SINDRI is an ambitious project that aims to develop the digital technology required for a step-change in the design, fabrication, and in-service assessment of nuclear power plant components, helping to drive down the cost of future low-carbon energy generation. This will be achieved through developing a coherent digital framework, populated by modular multi-scale models, that will replace time consuming and extensive physical testing associated with traditional approaches. The open-source modelling tools developed within the digital framework will allow simulation of fabrication and in-service degradation of safety critical components. The partnership’s work will support a transformation in the field by replacing historically manual processes and testing with a virtual environment, thereby enhancing speed and efficiency.

About the SINDRI project:
https://www.sindri-partnership.ac.uk 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d3t9ebqvhY 

Prof Mahmoud Mostafavi graduated from the University of Bristol in Mechanical Engineering focusing on fracture of metallic materials in 2009. Following his PhD Prof Mostafavi moved to the University of Manchester where he was a research associate working on failure of quasi-brittle materials for EDF before moving to the University of Oxford. As an Oxford Martin Fellow (2011-2013) and Junior Research Fellow (Linacre College) his research focused on using advanced techniques at the time combined with numerical analysis to study fracture of a range of materials, connecting their micro-mechanical behaviour to their macro-mechanical performance. Prof Mostafavi then moved to the University of Sheffield as a Lecturer in Solid Mechanics in 2013. He eventually moved back to his alma mater in 2015 where he became Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair. Prof Mostafavi’s work was often funded by the Nuclear Industry including industry (UKAEA, EDF, and Rolls Royce), Government funding bodies (EPSEC, and Horizon Europe), and public and government bodies (e.g. UK’s Department of Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy as well as Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society). Prof Mostafavi moved to Monash, Australia in 2024 to take up the role of Head of Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering where he continues to study the failure of materials mostly used in safety sensitive industries.

For more information, visit: https://www.monash.edu/engineering/mahmoudmostafavi