Post-Doc, Engineering Science
Fellow and Lecturer in Engineering Science
Jesus College
Thesis Title: Asymptotic Analysis of Complete Contacts
About
My PhD research centred around the problem of predicting the appearance of cracks in aeroplane engines. The work was sponsored by Rolls-Royce and it led to the publication of 20 research papers in contact mechanics.
My thesis put forward a theory which stated that the nucleation of a crack under a fretting complete contact is a function of the geometric stress intensity factor alone - a factor which encapsulates half a dozen parameters which are typically stated as affecting the lifetime of engineering components under cyclic loading.
The research was awarded the 2006 Tribology Medal from the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
Recently, I have been working on the pricing and trading of financial derivatives. This involves the application of advanced probability theory and stochastic calculus.