Department of Mathematics, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences

Professor A A Lacey FRSE

Professional Membership and Responsibilities

• Co-Editor in Chief of the European Journal of Applied Mathematics.
• Editorial board member of Mathematics-in-Industry Case Studies Journal.
• Editorial board member of Journal of Mathematics in Industry.
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the Knowledge Transfer Network for Industrial Mathematics.
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
• Member of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society.
• Member of the European Mathematical Society.
• Member of the London Mathematical Society.
• Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.

Research Interests

• Free-boundary problems.
• Phase transitions.
• Reaction diffusion equations.
• Blow-up of parabolic problems (including problems with non-local terms).
• Industrial applied mathematics (currently: linear friction welding, fire spread, bread-crust formation, pipe bending, green roofs).
• Mathematics applied to society (e.g. housing allocation, crime).
• Asymptotic methods.

Present research student:

Recent papers

• D.A.Fidler and A.A.Lacey, Dynamics of Vertical Fire Spread, IMA J. Appl. Maths.
• A.A.Lacey and C.Voong, Steady-State Mathematical Models of Linear Friction Welding, Q. J. Mechs. Appl Maths., 2012, 65, 211-237.
• S.D.Howison, A.A.Lacey and J.R.Ockendon, Partial Differential Equations that are Hard to Classify, 2012, Jl. Part. Diff. Eqs., 25, 41-65.
• N.I.Kavallaris, A.A.Lacey, C.V. Nikolopoulos and D.E.Tzanetis, A Hyperbolic Non-Local Problem Modelling MEMS Technology, 2011, Rocky Mountain Jl. Maths., 41, 505-534.
• A.A.Lacey, How Do Fish-Food Pellets Float?, 2008, CIM Bulletin, 25, 10-17.
• N.I.Kavallaris, A.A.Lacey, C.V. Nikolopoulos and C.Voong, Behaviour of a non-local equation modelling linear friction welding, 2007, IMA Jl. Appl. Maths., 72, 597-616.
• N.I.Kavallaris, A.A.Lacey, C.V. Nikolopoulos and D.E.Tzanetis, Asymptotic analysis and estimates of blow-up time for the radial symmetric semilinear heat equation in the open-spectrum case, 2007, Math. Meth. Appl. Sci., 30, 1507-1526.
• D.R.Jefferson, A.A.Lacey and P.A.Sadd, Crust Density in Bread Baking: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Solutions, 2007, Appl. Math. Mod., 31, 209-225.
• P.D.Howell, A.A.Lacey, J.Vogler and A.Vonsild, Mathematical Analysis of the Dynamic Flow Characteristic in a Damping Nozzle for a Pressure Transmitter, 2006, Jl. Phys.: Conf. Ser., 52, 83-96.
• A.A.Lacey and C.V.Nikolopoulos, A One-Dimensional Model for Polymer Melting During Modulated Temperature Differential Scanning Calorimetry, 2006, IMA Jl. Appl. Maths., 71, 186-209.
• D.R.Jefferson, A.A.Lacey and P.A.Sadd, Understanding Crust Formation During Baking, 2006, Jl. Food Eng., 75, 515-521.
• J.W.Bebernes and A.A.Lacey, Shear Band Formation for a Non-Local Model of Thermo-Viscoelastic Flows, 2005, Adv. Math. Sci. Appl., 15, 265-282.

Teaching

• Director of studies, 5th Year of M.Math.
• Foundation Mathematics C, F18SR. (Basic information.)
• Optimisation, F10MM/F11MM. (Basic information or here.)

Last updated 9th May 2012.