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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Career

  • 2026-date: Research Associate, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
  • 2025: David Crighton Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
  • 2024: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Education

  • 2022-2026: PhD Applied and Computational Mathematics, University of Edinburgh
  • 2021-2022: MSc Advanced Computational Methods for Aeronautics, Imperial College London
  • 2017-2021: BE Mechanical Engineering, University College Dublin
  • 2020: International Exchange, University of California, Berkeley

Research

My research is focused on multiscale nonlinear dynamics, with an emphasis on fluid dynamics and magnetohydrodynamics.  I am fascinated by the emergence of complex patterns in turbulence and aim to understand their formation and evolution using theoretical tools, including dynamical systems theory and asymptotic analysis, combined with numerical methods and high-performance computing.

Publications

Multi-scale invariant solutions in plane Couette flow: a reduced-order model approach
M McCormack, AVG Cavalieri, Y Hwang
(2023)
Numerical Analysis of Microchannels Designed for Heat Sinks.
M McCormack, F Fang, J Zhang
– Nanomanufacturing and Metrology
(2021)
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Research Group

High-Reynolds-Number Fluid Flow

Room

H2.01