Industrial Mathematics Group

Ian Griffiths

I am a Professor of Industrial Mathematics in the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford. I am a Professorial Fellow in Industrial Mathematics and the Janet Dyson Fellow at Mansfield College. I have a collaborative network with Howard Stone and the Complex Fluids Group at Princeton, and the Laboratory of Fields, Flows, and Interfaces at Toronto Metropolitan University. Prior to my current position I was a Royal Society University Research Fellow. (Photograph credit: John Cairns.)

Saffron Cormican

is a first-year DPhil student developing mathematical models for bioinspired nose-like filtration, motivated by how the nasal cavity captures inhaled particles using a thin mucus film. The goal is to extract design rules that provide both mechanistic insight and guidance for more efficient and sustainable filtration technologies across applications such as face coverings, ventilation filters, and particle-controlling materials. Saffron is co-supervised by Dominic Vella.

Grace Curtis

is a third-year DPhil student exploring the behaviour of flexible fibres in the context of practical settings such as robot grabbers, sea-cable laying, filtration and fibre optics. Grace is co-supervised by Dominic Vella.

Torin Fastnedge

is a fourth-year DPhil student working on modelling microplastics and microfibre filters in washing machines. This project is in collaboration with Beko. Torin is co-supervised by Chris Breward. (Photograph credit: John Cairns.)

Orson Hart

is a second-year DPhil student working on challenges in glass manufacture, including chill ripples and the overflow fusion process. He is co-supervised by Chris Breward and Peter Howell.

Georgina Ryan

is a second-year DPhil student working on problems in electrochemistry, with application to flow batteries and ionocaloric devices. Georgina is co-supervised by Mohit Dalwadi.

Nicholas Ryan

is a fourth-year DPhil student working on modelling the manufacture of glass sheets and their ability to spontaneously buckle. He is co-supervised by Chris Breward and Peter Howell.

Henry Saunders

is a first-year DPhil student exploring is investigating Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces (SLIPS), in particular the challenge of lubricant depletion, which depends on the coupling between flow in the porous substrate a nd the free fluid above. The aim of the work is to dvelop theories to inform the optimization of longer-lasting SLIPS, for applications such as decontamination. Henry is co-supervised by Chris Breward and Dominic Vella.

Matthew Shirley

is a postdoctoral researcher studying the manufacture of fibre optic cables in collaboration with by Fibercore. Prior to this, Matt worked in collaboration with Virustatic to investigate the performance of a new face mask filter that wraps around the face to offer superior filtration performance. Matt is co-supervised by Chris Breward and Peter Howell.