Zoe Godard
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
Cyclic loading of a heterogeneous non-linear poroelastic material, Zoe C. Godard, Derek E. Moulton, Sarah L. Waters (preprint on arXiv, 2025)
Prizes
- Lighthill Thwaites Student Paper Finalist 2024 (with invitation to speak at BAMC 2025)
- Maths Three Minute Thesis Audience Favourite Runner Up 2025
- Team Prize Award, Newton Institute Graduate Modelling Camp 2024
Grants
- QJMAM Travel Grant 2025
- LMS Early Career Travel Grant 2024
- ESMTB 2025 ECR Travel Grants 2024
Scholarships
- Paul Shredder Scholarship 2023-2026
Other Activities
Oxford SIAM Student Chapter Secretary 2024-2025
- Co-organised Applied Mathematics Postgraduate Conference 2025 with the Warwick SIAM Student Chapter
- Organising biweekly Junior Applied Maths Seminars in term time (including an exchange with the Warwick SIAM Student Chapter seminar)
Organising Committee OxWIM 2025 (Mathematrix x Mirkazhani)
Graduate Studies Committee PGR DPhil Rep 2023-2024
Research Committee PGR DPhil Rep 2024-2025
Tutor
- Prelims Introductory Calculus 2024, St Edmund Hall
- Prelims Multivariable Calculus 2025, Jesus College
Teaching Assistant
- Part B Viscous Flow 2023
- Part B Non-Linear Dynamics 2024
My PhD focuses on building a mathematical model for tendons, soft tissues connecting muscles to bone which play an important role in bearing load. I spent the first part of my PhD exploring the theoretical poroelastic framework which may be employed to capture the bulk mechanics of tendon. In particular, I investigated the impact of material heterogeneity on the poroelastic response to cyclic loading. I am now exploring the mechanics of collagen, the primary building block of tendon, with the hope to incorporate this into the poroelastic framework.