The AMRICC Academy and the Hartree Centre are both experts in the field of technical training and collaborate to produce a comprehensive library of training materials. As a result of this partnership, we are proud to bring you this seminar of 4 workshops focussing on the tangible benefits that the latest technologies can bring to your organisation.
Aimed at people working in a scientific field, such as chemistry or material science, but who have not yet had the opportunity to interact with data science, machine learning and computational modelling and want to learn more about them and the benefits they can bring. This series of workshops, running every Wednesday afternoon for 4 weeks, will give you the opportunity to learn more about success stories of where the techniques and methodologies have been used in domains such as chemistry and materials science including tangible outcomes such as reduced cost, improved efficiency and reduced time in a range of areas.
About The AMRICC Academy
The AMRICC Academy delivers expert-led training designed to equip learners with practical, industry-relevant skills in ceramics and materials science. Their audience-focused programmes are shaped around real-world needs and professional goals, creating meaningful learning experiences. Being housed within the AMRICC Centre allows The Academy to offer immersive training that utilises the Centre’s facilities, providing hands-on opportunities to reinforce learning. As a connected academy, their core mission is to collaborate across industry, academia, and research to strengthen skills and innovation across the sector.
About The Hartree Centre
The Hartree Centre helps UK businesses and public sector organisations to explore and adopt supercomputing, data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for enhanced productivity, smarter innovation and economic growth. Backed by significant UK government funding and strategic partnerships with industry leaders such as IBM, Atos and the University of Liverpool, the Hartree Centre is home to some of the most advanced digital technologies and experts in the UK.
Session Dates:
11 February 2026
Furnace loading configurations – A simulation approach
Dominic Wadkin-Snaith and Mohamed Boosiri
Firing of ceramics is a vastly energy intensive process due to the duration and elevated temperatures involved. Thus it is important to optimise firing as much as possible; there are multiple avenues open to process optimise but what if one cannot change anything about the kiln. It transpires that the loading configuration of parts within kilns matters with some loading configurations lead to more efficient firing as compared to others. In this presentation we will demonstrate how computational modelling of kilns and how heat transfers from kiln environment to ceramic parts can be used to optimise the stacking of parts within kilns. These results can be used to lower the firing temperature used in kilns thus reducing the energy required to manufacture these parts.
