Dr Tanya Morton will give an overview of the computational design optimisation strategy employed to achieve an engineering solution to the problem of excessive supersonic lift at the rear of the BLOODHOUND SuperSonic Car. She will describe the design challenge and then detail the mathematical modelling and optimisation strategy employed. The optimal design resulting from this study will be presented and contrasted with the un-optimised baseline geometry. The final vehicle is currently being built and tested in an attempt to increase the World Land Speed Record from 763mph to 1,000mph and to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers and mathematicians. Along the way she will digress to introduce her favourite mathematical objects: radial basis functions and talk about the application of mathematical modelling and MATLAB in a variety of industries.
Tanya Morton is an application engineering manager at MathWorks. She helps customers apply MATLAB and Simulink to their technical and business challenges across a broad range of industries including automotive, aerospace, education, finance, energy production, industrial automation, biotech, and pharmaceutical. She has an M.A. in mathematics from the University of Oxford and a Ph.D. in mathematics and computer science from Vanderbilt University.