10th Postgraduate Experimental Mechanics (PGEM) Workshop
Date/Time: 7 September 2026
Location: Swansea University, UK.
Price: £80 inc VAT delegate fee
PGEM will take place the day before the BSSM's 20th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics - Swansea Arena, Swansea, UK
Delegates are welcome to attend both events
The PGEM workshop will provide postgraduate students with the opportunity to network with fellow early-career researchers, learn from experts through practical activities and gain inspiration from an external speaker with diverse career paths, including academia, industry, and entrepreneurship involved in the field of engineering measurement and experimental techniques in stress, strain and vibration analysis.
Programme Highlights
- Student 3 minute research elevator pitch *
- Early career inspirational industrial speaker
- Lab activity relating to Advanced Imaging of Materials
* Please provide a Word/PDF file containing the project title and a 100-word summary (see example below). Instructions for the pitch event will be shared with the attendees closer to time.
The workshop provides an excellent opportunity to share and discuss current research in a low pressure and relatively informal environment, learn about research projects at other institutions, network amongst like-minded people and make contacts for the future.
Guest Speaker Biography
Dr Javad Taghipour, Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, Dyson Institute
Dr Javad Taghipour is a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering and Research Lead at the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology. His career spans doctoral research, postdoctoral research, teaching, and academic leadership, providing a broad perspective on the transition from postgraduate researcher to academic leader.
Javad completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Swansea University in 2020, specialising in nonlinear model identification in structural dynamics. He subsequently worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher on the DigiTwin and SABRE projects before joining the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Swansea University as a Teaching Tutor. In 2022, he joined the Dyson Institute, where he now leads research activities and chairs the Institute’s Research and Ethics Committees.
His research interests lie at the intersection of experimental mechanics, structural dynamics, and machine learning.
His current work focuses on physics-enhanced machine learning approaches for nonlinear model identification in jointed structures and on understanding fluid–structure interaction phenomena in highly flexible systems. Through his research and leadership roles, he is passionate about fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and supporting the next generation of engineers and researchers.
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