Computational modelling, AI and machine learning

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We develop advanced numerical methods, models and computational techniques for prediction and monitoring

We forecast and model a wide range of industrial and environmental processes, with a particular focus on developing and applying advanced numerical methods and scientific computational techniques.

We engineer solutions to some of the most pressing global problems — including how pollution travels through busy cities, how metals enter and disperse through the environment, and how ocean wave energy dissipates on shorelines during storm surges — and work to understand the myriad physical processes occuring in the pristine and perturbed natural environment.

By reproducing realistic surfaces of flowing liquids, crashing waves, bursting bubbles and more, our modelling sheds light on processes such as:

  • ocean circulation;
  • climate systems;
  • nuclear safety;
  • radiative transport and multi-phase flow;
  • fluid-particulate-solid behaviour;
  • minerals processing; and
  • meteorite impacts.

Associated Research Groups

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3D Seismic Interpretation Research (3D@IC)

Using 3D seismic data to gain insight on geological processes in sedimentary basins
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Applied Modelling & Computation Group (AMCG)

Developing and applying innovative modelling techniques in Earth, nuclear, engineering and biomedical sciences
AMPRG

Advanced Mineral Processing Research Group (AMPRG)

Exploring all things metals, minerals and mining, with a focus on sustainability
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Carbonate Research Group

Studying carbonate sediments and minerals at a range of scales through multi-disciplinary research
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Engineering Scale Geology Research Group (ESGRG)

Applying cutting-edge advancements in geoscience to contemporary engineering applications
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Impacts and Astromaterials Research Centre (IARC)

Characterising the processes and materials that dictate the nature of planetary bodies and systems
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Novel Reservoir Modelling and Simulation (NORMS)

Developing and applying new methods to monitor and model fluid flow in subsurface reservoirs (from groundwater to magma to hydrocarbons)
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Palaeobiology

Using a diversity of techniques to examine palaeobiological problems, from deep-time diversity to phylogeny to rock-fossil interactions
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Pore-Scale Modelling and Imaging

Using innovative methods to image rock samples at micron resolution, and the fluids within the pore spaces, at reservoir conditions
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Subduction Margin Imaging in Large Experiments (SMILE)

Imaging and recovering physical property information from subduction zones using large offshore and onshore experiments
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Subsurface CO2 Group

Characterising flow, transport and reaction for subsurface stores of carbon dioxide

Associated events and seminars

You can see all previous and forthcoming seminars via the ESE Events and Seminars pages.

Associated members of staff

Professor Peter A Allison

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Professor Peter A Allison
Professor of Earth Science

Dr Rossella Arcucci

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Dr Rossella Arcucci
Lecturer

Dr Branko Bijeljic

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Dr Branko Bijeljic
Principal Research Fellow

Professor Martin J Blunt

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Professor Martin J Blunt
Chair in Flow in Porous Media

Dr Pablo Brito Parada

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Dr Pablo Brito Parada
Senior Lecturer

Professor Gareth S Collins

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Professor Gareth S Collins
Professor of Planetary Science

Dr Fangxin Fang

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Dr Fangxin Fang
Senior Research Fellow

Dr Gerard Gorman

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Dr Gerard Gorman
Reader in Computational Science

Professor Olivier R Gosselin

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Professor Olivier R Gosselin
Honorary Research Fellow

Emeritus Professor Alain C Gringarten

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Emeritus Professor Alain C Gringarten
Senior Research Investigator

Professor Matthew D Jackson

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Professor Matthew D Jackson
Chair in Geological Fluid Dynamics

Dr Cedric M John

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Dr Cedric M John
Reader in Carbonate Systems and Carbonate Reservoirs

Professor Anna Korre

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Professor Anna Korre
Professor of Environmental Engineering

Dr Samuel C Krevor

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Dr Samuel C Krevor
Reader in Carbon Sequestration Studies

Dr John-Paul Latham

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Dr John-Paul Latham
Reader in Geomechanics

Dr Philippa J Mason

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Dr Philippa J Mason
Senior Lecturer

Professor Joanna V Morgan

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Professor Joanna V Morgan
Professor of Geophysics

Professor Ann Muggeridge

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Professor Ann Muggeridge
Consul for Faculty of Engineering and the Business School

Professor Stephen Neethling

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Professor Stephen Neethling
Professor of Minerals Processing

Professor Christopher Pain

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Professor Christopher Pain
Professorial Research Fellow

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