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+# Mesh Movement in Firedrake
+
+A number of drivers for applying different mesh movement methods
+within the [Firedrake finite element library](https://firedrakeproject.org/), as
+well as tools for detecting mesh tangling.
+
+This is research of the Applied Modelling and
+Computation Group ([AMCG][amcg]) at Imperial College
+London.
+
+#### For feedback, comments and questions, please email j.wallwork16@imperial.ac.uk.
+
+[firedrake]: https://firedrakeproject.org/ "Firedrake"
+[amcg]: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/earth-science/research/research-groups/amcg/ "AMCG"