Thu, 02 July, 2026
Registrations are still available for our upcoming event on 30 September 2026, organised alongside NAFEMS, ‘Shaping the Future of Welding: Advances in Modelling and Simulation’.
The event will take place at TWI Cambridge and the one-day seminar will be chaired by TWI’s Principal Simulation and Modelling Engineer, Anas Yaghi.
At this event, we will explore the latest advances in modelling and simulation of welding, including current industrial challenges, the impact of simulation on design and manufacturing, and the opportunities created by new computational methods and AI.
Many topics will be covered throughout the day, including weld pool modelling, validation techniques, linking micro- to macro-scales, scaling up to assemblies, and best practice in benchmarking and standardisation.
There will be presentations that will highlight how simulation enables, safer, faster and more sustainable welding processes, while a closing panel session will provide an open forum for discussion on future developments and applications.
The preliminary agenda for the day is below:
- 08:30 Registration
- 09:30 Chairman's Introduction and Welcome
Anas Yaghi
- Welcome to TWI Cambridge
Malcolm Lee, TWI
- Advances in Weld Modelling for Nuclear Materials with Solid-state Phase Transformations
Yongle Sun, Cranfield University
- Predicting Weld Residual Stresses in Steels that Undergo Solid State Phase Transformation
Mike Smith, University of Manchester
- A New Computational Framework to Predict the Integrity of Welds
Tim Hageman, University of Oxford
- Recent Developments in Mathematical Modelling Frameworks for Computational Metallurgy
Tom Flint, University of Manchester
- Material Recovery for the Circular Economy
Sumit Hazra, Warwick Manufacturing Group
- Multi-Concept Constrained Bayesian Optimisation for Advanced Manufacturing Process Parameter Selection
Greg Nelson, Frazer-Nash Consultancy
- 12:35 Lunch break
- FEA Simulations and Measurements of Weld Residual Stresses (WRS) Induced During Girth Welding And Effect Of Post Weld Heat Treatment (PWHT)
Lars Magne Haldorsen, Equinor (presented by Michael Roy, TWI)
- Friction Stir Weld Modelling
Siamak Shishvan, TWI
- Material Recovery for the Circular Economy
Sumit Hazra, Warwick Manufacturing Group
- Weld Simulation: How Good is Good Enough? - A Graded Approach to Simulations for Industrial Applications
Ben Pellereau, Rolls Royce
- Laser Welding Distortion in Automotive Roof Structure: Simulation, Validation, and Process Insights
Pradeeptta Kumar Taraphdar, Jaguar LandRover
- Simulating Post-Weld Heat Treatment of Ferritic Steel Welds
Harry Coules, Amentum
- Methods to Predict Residual Stresses and Distortion in DED Processes to Scale Significantly using In-house Subroutines – Title TBC
Abdullah Azam, Boeing
- Panel Discussion and Concluding Remarks
Anas Yaghi, Paul Hurrell, John Bouchard & more to be announced ...
- 17:30 End of Day
This seminar is designed for academics, industrial practitioners, simulation specialists, welding engineers, materials scientists, research students, and decision-makers in manufacturing sectors who wish to stay at the forefront of welding innovation.
We are also pleased to offer a discounted price for any Industrial Members that attend the event.
Please email becki.parratt@twi.co.uk to request an Industrial Members’ discount code to use when registering.
You can see more and register to attend via the NAFEMS website, here:
https://www.nafems.org/events/nafems/2026/shaping-the-future-of-welding-advances-in-modelling-and-simulation/