INSPIRINGSCIENCE
Matter in motion:
the fascination of fluid dynamics
Professor Andrew Gilbert
Professor of Mathematical Physics
2 November 2012, 5.15pm
Harrison Building, Room 004
Fluid flow is important in all forms of life:
from tiny scales, for example the swimming
of microorganisms, through to everyday scales
such as the stirring of coffee and the flight
of aeroplanes, and on to the vast scales of
atmospheres and the oceans of Earth and
other planets. This talk will highlight the
many fascinating aspects of fluid dynamics
and its role not only in understanding the
universe, but in design and technology.
Andrew Gilbert graduated from the University
of Cambridge with a PhD in Mathematics. He
spent a year at the Observatoire de Nice and
then held a research fellowship at Gonville
and Caius College, University of Cambridge,
before coming to Exeter in 1993. He is now
a Professor of Mathematical Physics, with
interests in fluid mechanics, magnetic field
generation in fluid flows, mixing processes
and dynamical systems.
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,
MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
2012CEMPS029
www.exeter.ac.uk/inspiring-science