Welcome to Tim Marchant's Home Page

Introduction

I am a Professor of Applied Mathematics (Level E) in the School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics at the University of Wollongong.

I am the director of the Mathematics and Statistics in Industry Study Group Conference (MISG). The next meeting will be held at UOW, 27th-31st Jan. 2009, (MISG2009) . The MISG conference is an industry clinic where industry partners have their problems solved by the conference delegates. This type of conference has a wide and successful history around the world, see (MIIS) for a list of current and past meetings. If you are interested in being industry partner or delegate at MISG2009, please contact me for futher details.

I am a Fellow of the Australian Mathematical Society (FAustMS).

I am chair of a selection panel for the DEST Endeavour Awards . There are many categories of awards, involving scholarships, research fellowships and professional development.

My management roles within the University include

• Head of the School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics (SMAS)
• Chair of the thesis examination committee

Research

I gained a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Adelaide in 1988 and have published about 60 research papers and have also successfully supervised nine Masters/PhD students on various topics in Applied Mathematics. My ISI citation summary shows 47 articles, with 240 citations and a Hirsch factor of H=8.

My research areas are

• Nonlinear optics , such as the propagation of solitary waves in nematic liquid crystals
• Nonlinear waves Solitary wave evolution and interaction for higher-order versions of integrable equations, such as Korteweg-de Vries equation, Nonlinear Schrodinger equation and the Hirota equation,
• Combustion theory and mathematical chemistry.

• PhD projects for potential students.
• a list of my publications is available, .ps or .pdf .
• My external research grants.
• My PhD graduates and students.
• Colleagues and friends in Applied Mathematics.

Sites for mathematical societies, journals, conferences and research

• Mathematical societies
• home pages for Applied Mathematics journals
• Web-site on solitons
• MISG2009, Mathematics and Statistics in Industry Study Group, Wollongong Aust, 27th-31st Jan. 2009, (MISG2009)
• ANZIAM2009, Sunshine Coast QLD, 2009 (ANZIAM2009)

The ac3 HPC consortium

The University of Wollongong is a member of the ac3 high-performance computing (hpc) consortium. If you wish to use these facilities or obtain technical support, contact me. If you want an account, first look at the ac3 web-site (ac3) read the information on the various machine capabilities. Also, download the application form from the web-site, fill it in, and send it me. Some seminars I have presented on hpc may also be of interest.

• the ac3 hpc facility
• Seminar presented to IMMaCS during 2000, "The AC3 high performance computing facility: An introductory guide", .ps or .pdf . This is a "how-to" seminar.
• Seminar presented to TITR and IMMaCS during 2002, "High performance computing: a tool for research scientists", .ps or .pdf . This talk focuses on some research areas in applied mathematics and telecommunications which use hpc.
• Seminar presented to Mechanical Engineering during 2004, "Using Abaqus on Barossa", .pdf . This talk details how to use the finite element package Abaqus on the ac3 147 node Linux cluster, Barossa.
• Seminar/workshop presented by Dr. Achim Casties at UOW during April 2005, "hpc at ac3", .pdf . This talk details how to use the hpc machines based at ac3.

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