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Anthony Bonfils is a postdoctoral researcher funded by Science Foundation Ireland. Anthony is a theoretical physicist presently working as an applied mathematician on the genesis and morphology of wrinkles in thin sheets, with a particular interest on their behavior in the plastic regime. Anthony previously completed a PhD with Prof John Wettlaufer at Nordita on the interaction of surface waves with a parallel shear flow. Anthony is particuarly keen on asymptotic methods and has a general interest in out-of-equilibrium systems.
contact: anthony.bonfils@ul.ie
Frank Flanagan is a PhD student with the SFI Centre for Research Training in Foundations of Data Science. He is working on modelling a metal forming process called metal rolling, and is using an asymptotics-driven approach to incorporate elastic and plastic behaviours. Frank is co-supervised by myself and Alison O'Connor.
contact: francis.flanagan@ul.ie
Attiq Iqbal is a PhD student developing mathematical models of chemical transport in porous media where the porous microstructure evolves in time. His work involves partial differential equations, perturbation methods, chemistry, and numerical methods. Attiq is co-supervised by myself, Kevin Moroney and Michael Vynnycky.
Among other things, Attiq is passionate about teaching mathematics and regularly develops teaching materials for undergraduates on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@ATTIQIQBAL).
contact: attiq.iqbal@ul.ie
Goodness Udochukwu, Okoh is a PhD student funded by the Faculty of Science and Engineering at UL and co-supervised by Michael Vynnycky and Kyriakos Kourousis. Goodness is interested in using mathematics and experiments to describe and study materials' microstructure evolution and connection to mechanical behaviour under thermal and/or mechanical loads. The focus of his PhD work is on the elastoplasticity of additively-manufactured metals.
contact: okoh.goodness@ul.ie
Joshua Durrant is a PhD student funded by Science Foundation Ireland. Josh is an applied mathematician interested in fluid mechanics, especially models for thin sheets of viscous fluid with industrial applications. Josh is particularly keen on using asymptotic and numerical methods to solve problems, and is also interested in mathematical biology.
contact: durrant.joshua@ul.ie
Past Group Members
Sarah Murphy completed her PhD through the SFI Centre for Research Training in Foundations of Data Science in 2024. In her PhD thesis, she used differential equations to learn about chemical decontamination processes. Her work involved numerical methods, asymptotic analysis, chemistry, physics and Stefan moving-boundary problems and was supervised myself, Michael Vynnycky and Sarah Mitchell.
Sarah now works for the Central Statistics Office in Cork.
Emma Greenbank was a postdoctoral researcher funded by insight 2021-2023. Her work in MACSI focused on homogenization for lithium-ion batteries. Prior to this she completed her PhD on the modelling Surtseyan ejecta ( a type of volcanic bomb) with Professor Mark McGuinness at the University of Wellington.
Mohammad Javad Mirnia spent the summer of 2023 working as a postdoctoral researcher in MACSI, developing FE simulations of wrinkling in metal sheets during the spinning process. Javad is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Babol Noshirvani University of Technology in Iran. His broader research interests fall into the field of Advanced Manufacturing, and include sheet and bulk metal forming processes, ductile fracture mechanics, finite element analysis, metal rapid prototyping, and manufacturing processes optimization.
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