Paul Lapok

Dr Paul Lapok is a Research Fellow at the School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment at Edinburgh Napier University. He is affiliated with the Centre for Algorithms, Visualisation and Evolving Systems, where he contributes to research in evolutionary algorithms and computational design.

• Email: P.Lapok@napier.ac.uk

Research Interests:
• Focused on applying evolutionary algorithms to mechanical design problems
• Specializing in genetic representations for planar mechanisms
• Developing computational methods for shape optimization

Recent Work Trends:
His research explores computational techniques for representing and evolving mechanical shapes through genetic algorithms. Key projects include optimizing planar mechanisms and developing generative design systems that bridge evolutionary computation with practical engineering applications.