the student following consultation with academic staff.
EG-M23 Finite Element Computational Analysis

This module introduces the fundamentals of the Finite Element Method to enable the student to use it in the solution of a range of problems of engineering interest. The classes of engineering problems covered in this module include elastic analysis of structures, heat conduction problems, seepage flow through soils and ideal fluid flow. In this context, MATLAB sample programs will be provided to illustrate the structure of a finite element software capable of solving these classes of problems.
EGMN27 Computational Configurational Mechanics (Nantes)

NA
EGMN28 Computational Methods (Nantes)

NA
EGMN29 Model Reduction (Nantes)

NA
EGMN30 Numerical Methods for Simulation of Coupled Problems (Nantes)

NA
EGMN31 Physical Modelling of Fluids (Nantes)

NA
EGMN32 Domain Decomposition and Iterative Solvers (Nantes)

NA
EGMN33 Numerical Methods for Uncertainty Quantification (Nantes)

NA
EGMN34 Foreign Language: French (Nantes)

NA
EGMN35 Computational methods for incompressible flows (Nantes)
EGMS17A Implemenation and Algorithms for Finite Element (Stuttgart)

TBA
EGMS23A Computational Methods for Shell Analysis - Stuttgart

N/A

Key Grants and Projects

A feature-independent mesh generation framework and integrated solution framework 2020 - 2023

The goal of this project is to develop a new computational environment that includes a feature-independent mesh generation paradigm and plug-and-play libraries to enable direct integration of the meshes into existing commercial and research solvers. , EPSRC, £427,929
ELEMENT - Exascale Mesh Network 2020 - 2021

The Exascale Mesh Network - ELEMENT - addresses the high priority use case of meshing for the Exascale as well as meshing at the Exascale., EPSRC, £245,611
The Development of Experimentally Validated Numerical Design Tools for Ideal Solar Selective Absorbers 2017 - 2020

The aim of this project is to produce and to experimentally validate a numerical procedure that will enable the investigation of operational characteristics of solar selective absorber layers of unconventional design., EPSRC, £315,556
Empowered decision-making in simulation-based engineering: Advanced Model Reduction for real-time, inverse and optimization in industrial problems 2015 - 2019

The project aims at providing in-depth training of Early Stage Researches (ESRs) in the development and application of state-of-the-art computational models and numerical methods to solve cutting-edge engineering problems., H2020, 2,080,164.96€