Applied and Industrial Mathematics Research Group

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Members of the Group

Academic Staff

Assoc. Prof. Harvinder Sidhu (Director)
Assoc. Prof. Rodney Weber
Dr Joe Chapman
Dr Zlatko Jovanoski
Dr Peter McIntyre
Dr Ben O'Neill
Dr Leesa Sidhu
Dr Isaac Towers

Research Associates

Dr Jason Sharples

Visiting Fellows

Dr Wendy Anderson
Dr Steven Barry
Assoc. Prof Ted Catchpole
Assoc. Geoff Mercer
Emeritus Prof. Colin Pask

Research Students

Ms Roslyn Hickson, "Modelling and simulating weed spread" , [Barry, Mercer, Sidhu]
Ms Jennifer Hollis, "Coarse Woody Fuel Availability and Consumption in Australian Forest Fires" [Chapman, Anderson]
Mr Thiansiri Luangwilai, "Mathematical Modelling of Self-heating in Compost Piles" [Sidhu, Nelson]
Mr Richard Pennifold, "Applications of dynamical systems" , [Sidhu, Mercer]
Mr Phil Zylstra, "Moisture Content and Available Fuel" , [Weber]

Recent Graduate Students

Dr James Caunce, "Mathematically modelling a wool scour bowl" , [Barry, Mercer]
Dr Vladimir Gubernov, "Instabilities in combustion" , [Mercer, Sidhu, Weber]
Dr Leesa Sidhu, "Analysis of recovery-recapture data for little penguins" [Catchpole, Collins, Dann]

Previous Honours Students

T. Luangwilai Mathematical Modelling of Self-heating in Compost Piles
D.M. Sawade Spontaneous Thermal Ignition and Applications
A. Pearson Minimising Risk of Detection by Radar
N. Waterhouse Polymer Combustion
C.F. Jenkins Analysis of Skin Burns
D. Hetherington Analysis of Chemical Reaction Models
C.L. Morphett Time to Ignition
J.L. Muir A Mathematical Model of Convective and Diffusive Transport of Macromolecules in Large Blood Vessels
J.S. Hill Criteria for Hot Spot Ignition of Reactive Media
K.J. Tunley The Diffusion and Dissolution of a Solute in a Plymer Matrix
V. Robson Spatial Spread of Cane Toads, Rabies and Bushfires
K. Renkema Asymmetrical Spontaneous Inflammation
Aaron Schurink Spatial soliton dynamics in kerr medium

Collaborators

Prof. A. Adesina (University of NSW)
Dr B. Barnes, (Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)
Dr L. Chambers (Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Melbourne)
Prof. X.D. Chen (Monash University)
Dr D. Cole (University of Kent, England)
Prof. T. Coulson (Imperial College, London)
Dr M. Cruz (Ensis, Yarralumla, ACT)
Dr P. Dann (Phillip Island Nature Park)
Dr R. Day (University of Melbourne)
Prof. J. Dold (Manchester University, UK)
Dr P. Ellis (Ensis, Yarralumla, ACT)
Dr A. Forster (Plant Protection Chemistry, NZ)
Mr J. Gould (Ensis, Yarralumla, ACT)
Dr V. Gubernov (P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
Prof. R. Henderson (University of Newcastle , Newcastle -upon Tyne, UK)
Mr D. Houston (Department of Conservation, New Zealand)
Dr E. Johannesen (Institute of Marine Research, Norway)
Dr K. King, Postdoctoral Fellow (The Australian National University and Bushfire CRC)
Prof. S. Konar (Birla Institute of Technology, India )
Ms R. Luscome (University of Melbourne)
Assoc. Prof. T. Marchant (University of Wollongong)
Dr D. Marlow (DSTO)
Dr S. Matthews (Ensis, Yarralumla, ACT)
Dr C. Meathrel (La Trobe University Wodonga)
Dr L. McCaw (Department of Environment and Conservation, WA)
Prof. B. J. T. Morgan (University of Kent England)
Dr M. Nelson (University of Wollongong)
Mr B. Robertson (La Trobe University, Wodonga)
Dr J. Sexton (Geoscience Australia)
Dr K. Stokes (CSIRO, Entomology, Canberra)
Prof. G. Wake (Massey University, NZ)
Dr J. Zabkiewicz (Plant Protection Chemistry, NZ)