Nick Biggs

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+44 (0) 118 378 8998
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Associate Professor
- Environmental Coordinator
Office
Room 305Building location
MathematicsAreas of interest
- Linear wave theory, particularly the diffraction of waves by structures
- Embedding methods for integral equations and wave scattering problems
- Polynya modelling
Teaching
Current teaching (2021/22):
Research centres and groups
Websites/blogs
MathSciNetPublications
- Biggs, N. (2016) Embedding formulae for scattering in a waveguide containing polygonal obstacles. The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics , 69 (4). pp. 409-429. ISSN: 0033-5614 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/qjmam/hbw012
- Moran, C. , Biggs, N. , Chamberlain, P. (2016) Embedding formulae for wave diffraction by a circular arc. Wave Motion , 67 pp. 32-46. ISSN: 0165-2125 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wavemoti.2016.07.003
- Ayres, K. , Biggs, N. , Glaister, P. (2012) Statistical monitoring of student performance: an early warning system.
- Biggs, N. (2012) Wave trapping in a two-dimensional sound-soft or sound-hard acoustic waveguide of slowly-varying width. Wave Motion , 49 (1). pp. 24-33. ISSN: 0165-2125
- Gaulter, S. and Biggs, N. (2012) Acoustic trapped modes in a three-dimensional waveguide of slowly varying cross section . Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences , 469 (2149). ISSN: 1471-2946 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2012.0384
- Bennetts, L. , Biggs, N. , Porter, D. (2009) Wave scattering by an axisymmetric ice floe of varying thickness. IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics , 74 (2). pp. 273-295. ISSN: 0272-4960 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/imamat/hxn019
- Bennetts, L. , Biggs, N. , Porter, D. (2009) The interaction of flexural-gravity waves with periodic geometries. Wave Motion , 46 (1). pp. 57-73. ISSN: 0165-2125 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wavemoti.2008.08.002
- Bennetts, L. , Biggs, N. , Porter, D. (2007) A multi-mode approximation to wave scattering by ice sheets of varying thickness. Journal of Fluid Mechanics , 579 pp. 413-443. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002211200700537X
- Biggs, N. (2006) A new family of embedding formulae for diffraction by wedges and polygons. Wave Motion , 43 pp. 517-528.
- Cushman-Roisin, B. , Willmott, A. , Biggs, N. (2005) Influence of stratification on decaying surface seiche modes. Continental Shelf Research , 25 (2). pp. 227-242.
- Biggs, N. and Porter, D. (2005) Wave scattering by an array of periodic barriers. IMA Journal Of Applied Mathematics , 70 (6). pp. 908-936.
- Maqueda, M. , Willmott, A. , Biggs, N. (2004) Polynya dynamics: A review of observations and modeling. Reviews of Geophysics , 42 (1). | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2002RG000116
- Porter, D. and Biggs, N. (2004) Systems of integral equations with weighted difference kernels. Proceedings Of The Edinburgh Mathematical Society , 47 pp. 205-230.