I am a member of the
Numerical Analysis team at Strathclyde.
My research interests include
iterative solution of large sparse linear
systems
numerical analysis of data assimilation
numerical solution of partial differential equations
numerical modelling of liquid crystals
finite element methods
computational fluid dynamics.
I am a co-developer of the
Incompressible Flow and Iterative Solver Software (IFISS)
toolbox for modelling incompressible flow (with
Howard Elman (University of Maryland) and
David Silvester (University of Manchester)).
Click
here
(US) or
here (UK)
to learn more.
Efficient multifidelity data-informed models for urban air quality
Funding: EPSRC iCASE, National Physical Laboratory, University of Strathclyde
Duration: 09/20 - 08/24
Collaborators:
John Mackenzie, Tasnia Shahid, Stephen Smith (University of Strathclyde),
Prof. Alistair Forbes
(NPL)
Data Science Tools for Uncertainty Quantification
Funding: National Physical Laboratory, University of Strathclyde
Duration: 09/15 - 09/21
Collaborators:
Prof. Des Higam
(University of Edinburgh),
Tadas Krikstanivicius (University of Strathclyde),
Prof. Alistair Forbes
(NPL)
Preconditioning for Saddle-Point Systems
Duration: 09/16 - 01/21
Collaborators: Daniel Ruiz (INPT-ENSEEIHT-IRIT, Toulouse),
Annick Sartenaer and Charlotte Tannier (University of Namur)
Preconditioning for Novel Data Assimilation Problems
Funding: Leverhulme Trust
Duration: 09/17 - 09/19
Collaborators:
Dr Amos Lawless
and
Prof. Nancy Nichols
(University of Reading)
Efficient Computational Methods for Large-scale Data Assimilation
Problems
Funding: EPSRC DTG
Duration: 10/11 - 05/15
Collaborators:
Igor Gejadze,
Kirsty Brown
(University of Strathclyde)
IFISS: A Matlab Toolbox for Modelling Incompressible Flow
Duration: 01/99 -
Collaborators:
Howard Elman (University of Maryland) and
David Silvester (University of Manchester)
Click
here
(US) or
here (UK)
to download the software.
Preconditioning for radial basis function approximation
Duration: 04/11 -
Collaborators:
Elisabeth Larsson,
Lina von Sydow
(Uppsala University),
Alfa Heryudono, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Adaptive Methods for Q-Tensor Liquid Crystal Models
Funding: EPSRC CASE Studentship
Duration: 10/10 - 03/14
Collaborators: Chris Newton (
Hewlett Packard Labs, Bristol),
John Mackenzie,
Craig MacDonald
(University of Strathclyde)
Fast Iterative Solvers in Geomechanics
Funding: University of Strathclyde Collaborative Training Account, KTN/EPSRC CASE
Studentship
Duration: 05/08 - 03/14
Collaborators:
Charles Augarde
(University of Durham), Carol Matthews
(Oasys Limited,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne),
Paul Smith, Youliang Zhang (University of Strathclyde)
Saddle-point Problems in Liquid Crystal Modelling
Duration: 06/06 -
Collaborators:
Chuck Gartland (Kent State University)
Computing Posterior Covariance Matrices in Large-scale Variational Data Assimilation
Problems
Funding: Bridging the Gap programme
Duration: 04/09 - 03/10
Collaborators:
Igor Gejadze (University of Strathclyde)
Preconditioning in option pricing
Funding: Uppsala University
Duration: 02/02 - 07/10
Collaborators:
Lina von Sydow (Uppsala University)
Adaptive Numerical Methods for Optoelectronic Devices
Funding: EPSRC
Duration: 04/07 - 11/10
Collaborators: Chris Newton (
Hewlett Packard Labs, Bristol),
Mark Ainsworth ,
Nigel Mottram
(University of Strathclyde)
Adaptive Methods for Liquid Crystal Device Modelling
Funding: EPSRC Springboard Fellowship
Duration: 10/05 - 09/06
Collaborators: Chris Newton (
Hewlett Packard Labs, Bristol)
Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nematic Liquid Crystals
Collaborators:
André Sonnet (University of Strathclyde)
Parametric Studies of Multiple Tunnels using the National HPC Resources
Funding: EPSRC
Duration: 11/03 - 11/05
Collaborators:
Charles Augarde,
Boyan Lazarov, Gareth Bird (University of Durham).
Preconditioners for Finite Element Modelling of Soil-Structure
Interaction Problems
Funding: EPSRC (CEM Initiative)
Duration: 10/02 - 10/05
Collaborators:
Charles Augarde,
Jochen Staudacher (University of Durham).
An Investigation of Defects in Liquid Crystals
Funding: EPSRC
Duration: 10/01 - 10/04
Collaborators:
Nigel Mottram and
Gavin Kelly (University of Strathclyde)
Iterative Methods for Flow Problems
Funding: Leverhulme Trust
Duration: 9/99 - 9/00
Collaborators:
Howard Elman (University of Maryland)
Adaptive Methods for Computational Solution of PDEs
Funding: EPSRC
Duration: 11/98 - 10/01
Collaborators:
David Sloan,
John Mackenzie,
George Beckett (University of Strathclyde)
Implicit Solution of Hyperbolic PDEs with Space-Time
Adaptivity
Funding: Swedish Research Council for Engineering
Sciences
Duration: 08/98 - 04/01
Collaborators:
Lina Hemmingsson-Frändén,
Per Lötstedt and
Stefan Söderberg,
(Uppsala University)
Numerical Analysis of Convection-Diffusion Problems
Funding: NATO Collaborative Research Grant CRG 960782
Duration: 06/96 - 07/98
Collaborators:
Howard Elman (University
of Maryland),
Bernd Fischer (Medical University of Luebeck),
Gene Golub (Stanford University),
David Silvester (UMIST) and
Andy Wathen (University of Oxford)
Analysis of Iterative Methods for Indefinite Linear
Systems
Funding: British Council for British/German Academic
Exchange Service Research Collaboration Project 465
Duration: 06/93 - 06/96
Collaborators:
Bernd Fischer (Medical University of Luebeck),
David Silvester (UMIST) and
Andy Wathen (University of Oxford)
High Performance Iterative Solvers
Funding:
Nuclear Electric plc
Duration: 04/93 - 04/94
Collaborators: FEAT group,
Nuclear Electric plc
From 1977-1983 I was a pupil at Alva Academy.
From 1983-1987 I was an undergraduate student in the University of St Andrews Mathematics department.
From 1987-1990 I was a postgraduate student in the University of Bristol Mathematics department, working under the supervision of Andy Wathen on my PhD thesis Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Methods for Galerkin Finite Element Equations.
From 1990-1993 I was a research assistant in the University of Bristol Mathematics department, working on the project Iterative Solution Techniques for Finite Element based CFD which was jointly funded by Nuclear Electric plc and EPSRC.