Simon Cox, BSc (Warwick) PhD (East Anglia) FIMA
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Details
- Address: Institute of Mathematics and Physics,
Aberystwyth University, Ceredigion SY23 3BZ
- Telephone: +44 (0)1970 622764
- Fax: +44 (0)1970 622826
- Email: click here
- Nationality: British
Employment
- 2010-present Professor,
Institute of
Mathematics and Physics, Aberystwyth University.
- 2006-present
EPSRC
Advanced Research Fellow. Research on
foams, complex fluids, and cellular structures
through modelling,
computation and
experiment.
- 2006-2010 Reader in Applied Mathematics,
Institute of
Mathematics and Physics, Aberystwyth University.
- 2005-2006 Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, Institute of
Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Aberystwyth University.
- 2002-2004 Temporary Lecturer in Computational Physics,
Trinity College, Dublin.
- 1998-2002,2004 Postdoctoral Researcher with the Foam Physics Group at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland with Prof.
D. Weaire.
Held an Enterprise
Ireland Fellowship and a Marie Curie Fellowship.
- Autumn 1999 Visiting Fellow at the Physics Department and the Center for Applied Mathematics at the University of Notre Dame.
Education and Academic Qualifications
- 1995-1998 PhD in Applied Mathematics in the School of Mathematics at the University of East Anglia, UK:
`Pressure Impulses caused by Wave
Impact'
(Abstract: (.ps)
Thesis: (.ps)),
supervised by Dr. Mark Cooker, funded by EPSRC. Mathematical modelling of wave
impacts using Pressure Impulse Theory.
- 1991-1994 BSc (Hons) in Applied Mathematics (First
Class) at the University of Warwick,
UK. Final year project on mixing and chaotic streamlines in flow between
eccentric rotating cylinders.
Professional Affiliations
- Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (FIMA)
- Council member and Honorary Secretary of the British Society of
Rheology
- Steering committe of the WIMCS Computational Modelling Cluster
- Member of the Institute of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
- Member of the Society of Rheology
- Member of the London Mathematical Society
Research Interests
- Foam Rheology: Solution of problems relating to the flow of
yield-stress
materials. Relationship to
meso-scopic bubble-scale models, quantifying the role of viscosity in the
flow of complex fluids such
as foams and granular materials. Applications in the personal care
industry and the petroleum industry.
- Foam Drainage: Use of analytical techniques, such as similarity
solutions, and numerics to solve
partial differential equations describing the viscous flow of liquid
through a network of thin collapsible
channels. Simple experiments on aqueous foams and soap films. Applications
in the automobile industry
and in froth flotation processes.
- Simulation of Cellular Structures: Analysis of instabilities in
small
clusters of cells. Simulation
of area-minimizing structures using the Surface Evolver. Analysis and
visualisation of
three-dimensional disordered structures.
- Biological Morphology: Investigation of the morphology of echinoids
(sea urchins) using an analogy
with bubble formation. Application of the results of packing problems to
infer details of the growth of
biological systems such as flowers.
- Pressure Impulse Theory: Analysis of pressures induced by breaking
waves on coastal
structures. Potential theory.
- Demonstrating science to non-scientists & children through the medium
of bubbles.
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