Dr Shailesh Naire

Title: Lecturer
Phone: 01782 733268
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Location: MacKay Building Room 2.19
Role: Year 1 and 2 Tutor
Disability Link Officer
Postgraduate Tutor
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I am currently a lecturer in the School of Computing and Mathematics at Keele University. I received my PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Delaware, U.S.A.,in 2000. My PhD research was in thin-film fluid dynamics in the drainage of foams (supervisor: Dr. Richard Braun). My professional experience includes a Welcome Trust supported postdoctoral position in the Center for Mathematical Medicine at the University of Nottingham (2001-2004) and lectureships held at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2000-2001), Heriot-Watt University (2004-2006) and the University of Nottingham (2006).

My research interests lie in continuum mechanics of problems related to industry, biology and physiology, and specifically, problems involving strong fluid-structure interaction and free boundaries. I am interested in mathematical modelling and in using asymptotic and numerical techniques to solve these problems. I have investigated problems in pulmonary mechanics involving lung airway reopening, cough manoeuvres and mucus transport, surfactant effects in thin-film fluid dynamics such as in drop spreading and foam drainage.


I am currently involved in the mathematical modelling of in vitro/in vivo tissue engineering with researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology at Keele and the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic hospital in Oswestry. Projects related to this have been internally funded by the 3ME- Bridging the Gaps initiative between EPSAM and ISTM.

I currently supervise 2 PhD students:

  • Mr. Joe Goddard - Fingering Instabilities in Gravity and Surfactant-related Thin-Film Flows - Modelling, Simulation, Asymptotics and Stability Analysis,
  • Mr. Abdul Alharbi - Moving Adaptive Mesh Methods for Thin-Film Flow Problems.

Selected Publications

  • Usha R and Naire S. 2013. A thin film on a porous substrate: A two-sided model, dynamics and stability. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, vol. 89, 72-88. link> doi>
  • Hidalgo-Bastida LA, Thirunavukkarasu S, Griffiths S, Cartmell SH, Naire S. 2012. Modeling and design of optimal flow perfusion bioreactors for tissue engineering applications. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING, vol. 109(4), 1095-1099. link> doi>
  • Lutianov M, Naire S, Roberts S, Kuiper JH. 2011. A mathematical model of cartilage regeneration after cell therapy. J Theor Biol, vol. 289, 136-150. link> doi>
  • Whittaker RJ, Booth R, Dyson R, Bailey C, Parsons Chini L, Naire S, Payvandi S, Rong Z, Woollard H, Cummings LJ, Waters SL, Mawasse L, Chaudhuri JB, Ellis MJ, Michael V, Kuiper NJ, Cartmell S. 2009. Mathematical modelling of fibre-enhanced perfusion inside a tissue-engineering bioreactor. J Theor Biol, vol. 256(4), 533-546. link> doi>
  • Naire S. 2009. Dynamics of voluntary cough maneuvers: a theoretical model. J Biomech Eng, vol. 131(1), 011010. link> doi>

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Journal Articles

  • Usha R and Naire S. 2013. A thin film on a porous substrate: A two-sided model, dynamics and stability. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, vol. 89, 72-88. link> doi>
  • Hidalgo-Bastida LA, Thirunavukkarasu S, Griffiths S, Cartmell SH, Naire S. 2012. Modeling and design of optimal flow perfusion bioreactors for tissue engineering applications. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING, vol. 109(4), 1095-1099. link> doi>
  • Lutianov M, Naire S, Roberts S, Kuiper JH. 2011. A mathematical model of cartilage regeneration after cell therapy. J Theor Biol, vol. 289, 136-150. link> doi>
  • Whittaker RJ, Booth R, Dyson R, Bailey C, Parsons Chini L, Naire S, Payvandi S, Rong Z, Woollard H, Cummings LJ, Waters SL, Mawasse L, Chaudhuri JB, Ellis MJ, Michael V, Kuiper NJ, Cartmell S. 2009. Mathematical modelling of fibre-enhanced perfusion inside a tissue-engineering bioreactor. J Theor Biol, vol. 256(4), 533-546. link> doi>
  • Naire S. 2009. Dynamics of voluntary cough maneuvers: a theoretical model. J Biomech Eng, vol. 131(1), 011010. link> doi>
  • King AA, Cummings LJ, Naire S, Jensen OE. 2007. Liquid film dynamics in horizontal and tilted tubes: Dry spots and sliding drops. PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, vol. 19(4), Article ARTN 042102. link> doi>
  • NAIRE S and Jensen OE. 2006. The spreading and stability of a surfactant-laden drop on a pre-wetted substrate. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 554, 5-24. doi>
  • Naire S and Jensen OE. 2005. Epithelial cell deformation during surfactant-mediated airway reopening: a theoretical model. J Appl Physiol (1985), vol. 99(2), 458-471. link> doi>
  • NAIRE S, Gaver DP, Halpern D, Jensen OE. 2005. Unsteady bubble propagation in a flexible channel: predictions of a viscous stick-slip instability. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 528, 53-86. doi>
  • Naire S, Braun RJ, Snow SA. 2004. A 2+1 dimensional insoluble surfactant model for a vertical draining free film. JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS, vol. 166(2), 385-410. link> doi>
  • Naire S and Jensen OE. 2003. An asymptotic model of unsteady airway reopening. J Biomech Eng, vol. 125(6), 823-831. link> doi>
  • Heidari AH, Braun RJ, Hirsa AH, Snow SA, Naire S. 2002. Hydrodynamics of a bounded vertical film with nonlinear surface properties. J Colloid Interface Sci, vol. 253(2), 295-307. link> doi>
  • NAIRE S, Braun RJ, Snow SA. 2002. Models for gravitationally-driven free-film drainage. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, vol. 43, 281-314. doi>
  • NAIRE S, Braun RJ, Snow SA. 2001. An insoluble surfactant model for a vertical draining free film with variable surface viscosity. Physics of Fluids, vol. 13(9), 2492-2502. doi>
  • Naire S, Braun RJ, Snow SA. 2000. Limiting cases of gravitational drainage of a vertical free film for evaluating surfactants. SIAM JOURNAL ON APPLIED MATHEMATICS, vol. 61(3), 889-913. link>
  • Naire S, Braun RJ, Snow SA. 2000. An Insoluble Surfactant Model for a Vertical Draining Free Film. J Colloid Interface Sci, vol. 230(1), 91-106. link> doi>

Chapters

  • Snow SA, Pernisz UC, Nugent BM, Stevens RE, Braun RJ, Naire S. 2001. Modelling the stabilizing behavior of silicone surfactants during the process of polyurethane foam: The use of thin liquid films. In Advances in Urethane Technology. Shawsbury UK: Rapra Technology LTD.

Other

  • Naire S. 2000. Gravitationally-driven drainage of thin films.

MAT-20008: Differential Equations
MAT-20016: Mathematical Modelling