Dr Barry J. Cox

  • Applied mathematician, Senior Lecturer at the University of South Australia and former Senior Lecturer at University of Adelaide and University of Wollongong.
  • E-mail : barry.cox@unisa.edu.au

Qualifications

  • University of Wollongong, B. Math. in Applied Mathematics and Computing Science (1989)
  • University of Wollongong, Ph. D. in Applied Mathematics (2007)
    Thesis Title: “Mathematical modelling of nano-scaled structures, devices and materials”
    Supervisors: Prof. James M. Hill and Dr. Ngamta Thamwattana

Professional Affiliations

  • Australian Mathematical Society
  • Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics
  • Australian Nanotechnology Network

Research Interests

  • Nanoscaled oscillating systems; gigahertz oscillators; bundle oscillators
  • Geometries and geometric issues of nanostructures
  • Modelling the Winslow effect in electrorheological fluids
  • Modelling nanoscale devices using continuum mechanics
  • Predicting properties of nanomaterials using analytical techniques
  • Ordinary and partial differential equations
  • Elliptic and other special functions of Mathematical Physics