Author Archives: Robert George

After lots of hard work we finally managed to publish our recent results on knotting in superfluid turbulence. This was based on the work I did during my MMATH where I wrote a code which computed the Alexander polynomial of … Continue reading →

I really enjoyed helping out yesterday at Newcastle University’s STEM Family Fun Day. I was teaching families about the expansion and possible fates of the universe using balloons and (apparently permanent) marker. I have a whole universe still on my … Continue reading →

So on Monday I gave an external talk at the MHD/GdRI conference hosted by HZDR in Dresden, Germany. I presented my recent PhD research with Celine Guervilly and Paul Bushby studying subcritical Cartesian convection-driven dynamo action. Please find my talk … Continue reading →

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Please find my talk below to be given at University of Southampton for the STFC Advanced Summer School: stfc-southampton-2018 My talk will be on my recent work aiming to reproduce and extend the results of Stellmach & Hansen (2004) where … Continue reading →

So yesterday we had the annual PG Applied Conference here at Newcastle University. It was great to get the chance to see what everybody else is researching and present my own work. I gave a talk on Localized States in … Continue reading →

Last week I had a great time at CISM in Udine, Italy attending a course on the Fluid Mechanics of Planets and Stars. We had lovely weather, with the sun always shining. The CISM palazzo-style building was fascinating and I … Continue reading →

So this week we hosted a conference at Newcastle University in honour of Prof. Carlo Barenghi’s 65th birthday. There were some fascinating talks and it was great to see so many people travel to Newcastle from all over the world … Continue reading →

Had a great couple of days in St Andrews for UK MHD. Here is the poster I took with me based on my PhD work so far on localized states in rotating convection with Dr. Celine Guervilly & Dr. Paul … Continue reading →

It was sad to wake up to the news of the passing of Stephen Hawking this morning. As a mathematician and physicist, he was an inspiration to all of us in the scientific community. His achievements and work have been … Continue reading →