Dr Andrei Shvarts

  • Lecturer (Infrastructure & Environment)

telephone: 01413305662
email: Andrei.Shvarts@glasgow.ac.uk

79-85 Oakfield Avenue, Rankine Building, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, G12 8LT

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472

Biography

Andrei earned his BSc (2012) and MSc (2014) degrees with distinction in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (alma mater of Boris Galerkin). During his master studies, he completed two internships with global industrial leaders, applying finite-element approaches to real-world engineering challanges at General Motors R&D (Michigan, US) and Airbus R&D (Toulouse, France).

Andrei pursued doctoral studies at École des Mines de Paris (MINES ParisTech – PSL University) in collaboration with Safran Tech, completing his PhD thesis in 2019. His doctoral research focused on developing a coupled numerical framework to simulate fluid transport across contact interfaces between rough surfaces - a challange relevant for applications in lubrication and sealing, including nuclear industry problems. The outstanding quality of his work was recognised with two national PhD awards: from the French Computational Structural Mechanics Association (affiliated with ECCOMAS) and from the French Mechanical Association for the best dissertation in tribology.

Andrei joined the University of Glasgow as a postdoctoral researcher in 2019, contributing to the modelling of fracture in irradiated graphite bricks in collaboration with EDF Energy. His work focused on enhancing the capabilities of MoFEM — an open-source, parallel finite element library developed at GCEC — to model the complex interaction between propagating cracks and contact interfaces in nuclear reactor's core. His postdoctral research was recognised with the prize for the best presentation at the UKACM conference (2019). 

Since 2021, Andrei has held the position of Lecturer in Computational Mechanics at GCEC, where he continues to advance cutting-edge research in the field. In particular, he applies his expertise in applied mathematics and numerical modelling to lead a range of research projects across civil, mechanical, electrical, and biomedical engineering. Andrei is also a Core Developer of MoFEM and a member of its Scientific Management Board.

Research interests

My interests are centred on developing novel, disruptive approaches to numerical modelling in engineering and applied physics, with a strong emphasis on industrial applications. I am one of core developers of MoFEM, an advanced open-source finite-element library with HPC capabilities for solving multi-field, multi-physics and multi-scale problems. In particular, my work focuses on the development and implementation of mixed finite element methods, enabling automated simulation workflows through error-driven adaptive refinement and delivering excellent solver scalability, including GPU parallesation. 

Since my appointment as a Lecturer, I have been building a research group dedicated to developing cutting-edge computational tools that support collaborations with colleagues across related disciplines and industry partners. Currently, my research focuses on the following key directions:

  • Numerical simulation of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG). TENG devices convert mechanical into electrical energy, offering autonomous clean power. Accurate modelling requires multi-scale, multi-physics simulations capturing statistically representative surface roughness. Using MoFEM, we aim to accelerate TENG design, optimisation, and prototyping. Collaboration: MMRG.
  • Data-driven (DD) computational mechanics. This approach bypasses constitutive model fitting by directly integrating experimental data into finite element simulations, while satisfying conservation laws and boundary conditions using FEM. DD aproach is particularly powerful for complex behaviours such as fracture of heterogeneous materials, unsaturated flow, and granular rheology. Collaboration: EDF Energy.
  • Modelling of nanoelectronic devices. Efficient chip packaging relies on detailed simulations of electron transport, heat transfer, and mechanical stress in highly heterogeneous solids. Mixed finite element methods permit to capture low-regularity solitions and yield solver-friendly matrix structures, enabling highly scalable multi-physics models. Collaboration: DeepNano research group.
  • Simulation-augmented atomic force microscopy (AFM). AFM nanoindentation is enhanced by coupling with finite element analysis, capturing material heterogeneity and nonlinear response. This approach improves measurement precision and deepens understanding of cellular and tissue biomechanics. Collaboration: CeMi.
  • Advanced simulation capabilities for hyperelastic and elastoplastic materials. We develop high-order finite element methods with GPU acceleration, adaptive refinement, and uncertainty quantification to tackle complex nonlinear problems involving large deformations, contact, buckling, and imperfections. Collaboration: Freudenberg Group.
  • Scalable solvers for solid mechanics. This project reformulates finite element algorithms with mixed and hybrid (multifield) methods to fully exploit GPU architectures, enabling efficient, scalable simulations of heterogeneous materials, finite elasticity, plasticity, fracture, and contact. Collaboration: Siemens.
  • High-Performance Modelling of the Full Spine. We develop advanced finite element models of intervertebral disc biomechanics to investigate degeneration linked to lower back pain. Mixed formulations, GPU acceleration, and clinical data integration enable efficient, patient-specific simulations. Collaboration: BMMB, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona).

