Introduction
I am a lecturer in mathematics at Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester, UK. My work includes teaching, tutoring, supervising final year project students and participating in various types of research in applied mathematics.
I am also a research scientist currently working in the area of multi-phase flow, that is, the interactive flow of two or more distinct fluids such as oil and water although my interests also include the study of phase change of a single fluid e.g. liquid water to vapour. My present research, involving the drop formation process in the pharmaceutical industry, is being done at the University of Leeds at the Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces and Interfaces in the School of Mechanical Engineering. My previous work in the School of Mathematics at Cardiff University also studied the droplet breakup and impact process in industry, e.g. spray painting and spray cooling.
My background lies in applied mathematics and my research work ranges from: particle aggregation in the formation of planetesimals, heat transfer in the water-jet cooling process (see http://bierbrauerf.weebly.com/heat-transfer.html), the emissivity of hot oxidised steel surfaces (see http://bierbrauerf.weebly.com/non-contact-temperature-measurement.html), drug release from swelling hydrogels (see http://bierbrauerf.weebly.com/drug-delivery.html), heat transfer and fluid flow within blast furnaces and the numerical solution algorithms for complex multiphase flows (see http://bierbrauerf.weebly.com/multi-phase-flow.html). I am interested in the computational modelling of multi-scale and multi-physics problems in complex systems in the engineering and natural sciences. Other research interests include bubble collapse, rainsplash erosion (see http://bierbrauerf.weebly.com/rainsplash-erosion.html), clothing insulation and heat transfer for artificial and natural fabrics, filter and suspension feeding of micro-organisms, seed dispersal, order and complexity in physical systems and variational principles and optimised numerical models (see http://bierbrauerf.weebly.com/optimisation-methods.html). For more details, including my research contributions, please refer to the other menus shown on the left of this page which link to more detailed descriptions of my research or see below.
I obtained a Bachelor of Science with honours in applied mathematics from Monash University in Melbourne Australia which led to a Masters by research in the study of electromagnetic scattering from rough oxidised steel surfaces and an industrially inspired PhD at the University of Wollongong in collaboration with the BHP Steel Research Laboratories at Port Kembla, Wollongong. My first degree was a Bachelor of Education from the University of Tasmania and I possess some teaching experience at high schools in Australia. I also have extensive tutoring and lecturing experience at the University level: as senior tutor in mathematics at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, part-time lecturer at the University of Wollongong and tutor and demonstrator in physics at the University of Tasmania. I have also given numerous departmental seminars and conference presentations as well as two invited public lectures.
My aim is the further elaboration of innovative new methods in the solution of complex problems in the engineering and natural sciences. Future goals include the creation of a focused research group which would lead to both the study of complex physical processes as well as the commercial application of such developed computational tools with ongoing international collaborations.
To download my CV, list of publications, research statement and teaching philosophy statement see below.
I am also a research scientist currently working in the area of multi-phase flow, that is, the interactive flow of two or more distinct fluids such as oil and water although my interests also include the study of phase change of a single fluid e.g. liquid water to vapour. My present research, involving the drop formation process in the pharmaceutical industry, is being done at the University of Leeds at the Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces and Interfaces in the School of Mechanical Engineering. My previous work in the School of Mathematics at Cardiff University also studied the droplet breakup and impact process in industry, e.g. spray painting and spray cooling.
My background lies in applied mathematics and my research work ranges from: particle aggregation in the formation of planetesimals, heat transfer in the water-jet cooling process (see http://bierbrauerf.weebly.com/heat-transfer.html), the emissivity of hot oxidised steel surfaces (see http://bierbrauerf.weebly.com/non-contact-temperature-measurement.html), drug release from swelling hydrogels (see http://bierbrauerf.weebly.com/drug-delivery.html), heat transfer and fluid flow within blast furnaces and the numerical solution algorithms for complex multiphase flows (see http://bierbrauerf.weebly.com/multi-phase-flow.html). I am interested in the computational modelling of multi-scale and multi-physics problems in complex systems in the engineering and natural sciences. Other research interests include bubble collapse, rainsplash erosion (see http://bierbrauerf.weebly.com/rainsplash-erosion.html), clothing insulation and heat transfer for artificial and natural fabrics, filter and suspension feeding of micro-organisms, seed dispersal, order and complexity in physical systems and variational principles and optimised numerical models (see http://bierbrauerf.weebly.com/optimisation-methods.html). For more details, including my research contributions, please refer to the other menus shown on the left of this page which link to more detailed descriptions of my research or see below.
I obtained a Bachelor of Science with honours in applied mathematics from Monash University in Melbourne Australia which led to a Masters by research in the study of electromagnetic scattering from rough oxidised steel surfaces and an industrially inspired PhD at the University of Wollongong in collaboration with the BHP Steel Research Laboratories at Port Kembla, Wollongong. My first degree was a Bachelor of Education from the University of Tasmania and I possess some teaching experience at high schools in Australia. I also have extensive tutoring and lecturing experience at the University level: as senior tutor in mathematics at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, part-time lecturer at the University of Wollongong and tutor and demonstrator in physics at the University of Tasmania. I have also given numerous departmental seminars and conference presentations as well as two invited public lectures.
My aim is the further elaboration of innovative new methods in the solution of complex problems in the engineering and natural sciences. Future goals include the creation of a focused research group which would lead to both the study of complex physical processes as well as the commercial application of such developed computational tools with ongoing international collaborations.
To download my CV, list of publications, research statement and teaching philosophy statement see below.
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