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James Collett is a theoretical physicist, applied mathematician and research astronomer working in the STRI. In addition, he is an artist-photographer whose images reflect his interest in the optics of fluids and thin films. He is also strongly engaged in developing educational and outreach tools with particular interests in image-based learning and the design and construction of models and mechanical devices.
He began his career in the Pilkington Brothers European Research and Development Laboratories as part of the first team in the UK to develop holographic head-up displays for aircraft. He took his PhD in the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge working on analogies between classical invsicid fluids and the phase space flow of stars in galaxies. He worked on magnetohydrodynamic problems at NCAR in Boulder, Colorado under an EC Network Scholarship. He then worked as a PDRA in the Theoretical Physics Department at Oxford University, studying the problem of the resonant escape and capture of stars in time-varying potentials. Recent research interests include the role of magnetic fields in star-forming regions and the geometrical properties of phase flows.
Research interests
- stellar dynamics
- cosmical gas dynamics
- applied mathematical modelling
- specialist scientific applications in digital and film photography
Teaching specialisms
- applied mathematics in physics and engineering
- particle, fluid and continuum mechanics
- theoretical astrophysics
- image and problem-based learning
Commercial and public engagement
- IOP Higher Education Group - Honorary Secretary
- IOP Education Board
- External Examiner: Applied Physics - University of Portsmouth
- External Examiner: Natural Sciences - University of Leicester
- External Examiner: ICE Astronomy - University of Cambridge
- Trustee - Mill Green Museum
- Exhibitor at Art Fairs around the world from New York to Singapore with the Bleachbox Gallery, Cambridge.
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Projects
- 3 Finished
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SPHERE PP: The study of the behaviour of physical systems rendered as mathematical models implemented through the use of numerical computational algorithms.
Collett, J. & Connors, B.
1/12/16 → 31/03/17
Project: Other
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Links between University Departments and Schools
McCall, A. & Collett, J.
1/06/05 → 31/05/06
Project: Research
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HiFLEx – a highly flexible package to reduce cross-dispersed Echelle spectra
Errmann, R., Cook, N., Jones, H., Anglada Escude, G., Sithajan, S., Semenko, E., Mkrtichian, D., Martin, B., Tanvir, T., Feng, F. & Collett, J., Jun 2020, In: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 132, 1012, 10 p., 064504.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mathematical approach for understanding deagglomeration behaviour of drug powder in formulations with coarse carrier
Parisini, I., Collett, J. L. & Murnane, D., 1 Dec 2015, In: Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 10, 6, p. 501-512 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Natural Calligraphy
Collett, J., 2012, In: Writing Visual Culture. 5, 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Storyboard Physics
Collett, J., Thilakan, N. & Govind, B., 2012. 6 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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A General Catalogue of 6.7GHz Methanol Masers II: statistical analysis
Pestalozzi, M., Chrysostomou, A., Collett, J., Minier, V., Conway, J. & Booth, R., 2007, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 463, p. 1009-1016Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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