Professor Rubén Sevilla

Professor

Civil Engineering

+44 (0) 1792 602040

r.sevilla@swansea.ac.uk

Academic Office - A_128
First Floor
Engineering Central
Bay Campus

Zienkiewicz Institute for Modelling, Data and AI

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

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About

I obtained my PhD in 2009 from UPC-BarcelonaTech. 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 Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational Engineering, where I am a Full Professor since 2021. Since then, I have received a number of honours and awards from the publisher EMERALD, SIAM and the Welsh government.

I have been a member of the Executive Committee of the UK Association for Computational Mechanics since 2016. From 2019-2025 I served as President. I am also actively involved in a number of positions in the European Association for Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and the International Association for Computational Mechanics.

Since 2022 I am Chief Editor of the European Journal of Computational Mechanics and external examiner for Cranfield University.

I am a fellow member of Advance HE (formerly the Higher Education Academy), fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and chartered mathematician.

I am the coordinator of the Computational Engineering MSc and the Computational Mechanics International MSc.

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 Statistics and Artificial Intelligence for undergraduate Year 2 Civil Engineering students, Finite Element Computational Analysis and Advanced Fluid Flow Simulations to postgraduate students in the MEng Civil Engineering, MEng Aerospace Engineering, MSc in Civil Engineering, MSc in Aerospace Engineering, MSc in Computational Engineering, MSc in Structural Engineering and MSc in Computational Mechanics.

I am also responsible for the Research Case Study, Research Dissertation and Industrial Placement modules of the International MSc in Computational Mechanics and the Visiting Research Dissertation module offered to exchange students.

I am the coordinator of the international International MSc in Computational Mechanics (formerly Erasmus Mundus) since 2012, coordinator of the MSc in Computational Engineering since 2022, and from 2019 to 2021 I was the Year 2 Coordinator of the Civil Engineering degree.

Research Award Highlights Collaborations

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

All Research

Journal Articles

Giacomini, M., Cortellessa, D., VIEIRA, L., Sevilla, R., & Huerta, A. (2025). A Hybrid Pressure Formulation of the Face‐Centred Finite Volume Method for Viscous Laminar Incompressible Flows. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 126(10), e70037
https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.70037, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69557
Felipe Ramudo, A., Sevilla, R., & Hassan, O. (2025). A conservative degree adaptive HDG method for transient incompressible flows. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, 35(1), 300-329.
https://doi.org/10.1108/hff-09-2024-0651, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68227
Zou, X., Lo, S., Sevilla, R., Hassan, O., & Morgan, K. (2024). The generation of tetrahedral meshes for NURBS-enhanced FEM. Engineering with Computers, 40, 3949-3977.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-024-02004-z, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66515
VIEIRA, L., Giacomini, M., Sevilla, R., & Huerta, A. (2024). A face-centred finite volume method for laminar and turbulent incompressible flows. Computers and Fluids, 279, 106339
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2024.106339, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66709
Sevilla, R. & Duretz, T. (2024). Face‐centred finite volume methods for Stokes flows with variable viscosity. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 125(10)
https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.7450, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65639
Montanari, M., Santi, G., Sevilla, R., Alfredo, L., & Petrinic, N. (2024). NURBS-enhanced finite element method (NEFEM) on quadrilateral meshes. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 231, 104099
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.finel.2023.104099, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65195
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.finel.2023.104099
Sanchez-Gamero, S., Hassan, O., & Sevilla, R. (2024). A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Near-optimal Meshes for Turbulent Compressible Flow Simulations. International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, 38(2-3), 221-245.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10618562.2024.2306941, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65507
Zou, X., Lo, S., Sevilla, R., Hassan, O., & Morgan, K. (2024). The Generation of 3D Surface Meshes for NURBS-Enhanced FEM. Computer-Aided Design, 168, 103653
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2023.103653, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65064
Lock, C., Hassan, O., Sevilla, R., & Jones, J. (2023). Meshing using neural networks for improving the efficiency of computer modelling. Engineering with Computers, 39(6), 3791-3820.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-023-01812-z, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63253
Sevilla, R. (2023). The 30th anniversary of the UK Association for Computational Mechanics. Engineering with Computers
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-023-01804-z, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62904
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00366-023-01804-z
Khanna, N., Hachemi, M., Sevilla, R., Hassan, O., Morgan, K., Barborini, E., & Belouettar, S. (2022). Multi-physical modelling, design optimization and manufacturing of a composite dielectric solar absorber. Composites Part C: Open Access, 8, 100282
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomc.2022.100282, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60203
Cavaliere, F., Zlotnik, S., Sevilla, R., Larrayoz, X., & Díez, P. (2022). Nonintrusive parametric NVH study of a vehicle body structure. Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, 51(11), 1-26.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15397734.2022.2098140, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60646
Vila-Pérez, J., Giacomini, M., Sevilla, R., & Huerta, A. (2022). A non-oscillatory face-centred finite volume method for compressible flows. Computers & Fluids, 235, 105272
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2021.105272, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58994
Cavaliere, F., Zlotnik, S., Sevilla, R., Larrayoz, X., & Díez, P. (2022). Nonintrusive parametric solutions in structural dynamics. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 389, 114336
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2021.114336, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58773
Tsiolakis, V., Giacomini, M., Sevilla, R., Othmer, C., & Huerta, A. (2022). Parametric solutions of turbulent incompressible flows in OpenFOAM via the proper generalised decomposition. Journal of Computational Physics, 449, 110802
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2021.110802, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58498
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, 103530
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.finel.2021.103530, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55795
Navarro‐García, H., Sevilla, R., Nadal, E., & Ródenas, J. (2021). High‐order discontinuous Galerkin method for time‐domain electromagnetics on geometry‐independent Cartesian meshes. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 122(24)
https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.6846, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58507
Cavaliere, F., Zlotnik, S., Sevilla, R., Larráyoz, X., & Díez, P. (2021). Nonintrusive reduced order model for parametric solutions of inertia relief problems. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 122(16), 4270-4291.
https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.6702, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56712
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
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
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
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
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
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. & 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
Sevilla, R. & Duretz, T. (n.d.) A face‐centered finite volume method for high‐contrast Stokes interface problems. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 124(17)
https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.7294, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nme.7294