Publications

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Number of items: 15.

2023

Athanasiadis, Ignatios, Shvarts, Andrei G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472, Ullah, Zahur, Lewandowski, Karol ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3625-186X, Pearce, Chris J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1570-2190 and Kaczmarczyk, Lukasz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8468-5435 (2023) A computational framework for crack propagation along contact interfaces and surfaces under load. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 414, 116129. (doi: 10.1016/j.cma.2023.116129)

Athanasiadis, Ignatios, Shvarts, Andrei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472, Fotouhi, Sakineh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-2714, Kaczmarczyk, Lukasz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8468-5435, Cochran, Sandy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7324-7790 and Pearce, Chris ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1570-2190 (2023) A Finite Element Model Updating Approach for the Characterisation of Piezoelectric Materials. 7th ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference (YIC2023), Porto, Portugal, 19-21 June 2023.

Athanasiadis, Ignatios, Shvarts, Andrei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472, Fotouhi, Sakineh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-2714, Kaczmarczyk, Lukasz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8468-5435, Cochran, Sandy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7324-7790 and Pearce, Chris ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1570-2190 (2023) Piezoelectric Material Characterisation Using the Finite Element Model Updating Method. UKACM 2023 Conference, Coventry, UK, 19-21 April 2023.

2021

Shvarts, Andrei G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472, Vignollet, Julien and Yastrebov, Vladislav A. (2021) Computational framework for monolithic coupling for thin fluid flow in contact interfaces. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 379, 113738. (doi: 10.1016/j.cma.2021.113738)

2020

Kaczmarczyk, Ł. et al. (2020) MoFEM: an open source, parallel finite element library. Journal of Open Source Software, 4(45), 1441. (doi: 10.21105/joss.01441)

2018

Shvarts, A.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472 and Yastrebov, V.A. (2018) Trapped fluid in contact interface. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 119, pp. 140-162. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2018.06.016)

Shvarts, Andrei G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472 and Yastrebov, Vladislav A. (2018) Fluid flow across a wavy channel brought in contact. Tribology International, 126, pp. 116-126. (doi: 10.1016/j.triboint.2018.05.005)

2017

Yastrebov, Vladislav A., Anciaux, Guillaume, Shvarts, Andrei G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472, Molinari, Jean-François and Cailletaud, Georges (2017) Modeling Creeping Flow through a Closed Crack with a Self-Affine Geometry and an Extension to Permeability of Cracked Media. In: Sixth Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Paris, France, 09-13 Jul 2017, pp. 1241-1248. ISBN 9780784480779 (doi: 10.1061/9780784480779.154)

2016

Garbuzov, F.E., Samsonov, A.M., Semenov, A.A. and Shvarts, A.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472 (2016) Determination of third-order elastic moduli via parameters of bulk strain solitons. Technical Physics Letters, 42(2), pp. 121-123. (doi: 10.1134/S1063785016020073)

2015

Samsonov, A.M., Dreiden, G.V., Semenova, I.V. and Shvartz, A.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472 (2015) Bulk Solitary Waves in Elastic Solids. In: Application of Mathematics in Technical and Natural Sciences: 7th International Conference for Promoting the Application of Mathematics in Technical and Natural Sciences (AMiTaNS’15), Albena, Bulgaria, 28 Jun - 03 Jul 2015, 02002. ISBN 9780735413313 (doi: 10.1063/1.4934283)

