Dr Arnaud Marotin PhD, PGCE, MSc, BSc

Faculty Committees:

• Member of the Learning, Teaching and Enhancement committee.

Programme Director – Part time courses:

• BEng (Hons) Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.
• BEng (Hons) Manufacturing System Engineering.
• BEng (Hons) Materials Engineering.  

Moderator (HE in FE Examiner) for Llanelli and Pembroke Colleges:

• BSc (Hons) Mechanical Engineering.
• HND Mechanical Engineering.
• Foundation Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Foundation Degree Process Operation and Maintenance.
• Leading the Mathematics Support Centre, Swansea Metropolitan.

I obtained the B.Sc. in Optical Physics from Angoulême University, Angoulême, France in 1999, the M.Sc. in Optoelectronics from the University of Angers, Angers, France in 2000 and the Ph.D. in Boundary Element Method for Multi-Dimensional Modelling of Light-Tissue Interaction from the University of Wales, Swansea, UK in 2007.

I am currently a lecturer in the School of Logistics and Manufacturing Engineering, within the Faculty of Applied Design and Engineering. I was previously a development engineer at Bookham Technology plc., Abingdon, UK, with a special interest in the analysis of light propagation in tapered silicon optical wave-guide devices, and the optimisation of the coupling between optical wave-guide components and angle-facet optical fibres.

Fellow of The Higher Education Academy

I have designed a range of teaching material and delivered them across the following modules:

Academic Year 2013-2014

• Optical Methods (MSc NDT)
• Advanced Computational Methods (BEng year 3)
• Major Project (BEng year 3)
• Analytical Techniques in Engineering (BEng year 2)
• Engineering Science 1 (BEng year 1)
• Engineering Science 2 (BEng year 1)
• Physical Science for Materials (BEng year 1)
• Mathematics (BEng year 2)

Academic Year 2012-2013

• Advanced Computational Methods (BEng year 3)
• Major Project (BEng year 3)
• Analytical Techniques in Engineering (BEng year 2)
• Engineering Science 1 (BEng year 1)
• Engineering Science 2 (BEng year 1)
• Physical Science for Materials (BEng year 1)
• Mathematics (International foundation, BEng year 2)

Academic Year 2011-2012

• Engineering Science 1 (Part-Time BEng year 1)
• Engineering Science 2 (BEng year 1)
• Mathematics (International foundation, Foundation, BEng year 1, BEng year 2, HND year 1)

Academic Year 2009-2010 and 2010-2011

• Optical Methods (MSc NDT)
• Engineering Science 1 (BEng year 1)
• Engineering Science 2 (BEng year 1)
• Mathematics (International foundation, Foundation)

Academic Year 2008-2009

• Mathematics (International foundation, Foundation)
• Thermofluid Mechanics (BEng year 1)

I am actively engaged in both professional and pedagogy research work. My areas of interest include:

1. Developing and implementing the Boundary Element Method for considering the radiative and thermal transport problems related to light-tissue interaction for real clinical case studies.
2. Analysing and developing means to respond to the challenge of the decline in mathematics skills at university entry level.

The BEM research work that I undertake allows me to have a strong modelling experience that is beneficial to promote the relevancy and significance of numerical methods for the Advanced Computational Methods module in particular but also the Analytical Techniques in Engineering module I am in charge of.

From 2011 to 2013, I have taught mathematics on the International Foundation Programme ran by Inlingua. This external activity has favoured the recruitment of international students.

K.E. Donne, A. Marotin, A. Al-Hussany, “Dual reciprocity boundary element modelling of collimated light fluence distribution in normal and cancerous prostate tissue during photodynamic therapy”, Modelling in Medicine and Biology X, WIT Transactions on Biomedicine and Health, Vol. 17, WIT Press, 2013.

A. Marotin, R. Thomas, "Mathematical skills of new entrants to engineering courses", International Conference on Innovation, Practice and Research in Engineering Education, Coventry, UK, 18^th-20^th September 2012.

K.E. Donne, A. Marotin, A. Al-Hussany, G.M. Daniel,  “Modified Boundary Element Method to Model Radiative Transport in Biological Turbid Medium”, International Journal of Engineering Simulation, 10^th Anniversary Issue, 2011. 

K.E. Donne, A. Marotin, “A parallelized transient boundary element model of laser hyperthermia-photodynamic therapy in the oesophagus”, 1^st International Conference on Mathematical Biomedical Engineering (CMBE09), Swansea, UK, 29^th June-1^st July, 2009

K.E. Donne, A. Marotin, “Three dimensional time-dependent boundary element method for modelling light-based cancer therapies”, International Journal of Engineering Simulation, Vol.9, No.3, 2008.

K.E. Donne, A. Marotin, “Three dimensional time-dependent solution of the radiative and thermal transport problem in light-based cancer therapies”, 6^th UK conference on Boundary Integral Methods (UKBIM6), Durham University, Durham, UK, 17^th-18^th September, 2007.

PhD thesis, “An Investigation into the Boundary Element Method for Multi-Dimensional Modelling of Light-Tissue Interaction”, University of Wales, Swansea Institute of Higher Education, August, 2007.

K.E. Donne, A. Marotin, “Radiative and transient thermal transport modelling using the boundary element method”, 2^nd World Congress on Engineering Asset Management and the 4^th International Conference on Condition Monitoring (WCEAM-CM), Harrogate, UK, 11^th-14^th June, 2007. 

K.E. Donne, A. Marotin, G.M. Daniel, “Development of a transient boundary element Method for modelling light-tissue interaction”, NAFEMS, World Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 22^nd-25^th May, 2007.

K.E. Donne, A. Marotin, P. Sinker, “An integral equation approach to modelling radiative transfer in photo-dynamic therapy”, 6^th International Conference. Quality, Reliability and Maintenance (QRM), St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 22^nd-23^rd March, 2007.