Professor PK Jimack
BSc (Bristol); PhD (Bristol)
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Position
Professor of Scientific Computing
Roles
Director of lab: Sci Comp 7.31
Director of Research (outgoing)
Scientific Computing Research Group Leader
Responsibilities
Pro-Dean for Research in the Faculty of Engineering. Also member of the following School committees: School Management Board and School Research Committee.
Research activities
Peter's general research area is Scientific Computation and he is particularly interested in efficient, accurate and reliable computational techniques for the solution of partial differential equations. The majority of his research work has involved the development and analysis of adaptive finite element algorithms and the use of parallel computer architectures.
Research students
Professor Jimack is currently supervising the following research student(s):
| STUDENT | THESIS TITLE |
|---|---|
| Keeran Brabazon | Multigrid Algorithms |
| Natalie Foxley | Towards Global Optimization in CFD through Use of Adjoint Methods |
| James Green | Phase-field modelling of alloy solidification |
| Bob Marlow | Moving grid techniques in finite element modelling of nonlinear parabolic equations and systems |
| Sarfraz Sarfraz | Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication |
In 2009/2010, Professor Jimack will be involved in teaching the following modules:
| Computational Modelling | COMP2640 |
Selected publications
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| Baines, MJ; Hubbard, ME; Jimack, PK; Mahmood, R A moving-mesh finite element method and its application to the numerical solution of phase-change problems. Communications in Computational Physics, vol. 6, pp.595-624. 2009. | |
| Martin, CJ; Haji, MH; Jimack, PK; Pilling, MJ; Dew, PM A user-orientated approach to provenance capture and representation for in silico experiments, explored within the atmospheric chemistry community. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol. 367, pp.2753-2770. 2009. | DOI |
| Hubbard, ME; Baines, MJ; Jimack, PK Consistent Dirichlet boundary conditions for numerical solution of moving boundary problems. Applied Numerical Mathematics, vol. 59, pp.1337-1353. 2009. | DOI |
| Koh, YY; Lee, YC; Gaskell, PH; Jimack, PK; Thompson, HM Droplet spreading: Quantitative comparisons with experiment. European Physical Journal, vol. 166, pp.117-120. 2009. | |
| Romanazzi, G; Jimack, PK Performance prediction for multigrid codes implemented with different parallel strategies in: Topping BHV, Ivanyi P (editors) Proceedings of the First International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Grid Computing for Engineering, pp.610-622. Civil-Comp Press. 2009. | |
| Rosam, J; Jimack, PK; Mullis, AM Quantitative phase-field modeling of solidification at high Lewis number. Physical Review E, vol. 79, 2009. | DOI |