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Professor Xuerong Mao has been ranked 5th in the UK for Best Scientist in the field of Mathematics by Research.com

Congratulations to Professor Xuerong Mao who has been ranked number 5 in the UK and number 95 in the World rankings of Best Scientist in the field of Mathematics by Research.com, a leading academic platform for researchers.

Professor Mao was also recognised with a 2024 Mathematics Leader Award for his research.

The ranking is based on D-index (Discipline H-index) metric, which only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline. The ranking only includes leading scientists with a D-index of more than 30 for academic publications made in the area of Mathematics.

The full UK rankings can be found here and the World rankings can be found here.

Group of lecturers in academic robes attending graduation — Congratulations to our new BSc, MSc and PhD Graduates!

Some members of our staff (pictured below) attended the graduation ceremony on Tuesday 31st October, celebrating our BSc, MSc and PhD students receiving their degrees after all of their hard work. A video of the event can be found on the University Graduation YouTube channel which can be accessed here.

Congratulations again to all of our graduates! We hope that you have a great time celebrating your success with your family and friends.

Glasgow Science Festival - Beyond the Display: The Science of Liquid Crystals

As part of their ESPRC funded project, Dr Joseph Cousins (Strathclyde and Glasgow) and Dr Akhshay Bjadwal (Nottingham Trent) organised a stand with activities as part of the Glasgow Science Festival which was held at the Riverside Museum in Glasgow.

Beyond the Display: The Science of Liquid Crystals, featured several activities: a portable microscope focused on the liquid crystal display of an old iPad; a table of chiral nematic liquid crystal thermochromic sensors; and an isotropic droplet race.

The event was a great success and was enjoyed by all who attended. Further information about the project can be found here

Dr Jon Devlin standing with his certificate — Dr Jon Devlin recognised in Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards

Congratulations to Dr Jon Devlin who received a Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (TEA) for Early Career Impact at the awards ceremony on 30th August 2023. Dr Devlin was nominated for his outreach work at Primary and Secondary schools throughout Scotland, showcasing the importance and real-life applications of Mathematics and Statistics. More information on our department outreach activities can be found here.

Professor Apala Majumdar awarded Distinguished Kirk Fellowship by the Isaac Newton Institute (Cambridge)

Congratulations to Professor Apala Majumdar who has been awarded a Distinguished Kirk Fellowship by the Isaac Newton Institute (Cambridge) for her programme on 'Uncertainty quantification and stochastic modelling of materials' during the summer of 2023.

More information on the Isaac Newton Institute and Distinguished Kirk Fellowship can be found here.

36th Scottish Fluid Mechanics Meeting - Wednesday 24th May 2023

The University of Strathclyde are pleased to be hosting the 36th Scottish Fluid Mechanics Meeting on Wednesday 24th May 2023. Hosted by Conference Chair, Professor Stephen Wilson, the Scottish Fluid Mechanics Meeting (SFMM) is an annual meeting that brings together researchers working in the field of fluid dynamics from Scotland and beyond. The meeting is an informal gathering and contributions from all areas of Fluid Mechanics are welcome.

Details on Registration, Abstract Submission and Conference Details can be found on our webpage here.

Dr Alison Ramage elected Chair for the SIAM Board of Trustees

Dr Alison Ramage has been elected Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). SIAM is an international community with over 14,500 individual members. Alison is the 4th female Chair (out of 21 since 1957), and this is only the second time the Chair has been based outside of the USA. Congratulations to Alison on achieving this prestigious role.

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award received by Professor Majumdar

Congratulations to Professor Apala Majumdar on receiving a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Humboldt Foundation in Germany, in recognition of her teaching and research. More information can be found here: https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/

Dr Joseph Cousins awarded Vernon Harrison Award by BSR in double win for Strathclyde

Dr Joseph Cousins, a former Strathclyde PhD student and current joint Postdoctoral Researcher, has been named as the winner of the Vernon Harrison Award for "most distinguished PhD thesis in Rheology" by the British Society of Rheology. This PhD was jointly supervised by Professor Stephen Wilson and Professor Nigel Mottram.

This, along with Professor Wilson's BSR Award, marks a double win for the University of Strathclyde. Dr Cousins and Professor Wilson will give a joint presentation at the BSR meeting in December. Dr Cousins also received the British Liquid Crystal Society Young Scientist Prize earlier this year.

Atlantic Puffins and Razorbills — Strathclyde Researchers awarded ECOWINGS project funding

Professor Mike Heath, Dr Douglas Speirs and Dr Neil Banas of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Strathclyde, in collaboration with other partners, have been awarded funding by ECOWind for the ECOWINGS project.

This project will look at offshore wind in the North Sea and the effect on seabirds.

More information on the project can be found here.

Congratulations to Professor Stephen Wilson on receiving BSR Annual Award 2022

The British Society of Rheology has awarded Professor Stephen Wilson their BSR Annual Award for 2022 in recognition of his ground-breaking contributions to liquid crystals, thixotropic fluids and thin-film flow.

Professor Wilson will be presented with the award and will give a lecture on his work at the forthcoming BSR meeting in December.

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