Journal of Intelligent and Multidisciplinary Computing

Clive Neal-Sturgess was educated King Edward VI Grammar School Nuneaton. He was a Student Apprentice at Clarkson International (now called Degree Apprenticeships), and graduated with a 1st Class Honours’ Degree from Lanchester College Coventry. He took his PhD in the Forming of Tool Steels at the University of Birmingham.  He held the Jaguar Chair of Automotive Engineering 1988-2004 and was formerly Head of Mechanical Engineering at Birmingham.  

He has spent the majority of his academic career researching Finite Element Methods (FEM), Continuum Damage Mechanics (CDM), Co-evolution and applying Peak Virtual Power (PVP) to predicting injury severity to car occupants and pedestrians in vehicle crashes and  falls. He has had a long (currently 52 years) fruitful research career, h-index 21, currently 214 publications and three books, with over 35,000 reads and over 1700 citations. He was Director of the Automotive Safety Centre for 15 years during which time we investigated around 7500 KSI’s (killed, seriously injured). Whilst in post he was co-holder of £6.7m of research grants including EU and EPSRC. He was a member of the Editorial Boards of three Journals. He is a member of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety. He is currently Chairman of the Academics in Mechanical Engineering (AiME) Sectoral Group of the Engineering Professors Council, and Chairman of the Midlands Centre of the Automotive Division of the IMechE. He is also the Clerk/Trustee of the Newport’s School Foundation, a large educational Charity under the Charities Commission.

• Served as Director of the Automotive Safety Centre, University of Birmingham, managing a multidisciplinary team of academic researchers, crash investigators, and technical support staff.
• Conducted extensive research in continuum damage mechanics, deformation, fracture, and fatigue of engineering and biological materials.
• Specialized in impact mechanics, crashworthiness, and vehicle safety engineering with applications in automotive and aerospace industries.
• Successfully led and completed 26 externally funded research projects with a total research value of approximately £5.75 million.
• Actively collaborated with industrial partners and international research bodies in automotive safety and materials engineering.
• Served as a research grant assessor for EPSRC, FORESIGHT, and the Australian Research Council.
• Contributed to transport safety policy and research as a long-standing member of the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC).
• Participated in national transport safety advisory roles through the Parliamentary Advisory Committee on Transport Safety (PACTS).
• Held key professional leadership roles within the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, including Research Policy Committee and Technical Policy Board membership.
• Chaired the Materials Group and the Birmingham Centre (Automobile Division) of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
• Acted as Chairman of PHOMME (Pan-European Human Modelling in Safety).
• Served as external assessor for international research and academic programmes, including the Canadian NSERC AUTO21 Programme.
• Contributed to quality assurance and accreditation as a QAA Specialist Assessor and member of multiple international accreditation panels.
• Played a significant role in engineering education standards through the Higher Education Academy as an assessor and independent referee.

• Sturgess, C.E.N. and A.N. Bramley. The Use of High Energy Rate Devices to Obtain Dynamic Stress-Strain Data. in 11th MTDR Conf. 1970. Birmingham: Pergamon.
• Sturgess, C.E.N., The Forming of Tool Steels. 1971, Birmingham.
• Sturgess, C.E.N. and M.G. Jones, Estimation of Forces in High Velocity Forging. Int J Mech Sci, 1971: p. 309-332.
• Sturgess, C.E.N. and T.A. Dean. Dynamic Effects in High Velocity Compression Testing. in 13th MTDR Conf. 1972. Birmingham: Pergamon.
• Sturgess, C.E.N. and T.A. Dean. High Velocity Hydrostatic Extrusion - A feasibility study. in 13th MTDR Conf. 1972. Birmingham: Pergamon.
• Dean, T.A. and C.E.N. Sturgess, Stress-Strain Characteristics of Various Steels over a Wide Range of Strain-rates and Temperatures. Proc IMechE, 1973: p. 523-533.
• Sturgess, C.E.N. The Industrial Potential of High Energy Rate Cold Forging. in 5th Int Conf High Energy Rate Fabrication. 1975. Denver.
• Sturgess, C.E.N. and T.A. Dean. The Elevated Temperature Extrusion of Fluted Sections in High Speed Steels. in 15th MTDR Conf. 1975. Birmingham: Pergamon.
• Sturgess, C.E.N., B.W. Rooks, and W. Hewitt. Application of an Industrial Robot to a Cold Forging Process. in 3rd Int Conf Industrial Robot Tech. 1976. Nottingham.
• Sturgess, C.E.N., Theory and Problems in Strength of Materials. 3,  Revision and conversion to SI Units ed. Schaums Outline. 1977: McGraw-Hill.
• Hartley, P., C.E.N. Sturgess, and G.W. Rowe. Expert Systems for Design and Manufacture. in Keynote Paper, 12th All India Machine Tool Design and Research Conference. 1986. Delhi.
