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Academic Staff

Professor Chris Budd

Professor Chris Budd
Professor of Applied Mathematics
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Email: mascjbatbath.ac.uk
    • Nonlinear elliptic and parabolic PDEs
    • Discontinuous dynamical systems
    • Moving mesh methods for meteorology
    • Adaptive mesh methods and discrete variational methods
    • Data assimilation
    • Structural optimisation
    • Nonlinear electrostatics and impedence tomography
    • Fourth order PDEs arising in geology,structures and in nonlinear optics
    • Industrial problems, especially linked with mechanical and electrical engineering and in food production.
    • SMART Grid dynamics

Dr. Richard Butler

Dr. Richard Butler
Reader in Aircraft Structures
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: R.Butleratbath.ac.uk
  • Structural optimisation
  • Composite structures
  • Buckling and vibration
  • Aeroelasticity
  • Damage detection
  • Compressive strength of delaminated composites.

Dr Jonathan Dawes

Dr Jonathan Dawes
Reader in Applied Mathematics
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Email: j.h.p.dawesatbath.ac.uk
  • Applied dynamical systems
  • Bifurcation theory and dynamics with symmetry
  • Pattern formation
  • Fluid mechanics
Professor Giles Hunt
Emeritus Professor Giles Hunt
Emeritus Professor of Structural Mechanics
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: G.W.Huntatbath.ac.uk
  • Nonlinear statics and dynamics
  • General theory of stability and bifurcation
  • Buckling and Post-buckling of elastic, plastic and viscous structures
  • Application to structural and geological systems

Prof. Patrick S. Keogh

Dr. Alicia Kim

Dr. H. Alicia Kim
Lecturer
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: H.A.Kimatbath.ac.uk
  • Topology optimisation
  • Fast analysis and optimisation methods for structural design
  • Multistable structures

Professor Paul Milewski

Professor Paul Milewski
Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Email: p.a.milewskiatbath.ac.uk
  • Geophysical fluid mechanics
  • Nonlinear waves
  • Free-surface problems
  • Mathematical biology

Dr. Andrew Rees

Dr. Andrew Rees
Reader in Fluid Dynamics
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: D.A.S.Reesatbath.ac.uk
  • Instability of unsteady thermal boundary layers.
  • Nonlinear wave and vortex convection in thermal boundary layers.
  • Microscopic modelling of porous media.
  • Microscopic modelling of local thermal nonequilibrium effects in porous media.
  • Thermoconvective instabilities.
  • Pattern selection in convecting systems.

Dr. Mehmet Necip Sahinkaya

Dr. Mehmet Necip Sahinkaya
Reader
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: ensmnsatbath.ac.uk
  • Simulation and Control of Non-Linear Systems
  • Vibration Control and modeling of rotor-bearing systems
  • Control and application of magnetic bearings
  • Contact Dynamics
  • Identification of oil-film bearing characteristics
  • Control of Continuously Variable Transmissions
  • Active vibration control, and parameter identification.
Tony ShardlowDr Tony Shardlow
Senior Lecturer in Numerical Analysis
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Email: t.shardlow@bath.ac.uk
  • Numerical analysis
  • Stochastic differential equations

Dr Nathan Smith

Dr Nathan Smith
Lecturer in the Invert research group
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: n.smithatbath.ac.uk
  • Global Navigation Satellite systems
  • Data assimilation, inverse problems, tomography
  • Learning, information theory, pattern recognition

Dr Johannes Zimmer

Dr Johannes Zimmer
Reader in Applied Mathematics
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Email: j.zimmeratbath.ac.uk
  • Multi-scale problems
  • Dynamical systems
  • Phase transitions
Apala MajumdarDr Apala Majumdar
EPSRC Career Acceleration Fellow
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Email: a.majumdar@bath.ac.uk
  • Liquid crystal theory and display devices
  • Analysis and applications of PDEs
  • Calculus of Variations
  • Industrial Applied Mathematics

Dr Marco Di Francesco
Reader in Mathematics
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Email: mdf29@bath.ac.uk
  • Nonlocal interactions in PDEs
  • Nonlinear diffusion equations
  • Optimal transport
  • Pedestrian flow
  • Biological aggregation

PostDoctoral Researchers

Dr Tim Dodwell

Dr Tim Dodwell
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: tjd20atbath.ac.uk
  • Manufacturing of composite materials
  • Models for layered structures

Research Students

Karin Mora

Karin Mora
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Email: k.moraatmaths.bath.ac.uk
  • Nonsmooth dynamics and applications

Phil Browne

Phil Browne
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Email: pab23atbath.ac.uk
  • Linear algebra, scientific computing, and optimization methods

Jill Hammond
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: J.Hammondatbath.ac.uk
  • Truss structures and the Cauchy-Born hypothesis

Stephen Cook
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Email: s.cookatmaths.bath.ac.uk
  • Adaptive Mesh Methods Applied to NWP


Members at other institutions

Professor Alan Champneys

Professor Alan Champneys
Professor of Applied Nonlinear Mathematics
Department of Engineering Mathematics
University of Bristol
Email: A.R.Champneysatbristol.ac.uk
  • Applied dynamical systems
  • Numerical bifurcation theory
  • Localised phenomena

Dr Mike R Jeffrey

Dr Mike R. Jeffrey
Research Fellow / Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics
Department of Engineering Mathematics
University of Bristol
Email: m.jeffreyatbath.ac.uk
  • Nonlinear and nonsmooth dynamics
  • Singularities and asymptotics
  • Bifurcations and geometrical methods for differential equations
  • Applications in physics, biology and engineering

Dr Joanna Mason

Dr Joanna Mason
Postdoctoral Researcher
School of Mathematics
NUI Galway
Email: joanna.masonatnuigalway.ie
  • Applied dynamical systems

Prof Mark A. Peletier

Prof Mark A. Peletier
Professor of Applied Mathematics
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Eindhoven

Email: m.a.peletierattue.nl
  • Partial localization and understanding the stability of lipid bilayers
  • Elastic structures: the elastic strut on an elastic foundation and twisted rods
  • Folding in geological structures
  • Newton's problem of the body of least resistance

Dr. Ahmer Wadee

Dr. Ahmer Wadee
Reader in Structural Mechanics
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Imperial College, London
Email: a.wadeeatimperial.ac.uk
  • Buckling and delamination of sandwich structure systems
  • Formation of kink-bands in multilayered structures and materials
  • Localized buckling in elastic tubes
  • Post-buckling of prestressed stayed columns

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