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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Career

  • 2018–2023: PhD Student, DAMTP and Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge
  • 2017–2018: Business Analyst, Fluidic Analytics
  • 2013–2017: MNatSci, University of East Anglia (UEA)

Research

Mungo was a member of the Solid Mechanics and Waves research groups at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. His PhD supervisors were Professor I. David Abrahams FRSE and Professor Nigel Peake. His research interest was the application of the Wiener–Hopf technique to problems in solid mechanics and acoustics. His PhD was supported by EPSRC and Thales UK through a PhD studentship.

His thesis concentrated on the problems of acoustic scattering off a plane with a step, diffraction by a semi-infinite thick plate, and diffraction by a right-angled wedge using the Wiener–Hopf technique and a novel method developed by David Abrahams and Dr Raphael Assier at the University of Manchester.

Talks Given

Conferences, Visits and Workshops

Service and Outreach

  • Supervisions on IB Complex Methods for Emmanuel College, Lent 2022
  • Social Secretary for Waves Group at DAMTP, 2021-2022
  • Chair of Organising Committee of Elasticity Day 2021, INI, 21st22nd April 2021
  • Invited speaker at IMA 16+ Conference, 14th April 2021
  • Talks co-organiser for Waves Group at DAMTP, 20202021
  • Diversity Champion for Part III at DAMTP, 20202021
  • Co-founder of Solid Mechanics Group at DAMTP, 2019
  • Disabled Students' Officer of the Emmanuel College MCR Committee, 20192022

Resources

These notes are based on three introductory lectures (Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3) given by David Abrahams as part of the Isaac Newton Institute programme on the Wiener–Hopf technique. The notes have been expanded to include material not covered in the lectures.

Publications

On the Factorisation of Matrix Wiener–Hopf Kernels Arising From Acoustic Scattering Problems
M Aitken
(2024)

Research Groups

Fluid Mechanics
Solid Mechanics
Waves Group