Title: Department of Computer Science Seminar
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2000
Time: 10:00 am to 11:00 am
Venue: Room N101, CSIT Building [108]
Speaker: Dr. Wes Barton 
Description: "Numerical evaluation of models of physical processes from diffusion to filtration"


                        Abstract

My research work in universities and at CSIRO has 
included a number of studies involving the numerical evaluation 
of the predictions of mathematical models of physical systems and
processes.  In this seminar I will focus on two such studies.  
Firstly I will outline my work on modelling nuclear spin relaxation 
in solids due to dipolar and quadrupolar interactions 
between atoms undergoing translational diffusion.  
Then I will describe the development of a computational procedure 
to simulate electrically-enhanced pressure filtration.  
The first study is relevant to hydrogen diffusion 
in transition metals and the second has application 
in the dewatering behaviour of clays and sludges.

URL: http://cs.anu.edu.au/lib/seminars/seminars00/dept20001108a

 
Dr Barton's BIO: After graduating from Monash University in 1971 with an Honours
degree in science, I completed a PhD in physics at the same
university.  My first employment position was as a Teaching Fellow 
in physics at the University of New England.  
I then spent two years in the UK as a Research Fellow at the
University of Warwick.  After returning to Australia and working 
briefly at the University of Sydney, I joined the CSIRO as a Research
Scientist with the Physical Technology Unit at Ryde. 
During almost 16 years with CSIRO, I conducted fundamental 
and strategic research mainly on coal and related materials 
and led several major research projects.
When my position was made redundant in 1998, 
I decided to undertake an IT training course to 
become qualified as a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.  
My recent activities have included a 
combination of teaching and technical consulting roles.