Samsonov, A.M., Dreiden, G.V., Semenova, I.V. and Shvartz, A.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472 (2015) Bulk Strain Solitons in Rods, Plates and Shells. In: Recent Developments in Nonlinear Acoustics: 20th International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics including the 2nd International Sonic Boom Forum, Écully, France, 29 Jun - 03 Jul 2015, 080004. ISBN 9780735413320 (doi: 10.1063/1.4934457)

Shvartz, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472, Samsonov, A., Dreiden, G. and Semenova, I. (2015) Evolution of Bulk Strain Solitons in Cylindrical Inhomogeneous Shells. In: Recent Developments in Nonlinear Acoustics: 20th International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics including the 2nd International Sonic Boom Forum, Écully, France, 29 Jun - 03 Jul 2015, 070014. ISBN 9780735413320 (doi: 10.1063/1.4934451)

Dreiden, G.V., Samsonov, A.M., Semenova, I.V. and Shvartz, A.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472 (2015) Bulk Strain Solitons in a Cylindrical Shell. In: Proceedings of the International Conference Days on Diffraction 2014, St. Petersburg, Russia, 26-30 May 2014, pp. 69-75. ISBN 9781479966998 (doi: 10.1109/DD.2014.7036426)

Shvartz, A.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472, Samsonov, A.M., Semenova, I.V. and Dreiden, G.V. (2015) Numerical Simulation of Bulk Solitons in Elongated Shells. In: 2015 Days on Diffraction (DD), St. Petersburg, Russia, 25-29 May 2015, pp. 303-309. ISBN 9781467386302 (doi: 10.1109/DD.2015.7354881)

2014

Dreiden, G.V., Samsonov, A.M., Sememova, I.V. and Shvarts, A.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472 (2014) Strain solitary waves in a thin-walled waveguide. Applied Physics Letters, 105(21), 211906. (doi: 10.1063/1.4902899)

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Number of items: 15.

Articles

Athanasiadis, Ignatios, Shvarts, Andrei G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472, Ullah, Zahur, Lewandowski, Karol ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3625-186X, Pearce, Chris J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1570-2190 and Kaczmarczyk, Lukasz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8468-5435 (2023) A computational framework for crack propagation along contact interfaces and surfaces under load. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 414, 116129. (doi: 10.1016/j.cma.2023.116129)

Shvarts, Andrei G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472, Vignollet, Julien and Yastrebov, Vladislav A. (2021) Computational framework for monolithic coupling for thin fluid flow in contact interfaces. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 379, 113738. (doi: 10.1016/j.cma.2021.113738)

Kaczmarczyk, Ł. et al. (2020) MoFEM: an open source, parallel finite element library. Journal of Open Source Software, 4(45), 1441. (doi: 10.21105/joss.01441)

Shvarts, A.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472 and Yastrebov, V.A. (2018) Trapped fluid in contact interface. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 119, pp. 140-162. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2018.06.016)

Shvarts, Andrei G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472 and Yastrebov, Vladislav A. (2018) Fluid flow across a wavy channel brought in contact. Tribology International, 126, pp. 116-126. (doi: 10.1016/j.triboint.2018.05.005)

Garbuzov, F.E., Samsonov, A.M., Semenov, A.A. and Shvarts, A.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472 (2016) Determination of third-order elastic moduli via parameters of bulk strain solitons. Technical Physics Letters, 42(2), pp. 121-123. (doi: 10.1134/S1063785016020073)

Dreiden, G.V., Samsonov, A.M., Sememova, I.V. and Shvarts, A.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472 (2014) Strain solitary waves in a thin-walled waveguide. Applied Physics Letters, 105(21), 211906. (doi: 10.1063/1.4902899)

Conference or Workshop Item

Athanasiadis, Ignatios, Shvarts, Andrei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472, Fotouhi, Sakineh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-2714, Kaczmarczyk, Lukasz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8468-5435, Cochran, Sandy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7324-7790 and Pearce, Chris ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1570-2190 (2023) A Finite Element Model Updating Approach for the Characterisation of Piezoelectric Materials. 7th ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference (YIC2023), Porto, Portugal, 19-21 June 2023.

