Professor M.J. Sewell
Professor M.J. Sewell
Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics
(Personal Professorship)
Telephone: +44 (0)118 987 1468
email: michael@sewells.org
Mechanics of elastic and plastic solids and structures
Mechanics of fluids and continuum mechanics
Meteorology
Variational and extremum principles – duality
Catastrophe and singularity theory – bifurcation theory
Mathematics masterclasses for young people. Local Organiser of Royal Institution Masterclasses for 13-year-olds in Berkshire (1991-2000), and for 8 to 10-year-olds in West Berkshire, and in Windsor and Maidenhead (1999-2011).
Playing member of Reading University Academic Staff Cricket Club, 1967 to 2002, and Captain from 1978 to 1981. Here are my descriptions of 17 Cricket Grounds visited by RUASCC.
Biographies of mathematics teachers (2006/7 – for more info click ‘Publications List’).
Family history (2002/6/7 – for more info click ‘Publications List’).
1960-1962 Assistant Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Nottingham
1962-1963 Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Nottingham
1963-1966 Research Associate in Theoretical Mechanics, University of Bristol
1966-1977 Reader in Applied Mathematics, University of Reading
1970-1971 Visiting Professor, Mathematics Research Center, University of Wisconsin (also summer 1982, 1983, 1984)
1976 Visiting Professor, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (also University of Waterloo, Canada and University of Mexico)
1977-1999 Personal Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Reading
1999-date Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Reading
2010 Associate Tutor, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey