Dr. Philip Cardiff holds a post as Bekaert Lecturer of Materials Processing within the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at University College Dublin. A graduate of Mechanical Engineering, Philip completed a PhD at UCD in the area of computational biomechanics, developing contact methodologies based on the finite volume method in OpenFOAM for hip joint simulations. Upon completing his PhD, Philip spent time as a Post Doctoral Research Fellow working on the development of computational models within the Irish Composites Centre at UCD, and within the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include the development of finite volume methods for solid mechanics and fluid-solid interactions, with applications ranging from biomechanics and materials processing, to composites and geomechanics.