Research Themes Overview

Our research broadly divides into Structural Design and Structural Mechanics. The former addresses the use of new materials whilst enhancing traditional ones; we develop novel systems to extend the life of current structures; and we create new infrastructure that serves Society, and the Environment, better. Our Structural Mechanics captures a broad range of behaviour at all scales, from heavyweight engineering to biological processes; we consider old and new methods, from Graphic Statics to multi-physics Finite Element analysis; we continue to understand, and to develop, the mathematical interplay between kinematics and equilibrium, which has enabled us to synthesise novel tensegrities and shape-changing structures.

Our research serves civil engineering applications as well as those in Materials Engineering, Bio-engineering, and Aerospace Engineering.

Structural Computation and Dynamics