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Dr Robert Timms

MMath, PhD
Status
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Contact form
+44 1865 273577
ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8858-4818
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
A continuum of physics-based lithium-ion battery models reviewed
Brosa Planella, F Ai, W Boyce, A Ghosh, A Korotkin, I Sahu, S Sulzer, V Timms, R Tranter, T Zyskin, M Cooper, S Edge, J Foster, J Marinescu, M Wu, B Richardson, G Progress in Energy volume 4 issue 4 042003-042003 (01 Oct 2022)
Lithium-ion battery degradation: how to model it
O'Kane, S Ai, W Madabattula, G Alonso-Albarez, D Timms, R Sulzer, V Edge, J Wu, B Offer, G Marinescu, M Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics volume 24 issue 13 7909-7922 (09 Mar 2022)
liionpack: a Python package for simulating packs of batteries with PyBaMM
Tranter, T Timms, R Sulzer, V Planella, F Wiggins, G Karra, S Agarwal, P Chopra, S Allu, S Shearing, P Brett, D Journal of Open Source Software volume 7 issue 70 4051-4051 (21 Feb 2022)
A Minimal Information Set To Enable Verifiable Theoretical Battery Research
Mistry, A Verma, A Sripad, S Ciez, R Sulzer, V Brosa Planella, F Timms, R Zhang, Y Kurchin, R Dechent, P Li, W Greenbank, S Ahmad, Z Krishnamurthy, D Fenton, A Tenny, K Patel, P Juarez Robles, D Gasper, P Colclasure, A Baskin, A Scown, C Subramanian, V Khoo, E Howey, D ACS Energy Letters 3831-3835 (11 Oct 2021)
Python battery mathematical modelling (PyBaMM)
Sulzer, V Marquis, S Timms, R Robinson, M Chapman, S Journal of Open Research Software volume 9 issue 1 (08 Jun 2021)
Prizes, awards, and scholarships
  • Award for best paper presentation, 3rd Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium, Swindon, UK, 2017.
  • SCCM Early Career and Student Symposium Travel Award, APS Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter Early Career Symposium, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 2017.
  • Award for best paper presentation (runner up), 2nd Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, 2016.
  • Frank Carver Bursary Award, 42nd International Pyrotechnics Society Seminar, Grand Junction, Colorado, USA, 2016.
  • EPSRC iCASE Studentship, partnered with AWE, October 2014 – March 2018.
Teaching

C5.1 Solid Mechanics (Class Tutor, 2018-2019)

Research interests

My current research focuses on the Mathematical Modelling of Batteries, and is being conducted within the Multi-Scale Modelling Fast Start Project of the Faraday Institution. In particular, I am interested in using asymptotic and numerical techniques to develop and solve models describing the thermal and mechanical response of Lithium-ion cells.  More generally, I am interested in the use of asymptotic methods applied to practical problems arising from industry which couple mechanics, heat flow, and chemistry. To read more about the battery research happening at Oxford, see Oxford Mathematical Modelling Battery Group.

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