research lab at the University of Edinburgh
We work on the physics of dense suspensions, building particle simulations and continuum models that link microscopic dynamics to bulk flow, with one foot in soft matter and the other in chemical engineering processes.
Email chris.ness@ed.ac.uk with a CV and a sentence on what research problem you aspire to solve.
We build bespoke modelling tools designed to answer fundamental questions about the dynamics of particulate systems. Our work is at the interface of soft matter physics and chemical engineering.
Linking micromechanics to bulk flow behaviour via particle-based simulation.
Understanding network formation and percolation in systems of attractive particles.
Encoding microscopic details into constitutive models for large-scale simulation.
Understanding the fundamentals of extrusion, milling, crystallisation and other industrial unit ops.
We have collaborated and published papers with scientists at the following institutions:
