Dr Matt Finn

Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics

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Academic duties

Responsibility
School Webmaster
Chair of the Library Committee

Teaching duties

Title	Level	Semester
Chaotic Dynamical Systems	4	2

Honours supervision

Thesis title	Student	Graduation
The Morris-Lecar neuron model: from neuron to networks	Minh-Son To	2009
The flapping paddle mixer	Edward Bihari	2008
	David Arnold

Doctor of Philosophy supervision

Thesis title	Student	Graduation
Viscous fluid flows in microstructured optical fibres	Hayden Tronnolone
Fluid mixing	Kale Davies

Research interests

Research interest	Group
Laminar fluid mixing	Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Topological fluid kinematics	Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Thurston-Nielsen theory	Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Chaotic dynamical systems	Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Complex variable spectral methods for fluid flows	Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Research seminars

Title	Series
Topological chaos in two and three dimensions	Fluid Mechanics Seminar
Add one part chaos, one part topology, and stir well...	Undergraduate Seminar

Research grants

Grant title	Funding Agency
Topological Optimisation of Fluid Mixing	ARC