Peter Sweby
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+44 (0) 118 378 8675
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Associate Professor
- Departmental Examinations Officer
- MMath Project Coordinator
- Departmental Finance Officer
- Departmental IT facilities
- Departmental Director of Infrastructure and Support Staff
- Internal Examiner
Office
Room 301Building location
MathematicsAreas of interest
- Total variation diminishing (TVD) schemes
- Numerical solution of hyperbolic conservation laws
- Dynamics of discretisations
- Grid generation and adaptation
- Mathematical biology
Teaching
Current teaching (2021/22):
Research centres and groups
Academic qualifications
B.Sc. Mathematics Hons (1st), Bristol University, July 1979
PhD University of Reading, July 1983
Professional bodies/affiliations
Member of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (MIMA)
Chartered Mathematician (CMath)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)Websites/blogs
Publications
- Dodd, J. , Sweby, P. , Mayes, S. , Murchie, E. , Karunaratne, A. , Massawe, F. , Tindall, M. (2023) A multiscale mathematical model describing the growth and development of bambara groundnut. Journal of Theoretical Biology , 560 ISSN: 0022-5193 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111373
- Pool, F. , Sweby, P. , Tindall, M. (2018) An integrated mathematical model of cellular cholesterol biosynthesis and lipoprotein metabolism. Processes , 6 (8). ISSN: 2227-9717 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr6080134
- Pool, F. , Currie, R. , Sweby, P. , Salazar, J. , Tindall, M. (2018) A mathematical model of the mevalonate cholesterol biosynthesis pathway. Journal of Theoretical Biology , 443 pp. 157-176. ISSN: 0022-5193 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.12.023
- Bhattacharya, B. , Sweby, P. , Minihane, A. , Jackson, K. , Tindall, M. (2014) A mathematical model of the sterol regulatory element binding protein 2 cholesterol biosynthesis pathway. Journal of Theoretical Biology , 349 pp. 150-162. ISSN: 0022-5193 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.01.013
- Dance, S. , Baines, M. , Lawless, A. , Mason, D. , Nichols, N. , Scott, T. , Sweby, P. , Smith, P. , Thornhill, G. (2010) Use of data assimilation methods in coastal sediment models.
- Thornhill, G. , Scott, T. , Dance, S. , Mason, D. , Nichols, N. , Baines, M. , Horsburgh, K. , Sweby, P. (2010) Data assimilation and morphodynamic modelling of Morecambe Bay.
- Thornhill, G. , Scott, T. , Smith , P. , Dance, S. , Mason, D. , Nichols, N. , Baines, M. , Horsburgh, K. , Sweby, P. , Lawless, A. (2009) Progress on “Changing coastlines: data assimilation for morphodynamic prediction and predictability”.
- Sweby, P. (2008) Special issue: 9th ICFD Conference on Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics - Preface. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids , 56 (8). pp. 951-951. ISSN: 0271-2091 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.1748
- Scott, T. , Smith, P. , Dance, S. , Mason, D. , Baines, M. , Nichols, N. , Horsburgh, K. , Sweby, P. , Lawless, A. (2008) Data assimilation for morphodynamic prediction and predictability. Coastal Engineering 2008 Proceedings of the 31st International Conference. , 3. World Scientific pp. 2386-2398. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814277426_0197
- Morrell, J. , Sweby, P. , Barlow, A. (2008) A cell by cell anisotropic adaptive mesh ALE method . International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids , 56 (8). pp. 1441-1447. ISSN: 0271-2091 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.1599
- Scott, T. , Smith, P. , Dance, S. , Mason, D. , Nichols, N. , Baines, M. , Horsburgh, K. , Sweby, P. , Lawless, A. (2007) Progress on Changing coastlines: data assimilation for morphodynamic prediction and predictability.
- Morrell, J. , Sweby, P. , Barlow, A. (2007) A cell by cell anisotropic adaptive mesh ALE method. Proceedings of the Ninth International ICFD Conference on Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics, March 26 - 29, 2007. ICDF , Reading.
- Morrell, J. , Sweby, P. , Barlow, A. (2007) A cell by cell anisotropic adaptive mesh ALE scheme for the numerical solution of the Euler equations. Journal of Computational Physics , 226 pp. 1152-1180. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2007.05.040
- Glaister, P. , Bailey, D. , Sweby, P. (2005) A Ghost Fluid, Moving Finite Volume plus Remap Method for Compressible Euler Flow.. Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fl. , 47 pp. 833-840.
- Hudson, J. and Sweby, P. (2005) A high-resolution scheme for the equations governing 2D bed-load sediment transport. International Journal For Numerical Methods In Fluids , 47 (10-11). pp. 1085-1091.
- Glaister, P. , Sweby, P. , Bailey, D. (2003) Lagrange-Remap methods for the Euler equations .
- Hudson, J. and Sweby, P. (2003) Formulations for Numerically Approximating Hyperbolic Systems Governing Sediment Transport.. Journal of Scientific Computing , 19 pp. 225-252.
- Anderson, J. and Sweby, P. (2002) Exact computation in numerical linear algebra: the Discrete Fourier Transform. In: Toro, E. , (eds.) Godunov methods: theory and applications. Springer , New York. pp. 61-67. ISBN: 9780306466014