Participant Lists

Name	Affiliation	Address	Research Interests	Areas of Interests
Anstis, Geoff	Applied Physics, UTS	Dept. of Applied Physics University of Technology, Sydney PO Box 123 Broadway 2007 Phone: 9514 2193 Fax: 9514 2219 Email: Geoff.Anstis@uts.edu.au	Coherent scattering of high energy electron waves by crystals, Solution of time-dependent Schroedinger's equation using pseudo-spectral techniques.	Interested in applying numerical technique to simulate propagation of ultrasound pulses in biological material.
Beattie, James	School of Chemistry, USYD	School of Chemistry F11 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 3797 Fax: 9351 3329 Email: beattiej@chem.usyd.edu.au	Colloid chemistry, Ultrasonics, Electroacoustics.	Require theoretical and mathematical support.
Bedding, Tim	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A28 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 2680 Fax: 9351 7726 Email: bedding@physics.usyd.edu.au	Stellar oscillations (standing acoustic waves in stars, used for seismic analysis).
Botten, Lindsay	School of Mathematical Sciences, UTS	School of Mathematical Sciences University of Technology PO Box 123 Broadway 2007 Phone: 9514 2247 Fax: 9514 2260 Email: Lindsay.Botten@uts.edu.au	EM waves on regular and random media, Diffraction.
Cairns, Iver	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A28 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 3961 Fax: 9351 7726 Email: cairns@physics.usyd.edu.au	Plasma wave instabilities, Stochastic growth physics, Nonlinear plasma wave physics, Analysis of spectral data.	Space physics(corona, solar wind, magnetospheres and ionospheres of planets), Plasma physics, Waves. Wanted: Wavelet techniques, Stochastic differential equations.
Cram, Lawrence	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A28 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 2934 Fax: 9351 7726 Email: l.cram@physics.usyd.edu.au	Inverse problem from projections, Design and optimization of large radio interferometer using Fourier imaging.
Cramer, NF	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A28 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 3162 Fax: 9351 7726 Email: cramer@physics.usyd.edu.au	Plasma physics, Nonlinear waves.
Das, Pritha	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A29 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 3169 Fax: 9351 7726 Email: pritha@physics.usyd.edu.au
de Sterke, Martijn	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A29 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 2906 Fax: 9351 7726 Email: desterke@physics.usyd.edu.au	Nonlinear optics, Solitons.
Durrant, Chris	School of Mathematics and Statistics, USYD	School of Mathematics and Staststics University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 5780 Fax: 9351 4534 Email: c.durrant@maths.usyd.edu.au	Solar/Stellar global oscillations, MAG(magneto- acoustic gravity) waves in solar interior and lower atmosphere, Mostly linear theory - numerical solutions to account for nonuniform geometry/material properties.
Dwarkadas, Vikram	School of Physics, USYD	Special Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 6079 Fax: 9351 7726 Email: vikram@physics.usyd.edu.au	Astrophysical shock waves Techniques used : 2D finite-difference numerical hydrodynamics using higher-order Godunov methods (Piecewise parabolic method).	Needed better 3D methods and better visualization techniques for data, especially for 3D data.
Fay, Roger	Faculty of Medicine Dept. Obstetrics, Gynaecology	PO Box 82 Emu Plains 2750 Fax: 4735 4911 Email: rfay@medeserv.com.au	Doppler flow velocity wave forms of the uteroplacental circulation.
Galloway, DJ	School of Mathematics and Statistics, USYD	School of Mathematics and Staststics University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 2968 Fax: 9351 4534 Email: dave@maths.usyd.edu.au	Astrophysical fluid dynamics and MHD, Nonlinearity and Chaos, Numerical Methods.
Gordon, Evian	Psychological Medicine, Westmead Hospital and USYD	Email: egordon@mail.usyd.edu.au	Brain dynamics.	Needed new methods of linear/non-linear analysis explored in EEG databse.
Green, Anne	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A28 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 2727 Fax: 9351 7726 Email: a.green@physics.usyd.edu.au	Space plasmas - ISM work, 3D imaging - image manipulation using wavelet or other techniques, Magnetic fields in astrophysics.
Guy, Duncan	Westmead Hospital	National Heart Foundation Fellow Department of Cardiology Westmead Hospital, NSW 2145 Phone: 9845 6795 Fax: 9845 8323 Email: duncang@westgate.wh.usyd.edu.au
He, Hao	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A29 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 5770 Fax: 9351 7726 Email: h.he@physics.usyd.edu.au
Ivers, David	School of Mathematics and Statistics, USYD	School of Mathematics and Staststics University of Sydney 2006 Email: david@maths.usyd.edu.au	Geomagnetism and Planetary magnetism, MHD, and Dynamics theory.
