Professor Sean McElwain
School of Mathematics
Queensland University of Technology
Professor
Sean McElwain
School of Mathematics
Queensland University of Technology
GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld 4001
Tel: (07) 3864 5185 Fax: (07) 3864 2310
Biographical note: Sean's mathematical training was at the
The University of Queensland
and
York University in Canada.
His early work was on chemical gas kinetics but, when he returned to
Australia to a position at the
University of Newcastle,
he began lecturing in Mathematical Biology
as a vehicle for teaching Applied Mathematics.
This led into an extensive research program
concerning the applications of mathematics in Medicine and Biology.
He moved to
Queensland University of Technology in 1994
where some of his research students work in this area,
while another group works on industrial modelling.
Sean also leads the Queensland Health Care Research Group.
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``Mathematical Sciences Symposium at the University of NSW, 23 February 1996''.
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Inquiries to Professor
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Mathematics helps to clarify the underlying mechanisms;
this is because the process of modelling makes us concentrate on
separating the essential from the inessential.
A model can be used to investigate situations
that are not easily amenable to experiment.
Mathematics is valuable in testing out ideas.
