Roger Smith
Professor of Mathematical Engineering
Member with Steven Kenny of the Materials Modelling research group.
Research Interests
Particle ejection from ion-bombarded surfaces
with Bruce
King , University of Newcastle, NSW Australia.
Atomic collisions in ionic materials and long time scale dynamics with Kurt Sickafus and Art Voter , Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA and Robin Grimes, Imperial College.
Diamond, amorphous carbon and thin film growth and two-phonon absorption with Sergey Yastrebov, IOFFE Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Explosion Modelling on offshore structures
with John
Andrews and Mobil (North Sea).
Molecular
Dynamics simulations of metals, polymers and covalent materials
and modelling surface effects with CCP3
Nanoindentation and Nanofriction with Steven Kenny and Asta
Richter
Cluster applications in nanotechnology with Steven Kenny and
Joe Belbruno, Dartmouth College Richard Palmer, Birmingham
Biofilm
Growth with Asta
Richter, Berlin and Preethee Gonpot, Mauritius.
Recent Research Grants
Nanoindentation and Nanofriction EPSRC October 2001- October 2004; Pro Inno project with University of Applied Sciences Wildau, June 2003-June 2004; Royal Society joint project grant July 2005- June 2007.
Modelling Intergranular Segregation in Nuclear Pressure Vessel ferritic steels EPSRC October 2001-October 2004 with Roy Faulkner
Radiation effects in ionic materials and oxides. Funding from Los Alamos National Laboratory, October 2003- September 2009
Ion implantation of Mercury Cadmium Telluride. Royal society joint project grant with Tomsk State University, January 2003 - December 2004.
A multiscale modelling approach to engineering functional coatings, EPSRC October 2005 - September 2009, with Steven Kenny and 4 other universities.
Radiation damage in heavy metals, AWE October 2006 - September 2009 with Steven Kenny
London Mathematical Society Meeting Grant "Waves Pollution and Modelling" September 2006.
Modelling Radiation with Robin Grimes at Imperial College and Los Alamos EPSRC September 2007- March 2009.
Structure of the Interstellar Medium EPSRC January 2008 - January 2009.
PERFORM 60 An EU funded project, concerned with nuclear energy March 2009 - February 2013 with Steven Kenny
Research Students Academic Year 2008/2009
Louis Vernon, Lanchakorn Kittiratanawasin, Marc Robinson, Chris Gilbert, Ismail Gheewala, Chris Scott
See the book "Atomic and ion collisions in solids and at surfaces", R. Smith, Cambridge University Press 1997, republished in paperback 2005.
Teaching Duties Academic Year 2008/2009
MAC175 Operational Research
MAC277 Optimisation
Course tutor for the MSc course "Industrial Mathematical Modelling"
Course tutor for the exchange programme with the University of Minnesota, Duluth
Other Interests
The world's greatest game Rugby League and one of the most entertaining teams.See old campus images here
Last updated 28 January 2009.