Li, Bo	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A29 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 5896 Fax: 9351 7726 Email: boli@physics.usyd.edu.au
Macaskill, Charles	School of Mathematics and Statistics, USYD	School of Mathematics and Staststics University of Sydney 2006 Email:c.macaskill@maths.usyd.edu.au	Waves in physical oceanography, Acoustics, Vortex interactions.
McKenzie, David	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A28 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 3577/9351 5986 Fax: 9351 7726 Email: d.mckenzie@physics.usyd.edu.au
McPhedran, Ross	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A29 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 3872 Fax: 9351 7726 Email: ross@physics.usyd.edu.au	Diffraction gratings, Composite materials, Integral equations, Homogenization multiple methods, Visualization.	Needed: Density of states methods
Maddalena, Des	Pharmacology Dept., USYD Aimaze Pty Ltd, Australian Technology Park	Email: desm@mail.usyd.edu.au	Math modelling using artificial neural nets, genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic in chemistry/biology /medicine areas, Industrial applications of above techniques, Bioinformatics, Human vision science.
Padden, Whayne	OFTC, School of Mathematics, USYD	Email: padden@physics.usyd.edu.au	Nonlinear optics, Plasma physics, Vortex dynamics.
Price, Don	CSIRO Telecommunications and Industrial Physics	Phone: 9413 7447 Email: don.price@tip.csiro.au	Elastic wave propagation in layered structures, Nonlinear wave propagation in layered structures.
Robertson, JG	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A28 University of Sydney 2006 Email: jgr@physics.usyd.edu.au	Optical interferometry in astronomy, Image processing.
Robinson, Peter	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A29 University of Sydney 2006 Email: robinson@physics.usyd.edu.au	Linear and Nonlinear plasma waves, Plasma astrophysics, Space plasmas, Waves on random media, Wave-particle interactons, EEG waves, Statistical wave properties.
Sharma, Manjula	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A28 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 2051 Fax: 9351 7726 Email: m.sharma@physics.usyd.edu.au
Sheppard, Colin	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A28 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 2553 Fax: 9351 7726 Email: colin@physics.usyd.edu.au	Focusing, Diffraction, Scattering, and Imaging.
Smith, Geoff	School of Mathematical Sciences, UTS	School of Mathematical Sciences University of Technology PO Box 123 Broadway 2007 Phone: 9514 2236 Fax: 9514 2248 Email: gsmith@maths.uts.edu.au
Spurret, Brian	Faculty of Medicine Dept. Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Email: SpurreB@wahs.health.nsw.gov.au	Electrogastrograms
Thompson, Rosemary	School of Mathematics and Statistics, USYD	School of Mathematics and Staststics University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 5782 Fax: 9351 4534 Email: roset@maths.usyd.edu.au	Medical ultrasound, Models of the circulation, Acoustic waves, Cylindrical vessels.
Vladimirov, Sergey	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A29 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 5770 Fax: 9351 7726 Email: s.vladimirov@physics.usyd.edu.au
Wardle, Mark	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A28 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 2546 Email: wardle@physics.usyd.edu.au	Astrophysical fluid dynamics, MHD shock waves in weakly ionized, dusty plasmas.
Watson, Fred	Anglo-Australian Observatory	Phone: 6842 6301 Email: fgw@aaocbn.aao.gov.au	Interested in planar waveguide spectrographs for astronomy.
Wheatland, Mike	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A28 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 6079 Fax: 9351 7726 Email: wheat@physics.usyd.edu.au	Theory and data analysis of solar flares, Modelling of solar magnetic fields, Theory of flare initiated blast waves.
Wilkinson, Phil	IPS	PO Box 1386 Haymarket, NSW 1240 Phone: 9213 8003 Fax: 9213 8060 Email: phil@ips.gov.au	Ionospheric modelling, Radio propagation, Ionosphere effects on "Space Weather", Space plasmas, HF Systems, Visualization (Statistics).	Scintillation; ionospheric sources across wavelength range and its impact on systems such as GPS, Tomography, Mapping techniques, Effects of induction fields.
Willes, Andrew	School of Physics, USYD	School of Physics A28 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 6079 Fax: 9351 7726 Email: willes@physics.usyd.edu.au	Space physics: wave dispersion and instabilities, applications to solar radio bursts and foreshock radio emission.
Winch, Denis	School of Mathematics and Statistics, USYD	School of Mathematics and Staststics F07 University of Sydney 2006 Phone: 9351 3235 Fax: 9351 4534 Email: denisw@maths.usyd.edu.au	Geomagnetism, Tides (ocean, atmosphere), Satellite magnetic data analysis.