The Wessex Institute of Technology (usually referred to as just Wessex Institute or WIT) is an educational institute offering higher degrees validated by the University of Wales, located at Ashurst Lodge in the New Forest National Park, in the South of England.
Professor Carlos Brebbia established the Wessex Institute of Technology in 1986 which succeeded the Computational Mechanics Institute formed in 1981.
Professor Carlos Brebbia is Chairman of the Wessex Institute. The board of Directors are as follows:
- Professor Geoffrey Broadbent
- Professor Alex Cheng
- Professor Jerry J Connor
- Professor Patrick de Wilde
- Professor Daniele de Wrachien
- Professor Santiago Hernandez
- Professor Ted Hromadka
- Professor Stefano Mambretti
- Professor George Pinder
- Professor Dragan Poljak
- Professor Matiur Rahman
- Professor Eckart Schnack
- Professor Stavros Syngellakis
- Professor Antonio Tadeu
The Wessex Institute’s activities are divided into 3 core areas; Research, Conferences and Publishing.
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