Nico Gray School of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K. Tel:+44 (0)161 275 5888, Fax: +44 (0)161 275 5819

PhD project available IMA conference on Dense Granular Flows Newton Institute programme on Granular & particle-laden flows Granular avalanches Granular flow in a rotating drum Pattern formation Sea-ice dynamics Publications Links Teaching

My research interests lie in understanding and modelling the flow of granular materials, in small scale experiments, industrial processes and geophysical flows. Current research is aimed at understanding fundamental processes such as the flow past obstacles, shock waves, dead-zones, fluid-solid phase transitions, particle size segregation and pattern formation. A novel and important feature of all my work is the close interplay of theory, numerical computation and experiment to investigate these nonlinear systems. I currently have three active experiments which are housed in two laboratories at the Manchester Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics. You can click on the adjacent toolbar to find out more about specific problems that I am interested in.