• Hussin, A.A.M., et al. Non-Linear Finite Element Simulation of Metalforming Processes on a 16 Bit Microcomputer. in Int Conf Micro Software. 1986. Swansea.
• Hussin, A.A.M., et al., Non-Linear Finite-Element Analysis on Microcomputers for Metal Forgin. J Strain Analysis, 1986. 21( 4): p. 197-203.
• Kato, K., et al., Fundamental Deformation Modes in Open Die Forging - Finite Element Analysis of Open Die Forging I. J Japanese Society for Technology of Plasticity, (in Japanese), 1986. 27( 311): p. 1383-1389.
• Liu, C., et al. Analysis of Strain and Stress Distributions in Slab Rolling Using an Elastic-Plastic Finite-Element Method. in NUMIFORM86. 1986. Gothenburg.
• Pillinger, I., et al. Finite Element Modelling of Metal Flow in Three Dimensional Forming. in NUMIFORM86. 1986. Gothenburg.
• Pillinger, I., et al., A Generalisation of the Mean-Normal Technique for the Elastic-Plastic Analysis of the Deformation of Strain Hardening Materials. Int J Mech Sci, 1986. 28.
• Pillinger, I., et al., A New Linearised Definition of Strain Increment for the Finite Element Analysis of Deformations Involving Finite Rotation. Int J Mech Sci, 1986. 28.
• Rowe, G.W., et al. Development of Thermo-Mechanical Finite-Element Analysis for Warm and Hot Metalforming Processes. in ACME Conf. 1986. Salford.
• Al-Sened, A.A.K., et al., Finite-Element Analysis of a Five-Stage Cold Heading Process. J Mech Wkg Techn, 1987. 14: p. 225- 234.
• Hu, Z., et al. Finite element simulation of bulk forming processes including die deformation. in Complas III, 3rd International Conference on Computational Plasticity, Fundamentals and Applications. 1992. Barcelona.
• Neal-Sturges, C., Foreword to Mathematics in the Automotive Industry, in Mathematics in the Automotive Industry, J.R. Smith, Editor. 1992.
• Roberts, S.M., et al., Benchmark tests for 3-D elasto-plastic, finite- element codes for the modelling of metal forming processes. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 1992: p. 61-68.
• van-Houtte, P., et al. Anisotropic Finite Element Analysis of Metal Deformation Processes. in 13th Riso International Symposium on Metallurgy & Materials Science. 1992. Riso National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark.
• Wang, N., et al. Texture Prediction using Anisotropic Finite Element Analysis of Material Deformation Processes. in 4th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes. 1992. Valbonne, France: Balkema Press.
• Wang, N., et al. Anisotropic finite-element modelling of forming with texture updating. in NUMIFORM '92, 4th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes. 1992. Sophia-Antipolis: Balkema, Rotterdam.
• Wen, S.W., et al., Finite element analysis of four- roll pass cold rolling. Proc. IMechE J. of Engineering Manufacture, 1992. 206: p. 133-141.
• Cao, G.R., et al. Elastic-plastic finite element analysis of asymmetric hot rolling. in Int Conf on Modelling of Metal Rolling Processes. 1993. Institute of Materials.
• Cao, G.R., et al. Finite element simulation of material flow in asymmetric rolling processes. in 4th Int Conf on Technology of Plasticity. 1993. Beijing.
• Daley, J.R., C.E.N. Sturgess, and J.L. Price(3). Computer Modelling of the Ride and Roll Conditions for a Heavy Vehicle Air Suspension with Semi-Active Damping. in Conference on Ride and Handling. 1993. Metropole, Birmingham: IMechE.
• Hu, Y., C.E. Neal-Sturgess, and A.M. Hassan, Simulation of Vehicle Kinematics in Rollover Tests with Quaternions, , IMechE, 2006. (In press) Proceedings IMechE Part D, Journal of Automobile Engineering, 2006. 220(11): p. 1503.
• Hu, Y., et al., Modeling the Effects of an Inflatable Tubular Structure (ITS) on Occupant Kinematics and Injury Risk in the Rollover of a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV),
•  International Journal of Crashworthiness, 2006., 2006. Accepted.
• Jiang, C., et al. A Study of the Simulation of Occupant Kinematics and Roof Crush during a Car Rollover  in China International Conference of Automotive Safety Technology 2006. Beijing.
• Sturgess, C.E.N., Bologna and the MEng. International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 2006.
• Baumgartner, D., et al. Pedestrian safety enhancement using finite element modelling. in ESV 2007. 2007.
• Bovenkerk, J., et al. Pedestrian Protection in Case of Windscreen Impact. in crash.tech 2007. 2007. April 17 to 18, 2007, Congress Center Leipzig: TÜV SÜD Automotive GmbH.
