Richard Clarke

Biography

Richard undertook both his undergraduate Masters degree (MMath. 1996-2000) and PhD (2002-2005) within the School of Mathematical Sciences at The University of Nottingham in the UK. His doctoral thesis, entitled Hydrodynamics of the Atomic Force Microscope, examined the influence of fluid dynamics in the atomic force microscope and other similar microscopic devices.

He then went on to study the small-scale fluid flows generated by swimming micro-organisms, such as motile bacteria, during a David Crighton Fellowship within the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at The University of Cambridge. This was followed by a two year Australian Research Council Associate Researcher position within the School of Mathematics at The University of Adelaide (2006-2008) developing theory for describing viscous flow through suddenly-stopped curved pipes, before joining the Department of Engineering Science at The University of Auckland as a lecturer in April 2008.
 

Qualifications

PhD in Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham
MMath in Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham
 

Research interests

• Instabilities in pipe flow
• Hydrodynamics in microscopy
• Micro-organism swimming behaviour

Research groups

Fluid Dynamics
 

Teaching

• ENGSCI 211 - Mathematical Modelling 2
• ENGSCI 711 - Advanced Mathematical Modelling
• ENGSCI 740 - Advanced Continuum Mechanics
• ENGSCI 741 - Studies in Continuum Mechanics
• ENGSCI 753 - Computational Techniques in Continuum Mechanics and Bioengineering
   

Selected publications

Hewitt, R.E, Hazel, A.L, Clarke, R.J and Denier, J.P. 'Unsteady flow in a torus', Journal of Fluid Mechanics. doi:10.1017/jfm.2011.366, 2011.

Clarke, R.J, Potnis, S. 'Elastohydrodynamics induced by a rapidly moving microscopic body', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, 10.1098/rspa.2011.0028, 2011.

Clarke, R.J, Jensen, O.E, Billingham, J, Williams, P.W. 'Three-dimensional flow due to a microcantilever oscillating near a wall: an unsteady slender-body analysis.', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 462, p913-933, 2006.

Clarke, R.J, Jensen, O.E, Billingham, J, Pearson, A and Williams, P. 'Stochastic elastohydrodynamics of a microcantilever oscillating near a wall', PHYS REV LETT, 96, (050801), 2006.
 

Administration

Part IV Project Coordinator