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Computational Engineering and Design Group

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We're a centre for multidisciplinary engineering simulation and design, and combine a range of analytical, computational and experimental techniques.

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About

Our 3 main research themes are:

  • design search and optimisation
  • applied computational modelling
  • computational methods

The strength of our research is based on combining engineering methods with industrial applications. For example, we are developing grid-based, problem-solving services for academia and industry. Our research has many applications, and our activities include:

  • using computational methods for studying design and related problems in fluids, structures, control systems and biomechanics
  • evolutionary optimisation
  • constructing advanced cost-prediction systems
  • optimising metamodelled, approximate or noisy systems and analysis of robustness

We also host:

People, projects and publications

People

Dr Jie Yuan FHEA, CEng, MRAeS

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Computational methods for complex dynamical systems
  • Dynamic control using novel functional material and interface
  • Non-deterministic approaches for robust optimisation and identification

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Jie

Email: J.Yuan@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +00

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Dr Leran Wang

Senior Research Fellow
Connect with Leran

Email: Leran.Wang@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8376

Professor Michele Meo

Professor of Applied Mechanics
Connect with Michele

Email: M.Meo@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2380591276

Dr Ondrej Hovorka

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Nanorobotics for biomedicine
  • Computational nanomagnetism
  • Data science and machine learning
Connect with Ondrej

Email: O.Hovorka@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4898

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Dr Philip Basford MEng PhD MIET

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Sensor Networks
  • µCT scanning for Biomedical applications

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Philip

Email: P.J.Basford@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 5449

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Dr Sergio Araujo-Estrada BEng, MSc, PhD

Lecturer in Control and Robotics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Sergio

Email: S.Araujo-Estrada@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Sifeng Bi

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Uncertainty Quantification
  • Model Updating
  • Bayesian Approach

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Sifeng

Email: Sifeng.Bi@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2380598459

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Professor Simon Cox

Head of Department

Research interests

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

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

Tel: +44 23 8059 3116

Dr Stephen Prior CEng, MIMechE

Readership in Unmanned Air Vehicles

Research interests

  • VTOL Aeronautics
  • Autonomous Uncrewed Systems
  • Aerial Robotics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Stephen

Email: S.D.Prior@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8366

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Dr Yolanda Hou

Research Fellow
Connect with Yolanda

Email: Yu.Hou@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 7803399293

I manage a number of research programmes sponsored by BAE systems, Airbus, Rolls-Royce and the EPSRC.
Professor James Scanlan
Professor of Design