Dr Khurram Wadee
Senior Lecturer
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I graduated from Imperial College with a first class Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering in 1989. I then undertook research in the same department and got my doctorate in 1993. After three further years at Imperial I came to Exeter in 1995 as a lecturer. I became a senior lecturer in 2003. I am a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Mathematician and Chartered Scientist, a Member of the Institution of Structural Engineers and a Member of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications. I am the Programmes Coordinator for Engineering
Research Interests
My research interests are in the application of the theory of elastic stability to structures i.e. nonlinear structural mechanics. In particular I am interested in the study of localized buckling patterns. Current research fronts include:
- Double-scale perturbations;
- Variational methods;
- Extensions to the Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin techniques;
- Application of solitary-wave-type solutions to structural problems;
- Multi-modal homoclinic solutions (multi-humped localizations as soliton interactions). Use of exponential asymptotics.
- Modelling of elastic tubes in bending: localization and kink formation.
Teaching Interests
Engineering Mathematics; Solid Mechanics; Theory of Elasticity; Structural Engineering.
Other Relevant Information
Please note Dr Wadee’s teaching resources are available on line.
Qualifications : B.Eng., A.C.G.I., Ph.D., D.I.C., C.Eng., C.Math., C.Sci., M.I.Struct.E., M.I.M.A.
Research grants
GR/N05666/01 `Elastic localization and restabilization in the post-buckling of model structures' 2000-03 funded by EPSRC, value: GBP138K.
See Dr Wadee’s personal web page for further information including a full publications list.
Acted as referee for the following academic journals:
and for grant applications submitted to EPSRC.
