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Research Interests: Applied Mathematical Modelling - Mathematical Epidemiology
Continuum Mechanics - Poroelasticity
- Swelling of Biological Tissue
- Indentation and Injections in Deformable Porous Media
- Doppler Ultrasound in Blood Flow
Biography
I was born in Wollongong NSW, so grew up with the sea and the surf. As a teenager I read a lot, played the guitar a lot, played hockey and stayed focussed at school. I first started off studying Medicine at Sydney University and did an Honours Degree in Pathology half-way through. Then decided Mathematics was more attractive than finishing Medicine.
I moved to Wollongong University to do an Honours Degree in Applied Mathematics. The thesis topics: "Flow of blood in the maternal placenta" and "Growth of a plant root" were biologically oriented. I then worked for CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics (now Mathematical and Information Sciences) in Sydney as a Unix sous-guru and mathematical projects. This was for less than a year because during that time I was awarded an Overseas Studentship by Trinity College, Cambridge.
I moved to England so I could do a PhD under the supervision of (then) Dr Tim Pedley. The thesis topic was "Concentration fields near transporting epithelia ", which involved some collaboration with physiologists and zoologists.
After the PhD I returned to Australia to work in the CSIRO Division of Environmental Mechanics in Canberra with Dr John Philip as Chief. This was an interesting experience. Two years later I applied for a lectureship at ADFA and have worked at ADFA ever since.
Teaching
Linux for Teachers
* An article (pdf format, 11/12/2000) about all the great mathematical software that comes with Linux.
Research
Publications
- Broadbridge P, Bradshaw BH, Fulford GR., Aldis GK, Huxley and Fisher Equations for Gene Propagation: An Exact Solution, in ANZIAM Journal, vol 44, pp. 11 - 20 (2002).
- Thompson RS, Aldis GK, Flow spectra from spectral power density calculations for pulsed Doppler, in Ultrasonics , vol 40 , pp. 835 - 841 (2002).
- Thompson RS, Aldis GK, Spectral power density calculations for pulsed Doppler, in Ultrasonics , vol 39 , pp. 703 - 714 (2002).
- Aldis GK, Srikusalanukul W, Le Couteur DG, McLean A, Models of tracer exchange during liver perfusion experiments, in EMAC 2002 Proceedings , eds , QUT, Brisbane, Brisbane, pp. 61 - 66 (2002).
- Aldis GK, Srikusalanukul W, Liver parameter estimation from step change tracer perfusion, in ANZIAM 2002 , eds MI Nelson, Canberra, Canberra, p. 21 (2002).
- Aldis GK, Linux for Mathematics Teachers, in CIRCUIT, pp. 10 - 15 (2001).
- Thompson RC, Tortora P, Aldis GK, Selective Transmission of a focused Doppler Ultrasound Beam through a plastic layer, in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology , vol 26(8) , pp. 1333 - 1346 (2000).
- Aldis GK, Exploring Mathematical Concepts with MATLAB and Java Graphical User Interfaces, in Proceedings EMAC 2000, eds , Melbourne, Australia: 10-13 September, 2000, Australia, pp. 47 - 50 (2000).
- Jovanoski Z, Sidhu HS, Aldis GK, Addressing Inclusivity and Diversity Issues in a Second year Engineering Mathematics Course, in Proceedings EMAC 2000, eds , Melbourne, Australia: 10-13 September, 2000, Australia, pp. 167 - 170 (2000).
- Aldis GK, Cross-immunity in multispecies malarial infection, in ANZIAM 2000, Waitangi, New Zealand; 8 - 12 February, 2000, Auckland, New Zealand, p. 22 (2000).
- Thompson RS, Aldis GK, Effect of a Cylindrical Refracting Interface on Ultrasound Intensity and the CW Doppler Spectrum, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 43 :5, 541-pp (1996).
- Thompson RS, Aldis GK, Wilson LS, The Effect on Ultrasound of Refraction at a Curved Surface, Acoustical Imaging, 22 : 371-pp (1996).
- Myers TG, Aldis GK, Naili S, Ion induced deformation of soft tissue, Bull. Math. Biol. , 57 : 77-98 (1995).
- Barry SI, Aldis GK, Mercer, GN, Injection of fluid into a layer of deformable porous medium, Appl. Mech. Rev., 48 : 722-726 (1995).
- Barry SI, Aldis GK, Radial flow through deformable porous shells. J. Aust. Math. Soc. B , 34 : 333-354 (1993).
- Barry SI, Aldis GK, Flow from cavities in an absorbing deformable porous medium, Bull. Math. Biol. , 54 : 977-997 (1992).
- Aldis GK, Thompson RS, Calculation of Doppler spectral power density functions, IEEE Trans. on Biomed. Eng. , 39 : 1022-1031 (1992).
- Barry SI and Aldis GK, Unsteady flow induced deformation of porous materials, Int. J. Non-Linear Mechanics , Vol 26 No. 5: 687-699 (1991).
- Barry SI and Aldis GK, Comparison of models for flow induced deformation of soft biological tissue, J. Biomech. 23 : 647-654 (1990).
- Thompson RS, Aldis GK, and Linnett IW, Doppler ultrasound spectral power density distribution: measurement artefacts in steady flow, Med. & Biol. Eng. & Comput. 28 : 60-66 (1990).
- Finnigan JJ, Raupach MR, Bradley EF and Aldis GK , A wind tunnel study of turbulent flow over a two-dimensional ridge, Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 50 : 277-317 (1990).
- Aldis GK, The unstirred layer during osmotic flow into a tubule, Bull. Math. Biol. 50 : 531-545 (1988).
- Aldis GK, The osmotic permeability of a tubule wall, Bull. Math. Biol. 50 : 547-558 (1988).
- Aldis GK, Travelling salesmen - the hands-on experience, Aust. Math. Soc. Gazette 15 : 61-64 (1988).
- O'Donnell MJ, Aldis GK, and Maddrell SHP, Measurements of osmotic permeability in the Malpighian tubules of an insect, Rhodnius prolixus Stal. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 216 : 267-277 (1982).
- Blake JR, Liron N, and Aldis GK, Flow patterns around ciliated microorganisms and in ciliated ducts. J. Theor. Biol. 97 : 127-141 (1982).
- Aldis GK and Hill JM, Above reprinted in the Journal of the Australian Chiropractors' Association, vol. 12 : 8-14 (Sept 1981).
- Aldis GK and Hill JM, Above reprinted in Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, vol. 3 : 177-183 (Sept 1980).
- Aldis GK and Hill JM, Analysis of a chiropractor's data, Royal Society of New South Wales, Journal and Proceedings, 112 : 93-99 (1979).