Hibbitt Professor of Solid Mechanics
Academic Division: Mechanics, Materials and Design
Telephone: +44 1223 3 32743
Email: gnw20@cam.ac.uk
Research interests
Professor Wells’ research interests include computational mechanics, solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, geophysics, scientific computing, mathematical software and numerical analysis.
Strategic themes
Manufacturing, design and materials
High performance computing for system level analysis and design.
Bioengineering
Modelling of high-intensity focussed ultrasound for tumour ablation.
Complex, resilient and intelligent systems
Optimisation and control under uncertainty.
Teaching activity
Mathematics, computing, finite element methods, continuum mechanics, optimisation.
Research opportunities
See https://garth-wells.github.io/.
Other positions
- Member of University Council and Trustee of the University of Cambridge
- Member of the University Finance Committee
- Member of the Council of the School of Technology
- Fellow of Jesus College
- Member of the FEniCS Project Steering Council
- Associate Editor, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
- Deputy Executive Chair, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council