Kelvin Donne gained a first class honours degree in Physics from Swansea University in 1974, winning the P.M. Davidson prize in theoretical physics. He subsequently obtained in PhD in Computational Physics, studying high voltage electrical discharges in gases. Previously he was employed in the Mathematical Physics division at AWE.

He joined Swansea Metropolitan University in 1983 and is currently Dean of the Faculty of Applied Design & Engineering. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

His research interests are in the area of computational modelling and the design of glass products. A particular interest is the Boundary Element Method. Recent research work undertaken has produced a fully three-dimensional transient BEM multi-physics code for modelling radiative and thermal transport in tissue.

He has also undertaken regular multi-physics modelling and project management consultancy for a range of high-technology companies, including Belron Technical Ltd, the research arm of the Belron , the world's largest automotive glass replacement and repair company. Other Knowledge Transfer Partnership scheme collaborations include Seminar Components Ltd, and HTFS Ltd. Research income generated exceeds £2.2M and includes two EPSRC PhD studentships.

The last two years has seen the development of a Technology Transfer Centre in Non-Destructive Testing in the Faculty, with approximately £1.5 M investment from the Knowledge Exploitation Fund. This initiative is in close collaboration with TWI Ltd, one of the UK's largest research organisations. This project is timely since Swansea has a cluster of NDT companies, including Inspection Solutions Ltd, with whom we have an EPSRC CASE PhD studentship. The only UK MSc in NDT was launched this year in the Faculty.

Kelvin was invited to be a keynote speaker and session organiser/chair at the recent 2nd World Congress on Asset Management and 4th International Conference on Condition Monitoring, organised by the British Institute of NDT.

He is a referee for the Institute of Physics, and also for the International Journal of Quality & Reliability in Engineering (Wiley). He has recently been invited to join the Scientific Committee for the International Journal of Engineering Simulation.
He has supervised twenty successful research students and examined many others. He is currently supervising eight PhD/MPhil students.

Selected papers:

• Donne K E & Marotin A "Three dimensional time-dependent solution of the radiative and thermal transport problem in light-based cancer therapies". 6th UK Conference on Boundary Integral Methods, Durham University, September 2007

• Jenkins S J, Brown R D H B & Donne K E , "Infrared Thermography in Design Research", CUMULUS 2007, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany.

• Donne K E, Thomas R D, Davies C "Photoelastic Stress and thermographic measurements of automotive windscreen defects generated by projectile impact Thermology International Journal, 17 (3), 110-113 (2007), ISSN-1560-604X

• Calvert G, Donne K E , Thomas R D "Photoelasticity measurement and analysis of automotive windscreens" 2nd World Congress on Engineering Asset Management and 4th international Conference on Condition Monitoring, 2007.

• Donne K E, Calvert G, Thomas R D "Non destructive evaluation of fracture in automotive windscreens" 2nd World Congress on Engineering Asset Management and 4th international Conference on Condition Monitoring, 2007

• Donne K E & Marotin A. "Radiative and Transient Thermal transport modelling using the Boundary Element Method" . Keynote lecture at 2nd World Congress on Engineering Asset Management and 4th international Conference on Condition Monitoring, 2007.

• Donne K E, Marotin A, Daniel G. "Development of a transient Boundary Element Method for modelling light-tissue interaction". NAFEMS World Congress on Finite Element Methods, Vancouver, Canada, 2007. Awarded ‘Most Innovative Paper' award at this conference.

• Donne K E, Head R, Bender R "CADCAM Rapid Prototyping Techniques for Glass Product Design & Manufacture", 8th European Society of Glass Conference, Sunderland, Sep 2006.

• Donne K E, Head R "A quality metric for glass artefact prototypes" 6th International Conference Quality Reliability Maintenance, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, UK, 2007. Selected for publication in the Dec 2007 special issue of International Journal of Quality, Reliability in Engineering (Wiley)

• Donne K E, Thomas R D, Davies C "Photoelastic Stress and thermographic measurements of automotive windscreen defects generated by projectile impact", 6th International Conference Quality Reliability Maintenance, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, UK, 2007. Selected for publication in the Dec 2007 special issue of International Journal of Quality, Reliability in Engineering (Wiley)

• Donne K E, Marotin A, Sinker P "An Integral Equation Approach to Modelling Radiative Transfer in Photo-Dynamic Therapy"

  6th International Conference Quality Reliability Maintenance, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, UK, 2007

• Head R, Donne K E, Bender R, Brown RDH (June 2005) Digital Design Methodology for Glass Design & Manufacture 9th International Conference on Architectural & Automotive Glass, Tampere, Finland

Succesful PhD students:

• 2008 Mike Pugh "Chassis dynamics configuration and optimisation of high performance vehicles"

• 2007 Arnaud Marotin "An investigation of the Boundary Element Method for multi-dimensional modelling of light-tissue interaction"

• 2007 Derek Greenway "An Investigation into the Design and Development Process of Mechanisms for Action Furniture"

• 2006 Ross Head "Digital Design Methodologies for Glass Product Design & Manufacture"

• 2003 Rod A Thomas "An Investigation into the Condition Monitoring of Skin using Thermography Analysis"

• 2002 Gwen Daniel "Radiation and Thermal Transport Modelling of Laser-Tissue Interaction"

• 2001 Rob Trow "Design, Construction and analysis of a Ruby Laser system for hair removal"

• 1997 Mike Kiernan "An analysis of the optimal laser parameters necessary for the treatment of vascular lesions"

• 1996 Ian Wells "Digital Signal Processing architectures for speech recognition"

• 1995 Peter Charlton "A theoretical and experimental study of the magnetic flux leakage method for the analysis of corrosion defects in carbon steel plate"

• 1995 Christopher Davies « Novel Ultrasonic Transducers »

• 1994 Ceri Davies "A theoretical and experimental investigation into objective olfactometry " 1994 Andrew Abrons "An investigation into the applicability of RCM and expert systems technology for developing preventative maintenance within the steel industry"