Dr Sebastien Guenneau Ba/MSc/PhD

Lecturer in Applied Mathematics Mathematical Sciences

    Research

    Research Interest 1

    1. Partial Differential Equations & Calculus of Variations
    2. Asymptotic methods (singular perturbations,
    thin-structures, homogenization)
    3. Numerical modelling (Finite Elements, Multipole
    Methods)
    4. Applications to Physics: Elastodynamics,
    Electromagnetism, Negative refraction, Photonic Crystal Fibres

    Research Grants

    Son et lumiere in photo-sonic crystal fibres.

    BRITISH COUNCIL (UK)

    January 2005 - December 2006

    Computational differential geometry applied to invisibility cloaks in electromagnetism and elastodynamics

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    June 2008 - June 2010

    Funmaths Roadshow and Liverpool maths Club: Further Expansion and Development

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    September 2006 - November 2008

    FunMaths Roadshow: UK-wide Roll-out

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    April 2009 - July 2012

    Research Collaborations

    Prof Pierre Beauvillain (Directeur de Recherche CNRS)

    External: Institut Electronique Fondamentale (UMR CNRS 8622, Paris)

    Modelling of magneto-optical photonic crystals

    Dr Kirill Cherednichenko

    External: University of Cambridge

    High-Frequency homogenisation of Maxwell's operator

    Sir Prof John Pendry

    External: Imperial College of Science, Technology

    Modelling of perfect corner lenses in order to trap light (applications in stealth technology, Laser cavities, cryptography)

    Prof Ross McPhedran

    External: Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS, Sydney)

    Asymptotic estimates for localised modes in periodic structures (with Prof. A.B. Movchan and Dr N.V. Movchan)

    S. Anantha Ramakrishna

    External: Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur)

    Modelling of plasmonic structures shaped as traingular checkerboards in order to achieve extraordinary transmission through amplification
    of evanescent waves

    Prof. Philip Russell

    External: Opto Electronics Group, University of Bath

    Coupling between sound and light in Photonic Crystal Fibres

    Prof Andre Nicolet, Dr Frederic Zolla, Dr Stefan Enoch

    External: Institut Fresnel, UMR CNRS 6133, Marseille

    2001- Collaboration on modelling of Micro-structured Fibres (resulting in about 15 research papers and a book published by ICP Press in 2005) & homogenisation of electromagnetic problems involving periodic and quasi-periodic structures
    2005- Collaboration on negative refraction