• Carter, E., et al. Vehicle geometry corridors for pedestrian safety tests. in ESV 2007. 2007. Lyon.
• Hu, Y. and C.E. Neal-Sturgess, Modelling the Effects of Seat Belts on Occupant Kinematics and Injury Risk in the Rollover of a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV). SAE 2007 Transactions - Journal of Passenger Cars, 2007. 2007-01-1502.
• Jiang, C. and C.E. Neal-Sturgess, A study of the simulation of a front-crash-induced rollover crash. Proc. IMechE Part D: J. of Automobile Engineering, 2007. 221(No 12): p. 1487 - 1497.
• Neal-Sturgess, C.E., et al. APROSYS European In-Depth Pedestrian Database. in ESV 2007. 2007.
• Wen, l., C. Bastienne, and C.E. Neal-Sturgess, An Engineering Indicator for Brain Injury, in SIMBIO - M. 2018: Stratford upon Avon.
• Bastien, C., et al., The Use of Paek Virtual PowerTo Model Organ Trauma in Automotive Accidents, in 2nd Annual Automotive Safety Summit. 2019: Dussekdorf.
• Bastien, C., et al., A Method To Calculate Th AIS Trauma Score From A Finite Element Model. Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, 2020. 20: p. 28.
• Bastien, C., C. Neal-Sturgess, E,, and H. Davies. Can White and Grey Matter Injury Severity be Computed in a Fall. in 5th International Nursing Convention 2020. 2020. UK.
• Bastien, C., C. Neal-Sturgess, E,, and H. Davies, A Generic Trauma Severity Computer Model Applied to Pedestrian Collisions, in arXiv 2011.00829. 2020.
• Bastien, C., et al., Computing Brain White and Grey Matter Injury Severity in a Traumatic Fall. Mathematical and Computational Applications, 2020.
• Bastien, C., et al., On the Brain, in Crash Test International. 2020.
• Bastien, C., et al., The Computation of Pedestrian Brain White and Grey Matter Trauma Severity Considering Mechanical Ageing using the Finite Element Method., in 8th CARHS International Symposium:  Human Modelling and Simulation in Automotive Engineering. 2020: Wuerzburg Germany.
• Bastiene, C., et al., Calculation of Brain AIS using a Finite Element Model, in SIMBIO. 2020: Virtual Conference.
• Bastien, C., et al., A Generic Brain Trauma Computer Framework to Assess Brain Injury Severity and Bridging Vein Rupture in Traumatic Falls. J f Head Neck andSpine Surgery, 2021. 4(3).
• Bastien, C. and C. Neal-Sturgess, .E., A Generic MathematicalFormulation for Soft Tissue Injury Severity in Imact Scenarios, in 26th Congress f the European Society for Biomechanics (ESB 2021). 2021: Italy.
• Bastien, C., C. Neal-Sturgess, and H. Davies, Computing Brain White and Grey matter Injury  Severity in a Fall, in 3rd Annual Automotive Summit. 2021, Automotive Technology: Online.
• Bastien, C., C. Neal-Sturgess, and H. Davies, Reducing Road Casuaties though Improved Forensic Techniues and Vehicl Design (RoaD), P.M.o.K.R.S. Award, Editor. 2021.
• Bastin, C., et al., Definition of Pak Virtual Power Brain Truma Variables for the use in he JSOL THUMS injury post processor web basd estimator., in 13th European LS-Dyna Conference 2021. 2021: Ulm Germany.
• Cloake, T., et al., A critique of the THUMS lower limb model for [edestrian impact applications., in 13th Europen lS-Dyna Conference 2021. 2021: Ulm, Germany.
• Neal-Sturges, C. Natural Selection as the Sum over All Histories. arXiv, 2021.
• Neal-Sturgess, C., E, A Derivation of the Power Dissipation Index using Peak Virtual Power. 2021.
• Neal-Sturgess, C., Evolution  as the Sum Over All Histories. Journal of Environmental Science and Public Health, 2021.
• A Differential Equation for Mutation Rates inEnvironmental Coevolution. BIORXIV/2021.03.19.436176.
• A Numerical Method to Compute Brai Injury Associated with Concussion.  BIORXIV10.101/2021.10.26.513868.
• A Peak Virtual Power Concept to compute Bt=rain Injuries Accociated with Concussion.  Bastien C, Sacattna A, Neal-Sturgess C.E., panno R., Sharvinhas V. Head Neck and Spine Surgery. 2023.
• A Differential Equation for Mutation Rates in Environmental Coevolution. X. Neal-Sturgess C.E. Journal of Environment And Publc Health. 2023. Vol 7.
• Predicting the outcome of severe lower limb trauma using a Bayesian Network.        
• Thomas Cloake, Jayne Ward, Alireza Daneshkhah, Clive Neal-Sturgess, Christophe Bastien. 2025. Decision Making in Engineering eJournal.