Dr Shahroz Khan
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow
Maritime Design Researcher
Uncovering Design’s Mysteries with Computational Power
I am a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Department of Naval Architecture Ocean and Marine Engineering (NAOME, ranked 3rd in the world by Shanghai Ranking ) of the University of Strathclyde, working on the GRAPES (learninG, pRocessing, And oPtimising shapES) Project.
My work is supervised by Professor Panagiotis Kaklis from the University of Strathclyde and co-supervised by Professor Fehmi Cirak from the University of Cambridge.
I focus on developing intelligent digital design tools for the maritime industry. Currently, I am creating an AI-assisted design system, which will help designers and engineers to:
Generate appearance- and performance-driven designs at the conceptual design phase.
Overcome the computational burden of physical computer simulations.
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Previously, I had the opportunity to work with renowned professionals in notable organisations.
I worked with Professor Kosa Goucher-Lambert at the Co-Design Lab, University of California, Berkeley, on creating a mixed-initiative generative learning model that engages with designers during the training phase, resulting in an intelligent design and optimisation system. The opportunity to visit the Co-Design lab was made possible through the support of the Royal Society under the HINGE project.
I also visited the Institute of Marine Engineering of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-INM) in Rome, Italy, as a Mac Roberson Visiting Scholar. At the CNR-INM, I worked with Dr Matteo Diez on developing data-driven techniques to enhance the efficiency of shape optimisation.
From August to December 2019, I visited the Virtual Reality Research Group of the Ship Design Laboratory at the School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (S-NA&ME) at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in Greece, where I collaborated with Professor Alexandros-Alvertos I. Ginnis to create an immersed computational design platform for complex maritime vessels.
In addition, I was also a research assistant in the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean, and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, United Kingdom. In this role, I developed a digital system for simulating the operational activities in offshore wind turbine farms as part of the NEXUS project, which was led by a consortium (co-led by ARTTIC and Rolls-Royce Marine) of various key players from four European Union (EU) member states. It was funded by the EU through the Horizon 2020 program.
During my Master's studies, I was a Scholar of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) at the Smart Computer-Aided Design Laboratory of Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, where I worked with Dr Erkan Gunpinar to create a generative framework called ModiYacht for designing superyachts.
Furthermore, I worked as an International Internship Student Trainee with Professor Hiromasa Suzuki at the Geometric Modelling for Industrial Application Laboratory of the University of Tokyo, Japan, where I created a machine intelligence model to infuse human perception into the design process.
Research Experience
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow
Department of Naval Architecture Ocean and Marine Engineering,
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Jul 2020 - PresentProfect: GRAPES; Funder: European Union Horizon H2020;Research Outcome: IntraSensitivity - SSDR - GMDSAVisiting Researcher
ITI-global, Cambridge, UK.
Jan 2023- Present
Profect: GRAPES; Funder: European Union Horizon H2020Visiting Student Scholar
Co-Design Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley, US.
Aug 2022 - Nov 2022
Profect: HINGE; Funder: Royal Society, UKVisiting Researcher
Institute of Marine Engineering, National Research Council, Rome, ItalyJan 2020 - Apr 2020Funder: Mac Robertson Travel Scholarship; Research Outcome: PIFFLVisiting Researcher
Ship Design Lab., School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,National Technical University of AthensAug 2019 - Dec 2019Research Assistant
Department of Naval Architecture Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UKOct 2018 - Mar 2019Profect: NEXUS; Funder: European Union Horizon H2020; Research Outcome: OptiRouteInternational Internship Student Trainee
Geometric Modelling for Industrial Application Laboratory, Precision Engineering Department, University of Tokyo, JapanJul 2017 - August 2017Funder: University of Tokyo; Research Outcome: Psycho-Physical DistanceAreas of Research Interest
Computational Geometry
Machine/Deep Learning
Shape Optimisation
Generative Design
Design Cognition