Please find below some general info related to my work, useful links and material, acknowledgements to collaborators and funders, and special credits.
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Gmsh is an open-source 1D/2D/3D mesh generator, particularly useful for Finite Element Analysis (FEA) modelling while it has a built-in CAD engine and post-processing capabilities. In view of its integration with established meshing libraries (e.g. TETGEN and Netgen), I have been using Gmsh as the sole mesh generation tool to built my FEA models,
BETA's ANSA is a proprietary, CAE pre-processing software for generating almost any kind of FEA meshes. It is a very powerful tool which I have used together with my colleagues to generate very complicated 3D meshes for fluid-structure interaction and pure computational fluid dynamics simulations. ANSA offers a very good interface with most commercial FEA software (e.g. ABAQUS, ANSYS).
Paraview is an extremely useful and powerful open-source, cross-platform software for data visualisation and post-processing. I've been using Paraview extensively in my research work, and it has proven a very handy tool to generate data plots and animations. You can check some sample videos I have uploaded on my Youtube channel from here.
MayaVi is a nice open-source alternative to Paraview. I have used it several times, but not that much as I do with Paraview.
Gmsh offers also a module for post-processing both structured and unstructured finite element data. Nevertheless, it does not offer the scalability and flexibility of Paraview but it can however be used to visualise simulation results.
GSL is an open-source numerical library - written in C. GSL provides a wide range of mathematical routines (e.g. random number generators, special functions, least-squares fitting, numerical solution of ODEs, etc.).
Blitz++ is an open-source, high-performance vector mathematics library written in C++, which emphasises in tensor algebra (i.e. the manipulation of multidimensional arrays). Blitz++ utilizes advanced C++ template metaprogramming techniques, thus, providing speed-optimized mathematical operations on sequences of data. It has been recognized as a pioneer in the area of C++ template metaprogramming.
PETSc is another example of an open-source, high-performance computing library, dedicated for the numerical solution of linear and nonlinear systems. It is very popular in the scientific computing community - especially in scientific applications modeled by partial differential equations (and FEA is no exception to that). PETSc is part of the core libraries I am using in my FEA solvers.
libMesh is the major framework I have been using to develop - both multiphysics and multiscale - Finite Element and Isogeometric Analysis solvers. My project, FEB3, is entirely designed and developed using libMesh!
FEB3 (pronounced "Phoebe") is my major software project in Finite Element and Isogeometric Analysis modelling. FEB3, is an in-silico platform (coded in C++) dedicated for the simulation of three-dimensional multiphysics and multiscale problems in bioengineering (and in applied mechanics). More details about the project can be found in FEB3's Wiki page from here. You can also connect to FEB3's Slack channel from here.
FEBio is a FEA solver dedicated for problems in biomechanics. It is free to use for non-commercial purposes can operate on several platforms (Linux, OSX, Windows). Personally, I use it occassionally when lecturing bioengineering related modelling courses, since it offers both a nice GUI for the pre- and post-processing of the FEA models.
It goes without saying that Matlab is the primary tool I employ to do maths when using a computer. I find it very useful carrying out symbolic algebra, tensor algebra, generate plots and graphs, etc. Matlab is a commercial software that can operate on several platforms (Linux, OSX, Windows).
BioDynaMo stands for Biology Dynamics Modeller, a scalable open-source in-silico modelling platform developed at the CERN Open Lab. It is a very powerful platform for modelling and simulating biological systems, from tissue to cell dynamics.
I am very grateful for the financial support of several funding bodies, agencies and academic institutes. These include: the European Commision and the Research Executive Agency (REA), the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC-UK), the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT-Greece), the University College London (UCL), and the University of Cyprus (UCY).
I would like to acknowledge here my colleagues, partners and friends, the collaboration with whom resulted producing high-level research and culminated in several journal publications and conference proceedings.
As such, I would like to thank - with no particular order - my Ph.D. mentor Prof. D. Polyzos, Dr. E. Sellountos (University of Patras), Drs. D. Loukidis, D. Charmpis, Prof. P. Papanastasiou (University of Cyprus), Drs. P. Wijeratne, B. Eiben, R. Shipley, K. Ricketts, J. McClelland, A. Melbourne, C. Veiga, N. Williams, R. Torri, H. Wunderman, Profs. M. Loizidou, D.J. Hawkes, S. Ourselin (University College London), Profs. R. Sinkus, S. Pinder (King's College London), Dr. A. Kazakidi (Strathclyde University), Dr. R. Bauer (Newcastle University), Dr. S. Harris (Leeds University).
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