Mark Nelson's Research Interests
2013. I'm no longer keeping this page uptodate... and haven't for a while.
My research interests are in non-linear chemical
dynamics.
This involves the application of bifurcation theory, continuation
methods, dynamical systems methodology and singularity theory to
practical problems. An important part of my research is the
interpretation of the mathematical results in terms relevant to
experimentalists.
Following my PhD I worked on problems in
combustion and fire engineering.
More recently I have
become interested in problems in chemical reactor engineering and
bioreactor engineering.
I have worked
in the following areas:
- The
combustion of polymeric materials and their fire-retarded
modifications. (1990-Present)
- Heterogeneously catalysed
combustion. (1997-Present)
- Microwave heating of
porous solids.
(1998-2001)
- Behaviour of simple thermokinetic
chemical reaction schemes in batch, semi-batch, and continuously-stirred
tank reactors (1999-present)
- Flammability limits of simple chemical
reactions. (1999-present)
- Spontaneous composition
(2000-present)
- Spontaneous composition
of compost heaps (2000-present)
- Spontaneous composition
of coal (2005)
- Chemical Reactor Engineering.
(2001-present)
- Membrane
reactors (2001-present)
- Reactor cascades
(2002-present)
- The activated
sludge process (2005-present)
- Simple models
in bioreactor engineering (2006-present)
- Ethanol
production through continuous fermentation (2006-present)
- The passage of food
through animal stomachs (2007-present)
- Sludge Disintegration Units
(2008-present)
- The pH profile of the human stomach
(2009-present)
- Incomplete mixing
(2009-present)
- Highlights
of research in chemical reactor engineering
- My
collaborators in chemical reactor engineering
- Semi-analytical solutions
for non-linear partial differential equations.
(2003-present)
- Mathematics education
(2005-present)
- Industrial mathematics.
(1990-present)
- Controlled Drug Delivery
(2009-present)
I am particularly interested in problems involving a
strong interaction with experimentalists and which involve
an understanding of physical chemistry, especially those involving
chemical kinetics.
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