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Department of Engineering

Professor Garth N. Wells

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Garth N. Wells

Hibbitt Professor of Solid Mechanics

Academic Division: Mechanics, Materials and Design

Telephone: +44 1223 3 32743

Email: gnw20@cam.ac.uk

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Research interests

Professor Wells’ research interests include computational mechanics, solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, geophysics, scientific computing, mathematical software and numerical analysis.

Strategic themes

Manufacturing, design and materials

High performance computing for system level analysis and design.

Bioengineering

Modelling of high-intensity focussed ultrasound for tumour ablation.

Complex, resilient and intelligent systems

Optimisation and control under uncertainty.

Teaching activity

Mathematics, computing, finite element methods, continuum mechanics, optimisation.

Research opportunities

See https://garth-wells.github.io/.

Other positions

Department role and responsibilities

  • Deputy Head of Department (Research)
  • Chair of the Mathematics and Computing Teaching Subject Group