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Research in Computational Methods

Hans is a Professor of Computational Modelling at the University of Southampton, and head of this Computational Modelling Group. He was the founding director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Next Generation Computational Modelling, and co-director of the Institute and EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre for Complex Systems Simulations.

He received his undergraduate degree "Diplomphysiker" in physics from the University of Hamburg (Germany) and completed his PhD studies in High Performance Computing in the department of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton.

His research interests are computer simulation methodology, and applied computer simulation, in particular the application of computational modelling to physical and engineering processes and materials, to underpin, support and direct experimental and design work in academia and industry.

His interests in Computational Modelling methodology include the development of algorithm and numerical methods, efficient exploitation of existing and emerging infrastructure for massive numerical computations, effective analysis of simulation results and software engineering for research codes, research software engineering and uptake and further development of tools and techniques that foster rigour and reproducibility in computational science.

Within these areas, he is working with particle simulations - such as Molecular Dynamics and Monte-Carlo methods - and finite difference and finite element schemes. He is also interested in multi-scale and multi-physics simulations, with emphasis on nanoscale systems and devices.

Selected research projects include micromagnetic modelling, distributed data archives, astrophysical simulations, the simulation of the vortex state in layered superconductors and adatom dynamics on surfaces. Several projects are being performed in close collaboration with experimental groups characterising and fabricating materials that Hans' group is investigating numerically. The group has developed the nmag simulation package and a number of other open source tools, which are used by researchers in academia and industry across the globe.

Hans is passionate about teaching, and delivers training in computational modelling to undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment and the Centre for Doctoral Training in Next Generation Computational Modelling, which includes numerical analysis and simulations methods, programming on different levels, and software development for simulation work in research and development.

He researches learning and teaching methods appropriate to education in computational science, and has been awarded the Deputy Vice Chancellor's Teaching Award in 2006, 2010 and 2013 for his innovative redesign of the engineering computing curriculum, the introduction of the Elevator Pitch presentations for Group design projects, and the introduction of automatic and instant feedback provision for computer codes developed by the students. His lectures are rated highly by the students.

Publications

Are available at https://fangohr.github.io/publications/index.html.

See also

More information is available on Hans Fangohr's personal website.

Hans's team members

Richard Boardman Senior Research Fellow, Engineering Sciences (FEE)

Aleksander Dubas Research Fellow, Engineering Sciences (FEE)

Thomas Kluyver Research Fellow, Engineering Sciences (FEE)

Ben Schumann Postgraduate Research Student, Engineering Sciences (FEE)

Maximilian Albert Postgraduate Research Student, Engineering Sciences (FEE)

Rebecca Carey Postgraduate Research Student, Engineering Sciences (FEE)

Valerio Vitale Postgraduate Research Student, Electronics and Computer Science (FPAS)

Ryan Pepper Postgraduate Research Student, Engineering Sciences (FEE)

James Snowdon Postgraduate Research Student, Civil Engineering & the Environment (FEE)

Lucy Upton Postgraduate Research Student, Engineering Sciences (FEE)

Alejandra Vergara Lope Postgraduate Research Student, Engineering Sciences (FEE)

Dmitri Chernyshenko Postgraduate Research Student, Engineering Sciences (FEE)

Mukarramah Yusuf Postgraduate Research Student, Civil Engineering & the Environment (FEE)

Elena Vataga Technical Staff, iSolutions

Susanne Ufermann Fangohr Administrative Staff, Civil Engineering & the Environment (FEE)

Petrina Butler Administrative Staff, Research and Innovation Services

Massoud Najafi Alumnus, Arbeitsbereich Technische Informatik Systeme, University of Hamburg, Germany

Vince Coleman Alumnus,

Weiwei Wang Alumnus, Ningbo University

Dan Mason Alumnus, University of Southampton

Stuart Curtis Alumnus, University of Southampton

Matteo Franchin Alumnus, Engineering Sciences (FEE)

Andreas Knittel Alumnus, Industry

Marijan Beg External Member, Imperial College London

Mark Vousden External Member, University of Southampton

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Atul Bhaskar Senior Lecturer, Engineering Sciences (FEE)

Neil Bressloff Professor, Engineering Sciences (FEE)

Seth Bullock Professor, Electronics and Computer Science (FPAS)

Kees de Groot Professor, Electronics and Computer Science (FPAS)

Peter de_Groot Alumnus, Physics & Astronomy (FPAS)

Jonathan Essex Professor, Chemistry (FNES)

Thomas Fischbacher Alumnus, Engineering Sciences (FEE)

Ian Hawke Lecturer, Mathematics (FSHS)

Peter Horak Reader, Optoelectronics Research Centre

James Scanlan Professor, Engineering Sciences (FEE)

Suleiman Sharkh Professor, Engineering Sciences (FEE)

Chris-Kriton Skylaris Lecturer, Chemistry (FNES)

Kenji Takeda Alumnus, Engineering Sciences (FEE)

Weiwei Wang Alumnus, Ningbo University

Ben Waterson Lecturer, Civil Engineering & the Environment (FEE)

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