Curriculum vitae
Dr. Dominic Davis
E-Mail:
[email protected]Nationality: British
School Education
Dates
: 1974 - 1985Location: Junior and secondary schools in Croydon, England;
Exam passes:
3 “A-levels”: Mathematics A; Further Mathematics A; Physics B
7 “O-levels” including Mathematics A; Physics B
Academic Study
Dates
: 1985 - 1988Location: University of Exeter, Devon, U.K.
Degree: BSc in Pure and Applied Mathematics (Grade: 1)
Dates: 1988 - 1991
Location: Department of Mathematics, University College London, U.K.
Degree: PhD in Fluid Mechanics (Awarded: April 1992)
Description: My research addressed the instability and transition of
incompressible three-dimensional boundary layers; mathematical
limit theory (asymptotics) was applied and compared with/supported by numerical
solutions, see publications ([1], [2], [3]).
Working Experience
Dates
: Aug. 2000 - July 2004Location: Weierstraß-Institut, Berlin, Germany
Position: scientific researcher (“wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter“)
Description: My research focussed on the mathematical modelling (via
variational analysis and function spaces), finite-element numerical analysis and
computational simulation of three-dimensional melt flows occurring for
industry-relevant conditions, see publications ([8], [9], [10], [11], [12]).
I also translated numerous technical documents
(papers, flyers, Internet sites, conference announcements) for
my research group, principally from German to English.
Dates: May 1999 - July 2000
Location: Universität Bremen, Germany
Position: scientific researcher (“wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter” C1)
Description: My research topics were fairly diverse and included elastic deformation of steel
(see publications - [7]) as well as complex non-linear problems in fluid mechanics.
On the teaching side, I gave mathematical (German-language) courses for students.
Dates: March 1997 - March 1999
Location: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, U.K.
Position: research fellow
Description: My research was concerned with the simulation of unsteady two- and three-
dimensional flows with free surfaces over offshore structures in the field of marine
hydrodynamic analysis. Numerical solutions were obtained using a finite-element
solver, see publications ([6]).
Dates: Oct. 1993 - Sept. 1995
Location: Department of Mathematics, University College London, U.K.
Position: research fellow
Description: Here the interaction between inviscid (Rayleigh-) waves and vortices in
compressible boundary-layer flows was the subject of my research. The
mathematical (asymptotic) behaviour was examined and numerical computations
were performed. The work considered a wide spectrum of Mach-number ranges
(subsonic, supersonic und hypersonic ré gimes), see publications ([4]).
Dates: Oct. 1991 - Sept. 1993
Location: Ohio Aerospace Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Position: research associate
Description: My work was concerned with the instability of incompressible shear and
boundary layers occurring in flows, see publications ([5]).
Additional Qualifications
Date
: 1997Location: Adult education centre in Croydon, U.K.
Exam: 1 GCSE: German A* (A star)
Other Information
Data processing
programming languages: FORTRAN, C, C++
operating systems: UNIX, VMS, Windows
computer algebra system: MATLAB
visualisation packages: GRAPE, AVS
text processing: LaTeX, Adobe Acrobat, Word