Dr Alexander Wray
Lecturer
Mathematics and Statistics
Personal statement
Personal statement
My work focusses primarily on the low-order modelling of systems related to hydrodynamics.
For full information please see my personal website.
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Publications
- Effect of gravity-induced shape change on the diffusion-limited evaporation of thin sessile and pendant droplets
- D'Ambrosio Hannah-May, Wilson Stephen K, Wray Alexander W, Duffy Brian R
- Physical Review E Vol 111 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.045107
- The effect of particle–substrate adsorption on the deposition of particles from a thin evaporating sessile droplet
- D'Ambrosio Hannah-May, Wray Alexander W, Wilson Stephen K
- Journal of Engineering Mathematics Vol 151 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-025-10423-0
- A novel asymptotically-consistent approximation for integral evaporation from a spherical cap droplet
- Wray Alexander W, Moore Madeleine R
- Journal of Engineering Mathematics Vol 146 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-024-10355-1
- High-order asymptotic methods provide accurate, analytic solutions to intractable potential problems
- Wray Alexander W, Moore Madeleine R
- Scientific Reports Vol 14 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54377-2
- The effect of the spatial variation of the evaporative flux on the deposition from a thin sessile droplet
- D'Ambrosio Hannah-May, Wilson Stephen K, Wray Alexander W, Duffy Brian R
- Journal of Fluid Mechanics Vol 970 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.503
- Late-time draining of a thin liquid film on the outer surface of a circular cylinder
- McKinlay Rebecca A, Wray Alexander W, Wilson Stephen K
- Physical Review Fluids Vol 8 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.084001
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Professional Activities
- Electrostatic control of instabilities in thick liquid layers
- Speaker
- 16/7/2019
- Electrostatic control of instabilities in thick liquid layers
- Speaker
- 25/4/2019
- Low-order modelling of inertial instabilities in thick film flows
- Speaker
- 19/11/2018
- Low-order modelling of a drop on a highly-hydrophobic substrate: statics and dynamics
- Speaker
- 21/11/2017
- Modelling of hydrothermal instabilities in a capillary bridge
- Speaker
- 20/11/2017
- Electrostatic suppression of the coffee stain effect
- Speaker
- 12/7/2017
Projects
- Multidrop Manufacturing Methods
- Wray, Alexander (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2025
- Making droplet analysis real-world ready: OLEDs and other applications
- Wray, Alexander (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2026
- Maths DTP 2021/22 University of Strathclyde | Sharp, Henry
- Wilson, Stephen (Principal Investigator) Wray, Alexander (Co-investigator) Sharp, Henry (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
- Maths DTP 2021/22 University of Strathclyde | Schofield, Lauren
- Das, Debasish (Principal Investigator) Wray, Alexander (Co-investigator) Schofield, Lauren (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
- Maths DTP 2021/22 University of Strathclyde | Craig, David
- Wilson, Stephen (Principal Investigator) Wray, Alexander (Co-investigator) Craig, David (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2025
- Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | Mills, Laura
- Wilson, Stephen (Principal Investigator) Wray, Alexander (Co-investigator) Mills, Laura (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 02-Jan-2023
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Contact
Dr
Alexander
Wray
Lecturer
Mathematics and Statistics
Email: alexander.wray@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3807