Personal profile
Research interests
I have made contributions to the mathematical modelling and analysis of a wide range of problems in fluid mechanics, including thin-film flows, evaporating droplets, rivulets and dry-patches, dielectrophoresis, microfluidics, liquid crystals, non-Newtonian fluids (including viscoplastic fluids, thixotropic fluids and nanofluids), anti-surfactants and self-rewetting fluids, fluid-structure interaction problems, biomechanics, nucleate boiling, confined bubbles, thermocapillary (Marangoni) and thermoviscosity effects, spin coating, magnetohydrodynamics, and fluid impact problems.
The common theme running through all of my work is the use of a range of mathematical (namely asymptotic, analytical and numerical) methods to bring new insights into a wide range of "real world" problems ranging from boiling and evaporation through industrial coating processes to biological systems such as the human knee.
Education/Academic qualification
Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy, The Mathematics of Ship Slamming, University of Oxford
1 Oct 1987 → 30 Sept 1989
Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis, Master in Science, An Introduction to the Mathematics of Ship Slamming, University of Oxford
1 Oct 1986 → 30 Sept 1987
Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts, First Class Honours Degree in Mathematics, University of Oxford
1 Oct 1983 → 30 Jun 1986
External positions
Research Professor, University of Strathclyde
2 Sept 2024 → …
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A pinned elastic plate on a thin viscous film
Trinh, P., Wilson, S. & Stone, H. A., 20 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 1007, A79, 24 p., A79.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Coating and Rimming Flow, Rivulet Flow, and the Evaporation of a Sessile Droplet
Wilson, S. K., 30 Mar 2025, Interfacial Flow - The Power and Beauty of Asymptotic Methods. Scheichl, B. (ed.). 1st ed. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, p. 197-238 42 p. (CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures; vol. 615).Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter
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Effect of gravity-induced shape change on the diffusion-limited evaporation of thin sessile and pendant droplets
D'Ambrosio, H.-M., Wilson, S. K., Wray, A. W. & Duffy, B. R., 25 Apr 2025, In: Physical Review E. 111, 4, 23 p., 045107.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effect of particle-substrate adsorption on the deposition of particles from a thin evaporating sessile droplet
D'Ambrosio, H.-M., Wray, A. W. & Wilson, S., 30 Apr 2025, In: Journal of Engineering Mathematics. 151, 1, 28 p., 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Active control of the free surface of a rivulet of a nematic liquid crystal with an electric field
Bhadwal, A. S., Cousins, J. R. L., Mottram, N. J., Wilson, S. K., Duffy, B. R., Sage, I. C. & Brown, C. V., 24 Jun 2024, In: Physical Review Fluids. 9, 6, 064002.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Fellowship of the American Physical Society (APS)
Wilson, S. (Recipient), Oct 2025
Prize: Election to learned society
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British Society of Rheology (BSR) Annual Award 2022
Wilson, S. (Recipient), 12 Dec 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Fellowship of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)
Wilson, S. (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Election to learned society
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IoP Printing and Graphics Science Group Prize 2009
Wilson, S. (Recipient), 2 Nov 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram
Wilson, S. (Visiting lecturer)
18 Jul 2022 → 27 Jul 2022Activity: Visiting an external academic institution › Visiting lecturer
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University of Bristol
Wilson, S. (Visiting lecturer)
26 Oct 2023Activity: Visiting an external academic institution › Visiting lecturer
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Royal Society (External organisation)
Wilson, S. (Member)
1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2023Activity: Other contribution to the discipline › Role on a committee, board or panel
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XVI Meeting on Recent Advances in Physics of Fluids and its Applications
Wilson, S. (Keynote speaker)
1 Nov 2021 → 5 Nov 2021Activity: Academic conferences and events (excluding conference publications) › Keynote presentation or prestigious invited talk
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25th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Wilson, S. (Invited speaker)
22 Aug 2021 → 27 Aug 2021Activity: Academic conferences and events (excluding conference publications) › Keynote presentation or prestigious invited talk