Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Senior Lecturer in Engineering Mathematics
University of Sheffield, UK

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Research Expertise

Core Areas: Wave propagation & scattering • Inverse problems • Soft solids • Industrial mathematics • Solid mechanics • Optimization • Random media

Technical Skills: Julia • Mathematica • Python • Matlab • C • LaTeX (BibTeX, TikZ)

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Academic Appointments

University of Sheffield, UK
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Senior Lecturer in Engineering Mathematics | 2019—Present

• Module leader for Dynamics I & II (125+ students, 82–87% satisfaction)
• Outreach Officer and Transition Tutor

University of Manchester, UK
School of Mathematics, Research Associate in Applied Mathematics | 2015—2018

• EPSRC-funded research on ultrasonic propagation in complex media (EP/M026205/1)
• Mathematical modelling and numerical implementation
• Collaborative work with experimental (EP/M026310/1) and simulation teams (EP/M026302/1)

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Education

PhD, Applied Mathematics | University of Galway, Ireland | 2011—2015
Thesis: Incremental elastic surface waves and static wrinkles
Supervisor: Prof. Michel Destrade

MSc, Applied Mathematics | University of Campinas, Brazil | 2009—2011 | Grade: 96%
Computational Geophysics Group
Thesis: Nonlinear Elasticity with Radial Symmetry

BSc, Applied Mathematics | University of Campinas, Brazil | 2005—2008 | Grade: 83%
Emphasis: Mechanics • Minor: Computer Science

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Teaching & Educational Leadership

Qualifications

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) | 2022
• Teaching & Learning Course | University of Galway | 2013

University of Sheffield | 2019—Present

Module Leadership

• Dynamics I — 87% teaching score | Cohort: 70 students | 2022—2023
• Dynamics II — 82% teaching score | Cohort: 125 students | 2020

Course Contributions

• Matlab for Engineers | Cohort: 150—215 students | 2020—2023
  • Developed flipped-learning structure with interactive problem sets

Leadership Roles

• Transition Tutor (2021—2023): Cohort induction, teamwork facilitation, inclusivity initiatives
• Outreach Officer (2020—2023): Public engagement and STEM promotion
• Physics Pathway Coordinator (2019—2020)

University of Manchester | 2015—2018

• Supervised 3 final-year projects and 1 PhD student
• Tutorial instruction: Calculus, Linear Algebra, Complex Analysis

University of Galway | 2011—2015

• Substitute lectures: Fluid Mechanics, Nonlinear Elasticity (2014—2015)
• Tutorial instruction: Vector Calculus, Mathematical Modelling, Algebra, Complex Analysis (2011—2014)
• Drop-in centre tutor (2012—2014)

University of Campinas | 2009—2010

• Lecturer: Linear Algebra (2010)
• Charity teaching: Basic personal finance (2009)

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Research Funding

Major Grants

KTP - Ultrasonic In-line Particle Sizer | 2025—2028
PI: A.L. Gower | £301,379 | Johnson Matthey & Innovate UK

Sensing Dense Particulate Materials | 2021—2024
PI: A.L. Gower | £232,000 | EPSRC EP/V012436/1

FAST2 — Fast Analysis of Stress in Rail Tracks | 2021—2023
PI: R. Dwyer-Joyce, A.L. Gower, R. Lewis | £174,000 | Shift2Rail & Network Rail

Longitudinal Rail Stress Measurement using Ultrasound 2 | 2022—2023
PI: R. Dwyer-Joyce, A.L. Gower, R. Lewis | £148,000 | FRA, USA

Determination of Particle Attributes via Active Acoustics | 2021—2025
PI: A.L. Gower | £120,000 | EPSRC ICASE, Johnson Matthey

Longitudinal Rail Stress Measurement using Ultrasound | 2019—2021
PI: R. Dwyer-Joyce, A.L. Gower, R. Lewis | £115,000 | FRA, USA

FAST — Fast Analysis of Stress in Rail Tracks | 2020—2021
PI: R. Dwyer-Joyce, A.L. Gower, R. Lewis | £86,000 | H2020 In2Track2, Network Rail

Video Odometry to Report Rough Rides¹ | 2021—2022
PI: A.L. Gower | £70,000 | Reliable Data Systems International LTD & Network Rail

Consultancy

Predicting stresses on spine after breast surgery | 2025 PI: A.L. Gower | £1,250 | BodyScan LTD

TrainView — Train motion from security camera | 2021—2023
PI: A.L. Gower | £4,608 | Reliable Data Systems International LTD & Network Rail

Early Career Grants

PhD - Nonlinear Modelling of Soft Matter | 2013—2015
€46,000 | Irish Research Council

PhD - Skin Deep: Mechanics of Skin | 2011—2013
€42,000 | Hardiman Scholarship

MSc - Nonlinear Elastodynamics with Radial Symmetry | 2009—2011
R$29,000 | Brazil Research Council

BSc - Acoustic Diffraction with Kirchhoff Modelling | 2007—2008
R$6,000 | Brazil Research Council

BSc - Discrete Chaotic Dynamics | 2006—2007
R$6,000 | Brazil Research Council

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Open-Source Software

All packages released under MIT License and available on GitHub.

