Contact Details
| Room No. | LT1006 (L906) |
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| Telephone | +44 (0)141 548 3801 |
| Fax | +44 (0)141 548 3345 |
| a.ramage@strath.ac.uk | |
| Home Page | Homepage for Alison Ramage (external link) |
Research Interests
Postgraduate Studentship Available
I currently have funding for a PhD student through an EPSRC CASE studentship on Fast Iterative Solvers in Geomechanics. Please scroll down for details.
Iterative solution of large sparse linear systems
Projects include
- Fast Iterative Solvers in Geomechanics
Funding: University of Strathclyde Collaborative Training Account, EPSRC
Duration: 05/08 - 09/12
Collaborators: Charles Augarde (University of Durham), Carol Matthews (Oasys Limited, Newcastle-upon-Tyne), Youliang Zhang (University of Strathclyde) - Preconditioning in option pricing
Funding: Uppsala University
Collaborators: Lina von Sydow (Uppsala University) - IFISS: A Matlab Toolbox for Modelling Incompressible Flow
Collaborators: Howard Elman (University of Maryland) and David Silvester (University of Manchester)
Click here (US) or here (UK) to download the software. - Preconditioners for Finite Element Modelling of Soil-Structure Interaction Problems
Funding: EPSRC (CEM Initiative)
Duration: 10/02 - 10/05
Collaborators: Charles Augarde, Jochen Staudacher (University of Durham). - Parametric Studies of Multiple Tunnels using the National HPC Resources
Funding: EPSRC
Duration: 11/03 - 11/05
Collaborators: Charles Augarde, Boyan Lazarov, Gareth Bird (University of Durham).
Numerical methods for liquid crystal models
Projects include
- Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nematic Liquid Crystals
Collaborators: André Sonnet (University of Strathclyde)
- Saddle-point Problems in Liquid Crystal Modelling
Collaborators: Chuck Gartland (Kent State University)
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Adaptive Numerical Methods for Optoelectronic Devices
Funding: EPSRC
Duration: 04/07 - 04/10
Collaborators: Chris Newton ( Hewlett Packard Labs, Bristol), Mark Ainsworth , Nigel Mottram (University of Strathclyde)
- Adaptive Methods for Liquid Crystal Device Modelling
Funding: EPSRC Springboard Fellowship
Duration: 10/05 - 09/06
Collaborators: Chris Newton ( Hewlett Packard Labs, Bristol)
Adaptive methods for PDEs
Projects include
- Adaptive Methods for Computational Solution of PDEs
Funding: EPSRC
Duration: 11/98 - 10/01
Collaborators: David Sloan, John Mackenzie and George Beckett (University of Strathclyde) - Implicit Solution of Hyperbolic PDEs with Space-Time Adaptivity
Funding: Swedish Research Council for Engineering Sciences
Duration: 08/98 - 04/01
Collaborators: Lina Hemmingsson-Frändén, Per Lötstedt and Stefan Söderberg, (Uppsala University)
Academic Publications
A list of my publications can be found here.
Key Professional Responsibilities
- I was an elected member of SIAM Council 2007-2009.
- Since 2007 I have been a member of the MSOR Network advisory committee.
- I have been a member of the EPSRC Peer Review College since 2002.
- I am currently a local organiser for the Scottish Mathematical Challenge.
- I served as Secretary/Treasurer of UKIE SIAM from 2002-2004.
- I have served on the General Committee of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society.
Biography
- From 1977-1983 I was a pupil at Alva Academy.
- From 1983-1987 I was an undergraduate student in the University of St Andrews Mathematics department.
- From 1987-1990 I was a postgraduate student in the University of Bristol Mathematics department, working under the supervision of Andy Wathen on my PhD thesis Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Methods for Galerkin Finite Element Equations.
- From 1990-1993 I was a research assistant in the University of Bristol Mathematics department, working on the project Iterative Solution Techniques for Finite Element based CFD which was jointly funded by Nuclear Electric plc and EPSRC.
Vacancies & Studentships
Computational Fluid Dynamics of Liquid Crystals
Reference No.: AR/AMS1
Supervisors:
Date Advertised: 6th February 2007
Please contact Dr Alison Ramage for further information.
Liquid crystals are fluids that show local orientational order.
The interplay between orientation and flow in these substances is very intricate and can lead to interesting macroscopic phenomena, many of which are not yet fully understood.
A particular example is the pattern formation that can occur in polymeric liquid crystals under flow.
This is an industrially important effect that influences, eg, the stability of items produced by moulding.
Flow is also important in certain types of liquid crystal displays.
The project will involve both theoretical modelling and development and implementation of numerical methods for the solution of the generalised Stokes and Navier-Stokes equations that govern the flow.
This project is suitable for students who have taken both the Numerical Analysis and Fluid Mechanics classes.
No previous aquaintance with Liquid Crystals is assumed.
EPSRC CASE studentship: Fast Iterative Solvers in Geomechanics
Reference No.: CASE1
Supervisor: Dr Alison Ramage
stipend from £13,290
- Date Advertised: 1st October 2009
- Start Date: 1st March 2010
Please contact Dr Alison Ramage for further information.
An EPSRC-funded Industrial Case PhD studentship is available to develop new preconditioned linear solvers for large-scale problems in geotechnical engineering. The project, starting on or after 1st October 2009, is in association with the Industrial Mathematics Knowledge Transfer Network. The research will be undertaken within the Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing group in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Strathclyde, supervised by Dr Alison Ramage. Please see http://www.mathstat.strath.ac.uk/research/groups/nasc for details of the group's research. The industrial partner is Oasys Ltd (http://www.oasys-software.com/), which is the software house of Arup (a global organisation of consulting engineers, planners and project managers working in all areas of the built environment, infrastructure, transportation, water, vehicle engineering etc).
The student will be part of a continuing project with Dr Charles Augarde, School of Engineering, Durham University, which aims to develop numerical linear algebra techniques that will move geotechnical engineers closer to their goal of carrying out large-scale 3D analyses on a reasonable timescale. The key difficulties met in developing iterative solvers for geomechanics arise from the variety of material models used, and the range of stiffnesses obtained from modelling soil-structure interaction and effects such as yielding. The aim of this research project is to find faster iterative solvers for the complex material models routinely found in geotechnics, and disseminate them widely across the geotechnical community. The new methods will be implemented in SAFE, Oasys' commercial finite element code, which is part of the GEO suite of state-of-the-art software capable of analysing virtually any geotechnical problem. The project will place the student at the forefront of research in iterative solvers, and provide an excellent opportunity to develop skills working at the interface between applied mathematics, engineering and industry.
Applicants should have, or be expecting to obtain in the near future, a first class or good 2.1 honours degree (or equivalent) in mathematics, engineering or a mathematical science. The studentship is available for UK/EU candidates subject to specific eligibility criteria (see http://www.strath.ac.uk/dta/furtherinformation/eligibility/). In addition to the payment of fees (UK/EU) for the duration of each project (3.5 years), each award includes provision for a student maintenance grant at the standard EPSRC rate (£13,290 for the first year of study, the level will be reviewed annually). The student will spend some time working at Oasys' Newcastle upon Tyne office during the period of the award. Details of how to apply can be found at http://www.mathstat.strath.ac.uk/applying/postgraduate/applications.
Informal enquiries should be addressed to Dr Alison Ramage [+44 (0)141 5483801, e-mail: A.Ramage@strath.ac.uk].