# Simon Martin TongeBSc MSc PhD

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EMAIL:
[simon.tonge@eng.ox.ac.uk](mailto:simon.tonge@eng.ox.ac.uk)

TEL:
+44787974777

LOCATION:
[Begbroke Science Park](/contact)

Biography

Research

### Biography

Simon Tonge completed a PhD in solid mechanics at University of Bristol in 2023. His work focused on the application of advanced image-based techniques and finite element analysis to fracture mechanics. Having joined the Nextrode collaboration, working under Paul Shearing at University of Oxford, he uses simulations and X-ray tomography to optimise electrode microstructures. This involves the application of novel algorithms and machine learning to synchrotron X-ray tomography data

### Research Interests

- Battery electrode modelling
- Fracture mechanics

### Research Groups

[Renewable Energy](https://zero.ox.ac.uk/)
[Machine Learning](https://eng.ox.ac.uk/about/machine-learning-research-group/)
[Computational Mechanics](https://eng.ox.ac.uk/solidmech/research/computational-mechanics/)
[Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics](https://eng.ox.ac.uk/solidmech/research/fatigue-and-fracture-mechanics/)
[Micromechanics and Materials Modelling](https://eng.ox.ac.uk/solidmech/research/micromechanics-and-materials-modelling/)

### Related Academics

[Professor Paul Shearing](https://eng.ox.ac.uk/people/paul-shearing/)

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