Simulation and Modelling 2022

Tim Morris: Chief Executive, NAFEMS

Sarah Hayes: CReDo phase 1 project lead, Independent Consultant

Sarah is an economist with over 20 years experience of working in data, infrastructure and regulation both in the UK and internationally, and is a strong proponent of the National Digital Twin. Sarah led and authored the National Infrastructure Commission’s seminal report ‘Data for the public good’, which advocates greater sharing of data across infrastructure sectors to achieve greater value from our data. Sarah has worked as a consultant, for a telecoms operator, as a regulator and as a senior civil servant. Sarah is an independent consultant and participates with a cross sector perspective in the energy, water and telecoms data taskforces in the UK. She led the first phase of the Climate Resilience Demonstrator project (CReDo) for the National Digital Twin programme run out of the Centre for Digital Built Britain and is now leading on CReDo engagement for Connected Places Catapult as the project enters its second phase.

Stephen McNabb: Simulation Solution Director (Digital Training), Alstom

Stephen is now leading our Alstom Services XR Digital Solutions division. Stephen also has extensive experience in maintenance of both Rolling Stock and Signaling & Infrastructure activities with Alstom since 2006 worldwide. Stephen held several senior roles in Europe and the Middle East including Quality Director, Project Manager, Service Infrastructure Project Director and more. He has led several maintenance projects in all project phases. Stephen is currently responsible for Alstom’s VR driving simulators based in Paris.

Andy Stafford: Technical Specialist, Business & Factory Optimisation, The Manufacturing Technology Centre

Andy achieved a bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering at The University of Birmingham in 1997. He spent 25 years in simulation both 3D Robotic Process and Discrete Event Simulation, working either directly or as a consultant across multiple industries. His experience includes simulation design and build, liaising with clients, customers and co-suppliers within the automotive, defence, aerospace and police/criminal justice sectors. Andy joined The MTC in Jan 2021 and has supported a diverse range of projects including Food & Drink, Aerospace and Automotive

John Bucknall: Senior Engineer- Test Data, Modelling & Digital Systems, BP Castrol

Olivier Haas: Associate Professor, Centre for Future Transport and Cities, Coventry University

Olivier Haas received his PhD from Coventry University (UK) in 1997. He is Associate Professor in Applied Control Systems and heads the ITS and 5G group within the Centre for Future Transport and Cities. His research interests include multi-objective optimization, control engineering, image processing and artificial intelligence. He is principal investigator (PI) for a commercial project using deep learning for automated annotation for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems. He was PI for digital twining projects iVMS (CWLEP funded), UKCITE (InnovateUK funded) and Assured CAV Parking. He managed the creation of co-simulation to model communication, vehicle cooperative control and environment mapping. He has authored and co-authored over 150 scientific and technical papers, chapters and books and has successfully supervised 22 PhD students.

Lin Wang: Staff Mechanical Engineer, Joint Reconstruction, DePuy Synthes

Dr. Lin Wang, whose professional career began in 2008, is passionate about analysis led design & testing in the process of new product development across various industries. In 2016, Lin joined DePuy Synthes, prior to which he has worked at Cummins Turbo Technologies and Spincraft ETG. Lin is a certified 6 sigma black belt and a Chartered engineer, member of IMechE. Lin holds a PhD of Mechanical Engineering from Durham University and a MSc (distinction) from Manchester University. So far, Dr. Wang has published 17 peer-reviewed journal and conference articles as the first author with 300 citations.

Diogo Geraldes: Senior Assessor, DNV

Diogo is a technical specialist at a notified body, ensuring medical devices (and orthopaedic implants, in particular) are safe to enter and remain in the EU market. Prior to that, he worked as a designer of patient-specific implants at Stryker/Stanmore Implants, dealing with complex cases for which there are no commercially available solutions, with particular focus on limb salvage and paediatric oncology of the hip, knee, shoulder, ankle and elbow. Having completed a PhD in Structural Biomechanics at Imperial College London (computational modelling of bone adaptation in the femur), Diogo followed with a Post-Doctorate also at Imperial where he developed a shoulder implant.

