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William James Parnell | |
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| Education |
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| Spouse | Debbie |
| Awards | Whitehead Prize |
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| Thesis | Homogenisation techniques for wave propagation in composite materials (2004) |
| David Abrahams | |
| Website | https://williamjparnell.weebly.com/ |
Professor William James Parnell is a British mathematician and Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Manchester. He is also the editor-in-chief of the Wave Motion academic journal and a fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.
Education
[edit]Parnell studied mathematics at the University of Bristol, graduating with a First Class BSc in 1999. He then moved to the University of Oxford and graduated with a Masters in Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing in 2000. At the University of Manchester, he completed his PhD under the supervision of David Abrahams CBE. His thesis, "Homogenisation techniques for wave propagation in composite materials", was published in 2004 and funded by Thales Underwater Systems[1].
After finishing his PhD in 2004, Parnell remained at the University of Manchester, becoming an EPSRC postdoctoral research fellow.
Career
[edit]In 2010, Parnell launched the Mathematics of Waves and Materials (MWM) research group at the University of Manchester alongside close colleague David Abrahams, who had previously been his PhD supervisor. He now leads the research group in partnership with Professor Raphael Assier[2].
In 2017, Parnell became editor-in-chief of Wave Motion, having served on its editorial board since 2012[3].
In 2019, Parnell was awarded the Whitehead Prize by London Mathematical Society for his research contributions in the fields of acoustic and elastodynamic metamaterials, in addition to his collaboration and promotion of mathematics in industry. This included developing mathematical models of syntactic foams[4]. Parnell recieved a £897K extension to his research fellowship, NEMESIS,
Selected publications
[edit]- Tensile properties of all-polymeric syntactic foam composites: Experimental characterization and mathematical modelling[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Professor William Parnell". Henry Royce Institute. Retrieved 2026-10-02.
- ↑ "Waves and metamaterials - Department of Mathematics - The University of Manchester". www.maths.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 2026-10-02.
- ↑ "Editorial board". Science Direct | Wave Motion.
- ↑ "LMS prize winners 2019 | London Mathematical Society". www.lms.ac.uk. Retrieved 2026-10-02.
- ↑ Yousaf, Zeshan; Morrison, Neil F.; Parnell, William J. (February 2022). "Tensile properties of all-polymeric syntactic foam composites: Experimental characterization and mathematical modelling". Composites Part B: Engineering. 231: 109556. doi:10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.109556.
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