Academic

Contact Details Affiliation: International Institute for Nanocomposites Manufacturing/WMG E-mail: L dot W dot Figiel at warwick dot ac dot uk Office: IINM Office Phone: 24765 73954 Departmental Webpage Personal Webpage

Research Interests

Multiscale modelling approaches for predicting structure-property relations in advanced heterogeneous materials with nano- and micro-size inclusions. Theoretical framework for those approaches stems from continuum mechanics and homogenisation, along with their numerical implementation/solution using nonlinear finite-element procedures and machine-learning approaches. Problems involve chemo-mechanics of phase transitions, electro-mechanics of energy harvesting, and non-linear viscoelastic flows.

Research project examples:

• Chemo-mechanics of phase transitions in Li-on batteries
• Electro-mechanical response of dielectric elastomers for energy harvesting
• Nonlinear viscoelastic flows in manufacturing of biomedical scaffolds