Prof. A. W. Woods

BP Professor

Professorial Fellow of St. Johns College

Professor Andy Woods has research interests in a range of fluid flow processes, many including phase changes. The character of the work includes both theoretical analysis and experimental modelling.

Career

• 1989-1990 Green Scholar, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla California
• 1990-1996 Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, Cambridge
• 1996-2000 Professor of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics, Bristol
• 2000-present BP Institute, Cambridge

Qualifications

• 1985 BA Mathematics, St. Johns College, Cambridge
• 1989 PhD DAMTP, Cambridge

Awards

• 1997 Marcello Carapezza Prize
• 1997 Italgas Prize
• 1999 Stewartson Lecturer
• 2000 Bullerwell Lecturer
• 2002 Wager Medal
• 2003 GFD Lecturer
• 2011 Wyss Institute Lecture, Harvard
• 2017 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
• 2019 Marchi Lecture, Italy

Research

Prof. Woods has explored a wide variety of problems, including:

• the dynamics of explosive volcanic systems: both subsurface and atmospheric processes associated with such volcanism, and the related topic of two phase flow in pipelines
• geothermal systems, especially superheated systems, in which there is continual water- vapour phase change, and fluid-mineral dissolution
• natural ventilation flows in buildings, work which has recently led to the energy saving e-stack system, as well as new strategies for combining thermal mass with natural ventilation, to achieve both comfort and energy efficiency
• models of traffic flow dynamics
• oil-water-gas flows in porous rocks and problems asssociated with residual oil recovery