Ramin Amali received his BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering, in the field of applied design in 1995. He is currently a lecturer and a PhD candidate at the University of the West of England. His research background includes the design of technical laboratory apparatus and devices and has recently investigated combining Artificial Intelligence techniques and Finite Element Analysis to solve direct and inverse domain problems
Bristol Institute of Technology
University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK