Matthew J. Hancock, Ph.D. (example page)

Matthew J. Hancock, Ph.D.

B. Math (1998), M. Math (1999), University of Waterloo

Ph.D. Environmental Fluid Dynamics (2005), MIT

Instructor in Applied Mathematics (2005-2008), MIT

Research Interests

Experience & Skills

Microfluidic flows and transport with applications to biosensors and biomedical devices wetting of textured surfaces with applications to droplet pathways for digital microfluidic devices; surface tension effects; fluid & solid mechanics; mathematical physics; wave propagation

Mathematical modeling and simulation of complex systems, partial differential equations, microfluidics, solid-fluid interaction, wave propagation, multiple scales and singular perturbations, random walks and diffusion, calculus of variations, numerical analysis. Integration of theory and experimental observations to achieve accurate predictions of physical phenomena.

Matlab, Comsol, Surface Evolver, Mathematica, Excel

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