Surrey Mathematics Research Blog

The paper “An integro-differential equation with variable delay arising in machine tool vibration” co-authored by Feng-Bin Wang (Chang Gung University, Taiwan), Stephen Gourley, and Yanyu Xiao (University of Cincinnati), has been published in the SIAM Journal of Applied Mathematics. The paper rigorously derives and analyzes an integro-differential equation as a model for the possible onset […]

Congratulations to Dan Hill for passing his PhD confirmation examination today (Thursday 17 January)!  The examiners were Claudia Wulff and Tom Bridges. The title of Dan’s project is “Localised Radial Spots on the Surface of a Ferrofluid” and the project is supervised by Dave Lloyd with second supervisor Matt Turner.

Congratulations to Nick Burgess for passing his PhD confirmation examination today (Wednesday 16 January)!  The examiners were Bin Cheng and Matt Turner. Nick’s project title is “Shallow water sloshing” and the project is supervised by Tom Bridges with second supervisor Ian Roulstone.

The book Zonal Jets: Phenomenology, Genesis, and Physics will be published by Cambridge University Press at the end of February.  The book collects papers on zonal jets from across disciplines (atmospheric science, oceanography, planetary science, geophysical fluid dynamics, plasma physics, magnetohydrodynamics, and  turbulence theory). The book is edited by Boris Galperin (University of South Florida) […]

Dan Hill, Dave Lloyd, and Matt Turner are on a research visit this week (17-19 December) to the Experimental Physics V Research Group at the University of Bayreuth in Bavaria, Germany. Their host is Professor Dr Reinhard Richter. The trip is funded by the Bavarian programme for the initiation of international projects.  During the visit […]

Professor Alex Mahalov, Dean’s Distinguished Professor in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at Arizona State University, is visiting the Department for two weeks, arriving Sunday 9 December.  His host for the visit is Bin Cheng. and they are working together on multi-scale problems in atmospheric dynamics.  On Wednesday 12 December Alex gave a […]