Athanasiadis, Ignatios, Shvarts, Andrei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472, Fotouhi, Sakineh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-2714, Kaczmarczyk, Lukasz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8468-5435, Cochran, Sandy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7324-7790 and Pearce, Chris ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1570-2190 (2023) Piezoelectric Material Characterisation Using the Finite Element Model Updating Method. UKACM 2023 Conference, Coventry, UK, 19-21 April 2023.

Conference Proceedings

Yastrebov, Vladislav A., Anciaux, Guillaume, Shvarts, Andrei G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472, Molinari, Jean-François and Cailletaud, Georges (2017) Modeling Creeping Flow through a Closed Crack with a Self-Affine Geometry and an Extension to Permeability of Cracked Media. In: Sixth Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Paris, France, 09-13 Jul 2017, pp. 1241-1248. ISBN 9780784480779 (doi: 10.1061/9780784480779.154)

Samsonov, A.M., Dreiden, G.V., Semenova, I.V. and Shvartz, A.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472 (2015) Bulk Solitary Waves in Elastic Solids. In: Application of Mathematics in Technical and Natural Sciences: 7th International Conference for Promoting the Application of Mathematics in Technical and Natural Sciences (AMiTaNS’15), Albena, Bulgaria, 28 Jun - 03 Jul 2015, 02002. ISBN 9780735413313 (doi: 10.1063/1.4934283)

Samsonov, A.M., Dreiden, G.V., Semenova, I.V. and Shvartz, A.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472 (2015) Bulk Strain Solitons in Rods, Plates and Shells. In: Recent Developments in Nonlinear Acoustics: 20th International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics including the 2nd International Sonic Boom Forum, Écully, France, 29 Jun - 03 Jul 2015, 080004. ISBN 9780735413320 (doi: 10.1063/1.4934457)

Shvartz, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472, Samsonov, A., Dreiden, G. and Semenova, I. (2015) Evolution of Bulk Strain Solitons in Cylindrical Inhomogeneous Shells. In: Recent Developments in Nonlinear Acoustics: 20th International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics including the 2nd International Sonic Boom Forum, Écully, France, 29 Jun - 03 Jul 2015, 070014. ISBN 9780735413320 (doi: 10.1063/1.4934451)

Dreiden, G.V., Samsonov, A.M., Semenova, I.V. and Shvartz, A.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472 (2015) Bulk Strain Solitons in a Cylindrical Shell. In: Proceedings of the International Conference Days on Diffraction 2014, St. Petersburg, Russia, 26-30 May 2014, pp. 69-75. ISBN 9781479966998 (doi: 10.1109/DD.2014.7036426)

Shvartz, A.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7472, Samsonov, A.M., Semenova, I.V. and Dreiden, G.V. (2015) Numerical Simulation of Bulk Solitons in Elongated Shells. In: 2015 Days on Diffraction (DD), St. Petersburg, Russia, 25-29 May 2015, pp. 303-309. ISBN 9781467386302 (doi: 10.1109/DD.2015.7354881)

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Supervision

All interested candidates are invited to get in contact with me to discuss the project and scholarship opportunities. 

Currently I supervise the following PhD students:

  • Esmail, Mohamed: Advanced Simulation Capabilities for Reinforced Tubular Structures Under Complex Loading Conditions
  • Gao, Yingjia: Simulations and modelling heterogeneous materials from an electronic device packaging prospective
  • Johnson, Cai: Stem cell/niche biomechanics in intestinal health and disease
  • Cerdán, Heriberto (Heri) Busquier: Data-driven computational modelling for assessing structural integrity of civil nuclear reactors
  • Shevchenko, Bohdan: Scalable solvers for solid mechanics problems for GPGPUs
  • Sierra Fisher, Liliana Anoushka: High-Performance Simulations of the Full Spine Using a Novel Poromechanics Model for Intervertebral Discs
  • Wang, Zifeng: A Smarter Way to Model Low-Power Memory Devices

Completed PhD Students:

Teaching

I currently teach the following courses: 

I supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students in the following projects:

Previously, I have also taught:


Andrei Shvarts