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Dr Matt Finn

Lecturer in Applied Mathematics

Office: 314 | Telephone: +61 8 8303 6430 | Personal homepage [1]

Academic duties

Responsibility
School Webmaster
Chair of the Library Committee
ECR Representative, Faculty Research Committee

Teaching duties

Title Level Semester
Multivariable and Complex Calculus [2] 2 [3] 1
Waves III [4] 3 [5] 1,2

Honours supervision

Thesis title Student Graduation
The Morris-Lecar Neuron Model: From Neuron to Networks Minh-Son To [6] 2009
The flapping paddle mixer Edward Bihari [7] 2008

Research interests

Research interest Group
Laminar fluid mixing [8] Theoretical and Applied Mechanics [9]
Topological fluid kinematics [10] Theoretical and Applied Mechanics [11]
Thurston-Nielsen theory [12] Theoretical and Applied Mechanics [13]
Chaotic dynamical systems [14] Theoretical and Applied Mechanics [15]
Complex variable spectral methods for fluid flows [16] Theoretical and Applied Mechanics [17]

Research seminars

Title Series
Add one part chaos, one part topology, and stir well... [18] Undergraduate Seminar [19]

Research grants

Grant title Funding Agency
Topological Optimisation of Fluid Mixing ARC

Selected publications

Publications
Topological chaos in flows on surfaces of arbitrary genus
Finn, Matthew; Thiffeault, J, XXII International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Adelaide 24/08/08
Topology of chaotic mixing patterns
Thiffeault, J; Finn, Matthew; Gouillart, E; Hall, T, Chaos 18 (033123-1–033123-16) 2008
Two-dimensional Stokes flow driven by elliptical paddles
Cox, Stephen; Finn, Matthew, Physics of Fluids 19 (113102-1–113102-12) 2007

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