Research

Biological Systems

• Biofluid and biosolid mechanics 

• ​Cardiovascular/Cardiac mechanics

• Cellular and Tissue Mechanics

• Medical Simulation

• Rehabilitation  

Damage, Fracture and Failure

• Fracture and failure of materials and structures

• Dynamic failure and fracture

• Damage mechanics

• Hydraulic fracture                                                          

 Flow Problems

• Granular and multi-phase flows

• Non-Newtonian Fluids

• Open-source CFD  

• Fluid-Structure Interaction

• Wave propagation

• Heat transfer                  

 Multiscale Multiphysics Problems

• Multiscale Computational Modeling of Nanostructures

• Multi-scale and Multi-physics Computations in Fluids and Solids

• Modeling Materials with Coupled Physics

• Multiscale Modeling of Concrete and Concrete Structures

• Molecular Dynamics                              

Composites and Hybrid Structures

• Steels and concrete structures

• Timber-concrete composite structures

• Seismic-resistant structures

• Static, dynamic analysis

• Fire resistance

• Stability

• Composite Structures

Optimization and Inverse Problems   

• Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Techniques

• Computational Methods for Inverse Problems

• Design Optimisation of Functional Structures and Smart Materials

• Reliability-based Design Optimization 

• Optimum design methods

Lightweight Structures

• Porous Materials, Polymer

• Offshore Structures

• Foils, Fabrics, Nets, Ropes, Rods

• Sandwich Structures

Modeling and Simulation for Additive Manufacturing (3D printing)

• Surface optimization

• Multiscale topology optimization

• Modeling of novel materials system 

• Simulation process of residual stresses/deformations

• Functional graded materials 

• Data-driven modeling and learning for printing process optimisation

Computational Methods and Data-driven Models

• High-order methods

• Particle-based methods

• Extended discretization methods

• Error Estimation and Adaptivity

• Reduced modelling and computation

• Computational intelligence