In March 2021, The University of Manchester signed a 10 year collaboration agreement with the UKAEA, resulting in a £15M investment for two new research groups; Digital Engineering and Tritium. I lead the Digital Engineering group. The aim is to build a virtual garage where engineers can try out new designs for fusion reactors more quickly than building full-scale prototypes.
Dear Colleagues,
I'm current guest editor on a Special Issue of the MDPI Journal of Applied Sciences. This is a journal with an impact factor of 2.474.
The aim of this Special Issue is to explore the re-engineering of engineering through the integration of advanced digital technologies. Research papers or case studies involving any discipline of engineering are welcome. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Just a short note before the weekend to let you know that I am offering 4 year PhD topics in advanced modelling & simulation starting in September via the Nuclear Fusion doctoral training network. One of the topics is to combine the cellular automata finite element method with uncertainty quantification to predict the lifetime of neutron irradiated components in fusion reactors. The deadline for applications is the end of next week. Studentships are available for UK/EU students.
Good afternoon,
We recently published a paper using VR that might be of interest:
Muhammad Omer, Lee Margetts, Mojgan Hadi Mosleh, Sam Hewitt & Muhammad Parwaiz (2019) Use of gaming technology to bring bridge inspection to the office, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, DOI: 10.1080/15732479.2019.1615962
We've recently published an extensive review of the state-of-the-art in modelling and simulation for wind energy. The paper is open access for a limited time and can be found online at the link below.
Hewitt, S; Margetts L and Revell A, "Building a digital wind farm", Archives in Computational Methods in Engineering, 2017.
A recently published paper "Evaluating the macroscopic yield behaviour of trabecular bone using a nonlinear homogenisation approach" links the micromechanics of bone to its macroscopic behaviour. The paper may be of interest to colleagues on this forum. The abstract is provided below.
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The STFC Hartree Centre (in Warrington, UK - located between Manchester & Liverpool) is running 4 high performance computing summer schools from June to July 2016. They are primarily aimed at PhD students and postdoctoral researchers, but are also open to academics and industry at no extra cost. The tuition fees are subsidised by STFC and each week only costs £150. There is a 1 week school on each of the following topics:
I am currently looking to fill an open PhD position in a project titled:
Advanced Virtual Design of 3D Printed Fusion Reactor Components
This is to continue recent work that uses X-ray tomography, high performance computing and finite element analysis to design the plasma facing wall of the ITER reactor. Recent related publications can be found below:
Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship at the University of Manchester to help develop the next generation of simulation tools. These will be used to evaluate the structural integrity of novel aerospace composites under a wide range of operational conditions. The student will join a €3-4M euro research project that has recently been funded to investigate the use of biomaterials in aerospace composites. The project involves a range of academic and industrial partners in Europe and China, providing many opportunities for overseas research visits.