Welcome to the Department of Applied Mathematics
The Department of Applied Mathematics is part of the School of Mathematics and Statistics (SoMaS). We are committed to maintaining high standards of teaching and research with excellent facilities and programmes for undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
Undergraduate degrees in SoMaS are taught jointly by the three departments using a flexible modular system. We also offer dual honour degrees with Geography, Astronomy and Philosophy. The Department also has strong links with the University's Engineering Departments where we provide service teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Our vibrant research activities offer a unique environment for the pursuit and expansion of knowledge. Many of our research groups are nationally and internationally recognised. The Centre for Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics, a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) centre of excellence, is directed by our own Professor Shaun Quegan.
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Lastest News
Experts discover heavenly solar music New!
Musical sounds created by longitudinal vibrations within the Sun's atmosphere, have been recorded and accurately studied for the first time by experts from the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Sheffield, shedding light on the Sun's magnetic atmosphere. For more information, see the link at the University Media Centre, or this page. (26-06-2010)
Studentships and research associate position available New!
A new STFC studentship is available at the Solar Physics and Space Plasma Research Centre (SP2RC). Three studentships on the theme of Photovoltaics for the Future are being funded by the University. Please follow this link for more information.
A research associate position is available at the Solar Physics and Wave Theory Group (SWAT), Solar Physics and Space Plasma Research Centre (SP2RC). The post-holder will undertake research into solar atmosphere physics with Professors Misha Ruderman and Robertus Erdelyi (von Fay-Siebenburgen) and other members of the group. Follow this link for more information.
Mega-tsunami hits House of Commons: A bid prepared by Sheffield solar physicists of SWAT/SP2RC (Solar WAve Theory Group, Solar Physics and Space Plasma Research Centre, Dept of Applied Mathematics) on the discovery of solar Transition Region Quakes have been selected, by SET for Britain on behalf of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, for presentation (8 March 2010) at the House of Commons Marquee to members of both Houses of Parliament at Westminster. The team involves our postgraduate student Mr Eamon Scullion, a postdoctoral research associate Dr Viktor Fedun and their supervisor Professor Robert von Fay-Siebenburgen all from the Dept of Applied Mathematics. See here for more information.
A mini-workshop on Turbulence, Fluid and Magnetohydrodynamics will be hosted by the Computational Fluid Dynamics Group on the 7th of July, 2009.
We will have three visitors. Prof. Andrew Gilbert from the University of Exeter will present his work on the mixing and quasi-modes in two-dimensional planar vortices. Prof. Charles Meneveau, from the Johns Hopkins University, USA, will talk about the challenges in the measurement and modelling of turbulence between wind turbine arrays in wind farms. Dr. Rosales Carlos from the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile, will present a synthetic model for hydrodynamic turbulence. The timetable is available here. Or see here for more information.
Pioneering Insights into Giant Solar Twists: An international collaboration of solar physicists between the University of Sheffield, Queen´s University Belfast and California State University (Northridge), have found unambiguous evidence for a new breed of wave phenomena under solar circumstances.
The detailed findings of this important discovery will be published in the illustrious Science magazine on Friday, March 20th 2009. For more information click here.
BIOMASS mission selected by ESA for next stage of development: A space mission to measure the amount of carbon stored as woody material in the Earth's forests, proposed by Prof. Shaun Quegan and colleagues, has just been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to go to the next stage of development for launch in 2016. Click here for details.
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