Package	Description
TrainView.jl	Camera-on-train odometry modelling
ElasticWaves.jl	Elastic wave propagation & scattering simulation
MultipleScattering.jl	Multiple scattering simulation and processing
EffectiveWaves.jl	Effective wave reflection & transmission
EntropyGO	Go influence modelling using entropy maximization

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Publications

26 refereed journal papers published in leading journals including:

• Science Advances
• Communications Physics
• New Journal of Physics
• Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A
• Proceedings of the Royal Society A
• Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
• Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
• SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
• Wave Motion
• Journal of Elasticity

For a complete publication list, see the Publications page.

Technical Reports

Reports usually written to solve a problem from an industrial partner.

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Academic Service & Leadership

Peer Review

Journal Reviewer: Proceedings of the Royal Society A • IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics • SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics • Journal of Elasticity • Wave Motion • Journal of the Acoustical Society of America • Acta Acustica • ZAMP • Ultrasonics

Grant Reviewer: EPSRC • Royal Society

Editorial Board: Guest Editor, Wave Motion (Special Issue on Ultrasonic Measurements, 2022)

Leadership & Organization

Institut Henri Poincaré Workshop on Waves in Complex Media | Organizer | 2025

Isaac Newton Institute Workshop on Wave Scattering | Organizer | 2023
An international workshop bringing together physicists, mathematicians, and engineers working on the Theory of Wave Scattering in Complex and Random Media.

Beam Challenge Hackathon, INI Winter School | Organizer | 2023
Prepared and ran a hackathon for 30 PhD students called the Beam Challenge at the Multiple Scattering Winter School.

UK Metamaterials Network Early Career Group | Coordinator | 2021—2022
Organised a grant writing workshop, and selected and funded early career researchers to join the Metamaterials workshop CISM 2021.

UK Graduate Modelling Camp | Mentor | 2021
Set an industrial mathematics problem for a group of students from across the UK and Ireland and acted as their mentor for 4 days.

Mini-Symposium on Ultrasonic Waves in Solids | Organizer | 2021
This mini-symposium was part of the BAMC.

UK Acoustics Network Early Career Group | Coordinator | 2018—2020
Main accomplishments: two summer schools to train early career acousticians and a workshop on academic-industrial collaboration.

Stokes Modelling Workshop | Mentor | 2020
Set an industrial mathematics problem for a group of students from across Ireland and acted as their mentor for 4 days.

Constitutive Behaviour of Soft Tissues | Co-organiser | September 2016
A workshop on the state-of-the-art in constitutive modelling of soft tissues.

Joint Symposium: Irish Mechanics Society and Irish Society for Scientific Engineering & Computation | Co-organiser | November 2014
An annual international mechanics conference.

Irish Applied Maths Research Students’ Meeting | Co-organiser | October 2014
Organized by the SIAM student chapter, this was the first meeting of postgraduates working in applied mathematics across Ireland.

Stokes Modelling Workshop | Co-organiser | June 2014
A modelling workshop to solve problems brought by industry, in the same style as the European Study Groups with Industry.

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Selected Invited Talks

BAMC 2023 | Changing references in non-linear elasticity

Isaac Newton Institute, Multiple Scattering Workshop | 2023
Numerically validating effective waves

BAMC 2022 | Ultrasonic measurement of stress without material constants

ICMS Wavinar | 2021 | Ensemble average waves in random materials

Acoustical Society of America, Polydisperse Materials Session | 2021

EMAT Seminar | 2021

Warwick Applied Mathematics Seminar | 2021

UCL Applied Mathematics Seminar | 2020

ICIAM 2019 | Waves in multiple-scattering media

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Public Engagement & Outreach

Online Talks to Schools | 2020—2025
Developed and delivered interactive talks to schools across the UK
Reach: ∼2,000 people

New Scientist Live | November 2022
Helped run stand and provided equipment (ExCeL London)
Reach: >30,000 people

STEM for Girls | March 2022
Organised and ran stand with equipment and team (Octagon Centre, Sheffield)
Reach: 300 people

Bradford Science Festival | October 2021
Organised and ran stand with equipment and team (Bradford Science Museum)
Reach: 10,000 people

24hr Inspire for Life | March 2020
Talk: “Sensing the world with sound” — science talks raising money for cancer charities

New Scientist Live | October 2019
Ran and organised multiple acoustics stands including:

• Acoustic levitation demonstration
• Earthquake machine structures
• Ultrahaptics device
• Medical ultrasound device
  Reach: 30,000+ visitors

Pint of Science — Sheffield | May 2019
Talk on science to the general public

New Scientist Live | September 2018
Demonstrated acoustic levitation and related phenomena over a weekend
Reach: 30,000+ visitors

Science Showdown! | March 2017
Talk: “How can we measure the invisible: the mathematics of jiggly waves”
Promoted mathematics to wider audience (Manchester)

Science Experience Workshop | 2011—2014
Ran stand on maths and physics puzzles for potential students at university open days

Maths Enrichment | 2014
Taught two morning sessions preparing students for Irish and International Mathematics Olympiad

School Presentation for the School of Science | 2011
Two school visits to engage students about studying science at university