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Prof Colin Please

Prof. Colin Please

BSc, MSc, DPhil
Status
Emeritus

Professor of Applied Mathematics,

Director of EPSRC CDT InFoMM,

University Lecturer in Industrial and Interdisciplinary Mathematics,

Oxford Mathematical Modelling Battery Group

Contact form
CV
+44 1865 280604
ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8917-8574
Research groups
  • Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Address
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG

Recent publications
Charge transport modelling of Lithium-ion batteries
Richardson, G Foster, J Ranom, R Please, C Ramos, A EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS (21 Oct 2021) http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000748124700001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=4fd6f7d59a501f9b8bac2be37914c43e
Homogenised model for the electrical current distribution within a submerged arc furnace for silicon production
Luckins, E Oliver, J Please, C Sloman, B van Gorder, R European Journal of Applied Mathematics volume 33 issue 5 828-863 (13 Aug 2021)
Physical modelling of the slow voltage relaxation phenomenon in lithium-ion batteries
Kirk, T Please, C Chapman, S Journal of The Electrochemical Society volume 168 (16 Jun 2021)
Asymptotic reduction of a lithium-ion pouch cell model
Timms, R Marquis, S Sulzer, V Please, C Chapman, S SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics volume 81 issue 3 765-788 (04 May 2021)
Extended Stefan problem for the solidification of binary alloys in a sphere
Planella, F Please, C Van Gorder, R EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS volume 32 issue 2 242-279 (Apr 2021) http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000754604900003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=4fd6f7d59a501f9b8bac2be37914c43e
Melting and dripping of a heated material with temperature-dependent viscosity in a thin vertical tube
Sloman, B Please, C Van Gorder, R JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS volume 905 (25 Dec 2020) https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000583501100001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=4fd6f7d59a501f9b8bac2be37914c43e
Research interests

Professor Colin Please works on the mathematical modelling of physical phenomena arising in practical problems and interpreting the results
into the original context His research takes place at the interface ofmathematics with other disciplines primarily engineering, and bio-science. He develops mathematical models primarily using partial differential equations employing asymptotic methods and numerical methods to understand the resulting behaviour.  He has a particular longstanding interest in Mathematics with Industry Study Groups which are very active in the UK with rapidly growing similar activities internationally.  These Study Groups bring academic mathematicians together with practitioners in
industry to identify methods for modelling their technical problems arising in industrial manufacturing processes. They are a fantastic method for training new applied mathematicians in the methods of mathematical modelling.

He is a director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Industrially Focussed Mathematical Modelling.

He is currently particuarly interested in modelling of batteries with collborations through the Faraday Institute (details are available: here)

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