Roy Kalawsky: Director of Advanced VR Research Centre, The Centre for Virtual Engineering, Loughborough University

Graham Edwards: Consultant, NDE group, TWI Ltd

Graham Edwards has over 45 years of experience in Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE). In 1973, he was one of the first ultrasonic test technicians to gain CSWIP approval. For the next four years, he worked in the N. Sea offshore oil, the French nuclear power industries. In 1977 he joined Baugh and Weedon Ltd. as an Applications Engineer, and was involved in the development of the award winning ‘Seaprobe’ underwater ultrasonic test equipment. In 1981 he moved to The Welding Institute (TWI) Cambridge, and has since worked on secondments to the French Welding Institute, the Edison Welding Institute and Plant Integrity (PI) Ltd., where he helped in the development of the Teletest, long range ultrasonic test method. He is currently employed in the Monitoring and Inspection Research section TWI.

Rob Lewis: Managing Director, Total Sim

Rob Lewis graduated from the University of Leeds in 1991 with a BEng Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering and subsequently again from Leeds in 1995 with a PhD in CFD. From 1995 to 1998 he worked as a support engineer and later project team leader at Fluent Europe Ltd. From 1998 to 2007 Rob led Advantage CFD, an aerodynamics and CFD consultancy, from start-up with Reynard Motorsport to eventual closure under Honda F1 Racing Team. In 2007 Rob and others founded TotalSim Ltd, a Computational Fluid Dynamics Consultancy which employs 35 people in Brackley and Silverstone, Northamptonshire and also has an office in America and Japan. Rob is a chartered engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. In June 2017 Rob was awarded an OBE for services to science applied to sport in recognition of Rob’s contribution to the performance of British athletes’ over the last 3 Olympic campaigns.

Ivor Annetts: Project Team Leader, Total Sim

Steven Pierson: Technical Specialist, Jaguar Land Rover

Ben Murcott: Founder, Murcott Energy Ltd.

Andrew Davis: Head of Advanced Engineering Simulation, Lead for STEP Digital Enablers, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Professor Andrew Davis is Head of Advanced Engineering Simulation at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. His group at UKAEA looks at methods and solution techniques that allow for scalable and efficient multi-physics driven simulation to be used to design fusion components. We consider how simulation platforms can be used to provide fully predictive modelling capability to drive in silico qualification.

David Wagg: Professor, University of Sheffield

David Wagg is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sheffield. He is an expert in the dynamic behaviour of structures and machines. Recently Prof Wagg's research has focused on digital twins for engineering dynamics applications. As part of this activity, he is the project lead for the DTHIVE project: "Digital Twins For High-Value Engineering Applications" which is funded by the Alan Turing Institute. This project includes building a digital twin of a Hawk T1A aircraft.

Jacopo Tacconi: Applied Research Engineer, Future Platforms, Rolls-Royce

Akin Keskin: Chief of Virtual Engine Design Systems, Rolls-Royce

Ricardo Paiva: Design Systems Specialist, Civil Aerospace, Rolls-Royce plc

Ricardo is an Aerospace Engineer by training and through his doctoral research focused on the development of numerical methods and optimisation strategies in the aircraft design and generic simulation world. Having joined Rolls-Royce in 2011, he has since taken on various roles from component designer to software developer, always with the underlying goal of simplifying design processes through code, be it via leveraging automation techniques or machine learning algorithms. He currently serves as a specialist in the development of Rolls-Royce engineering software and is responsible for the Engineering tools used predict and manage Time on Wing for aircraft engines.

Murat Panayirci: Principal Research Scientist, Schlumberger Cambridge Research Limited

Murat Panayirci studied Aerospace Engineering at Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey). He then received his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering at the same university. During his master’s studies, he visited TU Delft (Netherlands) as an exchange student. In 2006, he joined Institute of Mechanics in University of Innsbruck, where he got his Ph.D. on Stochastic Finite Element Methods. He joined Schlumberger Cambridge Research in 2011, where he is working currently as a Principal Research Scientist conducting research on drilling technologies.

