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Prof. John S. Campbell

Chartered Engineer,

BSc., PhD., CEng., MIMechE., FIEI

After graduating in Mechanical Engineering, from the University of Strathclyde, he spent five years in the R&D department of the CEGB (UK Electricity Board) where he was responsible for the development of computational methods for the assessment of the structural and thermal integrity of nuclear and conventional power plant. In 1969 he moved to Swansea University where he joined the premier international group (lead by O. C. Zienkiewicz) that is credited with the pioneering development of the finite element method. He was responsible for the development of the SERC funded Finesse finite element system. Users of this system included the European Space Agency, UK-National Engineering Labs, UK-National Gas Turbine Establishment and various corporate entities in UK, South Africa, USA and Europe. Subsequently, he was awarded a PhD for his research in stress-recovery algorithms, penalty function methods and structural shape optimisation.

In 1973 he joined the academic staff in the Faculty of Engineering in University College Cork (UCC). His research role in UCC has been focussed on problem solving across a wide engineering spectrum. This entails the formulation and development of innovative computational algorithms for the solution of diverse applications including, for example, electron transport in Schottky barrier diodes, minimum cutting-loss algorithm for steel production mills, simulation of pollutant dispersion in estuaries, modelling of MESFET semiconductor devices, thermo-mechanical modelling of refractory-lined steel-making equipment, low-cycle thermo-mechanically induced fracture of pressure vessels and transient flow in petroleum reservoirs.