ANDREW POLLARD
Caparo Industrial Professor and head of The Caparo
Innovation
Centre, at the University of Wolverhampton. Developing innovative
products and getting them to market
ABDUL NOIBI
Design and development of lightweight composite &
laminated
structures. This has included a range of products— from saddles to
industrial cement mixers
ALBERT VAN BAEL
Professor at Hogeschool Limburg and Research Associate
at Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven. Work includes development of anisotropy and
texture in sheet forming
KEITH DAVEY
Reader and Programme Director of Mechanical Engineering
Design at
the University of Manchester. Develop methods & application
for modeling & simulation.
EDWIN DE VRIES
Senior Manager at MSC Software. His technical work
includes
fluid-structure interaction and simulation of explosions, high speed
impact & forging and forming
NWABUEZE EMEKWURU
Currently working on high speed flow coupled with heat
transfer and
thermal effects but with a background in CFD and turbulent flow
modellingg
ILIAS ORAIFIGIE
University Reader in Engineering Design and Simulation,
at the
University of Derby. Researching & developing tools to facilitate
the integration of virtual reality and finite elements
JULIAN SPENCE
Development of designs and manufacturing for high
efficiency
cellular structured materials—for blast and energy absorption,
lightweighting and vacuum insulation
RICHARD HALL
Director of MidSim and Professor and Associate Dean of
School at the
University of Wolverhampton. Design and optimisation of both
manufacturing tools and products.
NORMAN THORNTON
Development of testing and testing machines for a
range of
properties (such as dynamic fatigue) Over a large range of speeds and
temperatures
MICHAEL KAAZ
Has worked on high-speed impact and the effect of
cellular structure
and material property on impact energy absorption
BRIDGET DAY
Bridget Day, pictured here with Prof Hall. is a Visiting
Fellow and Innovation and Technology Manager at Midlands
Aerospace Alliance
STEPHEN DECENT
Professor of Applied Mathematics Head of School of
Mathematics at
the University of Birmingham. Applying mathematics to a large range of
fluid flow problems
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