Key details
Dr Tim Tilford
Associate Head of School - Research & Knowledge Exchange (CMS)
Tim Tilford was awarded a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Queen Mary College, London in 1998 and a Master of Science degree in Computational Fluid Dynamics from the University of Greenwich in 1999. He was awarded a PhD in Eulerian-Lagrangian Multidomain methods for multiphysics simulations in 2013. He was a Research Fellow in Computational Electromagnetics and Fluid Dynamics 2002–2013, a Lecturer in Computational Mechanics 2013-2014 and has been a Senior Lecturer in Computational Mechanics since 2014.
He has worked on a large number of projects including the EPSRC funded Power Electronics Flagship project, and the EPSRC/EU funded FAMOBS projects, the EU NextFactory project and is currently working on an EPSRC Power Electronics project.
Qualifications
B.Eng Aeronautical Engineering (Queen Mary College, University of London)
M.Sc by Research (University of Greenwich)
PhD. Computational Mechanics (University of Greenwich)
Responsibilities within the university
- Senior Lecturer in Computational Mechanics
- Researcher focusing on numerical analysis of complex coupled problems
Awards
Winner of best paper award at DDMC Additive manufacturing conference, Berlin, Germany in 2016
Recognition
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications,
Chartered Scientist
Chartered Mathematician
Associate Editor, Journal of Algorithms and Computational Technology
Research / Scholarly interests
Dr Tilford is primarily focused on using numerical analysis to tackle challenges faced by UK and International engineering companies, particularly in the field of the reliability of electronics systems. He develops and utilises numerical techniques to evaluate and optimise the design of systems and manufacturing processes to improve the reliability and robustness of manufactured products. This is of critical relevance in the electronics field as the rate of progression in technologies means that evaluation of the lifetime of a commercial product is typically based on a prediction as opposed to historical data. Most recently he has been working on evaluating the reliability of additively manufactured electronics systems, aiding transition of the technology into a major multinational microelectronics company, and into assessment of Power Electronics systems utilising wide bandgap semiconductor materials which will underpin the transition to a low/zero carbon economy.
Key funded projects
NextFactory (2013-2017), Funded by EU-FP7 350,000 euros. Development of multi-physics models and condition monitoring software for 3D ink-jet printing of microsystem components.
FAMOBS; Frequency Agile Microwave Bonding System; Development of Multi-Physics Models for Microwave Bonding of Adhesives in Electronic Packaging; Funded by EU-FP7; (2008-2011) 250,000 UK Sterling. Multi-physics modelling of a novel microwave heating process for use in manufacture of electronic packages.