Professor Geoff Parks
- Professor of Nuclear Engineering
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About
Geoff Parks received his BA in Engineering in 1984 and his PhD in Nuclear Engineering in 1989, both from the University of Cambridge. He is now a Reader in Nuclear Engineering at Cambridge. He is a Fellow of Jesus College where he was a Director of Studies in Engineering from 1993 to 2019. He served as the College’s Sciences Admissions Tutor from 1997 to 2007 and as Director of Admissions for the Cambridge Colleges from 2003 to 2012. He is now the Senior Tutor at Jesus College.
Research
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Dr Parks heads the Computational Design Group in the Cambridge Engineering Design Centre, which researches into the application of advanced optimisation methods to difficult real-world problems in a wide variety of application areas including aerodynamic, nuclear and structural engineering, in the development and application of multiobjective optimisation methods, and in the effective exploitation and integration of optimisation methods within the Engineering Design process.
Dr Parks also heads the Future Nuclear Systems group which focuses on the analysis and design of potential future nuclear reactor systems and fuel cycles, especially from the reactor physics, thermal-hydraulic and fuel management perspectives. The group has particular interests in the exploitation of thorium-based fuels both in current (Gen 3+) and future power generation technologies, in the development of reactor modelling methods, and in other applications of reactor technology: civil marine propulsion, radioisotope generation, and space applications.