Daniel Peck

Roles & Affiliations: Daniel Peck is a Research Fellow in the Department of Mathematics at Aberystwyth University. He specializes in fracture mechanics, hydraulic fracturing, and computational modeling of material behavior under stress.

Education Background: Peck completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 2018 under the supervision of Prof. Gennady Mishuris at Aberystwyth University, focusing on axisymmetric fracture problems with moving boundaries.

Research Interests: Peck's work centers on hydraulic fracture propagation in heterogeneous media, material toughness homogenization, and fluid-structure interaction. He employs advanced numerical methods and FEM-based algorithms to model fracture evolution and analyze crack dynamics.

Recent Trends in Publications: His recent articles (2022–2025) emphasize temporal averaging techniques for toughness heterogeneity, crack front tracing in inhomogeneous media, and simulation algorithms for hydraulic fractures in elasto-plastic materials. Key themes include improving accuracy in fracture modeling and understanding energy distribution in complex systems.

• Projects: Co-Investigator in the Innovate UK-funded project Geothermal Ukraine - an Empowering Change for Good (2024–2026).
• Grants: Not explicitly listed but implied through project involvement.

Labs/Teams: Active in collaboration with teams at Aberystwyth and international institutions, focusing on geomechanics and computational fracture mechanics.