Background
Darren gained a BEng(Hons) in Mechanical Engineering and MSc(Eng) in Product Design & Management from the University of Liverpool. He worked as a Mechanical Design Engineer for the Product Innovation & Development Centre in Liverpool before taking up a Research Assistant post within the Engineering Department at the University of Liverpool in 2002. He then joined the Additive Manufacturing Research Group at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ in December 2003.
Darren moved to º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s Digital Technology Centre of Excellence in Customised Assembly as a Project Engineer in 2007. Darren then joined the Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ as a University Teacher in CAD & CAE in 2008. He was awarded a PhD in 2008 for his work A Genetic Algorithm Based Topology Optimisation Approach for Exploiting Rapid Manufacturing's Design Freedom. Darren became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2010. In 2013 he was awarded an industrial secondement award by The Royal Academy of Engineering to join the CAE division of Majenta PLM Ltd for 6 months.
Professional affiliations:
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Registered with the Engineering Council as a Chartered Engineer
Research interests:
- CAD / CAE
- Bespoke CAE software development
- Design Optimisation
- Size, Shape & Topology Optimisation
- Finite Element Analysis
- Genetic Algorithms
- Virtual Assembly Methods
- e-Learning
- Rapid Prototyping & Additive Manufacturing
- 3D Printing
- Medical Applications
- Design for AM
Publications
Research projects:
- Industrial Secondment Award from The Royal Academy of Engineering, Industrial Application and Implementation of CAE Simulation, 2013-2014.
- 2013 º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Enterprise Award for Cultural Impact for work on reconstructing the skeletal remains of King Richard III.
- Topologically Optimised Street Furniture for Concrete Printing, EPSRC, 2012-2013, £9,000, Co-Investigator.
- Exploitation of Sinus Surgery Simulation Phantoms, EPSRC (KTA), 2011-2012, £91,387, Principal Investigator.
- Complex Surgery Simulation, EPSRC (IMCRC223), 2007-2011, £166,831, Co-Investigator