Dr Ferran Brosa Planella
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Ferran Brosa PlanellaAssociate Professor Office: C0.16 |
Teaching Responsibilities 2025/26:
- Term 1: MA147 Mathematical Methods and Modelling 1
- Term 2: MA302 Electromagnetism
Research Interests:
My research interests are in the broad area of industrial and applied mathematics, with a particular interest in modelling of physical processes for sustainable development applications. I combine analytical techniques and numerical techniques to develop and study mathematical models, and use them to provide insight on real-life systems. and my motivation is to use these models as a tool to provide insight on real-life systems. From a mathematical point of view, I am interested in heat and mass transfer, continuum mechanics, moving boundary problems, and dynamical systems.
I understand research as a collaborative and interdisciplinary endeavour and enjoy working with experts from both academia and industry to bring together models and applications. I am also a strong supporter of open science and I am a core developer of PyBaMM, an open-source battery modelling software with state-of-the-art models and methods. I am also a co-founder of IonworksLink opens in a new window, which develops battery modelling software.
You can find more information on my personal website and my Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and ORCID profiles.
Selected Publications:
For a full list of publications see my publications page.
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J.A. Kuzhiyil, T. Damoulas, F. Brosa Planella, W.D. Widanage, Lithium-ion battery degradation modelling using universal differential equations: Development of a cost-effective parameterisation methodology, Applied Energy 382 (2025) 125221.
- F. Brosa Planella, A simple model for latent thermal energy storage systems with encapsulated phase-change material, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 239 (2025) 126533.
- K. Manmi, M. Tuchel, E. Kendrick, F. Brosa Planella, A Comparison of Standard SEI Growth Models in the Context of Battery Formation, Journal of the Electrochemical Society 171 (2024) 100530.
- F. Brosa Planella, W.D. Widanage, A Single Particle Model with Electrolyte and Side Reactions for degradation of lithium-ion batteries, Applied Mathematical Modelling. 121 (2023) 586-610.
- F. Brosa Planella, W. Ai, A. Boyce, A. Ghosh, I. Korotkin, S. Sahu, V. Sulzer, R. Timms, T. Tranter, M. Zyskin, S. Cooper, J.S. Edge, J.M. Foster, M. Marinescu, B. Wu, G. Richardson, A continuum of physics-based lithium-ion battery models reviewed, Progress in Energy. 4 (2022) 042003.
- K. O’Regan, F. Brosa Planella, W.D. Widanage, E. Kendrick, Thermal-electrochemical parameters of a high energy lithium-ion cylindrical battery, Electrochimica Acta. 425 (2022) 140700.
- F. Brosa Planella, M. Sheikh, W.D. Widanage, Systematic derivation and validation of a reduced thermal-electrochemical model for lithium-ion batteries using asymptotic methods, Electrochimica Acta. 388 (2021) 138524.
- C.-H. Chen, F. Brosa Planella, K. O’Regan, D. Gastol, W.D. Widanage, E. Kendrick, Development of experimental techniques for parameterization of multi-scale lithium-ion battery models, Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 167 (2020) 080534.
- F. Brosa Planella, C.P. Please, R.A. Van Gorder, Extended Stefan problem for solidification of binary alloys in a finite planar domain, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics. 79 (2019) 876–913.