Mark Joyce: Data Science Engineering Lead, Frazer-Nash

Mark Joyce leads the Data Science engineering area at Frazer-Nash. He has extensive experience in developing data centric methods to quantify uncertainty in the current and future condition of complex systems. He’s used these methods to enable auditable and risk based decision making in many industries. He has a particular interest in nuclear systems where he has held technical leadership roles on behalf of the UK’s commercial power generators, as well as advising a number of developers of advanced nuclear technologies

Jorge Martinez Lopez: Lead Engineer, Thermal Simulation, Williams Advanced Engineering

PhD in Transport Propulsion Systems, MSc in Reciprocating Internal Combustion engines and graduate in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering from Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain. Jorge has held several roles since joining Williams Advanced Engineering in 2015 and is currently working as Lead Engineer – Thermal Simulation, focused on vehicle thermal management and leading the battery cooling simulation activities for high performance vehicles and electric motorsport series. Prior to joining Williams, Jorge worked for Koenigsegg, a Swedish sports car manufacturer, where he was responsible for all the CFD and aerodynamic development of the company.

Steve Howell: Technical Director, Abercus

Steve is the Technical Director at Abercus, a consultancy specialising in advanced engineering simulation – computational fluid dynamics (CFD), finite element analysis (FEA), bespoke software and teaching/training – and its application across a range of industrial sectors including energy, defense and the built environment. He is a chartered engineer with 25 years of experience in the field of computational fluid dynamics, both with commercially available codes for industrial applications and the design and development of bespoke CFD codes.

Gabriel Hattori da Silva: Applications Engineer, COMSOL

Gabriel Hattori da Silva is an Applications Engineer at COMSOL. He obtained his BSc and MSc from the University of Campinas and PhD on numerical methods for damage identification from the University of Seville. He also worked at Durham University and the University of Cambridge on numerical models for fracture mechanics.

Raman Singh: EuroNorth Technical Executive Manager, MODSIM

Currently working as Technical Executive Manager at Dassault Systemes, Raman Singh leads a team responsible for Modelling & Simulation (MODSIM) technical sales activities across 11 industries and 10 countries within the EuroNorth region. Raman has over 11 years of experience working both within Industry and Academia, of which the last few years has been particularly focused on leading a large-scale CAE transformation at one of the UK's largest automotive OEMs.

Steven Child: Senior Account Manager, IPG Automotive Ltd.

Steven Child CEng MIMechE: Senior account manager of IPG Automotive UK; experience gained within start-up and multinational businesses with expertise in CAE and product development from >15 years in the automotive industry; 5 years Structural analysis team leader at Delphi Diesel Systems; 5 years Head of Simulation and Development at the Dearman Engine company; now in a customer facing role, Steven works with key customers to identify new opportunities to develop their digital tools infrastructure and deliver robust engineering solutions using the latest simulation techniques and technologies

Nick South: Partner, Patent Attorney, AA Thornton

Nick South is a UK Chartered and European Patent Attorney and a partner in AA Thornton’s Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Telecoms & IT patents department. Nick has over 20 years of experience advising a wide range of clients in patent matters relating to technologies including electromagnetic sensors, semiconductor technology, electric motors and medical instruments, as well as downhole drilling environments. Nick has long been involved with the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys as a lecturer on their training course for the profession’s patent administrators. He also writes legal updates on developments in patent law, and has been published in Intellectual Property Magazine.

Jordi Salort: Control & Simulation Engineer, Stirling Dynamics Ltd.

Jordi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Vehicles Engineering from the Polytechnical University of Catalunya which he gained in 2020. His Modelling & Simulation career started a year earlier at Stirling Dynamics Ltd., where he did his final year project on trimming and linearization of a flight dynamics model. Since then he has been supporting the modelling and performance analysis of various aircraft systems, such as flight controls, actuation systems or landing gears.

Padmeya Prashant Indurkur: Industry Consulting – ModSim, Dassault Systemes UK Limited

Dr. Padmeya P. Indurkar is currently working as a MODSIM Industry Process Consultant at Dassault Systèmes, and his role is aimed at transforming clients’ workflow processes by developing virtual twins integrating modeling and simulation (MODSIM) solutions for a range of industries, from automotive to aerospace, and from energy to life sciences. Prior to this role, Padmeya worked as a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge on fracture mechanics and data-driven deep learning techniques for lattice architected materials. Padmeya holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore (NUS) where he developed computational methods for modelling plasticity and damage in lightweight metallic alloys using non-linear optimization algorithms coupled with ABAQUS. Research conducted by Padmeya has been published in leading mechanics journals and conferences worldwide.