PhD, FHEA, CEng MIMechE
Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- peter.dunning@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272614
- School/Department
- School of Engineering
Biography
2019: Became a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
2016: Achieved Chartered Engineer status with IMechE.
2015: Joined University of Aberdeen as a Lecturer in the School of Engineering.
2014-2015: Research Associate at University of Bath, UK. Research areas: Mulit-scale topology optimisation, buckling constrained topology optimisation and simultaneous material-topology optimisation.
2013-2014: Research Scholar at National Institute of Aerosapce, VA, USA. Contracted to NASA Langley Research Center. Main reserach area: Aeroelastic topology optimisation.
2011-2012: Structural analyst at Eatec Ltd (Engineering consultancy company, Yate, UK)
2007-2011: PhD from University of Bath, UK. Thesis title: Introducing Loading Uncertainty in Level Set-Based Structural Topology Optimisation (link)
2002-2007: MEng in Aerospace Engineering from University of Bath, UK
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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- Programme leader for Mechanical Engineering
Previous:
- School of Engineering outreach activities coordinator
- Member of college ethics board
- External Memberships
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Reviewer for several journals:
- Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
- International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
- AIAA Journal
- Computers and Structures
- Journal of Fluids and Structures
- Composite Structures
- Engineering Optimization
- Computer-Aided Design
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
- Applied Mathematical Modelling
- Aerospace Science and Technology
- Advances in Engineering Software
- Engineering Structures
Latest Publications
Optimizing UAV Winglets: A Multiobjective Approach with Surrogate Models
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsAutomatic projection parameter increase for three-field density-based topology optimization
Structural and multidisciplinary optimization, vol. 68, no. 2, 33Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDesign optimisation of floating offshore wind turbine mooring systems
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003558859-45
- [ONLINE] https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781003558859-45/design-optimisation-floating-offshore-wind-turbine-mooring-systems-macnamara-kapitaniak-dunning-karadimos-milano-crawford?context=ubx&refId=3b282eb5-f25c-4276-8669-11e017dfee89
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Thermal–mechanical metamaterial analysis and optimization using an Abaqus plugin
Engineering with Computers, vol. 40, pp. 1145–1155,Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStability Constraints for Geometrically Nonlinear Topology Optimization
Structural and multidisciplinary optimization, vol. 66, no. 12, 253Contributions to Journals: Articles
Prizes and Awards
Nominated for several teaching awards:
- Best Supervisor (Postgraduate Research) (2019/20) – runner-up
- Best Undergraduate Lecturer (2020/21) & (2019/20)
- Best Supervisor (Postgraduate Research) (2018/19)
- Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching (2017/18)
- Research
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Research Overview
Research Areas
Research Projects
Multiscale Reliability-Based Optimisation of Composite Materials
Improving the design of composite structures by combining multiscale analysis, uncertainty propagation, surrogate modelling and reliability-based optimisation.
The Effect of Matrix Property Smoothing on the Reliability of Fibre-Reinforced Composites
Multi-scale Reliability-Based Design Optimisation Framework for Fibre-Reinforced Composite Laminates
Multiscale surrogate-based framework for reliability analysis of unidirectional FRP composites
Influence of micro-scale uncertainties on the reliability of fibre-matrix composites
Development of an ABAQUS Plugin Tool for Periodic RVE Homogenisation
Geometric Nonlinear Topology Optimisation
Developing robust and efficient methods for including geometric nonlinear effects in topology optimisation
Automatic projection parameter increase for three-field density-based topology optimization
Stability constraints for geometrically nonlinear topology optimization
https://github.com/PDDopt/TopOptNLStab
On the co-rotational method for geometrically nonlinear topology optimization
Metamaterial Design and Optimisation
Improvement, or invention of metamaterial designs via optimisation
Thermal–mechanical metamaterial analysis and optimization using an Abaqus plugin
Aeroelastic Optimisation
Improving the structural design of aeroelastic problems by exploiting fluid-structure interaction
The double-tree method: An O(n) unsteady aerodynamic lifting surface method
Optimal Topology of Aircraft Rib and Spar Structures Under Aeroelastic Loads
Coupled aerostructural topology optimization using a level set method for 3D aircraft wings
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Engineering.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Aerodynamics
- Aerospace Engineering
- Numerical Analysis
- Structural Mechanics
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Supervision
My current supervision areas are: Engineering.
