Dr. Sean Oughton

Office:	G3.07
Email:
Address:	Department of Mathematics/a> The University of Waikato Private Bag 3105 Hamilton 3240 New Zealand
Phone:	+64-7-838 4466 (extn. 8326) +64-7-838 4713 (dept. office)
Fax:	+64-7-838 4666

Dr Sean Oughton

Professor

Teaching:

NB: Notes are not a substitute for attending lectures.

Click here for some Dartmouth and Ivy League tips on how to be successful at University.

For articles and videos about jobs that you can get with a maths degree click here.
What a lecturer says vs what the students hear (Alfie Kohn)
How to fall in love with maths (Manil Suri).

First year:
MATHS101.

See Moodle.

You can also search the web for first year calculus notes and tools. Some examples are:

The calculus.org site (animations, notes, ...).
Garrett's lecture notes (pdf file).
MIT Open CourseWare: Intro to Calculus---Notes, lecture videos, etc

Honours, Masters, PhD supervision in

fluid dynamics, especially turbulence
magnetohydrodynamics
space physics
(All available as theory and/or computer simulation projects. See next section for overviews of these topics.)

Research:

My primary research interests are in the fields of hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, especially in connection with space physics applications. Hydrodynamics and MHD are fancy ways of saying fluids which don't conduct electricity and fluids which do. Most of the matter in the universe does conduct electricity well. On the earth, the oceans and atmosphere usually aren't so good at it.
More details (including movies) are available here. . .

Some pictures of turbulence in art, the earth, and space are collected here

For lists/links to my publications/preprints see

the list here,
Google Scholar research profile,
ORCID profile, or via it's QR code:
or you can also scroll over the ResearcherID badge:

OnlineJ .

Links:

University of Waikato Library Catalogue
MathSciNet
ISI Web of Knowledge/Science

Some related space phyics sites

Advice for graduate students: I, II, III, IV
Nature article on key features of a good mentor: Nature 447, 791-797 (14 June 2007) doi: 10.1038/447791a
The Heliosphere in the Kitchen Sink:
I: Shock waves in your sink.
II: What does your sink have to do with outer space?
Visuals of spacecraft, etc orbiting the sun and planets (NY Times)
Videos of Armchair physics with Richard Feynman (YouTube: `Fun to Imagine')
Tennis racket effect: The Bizarre Behavior of Rotating Bodies
Space Physics Resources Catalogue: I, II
Latest pictures of the Sun from the . SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) satellite.
SDO is something like a (better) replacement for SOHO.
Latest pictures of the Sun from the SOHO satellite.
SCOSTEP Comic books about the Solar Wind, Cosmic Rays, Ozone Hole, Northern Lights, ...
SOHO ``hot shots''. Thumbnail stories of research results from SOHO.
suntrek.org. Resource site for teaching school children about the sun and its effect on the Earth. Projects, lesson plans, ...
Physics InSight slide shows (from the APS). Career info, etc.
One of the main NASA solar image sites.
Movie of a `journey through the solar system'.
NASA's astronomy 'Picture of the day'.
A kick-off point for solar physics stuff.
Space science overviews (Astronomy, Physics, Spaceflight,...)
A journey through the magnetosphere.
Sun Earth Plan: Cool pictures and information on space science, including an `ask the experts' section.
Introduction to astronomy and space physics. Pictures and basics.
AGU Space physics and aeronomy public outreach.
Videos, images, etc of cool fluid things. Interactive tools, ...
Space Weather Homepage
Bartol Research Institute Homepage
High Altitude Observatory, Boulder Colorado. (Includes some tutorial information on solar physics, plus nice images.)
Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) Homepage
NASA Homepage
MIT Space Weather Videos

Just for fun...

Last modified: 1-Oct-2013 $UoW Arms$

Teaching:	NB: Notes are not a substitute for attending lectures. Click here for some Dartmouth and Ivy League tips on how to be successful at University. For articles and videos about jobs that you can get with a maths degree click here. What a lecturer says vs what the students hear (Alfie Kohn) How to fall in love with maths (Manil Suri). First year: MATHS101. See Moodle. You can also search the web for first year calculus notes and tools. Some examples are: The calculus.org site (animations, notes, ...). Garrett's lecture notes (pdf file). MIT Open CourseWare: Intro to Calculus---Notes, lecture videos, etc Honours, Masters, PhD supervision in fluid dynamics, especially turbulence magnetohydrodynamics space physics (All available as theory and/or computer simulation projects. See next section for overviews of these topics.)
Research:	My primary research interests are in the fields of hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, especially in connection with space physics applications. Hydrodynamics and MHD are fancy ways of saying fluids which don't conduct electricity and fluids which do. Most of the matter in the universe does conduct electricity well. On the earth, the oceans and atmosphere usually aren't so good at it. More details (including movies) are available here. . . Some pictures of turbulence in art, the earth, and space are collected here For lists/links to my publications/preprints see the list here, Google Scholar research profile, ORCID profile, or via it's QR code: or you can also scroll over the ResearcherID badge: OnlineJ .
Links:	University of Waikato Library Catalogue MathSciNet ISI Web of Knowledge/Science