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| Name: |
Prof. Sean McElwain |
| Position: |
Professor |
| Qualifications: |
BSc(Hons maths), UQ,1967; PhD, York University, Canada, 1970 |
| Organisational Area: |
School of Mathematical Sciences |
| Teaching Discipline: |
Applied Mathematics |
| Research Program: |
Applicable Mathematics and Advanced Computation |
| Phone: |
+61 7 3138 5185 |
| Fax: |
+61 7 3138 2310 |
| Email: |
s.mcelwain@qut.edu.au |
| Postal Address: |
School of Mathematical Sciences, QUT, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane Qld 4001 |
Teaching Areas
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Areas of Expertise
- Applied Mathematics
- Mathematical Modelling
[Further expertise and media contact]
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Professional Associations
- Australian Mathematical Society
- Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Appied Mathematics
- Society for Mathematical Biology
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Current Grants
- ARC LIEF: Queensland Computational Grid Enhancement Project.
- ARC Discovery: Determination of Benchmarking Parameters for Assessing the Mechanical Robustness of Articular Cartilage
- ARC Discovery: Yield Strength and Plastic Flow of Heterogeneous Materials: Designing Optimal Composites and Porous Material
- ARC Linkage: Statistical and Mathematical Modelling to Improve Health Care Outcomes in Hospitals
- NHRMC: Do Rapid Detection and Isolation of Colonised Patients Reduce MRSA Spread? An Epidemolgical, Economic and Modelling Study
- ARC Discovery: Human Skin Equivalent Constructs: Enhanced Culturing and Application of Laboratory-Grown Skin through Mathematical Modelling and in Silico Experimentation
- ARC Discovery Grant: A Mathematical Model of the Roles of Contraction and Oxygen in Human Wound Healing
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Selected Publications
- Balding, D. and McElwain, D.L.S., A Mathematical Model of Tumour-induced Capillary Growth. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 114, 53-73 (1985)
- Pettet, G.J., Please, C.P., Tindall, M.J. and McElwain, D.L.S., The migration of cells in multicell tumor spheroids. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 63, 231-257 (2001).
- Maini, P.K., McElwain, D.L.S. and Leavesley, D.I., A Travelling Wave Model to Interpret a Wound Healing Cell Migration Assay for Human Peritoneal Mesothelial Cells. Tissue Engineering 10, 474-481 (2004)
- Araujo, R.P. and McElwain D.L.S. A History of the Study of Solid Tumour Growth: The Contribution of Mathematical Modelling. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 66, 1039-1091 (2004).
- McElwain, D.L.S., Roberts, A.P. and Wilkins, A.H. Yield Criterion of Porous Materials Subjected to Complex Stress States. Acta Materialia, 54, 1995 - 2002 (2006).
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Current Postgraduate Students
| Name |
Project |
| Elizabeth Addison-Smith (PhD) |
Angiogenesis and Antiangiogenesis |
| Cameron Hall (PhD) |
Dermal Wound Healing |
| Kelly Murphy (PhD) |
Modelling the role of oxygen in wound contraction |
| Jennifer Thackham (PhD) |
Chronic Wound Healing |
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