This September I'll be chairing a session at ICNAAM2026 (taking place in Crete) on "Advances in Computational Optimisation Methods". If you work in this space and looking for a friendly, international conference to share your work you can find more details at: icnaam.org/planned-sess...

Scientists discover AI can make humans more creative Artificial intelligence is often portrayed as a tool that replaces human work, but new research from Swansea University suggests a far more exciting role: creative collaborator. In a large study with ...

Our latest paper coming out of the Applied CFD & Optimisation group within the Zienkiewicz Institute @swanseauni.bsky.social has been featured in Science Daily. We explore the relationship between human designers and AI: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Iconic Aircrafts | Planes That Changed History | National Geographic UK YouTube video by National Geographic UK

Keep an eye out for me on the new documentary series "Planes that changed history" airing this Sunday (15th) on National Geographic and later in the year on DisneyPlus #PTCH #AtomicTV #ZincMedia #NatGeo youtu.be/5AudNCZ0pag?...

Perceived Belbin team roles of first year university students studying aerospace engineering: a multi-year study Effective teamwork is critical in engineering and engineering degree programmes are designed to encourage, develop and allow students to demonstrate this transferable skill. This is particularly tr...

Our latest publication which explores how the view of engineering students has evolved, particularly through the pandemic, with regards to their perceived preferred roles within a team... now available online: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

At the UK Hypersonics Network kick-start workshop where @swanseauni.bsky.social ‘s Dr Zhaoxin Ren is setting out the vision for the Reactive Flows & Propulsion Physics Special Interest Group

Genetic Car Designer by Pill Bug Interactive Design a car with an AI and help real scientific research!

You can play with the tool we developed on this project here: pillbuginteractive.itch.io/genetic-car-...

From Metrics to Meaning: Time to Rethink Evaluation in Human–AI Collaborative Design | ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems As AI systems increasingly shape decision making in creative design contexts, understanding how humans engage with these tools has become a critical challenge for interactive intelligent systems resea...

Our latest publication, working with colleagues in @swanseauni.bsky.social #CompSci on human-AI collaborative approaches for design is now available: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Had a great time at a "Back to the Future" edition of @quantum-sauce.bsky.social delivering a talk "Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads!" exploring my work in designing land speed record cars and spaceplanes using AI and the principles of evolution. Science + Art + Beer = Mind Expansion

Great Scott! A time-travelling trilogy of talks at @oldwoollen.bsky.social for #BackToTheFuture night!

Kudos to @cern.bsky.social scientist Dr Kristin Lohwasser, aerodynamics ace @profbenevans.bsky.social & steampunk sensei Dr Robbie MacAllister! & thanks to our #Farsley crowd

Next up: Christmas!

50% for the Future - An overview of the Hybrid Outreach Approach from the "How to Guide" YouTube video by 50% for the Future

Our brilliant team working in Mechanical Engineering at @swanseauni.bsky.social on the “50% for the Future” project have created this super helpful video explaining why females are underrepresented in #Engineering and what we can all do to help turn this around youtu.be/LkD1xOeITfg

Was great to welcome so many keen and enthusiastic #FutureEngineers to @swanseauni.bsky.social #BayCampus at the weekend to learn about our range of degree programme offerings

Today, Dr Walton and I caught up with ex-PhD student Dr David Naumann at Airbus in Manching, Germany to talk #CFD, optimisation and high speed intakes

Celebrating the 1st birthday of the @swanseauni.bsky.social #ZienkiewiczInstitute #Data #AI #Modelling

Was great to celebrate Dr Igor Sazonov's retirement, after 23 years of service at Swansea University with colleagues from the Aerospace Department and beyond.

Leadership team of @swanseauni.bsky.social School of Aerospace, Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering 2021 - 2025

Swansea University Space Research Symposium 2025 Join us at Swansea University for a deep dive into the fascinating world of space research!

Just under a fortnight to go until our annual 'Swansea University Space Research Symposium'. Tickets are free (but limited in number) and can be claimed at:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/swansea-un...

What happens when a high-tech project fails? Workers at Reaction Engines felt they were close to completing a revolutionary jet engine.

Still, even months on after the dust has settled, I find it desperately sad that #ReactionEngines ran out of money. What they were working on, and so close to achieving, was so impressive... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Some gliders flew better than others... #LoopTheLoop

Well done to our brilliant team of #Aerospace academics and technical staff who have delivered out year 1 rocket propelled glider design project this week

We have the brilliant Dr Wei Tan from @qmul.ac.uk with us at @swanseauni.bsky.social #ZienkiewiczInst this afternoon sharing his work on mechanics modelling and #AI

Deadline for applications is Monday 2nd June. Feel free to get in touch directly if you'd like to know more!

Computational Engineering: Fully Funded EPSRC Studentship-AI accelerated discontinuous Galerkin solver for Boltzmann-BGK equation for rarefied, hypersonic flows (RS817) - Swansea UniversityMenu We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.

Fully funded (UK student) PhD scholarship available to come and work in my group with Dr Xi Zou, exploring how we can exploit data-driven machine learning techniques for #CFD approaches based on the Boltzmann equation to be applied to rarefied, hypersonic flows.
www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

This is my view for today, which means I must be teaching… boundary layer theory #EGH303

Swansea University Space Research Symposium 2025 Join us at Swansea University for a deep dive into the fascinating world of space research!

The Swansea University Space Research Symposium is back for 2025! Open to all... it will be a great opportunity to learn about the space related research going on across the University and with our industry partners. To book your place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/swansea-un...

Computational Engineering: Fully Funded EPSRC Studentship-AI accelerated discontinuous Galerkin solver for Boltzmann-BGK equation for rarefied, hypersonic flows (RS817) - Swansea UniversityMenu We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.

We're currently advertising a fully funded PhD scholarship (UK students only) to work in AI methods for solution of the Boltzmann equation for rarefied and hypersonic gas flows. If interested: www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Great to see our year 2 @swanseauni.bsky.social #Aerospace students out having such a great time on the flight dynamics laboratory exercise this week in partnership with @cranfielduni.bsky.social

Back on the rails today… heading up north to talk fast cars, #CFD, and record breaking…

Inside the Merlin Flight Simulator with Swansea University & Antycip YouTube video by ST Engineering Antycip

Great to be working with AntyCip at #Aerospace @swanseauni.bsky.social as we expand and improve our flight simulation capabilities www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JOM...

This is the final lecture after a 50 year career at @swanseauni.bsky.social for Prof Ken Morgan #EGM90 #AdvancedAerodynamics

Final accepted version of paper that demonstrates the results from a direct Boltzmann-BGK solution of the hypersonic, rarefied gas flows around a cube satellite: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...