This is a short course on the Smoothed Particle 
Hydrodynamics (SPH) numerical schemes and it will cover 
basic and theoretical concepts, latest innovations.  This 
course is primarily aimed at the beginners with Master and 
PhD students in mathematics, engineering, computer 
science, physics, environmental disciplines, astrophysics 
and biomedicine, amongst others. The contents will also be 
of interest to post-doctoral fellows in academia and 
industry, as well as to academics and practitioners.

The course will combine lectures on the basic theory and 
numerical methods, with practical activities involving 
computer-based experimentation using the DualSPHysics 
open-source software provided with the course material.

The course will include a practical hands-on session using 
the open source code DualSPHysics, an international 
collaboration between five institutions: The University of 
Manchester (UK), The University of Vigo (Spain), Flanders 
Hydraulics (Belgium), University of Lisbon (Portugal) and 
the University of Parma 
(Italy):http://www.dual.sphysics.org

Course Lecturer:

Prof. Benedict Rogers

Professor Benedict Rogers is the Chair of Computational 
Hydrodynamics at the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and 
Civil Engineering (MACE) in the University of Manchester. 
With his doctoral studies in numerical simulation of free-
surface flow for shallow water, he has more than 15 years 
of experience of SPH research having published over 55 
journal papers on SPH investigating fundamental 
formulations, hardware acceleration and engineering 
applications such as wave breaking, wave impact and multi-
phase flows. He is the current Chair (2015-2020) of the 
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics rEsearch and engineeRing 
International Community (SPHERIC), the international 
organization representing developers, users and 
researchers of SPH.

Dr. Renato Vacondio

Renato is an SIR (Scientific independence of Young 
Researchers) Research Fellow at the University of Parma. 
He obtained his PhD from the University of Parma in Italy 
on SPH developing a new methodology for solving shallow 
water flows. His research focuses on the development of 
variable resolution for SPH including particle splitting 
and merging within DualSPHysics for the Navier-Stokes 
equations. He organised the 2015 SPHERIC International SPH 
workshop at the University of Parma, is a member of the 
Steering Committee of SPHERIC