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Stephen O'Keeffe

Stephen O'Keeffe

Stephen O'Keeffe

M.Math.

  • D.Phil. Student in OCCAM and the Systems Biology DTC

eMail: Stephen [dot] OKeeffe [-at-] maths [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk
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Phone Number(s):

Reception/Secretary: +44 1865 273525
Direct: +44 1865 615157

Office: RI.2.7

Departmental Address:

Mathematical Institute
24-29 St Giles'
Oxford
OX1 3LB
England

Research Interests: 
  • Mathematical models of biological growth
  • Soft tissue mechanics and morphoelasticity
  • Elastic rod theory
  • Physiological fluid dynamics
  • Mathematical models of tumour invasion
Major/Recent Publications: 

O'Keeffe, S. G., Moulton, D. E., Waters, S. L. and Goriely, A. Growth-induced axial buckling of a slender elastic filament embedded in an isotropic elastic matrix. Int. J. Nonlin. Mech. In press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2013.04.017

Teaching: 
Teaching Assistant: C6.1b Elasticity & Plasticity, 2012-2013.
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford.
Continuum mechanics course for fourth-year mathematics undergraduate students.

Demonstrator: Mathematics with MuPAD, 2012-2013.
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford.
Introductory MuPAD course for first-year mathematics undergraduate students.

Teaching Assistant: C6.4a Special Topics in Fluid Mechanics, 2012.
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford.
Advanced fluid mechanics course for fourth-year mathematics undergraduate students.

Revision Tutor: B6a Viscous Flow, 2012.
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford.
Fluid mechanics consultation sessions for third-year mathematics undergraduate students.

Demonstrator: Mathematical Biology, 2012.
Doctoral Training Centre, University of Oxford.
Graduate mathematics course for science students including programming in Matlab.

Teaching Assistant: B6a Viscous Flow, 2011.
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford.
Fluid mechanics course for third-year mathematics undergraduate students.
Further Details: 
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