We develop mathematical models to explain some puzzling behaviour in fluid mechanics (see Research). Our research group is based at the Maxwell Institute at Heriot-Watt University. We investigate problems in fluid mechanics where the flows defy intuition. We aim to explain these flow phenomena using rigorous mathematical methods and exploit their mechanisms for technological applications.
We are looking for passionate new PhD students, Postdocs, and Master’s students to join the team (more info) !
Cathal has been appointed guest editor for the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
9. July 2024Mary won best postgraduate student poster award today at the Applied Mathematics Postgraduate Conference 2024 hosted at the University of Warwick.
14. June 2024Mary won best postgraduate student poster award at the 2024 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics-UKIE National Student Chapter Conference in Cardiff (link).
28. March 2024Cathal won a Royal Society International Exchange grant entitled Experimental and modelling investigation of plastic transport on a mild-slope beach with and without structure (in collaboration with Prof Qingping Zou) .
14. February 2024Cathal just published a paper on wave energy conversion in Energies.
21. September 2023Cathal has just been named Knowledge Exchange Hub for Mathematical Science KE Champion with the launch event in Birmingham in December.
13. September 2023Cathal's experimental work on ammonite fossils (in collaboration with Prof Marc Desmulliez and VOILAb) will be presented at the International Symposium on Palaeo-bioinspiration (PALBINS).
24. August 2023Benjian's first paper in the Contraflow Group (in collaboration with Qingping Zou) that considers the coupled stability of offshore wind monopile foundations and submarine slopes under periodic loads has just been accepted in Applied Ocean Research -- congrats Benjian!
17. July 2023Cathal is chairing the 171st European Study Group with Industry all this week at Old College in Edinburgh (ESGI 171).