Book Chapters

Balla, K., Sevilla, R., Hassan, O., & Morgan, K. (2022). Inverse Aerodynamic Design Using Neural Networks. Advances in Computational Methods and Technologies in Aeronautics and Industry (pp. 131-143). Springer International Publishing
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12019-0_10, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62238
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

Conference Contributions

Khamis, M., Sevilla, R., & Ennser, K. (2018). Design of Highly Coherence MIR Supercontinuum Generation in W-type Index Chalcogenide Fiber. In High-Brightness Sources and Light-driven InteractionsOSA.
https://doi.org/10.1364/euvxray.2018.jt5a.11, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38168
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/euvxray.2018.jt5a.11

Supervision

A Multimaterial Arbitrary Lagrangrian Eulerian Scheme for Shock Hydrodynamics (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Antonio Gil
Low-order face-based approaches for incompressible computational fluids dynamics (awarded 2025)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Antonio Gil
AI mesh informed techniques for optimising the design process (awarded 2025)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Oubay Hassan
Numerically-informed neural networks for degree adaptive unsteady incompressible flow simulations (awarded 2025)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Oubay Hassan
A New Updated Reference Lagrangian Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics Framework for Large Strain Solid Dynamics and its Extension to Dynamic Fracture (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Antonio Gil
A Novel Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian Framework for Large Strain Solid Dynamics (awarded 2024)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Antonio Gil

Taught Modules

EG-2016 Statistics and Artificial Intelligence for Civil Engineering

This module introduces students to essential statistical and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques relevant to civil engineering applications. Through case studies and hands-on programming using MATLAB, students will learn to analyse data, develop numerical models, and apply AI methods to solve real-world civil engineering problems.
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-M192 Research Case Study

The aim of the module is to undertake an in-depth study into the use of research methods in engineering practice by carrying out a detailed literature survey and state of the art examination in a given topic of specialization.
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.
EG-M325 Extended Research Case Study

The aim of the module is to undertake an in-depth study into the use of research methods in computational mechanics. A detailed literature survey and state of the art examination in a given topic of specialisation will be carried out. This might include revising or developing basic computational engineering codes in a given topic. The topic of the case study will be in line with the research dissertation to be carried out in TB3.
EGIM06 Advanced Fluid Flow Simulation

