Hassan Ugail

Dr. Hassan Ugail, PhD is a mathematician and a computer scientist at the School of Informatics; the University of Bradford. Dr Ugail is the first Maldivian to obtain a PhD in Mathematics. Dr Ugail's principal research interests are in the areas of geometric design, computer based physical analysis and design optimisation that fall into the broad area of research known as Simulation Based Design. He is a member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) peer review college and also a peer reviewer for several related journals and conferences in his field of research.

Early life

Hassan Ugail was born in Hithadhoo, Maldives. He completed his primary education from Nooranee School in Hithadhoo. In 1987 he moved to Malé to complete his secondary education at English Preparatory And Secondary School and at Centre for Higher Secondary Education. Ugail was a top student and was considered to be bright. In 1992 he received his opportunity to continue his studies in the UK as a result of a British Council scholarship. Ugail currently lives in UK with wife Aminath Muna and kids (Neena Ugail and Noah Ugail)

Academic life

Ugail received a B.Sc. degree with First Class Honours in Mathematics in 1995 and a PGCE in 1996 both from King's College London. He was awarded his PhD by the Department of Applied Mathematics at University of Leeds in the year 2000 for his research in geometric design. He then worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Department of Applied Mathematics at University of Leeds until September 2002. Dr Ugail joined the School of Informatics, University of Bradford, as a Lecturer in September 2002. He was appointed as a Senior Lecturer in April 2005.

His work

Dr Ugail's principal research interests are in the areas of geometric design, computer-based physical analysis, and design optimisation that all fall into a broad area of research known as Simulation-Based Design. The focus of his research is particularly upon a novel method for geometric design known as the PDE (partial differential equation) method developed at the University of Leeds. The PDE method is based on a suitably chosen PDE that enables to model complex shapes in an easy and predictable fashion. Dr Ugail also developed the method of biharmonic Bézier surface for boundary based smooth surface design with Professor Monterde from University of Valencia, Spain.

This research has many practical applications, which include building new application environments for complex interactive computer-aided design and computer animation, design analysis and optimisation for engineering and biomedical applications such as accurate computer modelling of shapes of biological membranes, human heart and artificial limbs.

His methods for the representation of a three dimensional object; for the storage and transmission of data representing a three dimensional object; and his method for the time-dependent animation of a three dimensional object are all protected under British and US patent laws.

Dr Ugail's research work is funded by a variety of sources. For example, his current research grant protifolio from EPSRC can be found here [http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewPerson.aspx?PersonId=104887]

His research finding has been widely published in related international journals and conference proceedings. A list of selected references for his work can be found here [http://www.inf.brad.ac.uk/staff/index.php?type=pu&u=hugail]

Trivia

In late 2005, the political Maldivian webzine proposed a so-called [http://www.dhivehiobserver.com/articles/qasimforpresident.html |"Dream Team"] to constituent a future government that would bring forth "democracy and prosperity" in the Maldives, that is currently under political turmoil. Despite Dr. Ugail's training as a mathematician, the compiler of this list placed the him as Ambassador to the UK.

On 17th August 2007 Dr Ugail gave a short interview live on "BBC World" regarding the referendum that decided on the form of government the new constitution of Maldives should adopt where Maldivians voted between a parliamentary or presidential form of government. This historic referendum was held on 18th August 2007. In his interview Dr Ugail expressed his doubts that the election itself would be free and fair.

Further reading

* [http://parametric.inf.brad.ac.uk/index.php "Efficient Geometry Parameterisation for Modelling and Animation"]
* [http://biharmonic.inf.brad.ac.uk/index.php "Biharmonic Polynomial Surfaces for Boundary-Based Smooth Shape Design"]

Source

* [http://www.inf.brad.ac.uk/staff/index.php?type=p&u=hugail University of Bradford: School of Informatics (Staff Contacts)]