Event Details
Dates: September 1st – 3rd, 2026
Location: The Department of Mathematics at The University of Manchester, Manchester. Online participation will also be possible via Teams.
This event will focus on the use of multi-physics in the simulation of particulate solids. There will be a selection of invited speakers and workshop/tutorial sessions spread across the three days, with the full list of speakers and topics to be released very soon.
Full details on the ON-DEM specific event activities can be found on the ON-DEM website.
Provisional Event Schedule
Day 1 - Tuesday, September 1st
| Time | Item |
|---|---|
| 11:45 – 13:15 | Arrival & lunch |
| 13:15 – 13:30 | Introduction |
| 13:30 – 14:45 | Research summary presentations Community updates |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Progress on development of code benchmarking cases J.P. Morrissey (University of Edinburgh) |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Tea/coffee break |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Update on GPU implementation for MercuryDPM Valantis Tsinginos (STFC) |
| 15:50 – 16:00 | GRaiNNs: Graph Neural Network Simulation for particulate processes J.P. Morrissey (University of Edinburgh) |
| 16:00 – 16:55 | Development of macros for DEM visualisation in ParaView J.P. Morrissey (University of Edinburgh) |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Career development session for female participants |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Free time |
| 19:15 – 22:30 | Event dinner - Dimitri’s |
Day 2 - Wednesday, September 2nd
| Time | Item |
|---|---|
| 09:00 – 10:30 | A commercial and industrial perspective on CFD–DEM Commercial perspective: Victor Lira (Flow3D) Industrial perspective: Andrew Hobbs (Astec Industries) An introduction to OmniVerse: Andrew Hobbs(Astec Industries) |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Tea/coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Key concepts in CFD-DEM Selection of appropriate drag models: Sadaf Marami (University of Newcastle) Mesh dependency: Don McGlinchey (Glasgow Caledonian University) |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Running your first open-source CFD–DEM simulation (Part 1) David Schneider (preCICE) |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Tea/coffee break* |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Running your first open-source CFD–DEM simulation (Part 2) David Schneider (preCICE) |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Free time |
| 19:00 – 22:30 | Event dinner - Albert’s Shed |
Important
In order to follow through the tutorial on running a CFD-DEM simulation you will need to have a laptop capable of using Linux/Unix (this can be a Linux/Unix virtual machine, WSL on Windows, most Linux distros or MacOS).
Note that on MacOS, ARM support should not be an issue, but cannot be guaranteed.
Day 3 - Thursday, September 3rd
| Time | Item |
|---|---|
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Review of Fluid-Particle Coupling methodologies |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Tea/coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Review of Fluid-Particle Coupling codes and practical examples |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 17:45 | ParaSolS Event Close – Continued ON-DEM Event |
Warning
This schedule is provisional and subject to change. A final schedule will be confirmed closer to the event.
Register your Interest in Attending
If you are a member of CCC-ParaSolS based in the UK (i.e., you have completed the registration questionnaire) and you are interested in attending, please complete the simple form below to register your interest by 9th August:
Warning
Places are limited and registration of interest does not guarantee a place. We will inform you directly on the success of your application.
Do not book travel or accommodation yet!
Reimbursement of Expenses
Those whose attendance expenses will be reimbursed will be informed no later than August 12th. These attendees should read and follow the guidance here on which expenses can be claimed for, and the mechanism for reimbursement.
CCC-ParaSolS will be able to reimburse the travel and subsistence expenses of some attendees up to to a maximum value of £350 — but perhaps not all, depending on the level of interest: hence the hybrid joining possibility.
Getting to Manchester
Manchester is well connected by rail with trains arriving regularly from across the country at the main stations:
Accommodation
The event will be held at The University of Manchester and there is ample reasonably priced accommodation available across the city.
Several suggestions include:
- Travelodge (on Upper Brook Street)
- Ibis (on Princess Street)
- Pendulum Hotel (on Sackville Street)
- Holiday Inn Express Manchester Cc - by IHG (on Oxford Road)
- Hyatt Regency Manchester (on Booth Street)
In order to maximise the number of people whose attendance can be funded by CCC-ParaSolS, we request your consideration in choosing reasonably priced accommodation. CCC-ParaSolS will reimburse accommodation costs up to a maximum of £100 per night.
Warning
For ease of accommodation reimbursement, we strongly recommend that attendees book recognised hotels rather than short-term apartment rentals, Airbnb, etc.
Venue
The Alan Turing Building
The University of Manchester
Upper Brook Street
Manchester
M13 9SR
