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Position:
Senior
Lecturer in Mathematics.
Qualifications:
- 1985: BSc Single Honours Pure Mathematics ( University College of
Wales, Aberystwyth ) .
- 1988: PhD:- Bifurcation of
small-amplitude limit cycles of Liénard systems
(UCW, Aberystwyth).
Affiliations
/ Membership
- External Examiner for Coventry University
- Associate Lecturer with the Open University: MS325
Symbolic Computation, Chaos and Simulations.
- Member of the London Mathematical Society.
- Member of the National Centre for the Excellence of
Teaching Mathematics.
- Referee for the LMS, IOP and Mathematical Reviews
Units Taught and Some Interesting Links:
All
units have support materials on WebCT Vista
- Quantitative Techniques MathCAD 63MA1241/3/4/5
- First Year: Discrete Maths 63MA4302. Click here for examples and visual examples.
- Second Year: Linear Algebra 63MA5301. Click here for examples.
- Third Year: Dynamical Simulation and Chaos 63MA6302. Click here to see
fantastic examples of Chaos .
- MSc: Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos. Dynamical Systems Web Portal
, Chaos
Video .
The Mandelbrot Set (Plotted with MATLAB) Mandelbrot
Set Zoom Song
Hobbies:
- Playing with my kids.
- Football, badminton, swimming, boxing exercise and
weight-training.
- Playing classical guitar.
- Country walks.
Responsibilities:
- Stage One Tutor for BSc(Hons) Combined Honours Course (1994-98).
- Foundation Tutor for Mathematics (2001- 2004).
- Programme Leader Mathematics Courses (2005 -
)
- Member of the Research, Publicity and Teaching and
Learning Committees, respectively.
Additional
Information:
- 1985: I graduated from the University College of Wales,
Aberystwyth.
- 1988: I was awarded the V.C. Morton prize for my PhD
thesis.
- 1988: Three year temporary lectureship at the
University of Southampton.
- 1991: Lecturer at the Manchester Metropolitan
University.
- 1995: Senior Lecturer at MMU.
- 2001: First book "Dynamical Systems with
Applications using Maple", published by Birkhäuser.
- 2004: Second book, "Dynamical Systems with
Applications using MATLAB", published
by Birkhäuser.
- 2007: Third book, "Dynamical Systems with
Applications using Mathematica", published
by Springer/Birkhäuser.
- 2007: Nominated for a National Teaching Fellowship
by MMU.
- 2009: Nominated for a National Teaching Fellowship
by MMU.
- 2009: Fourth book, "Dynamical Systems with
Applications using Maple 2nd ed.", published by Springer/Birkhäuser.
- 2010: Applied for my first patent!
Publications:
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