Prof Simon Cox
BSc (Warwick) PhD (East Anglia)
Professor
Head of Department (Maths)
Contact Details
- Email: sxc@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0001-6129-3394
- Office: 4.04, Physical Sciences Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622764
- Personal Website: http://users.aber.ac.uk/sxc
- Twitter: foamsataber
- Research Portal Profile
Profile
Simon graduated with a degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Warwick in 1994. His PhD research at the University of East Anglia explored the effects of the large pressures generated by breaking waves, for example when they impact against coastal structures. Simon then moved to Trinity College Dublin where he investigated the Physics of Foams. His foam research continued when he came to Aberystwyth in 2005, first as a lecturer, then reader, before being awarded a personal chair in 2010. He held an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship on foam structure and flow from 2006 to 2011, became a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2013, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2016, and was head of the Department of Mathematics from 2014 to 2024.
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- MT25610 - Hydrodynameg 1
- MA10110 - Coordinate and Vector Geometry
- MA25610 - Hydrodynamics 1
- MAS0160 - Mathematics Year in Industry
- MA34610 - Hydrodynamics ii
- MT10110 - Geometreg Gyfesurynnol a Fectoraidd
- MT10720 - Cynllunio Gyrfa a Datblygu Sgiliau Mathemategol
- MA10720 - Career Planning and Mathematical Skills Development
Tutor
- FG12910 - Cynllunio Gyrfa a Datblygu Sgiliau Ffiseg
- MT12910 - Cynllunio Gyrfa a Datblygu Sgiliau
- MP12910 - Career Planning and Skills Development
- MA10510 - Algebra
- PH12910 - Physics Career Planning and Skills Development
- MA10110 - Coordinate and Vector Geometry
Lecturer
- MT10110 - Geometreg Gyfesurynnol a Fectoraidd
- PH12910 - Physics Career Planning and Skills Development
- MT25610 - Hydrodynameg 1
- FG12910 - Cynllunio Gyrfa a Datblygu Sgiliau Ffiseg
- MP12910 - Career Planning and Skills Development
- MA25610 - Hydrodynamics 1
- MT12910 - Cynllunio Gyrfa a Datblygu Sgiliau
- MA10110 - Coordinate and Vector Geometry
- MA34610 - Hydrodynamics ii
- MA15210 - Games, Puzzles and Strategies 2
- PGM9005 - Ethics, Plagiarism and Academic Practice for Research Students
Coordinator
- MA10110 - Coordinate and Vector Geometry
- MA25610 - Hydrodynamics 1
- MA34610 - Hydrodynamics ii
- MAS0160 - Mathematics Year in Industry
- MT10110 - Geometreg Gyfesurynnol a Fectoraidd
- MT25610 - Hydrodynameg 1
- MT10720 - Cynllunio Gyrfa a Datblygu Sgiliau Mathemategol
- MA10720 - Career Planning and Mathematical Skills Development
Research
- Foam Rheology: Solution of problems relating to the flow of foams. Numerical implementation of meso-scopic bubble-scale models using the Surface Evolver, quantifying the role of viscosity in the flow of complex fluids such as foams.
- Foam Drainage: Use of analytical techniques, such as similarity solutions, and numerics to solve partial differential equations describing the viscous flow of liquid through a network of thin collapsible channels. Simple experiments on aqueous foams and soap films.
- Simulation of Cellular Structures: Analysis of instabilities in small clusters of cells. Simulation of area-minimizing structures using the Surface Evolver. Analysis and visualisation of three-dimensional disordered structures.
- Biological Morphology: Investigation of the morphology of echinoids (sea urchins) using an analogy with bubble formation. Application of the results of packing problems to infer details of the growth of biological systems such as flowers.
- Pressure Impulse Theory: Analysis of pressures induced by breaking waves on coastal structures. Potential theory.