Personal statement

Professor Selda Oterkus joined the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at University of Strathclyde in August 2015. She is currently a Professor (Chair) and the Director of PeriDynamics Research Centre (PDRC) and Ocean Energy Research Unit (OERU). 

She received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Arizona, with minor degree in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics.

Her research mainly focuses on multi-physics modelling of materials and structures including damage prediction due to various loading and environmental conditions. Her expertise spans a wide range of topics including fluid-structure interaction, structural health monitoring, digital twin, naval damage control, ships and offshore structures, offshore renewable energy, floating wind and solar energy systems, ice-structure interactions, fire damage in composites, corrosion damage, and desalination and water treatment technologies.

Her research has been supported by various organisations, including Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Department for Transport, British Council, BAE Systems, Babcock, QinetiQ, Innovate UK, McDermott and TWI.

Professor Oterkus was a visiting professor at Stanford University (USA), University of Padova (Italy) and Otto von Guericke University (Germany). She served as a Special Issue Editor for Computational Material Science (Elsevier) and Journal of Mechanics (Cambridge). She is an associate editor of Frontiers in Materials (Frontiers). She is a member of the editorial boards of Scientific Reports (Nature), Journal of Peridynamics and Nonlocal Modeling (Springer), Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (MDPI), and Sustainable Marine Structures (NASS). Additionally, she has served as Chair of ASME UK Section.

Research Interests:

Peridynamics, Fluid-Structure Interactions, Fracture Mechanics, Multiphysics Analysis, Offshore Renewable Energy, Ship and Offshore Structures, Structural Health Monitoring, Digital Twin, Naval Damage Control, Floating Wind and Solar Energy Systems, Desalination & Water Treatment Technologies, Finite Element Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Mechanics of Composite Materials.

For more information about her research activities, please visit PDRC's website:

http://www.peridynamics.org

For her TEDx talk on peridynamics, please visit the following link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhyJirBvpfs