Dr Kevin Hughes
Senior Lecturer in Structural Integrity

Teaching

Prior to moving to Brunel University London, Kevin has been involved with post-graduate and CPD training since 2005 and is based around the application of non-linear numerical simulation methods and optimisation approaches to understand the response of structures and materials to dynamic loading, covering:

• Structural Mechanics / Stress Analysis
• Simulation for Impact and Crashworthiness (explicit FEA)
• Design of Automotive Integral Vehicle Structures
• Material Characterisation for Simulation
• Applied Finite Element Modelling (Static and Dynamic)
• Thin-Walled Structures

Kevin leads strategic development of the off-campus MSc programmes delivered through NSIRC (National Structural Integrity Research Centre), located at Granta Park (near Cambridge) and is programme director:

• Structural Integrity (Asset Reliability Management)  MSc and MScR programmes
• Lightweight Structures and Impact Engineering:  MSc and MScR programmes

Kevin also coordinates and delivers credit bearing engineering CPD courses to industry (see link opposite), providinga flexible route towards post-graduate qualifications (PgCert, PgDip, MSc and MSc by Research).

Courses taught

• ME5800 - Group Design Project (1JA8PLISTIE)

  Level: Postgraduate
  Date: March 2022
• ME5646 - Automotive Integral Structures (1JA8PLISTIE)

  Level: Postgraduate
  Date: March 2022
• ME5645 - Thin-Walled Structures (1JA8PLISTIE)

  Level: Postgraduate
  Date: March 2022
• ME5706 - Advanced Transient Simulation Methods (1JA8PLISTIE)

  Level: Postgraduate
  Date: February 2022
• ME3626 Vehicle Structures and FEA
• ME5705 - Applied Continuum Mechanics 2 - FEA (1JA8PLISTIE)

  Level: Postgraduate
  Date: November 2021
• ME5703 - Structural Mechanics Fundamentals (1JA8PLISTIE)

  Level: Postgraduate
  Date: October 2021
• ME5640 Stress Analysis

  Level: Postgraduate
  Date: September 2019
• ME3607 - Vehicle Performance (H330UEAUTENG)

  Level: Third year
  Date: November 2017 - February 2018
• ME5622 - Structural Integrity and FEA (H850POILGAS)

  Level: Postgraduate
  Date: November 2017 - November 2017
• ME5624 - Numerical Modelling of Solids and Structures (H100PSTRUCIN)

  Level: Postgraduate
  Date: October 2015