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Faculty of Engineering
Enabling Technology - Computational Science and Engineering
We have a range of expertise in the area of computational science and engineering which can be broken down under the following headings: Multiphase flow modelling; Multiscale modelling; Computational fluid dynamics; Extreme computing; Intelligent systems; Modelling for medical devices and interventions.
Multiphase flow modelling
The Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces and Interfaces is actively engaged in the area of multiphase flow modelling.
Multiscale modelling
The Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces and Interfaces is actively engaged in research in the area of multiscale modelling.
Computational fluid dynamics
The Centre for Computational Fluid Dynamics and the Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces and Interfaces is actively engaged in research in this area.
The Pathogen Control Engineering Institute applies computational fluid dynamic techniques to simulating indoor airflows and the risk of airborne infection. Together with the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure they are also involved in numerical simulation of river flow and flooding risk.
Extreme Computing
The Institute for Computational and Systems Science is concerned with tools and techniques for large-scale (gigabyte to petabyte) data analysis, covering algorithms (computational topology), systems (parallel processing), and displays.
The Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Biological Systems also has some research activity and student projects in this area although it is not the primary focus of their activity.
Intelligent systems
The Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Biological Systems is actively engaged in research in this area. In particular the Institute is engaged in researching new ways of understanding and processing natural language, in understanding and modelling the spatial and visual world, and developing personalised intelligent systems.
Modelling for medical devices and interventions
The Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering has some research activity and student projects in this area although it is not the primary focus of their activity.
The Pathogen Control Engineering Institute uses a range of modelling techniques to assess the risk of infection in the built environment and the effectiveness of control technologies.