The Stokes Modelling week took place at NUI Galway in June 2017.

Where are the best places to put rain-fall radar systems? How do you pack a catheter? Can you create a 3D images from 2D photos? Where are convergent rivers likely to flood? And how do you get ketchup from a bottle? These were the questions posed to teams of students from all over Ireland and the UK, who gathered at NUI Galway for the Stokes Modelling Workshop, hosted by the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics, 6-9 June.

This was the 4th Modelling Workshop, organised by the Stokes Cluster for Applied Mathematics. For the first time, the event was funded by the "Mathematics for Industry Network COST Action, and problems were posed by partners in MET Eireann, Medtronic and IBM Research.

The Workshop had 40 registered participants including graduate students (funded by MI-NET) and undergraduate students (funded by the Stokes Cluster).

Participants were supported in their modelling work by our team of experienced mentors: John Donohue (MACSI, University of Limerick); Artur Gower (University of Manchester); Luca Manzari (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm); Doireann O'Kiely (University of Oxford); and Thi Ngoc Tuoi Vo (MACSI, University of Limerick). In addition, Fergus McAuliffe (iCRAG, UCD) will deliver a workshop on science communication.

Reports:

The workshop participants worked in small groups on problems posed by industry partners.

1. The Meeting of the Rivers
   • Report on "Shallow Water Equations for River Flows", proposed by Seshu Tirupathi, IBM Research, Ireland.
   • Team members: Faiza Alssaedi, Artur Gower (mentor), Róisín Hill, and Songkai Qiu.
   • Presentation Report.
2. Feasibility of creating a mathematical model to determine hoop dimensions
   • Team members: Aoife Hill, Rose Mary, Noeleen Rawle, Ashley Shiel, Thi Ngoc Tuoi Vo (mentor), Dylan Walsh.
3. Mapping 3D Objects using a single camera.
   • Problem outline
   • Team members: Jack Collins, David Colson, Cliona Donnelly, Sam Geragthy, Treacy Hanley, Sam Kamperis, Luca Mansari (mentor), Faik Mayah, Suman Samantray.
   • Presentation
4. Designing an optimal weather radar network for Ireland.
   • Problem outline, presented by Dr Colm Clancy of MET Eireann.
   • Team members: James Allen, Philip Cloherty, John Cormican, Padraic Flood, John Donohue (mentor), Tomokatsu Onaga, Brian Regan, David Smyth, Szymon Urbas.
   • Presentation
5. The role of rheology in everyday fluid flow.
   • Problem outline, proposed by Doireann O'Kiely.
   • Team members: Hannah Conroy Broderick, Alina Dubovskaya, Roberto Galizia, Claire Moran, Saviour Okeke, Doireann O'Kiely (mentor), Shane Walsh, Adrian Wisdom.
   • Presentation

Photos

Here is an album of photos from the workshop.