معرفی
Dr. Georgios Fourtakas is a Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester’s School of Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Engineering. He specializes in meshless methods, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH). His research focuses on advancing SPH formulations for complex fluid-structure interactions, multiphase flows, and high-performance computing (HPC) applications, particularly through the DualSPHysics open-source framework. He holds a PhD from the University of Manchester (2014) and prior industry experience in aeronautical engineering and thermal fluid mechanics.
- Education:
- BEng in Aeronautical Engineering, University of Salford
- MSc in Aeronautical Engineering, Cranfield University
- MSc in Thermal Power and Fluid Mechanics (Academic Return)
- PhD in SPH Applications (University of Manchester)
- Key Research Areas:
- SPH formulations (Lagrangian, Eulerian-Lagrangian, ALE)
- GPU/CUDA acceleration for HPC
- Boundary condition development
- Non-Newtonian and sediment flows
- Fluid-structure interaction (e.g., heart valves)
His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals through applications in coastal engineering, cardiovascular systems, and nuclear decommissioning. He has reviewed for journals like Advances in Water Resources and Journal of Hydroinformatics.
Recent articles highlight innovations in divergence cleaning for SPH, GPU-accelerated thrombus modeling, and poroelasticity simulations. His DualSPHysics project is widely adopted for real-world engineering problems.