Current PhD Students
Craig MacNamara (started 2023) - Multi-Objective Design Optimisation of Floating Offshore Wind Systems
Simon Allen (started 2022) - Advanced Design of Fibre Reinforced Composites, using Multiscale Reliability Analysis and Optimisation
Mohammed Almutairi (started 2021) - Aerostructural Optimisation of UAV Wing with Winglet
Former PhD Students
Alicia Terrero-Gonzalez (2023) - "Novel Nonlinear Pendula Devices for Wave Energy Extraction" (Lead supervisor - Prof. Marian Wiercigroch, joint with Curtin University)
Dr Bryn Jones, (2021) "Computationally efficient geometrically nonlinear aeroelastic analysis methods for highly flexible aircraft wings"
Dr Sadik Omairey, (2020) "Efficient Multi-scale Reliability Analysis of Fibre Reinforced Composites"
- Teaching
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Programmes
- Undergraduate, 5 year, September start
- Undergraduate, 4 year, September start
- Undergraduate, 5 year, September start
- Undergraduate, 4 year, September start
Courses
Coordinator (100% teaching)
Coordinator (100% teaching)
Coordinator (100% teaching)
Teaching Responsibilities
Current
EG1012 Fundamentals of Engineering Materials - Co-ordinator (100% teaching)
EG15H1 & EG15H2 Fundamentals of Engineering Materials (Harbin partnership) - Co-ordinator (100% teaching)
EG4578 BEng Group Design Project - Supervisor
BEng & MEng Individual Projects - Supervisor
MSc Individual Projects - Supervisor
Previous
EG55P6/Q2 Engineering Risk and Reliability Analysis - Co-ordinator (100% teaching)
EG55M1/96 Finite Element Analysis - Contributor (50% teaching)
EG5565 MEng Group Design Project - Supervisor
- Publications
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Optimizing UAV Winglets: A Multiobjective Approach with Surrogate Models
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsAutomatic projection parameter increase for three-field density-based topology optimization
Structural and multidisciplinary optimization, vol. 68, no. 2, 33Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDesign optimisation of floating offshore wind turbine mooring systems
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003558859-45
- [ONLINE] https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781003558859-45/design-optimisation-floating-offshore-wind-turbine-mooring-systems-macnamara-kapitaniak-dunning-karadimos-milano-crawford?context=ubx&refId=3b282eb5-f25c-4276-8669-11e017dfee89
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Thermal–mechanical metamaterial analysis and optimization using an Abaqus plugin
Engineering with Computers, vol. 40, pp. 1145–1155,Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStability Constraints for Geometrically Nonlinear Topology Optimization
Structural and multidisciplinary optimization, vol. 66, no. 12, 253Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Effect of Matrix Property Smoothing on the Reliability of Fibre-Reinforced Composites
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7857-8_18
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Is Wave Energy Untapped Potential?  
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, vol. 205, 106544Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMulti-scale Reliability-Based Design Optimisation Framework for Fibre-Reinforced Composite Laminates
Engineering Computations Journal, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 1241-1262Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOn the co-rotational method for geometrically nonlinear topology optimization
Structural and multidisciplinary optimization, vol. 62, no. 5, pp. 2357-2374Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA review on feature-mapping methods for structural optimization
Structural and multidisciplinary optimization, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 1597-1638Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://arxiv.org/pdf/1910.10770.pdf
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-020-02649-6
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14868/1/Wein_ReviewOnFeatureMappingMethods_VOR.pdf
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14868/2/Wein_et_al_SMO_AReviewOnFeature_AAM.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
