Dr Alexander Wray

Lecturer

Mathematics and Statistics

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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

Making a deposit : the role of substrate adsorption in coffee-ring formation in sessile evaporating droplets
Moore Madeleine R, D’Ambrosio Hannah-May, Wray Alexander W
Journal of Fluid Mechanics Vol 1025 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2025.10960
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

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Professional Activities

Innovations in Sessile Droplet Evaporation:Bridging Cutting‑Edge Research and Industrial Applications
Participant
18/8/2025
External Assessor for PhD Candidate Sajal Wankhede
Examiner
1/7/2025
Optimal control of multiphase flows
Speaker
23/6/2025
External Assessor for PhD Candidate Shreyank Goel
Examiner
30/5/2025
Anthony Roberts
Host
25/4/2025
External Assessor for PhD Candidate Katie Thomson
Examiner
5/12/2024

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Projects

Maths DTP 2025/26 University of Strathclyde | Dempsey, Erin
Wray, Alexander (Principal Investigator) Dempsey, Erin (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2028
EMS Research Support Fund - £1,145
Wray, Alexander (Principal Investigator)
Additional funds to support hosting Professor Anthony Roberts from the University of Adelaide
26-Jan-2025 - 24-Jan-2025
University of Strathclyde Global Engagement Fund - International Strategic Partners
Miller, Laura (Principal Investigator) Majumdar, Apala (Co-investigator) Wray, Alexander (Co-investigator)
Awarded £3000 of funds to host academic visitors from ISP TU Delft and allow us to establish a new partnership with academics in the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering there
05-Jan-2025
Sir David Anderson Bequest - Visit of Distinguished Scientist - £3,700
Wray, Alexander (Principal Investigator)
Support from Sir David Anderson Bequest fund to support the visit of Professor Anthony Roberts from the University of Adelaide
05-Jan-2024 - 05-Jan-2026
Multidrop Manufacturing Methods
Wray, Alexander (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
Making droplet analysis real-world ready: OLEDs and other applications
Wray, Alexander (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2026

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Contact

Dr Alexander Wray
Lecturer
Mathematics and Statistics

Email: alexander.wray@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3804