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Employed at the University of Glasgow since 2012, Ross Williams graduated with an MEng in Mechanical Engineering, followed by a PhD under the supervision of Professor Andrew McBride. His doctoral research focused on computational modelling of rotary friction welding for advanced aerospace materials. The thesis investigated the rotary friction welding process of nickel superalloys across macro and mesoscopic length scales, utilizing commercial and open-source finite element software. Post-PhD, Ross briefly worked as a research assistant funded by the EPSRC Impact Accelerator Account and later as a research associate in a project aimed at facilitating industrial adoption of complex geometries and boundary conditions. He collaborated with Dr. Ankush Aggarwal on hyperelastic material models and contributions to the development of the pyMechT Python package for simulating biological soft tissues. In July 2023, Ross was employed as a research associate in a £31.4m Rolls-Royce-led project concentrating on aerospace manufacturing, collaborating with Professors McBride and Lukasz Kaczmarczyk to create a robust, scalable computational framework for simulating the linear friction welding process using the MoFEM finite element code developed at the University of Glasgow.
University of Glasgow • Glasgow, Scotland
Working on a £31.4m Rolls-Royce-led project focused on aerospace manufacturing.
University of Glasgow • Glasgow, Scotland
Worked on an IAA project aimed at developing frameworks for complex geometries.
University of Glasgow • Glasgow, Scotland
Assisted in research funded by EPSRC Impact Accelerator Account.