Research Output per year
Personal profile
Area of academic expertise - outline
- Mathematical modelling of liquid crystals
- Ultrasonics
- Fluid Dynamics
Current research activities
- Theoretical models of ultrasonic transducers incorporating spherical resonators (with Mulholland and Malhi, Strathclyde)
- Asymptotic properties of radial A+B->C reaction fronts (with Trevelyan, USW)
- Optimisation of transducer design parameters for wideband devices
- Sierpinski Carpet Inspired Ultrasonic Transducers (with Koubayssi and Roach, USW)
- Boundary conditions on 2D planar- and cylindrically-layered Smectic liquid crystals (with Al Sallo and Boswell, USW)
- Mathematical modelling of nutrient flow in egg clusters (with Sloman et al., UWS/UNT)
- Mathematical modelling of anthropogenic noise and its impact on aquatic biotic interactions (with Alexander, McLellan and Hughes, UWS)
- Experimental, numerical and analytical modelling of Nano fluid assisted heat exchanger systems
Desired research direction
- Mathematical modelling of anisotropic fluids.
- Design, modelling and fabrication of novel piezoelectric and electrostatic ultrasonic transducers.
- Modelling Allee effects with food webs.
- Mathematical modelling of nano-particles in heat exchanger fluids.
- Impact of anthropogenic noise on aquatic biotic interactions.
Target collaborative companies
Alba Ultrasound
Target collaborative organisations
Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering
Other areas of expertise available for knowledge exchange
- Basic Statistics and Probability
- Mathematical software packages expertise (Matlab, Mathematica, Maple, COMSOL)
- Researcher Development Mentoring
External positions
Committee Member, Scottish Mathematical Council
2016 → …Visiting Researcher, University of South Wales
2014 → …Keywords
- QC Physics
- mathematics
- fluid dynamics
- ultrasonics
- ultrasound
- non-Newtonian fluids
- modelling
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Ultrasonic transducers
Engineering & Materials Science
Liquid crystals
Engineering & Materials Science
Transducer
Mathematics
liquid crystals
Physics & Astronomy
transducers
Physics & Astronomy
Piezoelectric transducers
Engineering & Materials Science
Transducers
Engineering & Materials Science
ultrasonics
Physics & Astronomy
Network
Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.
Research Output 2007 2019
Comparison of empirical and predicted substrate temperature during surface melting of microalloyed steel using TIG technique and considering three shielding gases
Munoz De Escalona, P., Walker, A., Ogwu, A., Mridha, S. & Baker, T. N., 31 May 2019, In : Applied Surface Science. 477, p. 179-183 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Steel
Shielding
Melting
Gases
Substrates
Maternal fetal triage index vs. emergency severity index: increasing clinical safety by identifying and prioritising acutely unwell pregnant women
Nisbet, L., Walker, A., Cottam, J., Thomas, M. B. K., Williams, L., Pappan, S., Anjali, J. H., Sujith, B., Lohana, S. & Mathew, S., 1 Feb 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Triage
Pregnant Women
Emergencies
Mothers
Safety
Asymptotic properties of radial A+B→C reaction fronts
Trevelyan, P. & Walker, A., 13 Sep 2018, In : Physical Review E. 98, 15 p., 032118 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
asymptotic properties
Asymptotic Properties
Contact Line
Large Time Asymptotics
Asymptotic Limit
Mathématiques sans Frontières report 2018
Walker, A. J. & Mekwi, W. R., Dec 2018, In : The Scottish Mathematical Council Journal. 48, p. 10-11 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
mathematics
The provision of mathematics and statistics support in Scottish Higher Education Institutions (2017): a comparative study by the Scottish Mathematics Support Network
Ahmed, S., Davidson, P., Durkacz, K., Macdonald, C., Richard, M. & Walker, A., 1 May 2018, In : MSOR Connections. 16, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
statistics
mathematics
education
university
networking
Prizes
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Alan Walker (Recipient), 12 Sep 2016
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities 2010 2019
SmartSTEMs - TERCES SEDOC
Alan Walker (Presenter)30 May 2019
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Schools engagement
Mathematiques sans Frontieres Prizegiving
Alan Walker (Host)7 Jun 2019
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Schools engagement
Mathematics Scrutiny Day and Field Board
Alan Walker (Examiner)12 Jun 2019 → 13 Jun 2019
Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
Embedding Playfulness in Mathematics
Alan Walker (Participant), Wan Mekwi (Participant)5 Apr 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Press / Media
Grange Academy retain Scottish title
26/06/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Pipe Organ Inspired Ultrasonic Transducers
Botong Zhu, James Windmill, Benjamin Tiller, Anthony J. Mulholland, Alan Walker & Anthony Mulholland
8/11/18 → 1/03/19
4 items of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research