This module provides an overview on the principles of advanced fluid flow simulations. The topics include compressible and incompressible flows and computational methods to solve these problems. The course will cover the implementation of computational fluid dynamics algorithms and the use of commercial software.
EGMB30 Reduced Order Modelling (Barcelona)
EGMB31 Machine Learning and Models for Decision Making (Barcelona)
EGMB33 Numerical Models in Civil Structural Engineering (Barcelona)

Invited Presentations, Lectures and Conferences

AI-assisted meshing for greener computational engineering workflows, IMSI - Application of Digital Twins to Large-Scale Complex

2025

Chicago, USA
Mesh generation and adaptation using green AI

2024

Lawrence Livermore National Labs Seminar Series
Stabilization strategies for the 3D Cartesian grid discontinuous Galerkin method, World Congress on Computational Mechanics

2024

Vancouver, Canada
Capturing meshing expertise using green AI

2023

SIEMENS Geometry & Mesh Generation Lecture Series
Capturing meshing expertise with green AI

2023

ANSYS lecture series,
Generating near-optimal meshes using green AI, Tetrahedron VII

2023

Barcelona, Spain
The face-centred finite volume method for geodynamic modelling, EGU General Assembly

2022

Vienna, Austria
Nonintrusive proper generalized decomposition method for the design optimization of a car, ADMOS

2021

Goteborg, Sweden
HLL-type Riemann solvers for hybridisable Discontinuous Galerkin, World Congress on Computational Mechanics

2020

Paris, France
A feature-independent mesh generation and integrated solution framework, Tetrahedron VI

2019

Paris, France
Simulation of wave propagation phenomena with high fidelity geometric representations

2018

ESI Scientific Committee Meeting on Wave Propagation
Influence of material heterogeneity on the stability of explicit high-order SEMs, World Congress on Computational Mechanics

2018

New York, USA
Physics dependent de featuring. Is it a prerequisite for mesh generation?

2017

Efficient Preparation of Quality Simulation Models, NAFEMS,
Generation of meshes without de-featuring

2017

CAE Geometry Workshop, ITI, Cambridge
Discontinuous Galerkin for 1st and 2nd order PDEs

2017

Summer School on Discontinuous Galerkin Methods, UPC, Barcelona,
Parameterised Stokes flow using the proper generalised decomposition in OpenFOAM, ADMOS

2017

Verbania, Italy
Generalized parametric flow solutions integrating geometry with computer-aided design, World Congress on Computational Mechanics

2016

Seoul, Korea
Physics dependent de-featuring, is it a prerequisite for mesh generation, Tetrahedron V

2016

Liege, Belgium
Overcoming the challenges for the industrialisation of high-order methods, IMA Conference on Numerical Methods for Simulation

2015

Oxford, UK
Numerical simulation from medical images: accurate integration by means of the Cartesian grid finite element method

2014

Pittsburgh, USA
High-fidelity simulation of aeroelasticwind gust effect in aerodynamic shapes, International Forum on Aerolasticity

2013

Bristol, UK
High-order mesh generation using elasticity, European Congress of Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering

2012

Vienna, Austria
High-order Galerkin/Least-Squares FEM for compressible flow, International Conference on Finite Elements in Flow Problems

2011

Munich, Germany
NURBS-Enhanced Finite Element Method (NEFEM), European Conference on Computational Mechanics

2010

Paris, France

Key Grants and Projects

EPSRC Programme Grant REMODEL 2025 - 2030

The programme targets key barriers to Exascale simulation, enabling accurate, efficient modelling of complex phenomena. It will establish best practice for parallel mesh generation and geometry representation on HPC., EPSRC, £6,245,611
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€

Other Roles

General Council member, International Association for Computational Mechanics

2025 - Present
Chief editor, European Journal of Computational Mechanics

2022 - Present
PGT external examiner, Cranfield University

2022 - Present
Computational fluid dynamics core group and technical committee, European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences

2020 - Present
Executive Committee member, UK Association for Computational Mechanics

2016 - Present
President, UK Association for Computational Mechanics

2019 - 2025
Computational mathematics technical committee, European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences

2018 - 2020
Editorial advisor, Heliyon

2015 - 2018