Phil Dyke

Professor Phil Dyke - (P P G Dyke)

Job title: Professor of Applied Mathematics, School of Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Address: B327, Portland Square, Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Telephone: +441752586249
Alternative telephone: +44 (0)1752 586888
Facsimile: +44 (0)1752 586300
Email: P.Dyke@plymouth.ac.uk

Role
Professor of Applied Mathematics.

Qualifications & background

BSc Mathematics (First, University of London)

PhD Coastal Sea Modelling, (University of Reading)

FIMA

FRMetS

CMath

1972-1974 Research Fellow in Applied Mathematics, University of East Anglia.

1974-1982 Lecturer in Offshore Engineering, Heriot-Watt University.

1982-1984 Principal Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, Sunderland Polytechnic.

1984-1985 Principal Lecturer in Mathematics, Plymouth Polytechnic

1985-2003 Head of Department of Mathematics and Statistics

1993- Appointed Professor of Applied Mathematics.

1995-1999 Appointed Associate Dean (Quality and Standards) of Faculty of Technology,

1999-2003 Appointed Associate Dean (Graduate School) of Faculty of Technology,

2003-2007 Head of School of Computing, Communications and Electronics

Professional membership

Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications;

Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society;

Member of the London Mathematical Society;

Chartered Mathematician

Roles on external bodies

Conference of Professors of Applied Mathematics -- member of steering committee (1998 -- date)

Teaching interests

History of Mathematics including applied mathematics, physics and applied physical sciences; multiple integrals, Fourier series and Laplace transforms; Modelling Marine Processes.

Research interests

Mathematical models in geophysical fluid dynamics using exact solutions to differential equations.

Other research

Research degrees awarded to supervised students

supervised 16 PhD and 3 MPhil students

Publications

Papers (Recent) [42 published, 1971 – 2004]

P P G DYKE (2005) Wave trapping and flow around an irregular near circular island in a stratified sea.

Ocean Dynamics 55 pp 238 - 247.

N Jamal, J I Allen, M N Moore, P P G Dyke and S Davies (2005) Role of Autophagy and Programmed Cell Death (PCD) in Maintenance of Fish Liver Function During Stress, (submitted to Marine Environmental Research and presented at PRIMO 13, Alessandria, Italy 19th - 22nd June 2005).

A McVeigh, M N Moore, J I Allen and P P G Dyke (2006) Lysosomal responses to Nutritional and Contaminant Stress in Mussel Hepatopancreatic Digestive Cells: A Modelling Study Marine Environmental Research 62 (Supplement) S433 - S438. Presented at PRIMO 13, Alessandria, Italy 19th - 22nd June 2005.
P P G DYKE (2007) Group Projects in Mathematics. Mathematics Today, 43, pp 19 - 24.
P P G DYKE (2007) A History of Jonsmod 1981 - 2006, Ocean Dynamics, 57, 239 - 244.
P P G DYKE (2007) Modeling Coastal and Offshore Processes, 412pp. Imperial College Press/World Scientific Press.
P P G DYKE (2007)(ed) Papers from Jonsmod 2006, Ocean Dynamics, 57, pp 237 - 499.
H CHEN and P P G DYKE (2007) An Example of Non-Linear Time Series Modelling using the System Identification Method, Proceedings of the Second IMA Conference on Flood Risk, University of Plymouth, 4th -5th September 2007, pages 177 - 185.

P P G DYKE (2007) An Introduction to Discrete Mathematics, Chapter 6 in Modern Engineering Mathemtics, 4th Edition, Glyn James (ed) Pearson, 1097pp.

P P G DYKE & A McVEIGH (2009) A Simple Computational Model of Digestion in the Marine Mussel Applied Mathematical Modelling 33, pp 783 - 796.

N Jamal, J I Allen, M N Moore, P P G Dyke and S Davies (2009) A Conceptual Model of Fish Liver Cell Involving Cellular Pathways (submitted)

P P G DYKE (2010) An Introduction to Discrete Mathematics, Chapter 6 of Modern Engineering Mathematics (4th Edition, ed: Glyn James) pp 417 - 465, Prentice-Hall.

P P G DYKE (2011) Functions of a Complex Variable, Chapter 4 of Advanced Modern Engineering Mathematics (4th Edition, ed: Glyn James) pp 256 - 344. Prentice-Hall.

P P G DYKE & H GERRITSEN (2011)(ed) papers from JONSMOD 2010 Ocean Dynamics 61 , pp 1809 - 1994.

Conferences organised
Chairman of an International Research Group 1981 - 2011, organiser of 15 international research conferences in 8 different European countries. Chairman of Jonsmod 2006, held at the University of Plymouth, June 2006. Latest and last, Jonsmod 2010, Deltares, Delft, The Netherlands, May 2010.

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