John Ockendon
Professor John Richard Ockendon FRS (born c. 1940) is an applied mathematician noted especially for his contribution to fluid dynamics and novel applications of mathematics to real world problems. He is a professor at the University of Oxford and an Emeritus Fellow at St Catherine's College, Oxford, the first director of the Oxford Centre for Collaborative Applied Mathematics (OCCAM) and a former director of the Smith Institute for Industrial Mathematics and System Engineering.
John Ockendon | |
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| Born | John Richard Ockendon |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1999) IMA Gold Medal (2006) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applied mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Thesis | Some problems in fluid dynamics (1965) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alan Breach Tayler |
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