Visiting Scholars supported by Bridging the Gaps
Professor Antonio Rodriquez-Ferran
Professor Antonio Rodriguez-Ferran
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Professor Rodriguez-Ferran visited staff in the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
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2D example - biaxial test
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The Bridging the Gaps initiative enabled civil engineers at Sheffield to collaborate with Professor Rodriguez-Ferran from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya to develop a general framework for gradient enhanced in-elasticity models to be developed. These techniques allow simulations of material degradation to be modelled with recourse to the microstructure of materials but without Finite Element mesh sensitive results.
Professor Bartosz Protas
Professor Protas
Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, Ontario
Professor Protas visited staff in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
"The Bridging the Gaps programme connected me to researchers working in other areas who were interested in the mathematical tools I have been developing. Thanks to this programme – we have been able to initiate two interesting research projects."
Dr Francesco Bernadini
Dr Francesco Bernadini
Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
University of Leiden,Netherlands
Dr Bernadini visited staff in the Departments of Computer Science and Chemical Engineering
"Interdisciplinary research is central to this theme and, as a visitor, this scheme plays a pivotal role in bridging the gaps between people and disciplines across the whole spectrum of engineering and science."
Professor Christo Christov
Professor Christo Christov
Dept of Mathematics
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA
Professor Christov visited staff in the Departments of Chemical and Process Engineering, Applied Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering
"I find this initiative very interesting. During my sojourn here I was able to interact with colleagues from three different departments. I learnt a lot from my discussions with them and was able to contribute within the limits of my expertise. Overall, I am very satisfied with my stay and believe that programmes like Bridging the Gaps are of crucial importance for the cross-fertilisation and significant enhancement of the research of each participant."
Dr John Eric Goff
Dr John Eric Goff
School of Sciences, Lynchburg College
Virginia USA
Dr John Eric Goff visited staff in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
"The Bridging the Gaps programme made it possible for me to come to Sheffield and be a part of Matt Carre's internationally renowned Sports Engineering Research Group. My research skills in physics, mathematics, and computation meld well with Matt's mechanical engineering background as we perform investigations into current problems in sports science."
Dr Evgeny Parfenov
Dr Evgeny Parfenov
Assistant Professor
Ufa State Aviation
Technical University
Russia
Dr. Parfenov visited staff in the Department of Engineering Materials
"Participation in the Bridging the Gaps project was a precious gift for me, because this important interdisciplinary scheme not only helped to intensify joint collaboration and research, but also to look at the process of plasma electrolytic treatment from different, unexpected, points of view. I am very grateful to the project for this valuable opportunity to work together with top class scientists at the University of Sheffield."
Professor Lyubov Snizhko
Professor Lyubov Snizhko
Professor of General Chemical Engineering
Ukrainian State University for Chemical Engineering
Professor Snizhko visited staff in the Department of Engineering Materials
"I greatly appreciate the opportunity to participate in the Bridging the Gaps program which made it possible for me to visit the Research Centre in Surface Engineering. Thanks to the visit, we discussed a number of problems of mutual interest and initiated new collaborative investigations on mathematical modeling of plasma-assisted electrochemical reactions."
