Ultrasonic propagation in complex media: correlated spatial distributions and multiple dispersed phases
This collaborative EPSRC project runs from 1st October 2015 until 30th September 2018 and is focused on understanding acoustic propagation in complex media. In particular the project is a collaboration between groups in Chemical Engineering at Loughborough University, Food Science at The University of Leeds and the School of Mathematics at The University of Manchester.
This site is currently being updated with many of the results from the first year of the project.
This site is currently being updated with many of the results from the first year of the project.
The Loughborough team
The team in Loughborough is led by Dr Valerie Pinfield, who has extensive experience of research into ultrasonic propagation in complex media, using predominantly models and computational simulation. Michael Forrester is a postdoctoral researcher working on the project with Valerie and is specifically building COMSOL simulations of thermoviscoacoustic propagation in complex media.
The team in Loughborough is led by Dr Valerie Pinfield, who has extensive experience of research into ultrasonic propagation in complex media, using predominantly models and computational simulation. Michael Forrester is a postdoctoral researcher working on the project with Valerie and is specifically building COMSOL simulations of thermoviscoacoustic propagation in complex media.
The Leeds team
The Leeds group is led by Prof. Malcolm Povey and Dr Melvin Holmes. Malcolm has worked on many aspects of acoustic propagation for many years and particularly the understanding of novel acoustic/ultrasound methods for food characterisation and processing. Melvin's primary research interests reside in the use of differential equations to model physical systems, of specific interest here in modelling thermoacoustic wave propagation and scattering.
The Leeds group is led by Prof. Malcolm Povey and Dr Melvin Holmes. Malcolm has worked on many aspects of acoustic propagation for many years and particularly the understanding of novel acoustic/ultrasound methods for food characterisation and processing. Melvin's primary research interests reside in the use of differential equations to model physical systems, of specific interest here in modelling thermoacoustic wave propagation and scattering.
The Manchester team
The Manchester team is led by Prof. William Parnell and Prof. David Abrahams (now Director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge). Will and David have significant interest in many aspects of wave propagation in complex media and in particular the use of mathematical techniques associated with multiple scattering theory in order to predict some aspect of the medium in question. In this project they are interested in the use of matched asymptotic expansions in order to simpify the complex wave systems that are set up in thermoviscoacoustic problems. Artur Gower is a postdoctoral researcher working on the project in Manchester, specifically building the mathematical models required.
The Manchester team is led by Prof. William Parnell and Prof. David Abrahams (now Director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge). Will and David have significant interest in many aspects of wave propagation in complex media and in particular the use of mathematical techniques associated with multiple scattering theory in order to predict some aspect of the medium in question. In this project they are interested in the use of matched asymptotic expansions in order to simpify the complex wave systems that are set up in thermoviscoacoustic problems. Artur Gower is a postdoctoral researcher working on the project in Manchester, specifically building the mathematical models required.