Personal
- Name
- Professor Ian Turner
- Position(s)
- Head of School
Science and Engineering Faculty,
Mathematical Sciences - Discipline *
- Numerical and Computational Mathematics, Applied Mathematics
- Phone
- +61 7 3138 2259
- Fax
- +61 7 3138 2310
- i.turner@qut.edu.au
- Location
- View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
- Qualifications
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Doctor of Science (Queensland University of Technology), PhD (University of Queensland), MAppSc (Queensland Inst. of Technology), BAppSc (Queensland Inst. of Technology)
- Professional memberships
and associations - Member of the Australian Mathematical Society
- Previous chair of the national executive of the Computational Mathematics Group which oversees the enhancement of computational mathematics within Australia
- Keywords
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computational electromagnetics, computational mathematics, computational modelling of porous media, drying process-modelling, linear algebra, numerical analysis, sality modelling, scientific computation, supercomputing
* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Biography
Research theme: Environment
Research program: Applicable Mathematics and Advanced Computation
Areas of expertise
- Numerical solution of partial differential equations
- Numerical linear algebra
- Computational modelling in porous media
- Finite volume methods
- Krylov subspace methods
Current grants
- ARC LIEF Grant – LE0668502 Queensland Computational Grid Enhancement Project Investigators: Turner, Stonier, Pettitt, Timmsl, Verma, Anh, Mahendran, McElwain, Dhanasekar, Wolff, Dawson, Cole, Young
- ARC Linkage Grant – LP0348653 Diffusion and transport of saltwater in coastal aquifers Investigators: Anh, Turner and Bajracharya, Durick
- ARC Linkage Grant – LP0775269 Multi-scale Modelling and Thermal Design Optimisation of Large-Scale Biomass Stockpiles for Use in Renewable Energy Products. Investigators: Farrell, Hobson, Turner, Fulford, Edwards(PI).
Selected research projects
- Modelling the drying of wood
- Modelling saltwater intrusion in Queensland Coastal Aquifers
- Development of iterative methods for solving large, nonlinear systems
- Numerical solution of fractional partial differential equations
- Multiscale modelling in porous media.
This information has been contributed by Professor Ian Turner.
Teaching
Publications
- Oqielat M, Turner IW, Belward JA, (2009) A hybrid clough-tocher method for surface fitting with application to leaf data, Applied Mathematical Modelling p2582-2595
- Thackham J, McElwain SL, Turner IW, (2009) Computational approaches to solving equations arising from wound healing, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology p211-246
- Yang Q, Liu F, Turner IW, (2008) Numerical solution techniques for time-and space-fractional fokker-planck equations, Proceedings of the 3rd International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Workshop on Fractional Differentiation and its Applications p1-6
- Ilic M, Turner IW, Anh VV, (2008) A numerical solution using an adaptively preconditioned Lanczos method for a class of linear systems related with the fractional Poisson equation, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Stochastic Analysis p1-26
- Perre P, Turner IW, (2008) A mesoscopic drying model applied to the growth rings of softwood: mesh generation and simulation results, Maderas: ciencia y tecnologia p251-274
- Belward J, Turner IW, Ilic M, (2008) On derivative estimation and the solution of least squares problems, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics p511-523
- Zhuang P, Liu F, Anh VV, Turner IW, (2008) New solution and analytical techniques of the implicit numerical method for the anomalous subdiffusion equation, SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis p1079-1095
- Shen S, Liu F, Anh VV, Turner IW, (2008) The fundamental solution and numerical solution of the Riesz fractional advection-dispersion equation, IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics p850-872
- Perre P, Remond R, Turner IW, (2007) Comprehensive Drying Models Based on Volume Averaging : Background, Application and Perspective, Modern Drying Technology p1-55
- Oqielat M, Belward JA, Turner IW, Loch BI, (2007) A Hybrid Clough-Tocher Radial Basis Function Method for Modelling Leaf Surfaces, Proceedings MODSIM 2007 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. p400-406
For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Groundwater Chemistry and Hydrological Processes within a Quaternary Coastal Plain: Pimpama, Southeast Queensland (2007)
- Mathematical Modelling of Primary Alkaline Batteries (2007)
- PhD: Process Modelling and Control of Pulse Gas Metal Arc Welding of Aluminum (2007)
- An Investigation of a Finite Volume Method Incorporating Radial Basis Functions for Simulating Nonlinear Transport (2006)
- Integrated Approach to Characterisation of Coastal Plain Aquifers and Groundwater Flow Processes: Bells Creek Catchment, Southeast Queensland (2005)
- Mathematical Modelling of the Biomechanical Properties of Articular Cartilage (2005)
- A Heterogeneous Three-Dimensional Computational Model for Wood Drying (2004)
- Mathematical Modelling of the Role of Haptotaxis in Tumour Growth and Invasion (2004)
- Modelling of Sub-surface Stresses from Cavitation in Hydraulic Emulsions (2003)
- Numerical Modelling of Industrial Microwave Heating (2003)
