Prof. Jonathan J. Wylie's research is focused on fluid mechanics, granular materials and other industrially motivated problems. He obtained his PhD and was subsequently awarded a Junior Research Fellowship from King's College, Cambridge. Before coming to CityU he spent time in Cornell University, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the University of Toronto. He has worked extensively on the fluid mechanics of viscous threads and the dynamics of coupled partial differential equations. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) of USA, the Australian Research Council and the Research Grant Council (RGC) of Hong Kong. He is an associate editor of the "IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics.

Research Interests

• Fluid Mechanics
• Granular Materials
• Suspension Mechanics
• Mathematical Modelling of Geophysical Systems

Selected Publications

• W.Guo, Q.Zhang and J.J.Wylie
  “Intermittency in dilute granular flows”
  Europhysics Letters115, 14003 (2016).
• D.He, J.J.Wylie, H.Huang & R.M.Miura
  “Extension of a viscous thread with temperature-dependent viscosity and surface tension”
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics800, 720 (2016).
• J.J.Wylie, B.H.Bradshaw-Hajek & Y.M.Stokes
  “The evolution of a viscous thread pulled with a prescribed speed”
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics795, 380 (2016).
• J.J.Wylie, H.Huang & R.M.Miura
  “Asymptotic analysis of a viscous thread extending under gravity.”
  Physica D313, 51-60 (2015).
• X.-S.Wang, D.He, J.J.Wylie & H.Huang “Singular Perturbation Solutions of Steady-state Poisson-Nernst-Planck Systems”
  Physical Review E89, 022722 (2014).
• R. M. Miura, H.Huang & J.J.Wylie “Mathematical Approaches to Modeling of Cortical Spreading Depression”
  Chaos23, 046103 (2013).
• J. C. Chang, K.C.Brennan, D.He, H.Huang, R.M.Miura, P.L.Wilson & J.J.Wylie “A Mathematical Model of the Metabolic and Perfusion Effects on Cortical Spreading Depression”
  PLOS One8(8), e70469 (2013).
• J. J. Wylie, R.Yang & Q.Zhang “Periodic orbits of inelastic particles on a ring”
  Physical Review E86, 026601 (2012).
• J. J. Wylie, H.Huang & R.M.Miura “Stretching of viscous threads at low Reynolds numbers”
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics683, 212 (2011).
• Q. Zhang, Y.Fang & J.J.Wylie “Critical role of friction for a single particle falling through a funnel”
  Physical Review E83, 051303 (2011).
• H. Huang, J.J.Wylie & R.M.Miura “Diffusion in a Cellular Medium: A (1+1)-Dimensional Model”
  Bulletin of Mathematical Biology73, 1682 (2011).
• Y. H. Deng, J. J. Wylie & Q. Zhang "Deflection ofa dilute stream of particles"
  Physical Review E82, 011307 (2010).
• R. Yang & J. J. Wylie "Degenerate orbit transitions in a one-dimensional inelastic particle system"
  Physical Review E82, 011302 (2010).
• J. J. Wylie, Q. Zhang & T. K. Siu "Can Expected Shortfall and Value-at-Risk be used to statically hedge options?"
  Quantitative Finance(2009).
• J. J. Wylie, Q. Zhang, Y. Li & H. Y. Xu "Driven Inelastic Particle Systems with Drag"
  Physical Review E79, 031301 (2009).
• H. Huang, R. M. Miura & J. J. Wylie "Dopant diffusion during optical fiber drawing"
  SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics69, 330 (2008).
• Y. Fang, M. Gao, J. J. Wylie & Q. Zhang "Anomalous behavior of a single particle falling through a funnel"
  Physical Review E77, 041302(2008).
• J. J. Wylie, Q. Zhang, H. Y. Xu & X. X. Sun "Drag-induced Particle Segregation with Vibrating Boundaries"
  Europhysics Letters81, 54001 (2008).
• J. J. Wylie & H. Huang "Extensional flows with viscous heating"
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics571, 359 (2007).
• H. Huang, J. J. Wylie, R. M. Miura & P. D. Howell "On the Formation of Glass Microelectrodes"
  SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics67, 630(2007).
• S. Ben Hariz, J. J. Wylie & Q. Zhang "Optimal rate of convergence for nonparametric change-point estimators for non-stationary sequences"
  Annals of Statistics35, 1802 (2007).
• J. J. Wylie, H. Huang & R. M. Miura "Thermal Instability in drawing viscous threads"
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics570, 1 (2007).
• J. J. Wylie, Q. Zhang & X. X. Sun "Anomalous Ritchmyer-Meshkov Fingering in Dissipative Particle Systems"
  Physical Review Letters97, 104501 (2006).
• J. J. Wylie & Q. Zhang "Collapse of periodic orbits in an inelastic one-dimensional particle system"
  Physical Review E74, 011305 (2006).
• J. J. Wylie & R. M. Miura "Traveling Waves in Coupled Reaction-Diffusion Models with Degenerate Sources"
  Physical Review E74, 021909 (2006).
• J. J. Wylie, D. L. Koch & A. J. C. Ladd "Rheology of Suspensions with high Particle Inertia and moderate fluid inertia"
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics480, 95 (2003).
• J. J. Wylie, B. Voight & J. A. Whitehead "Instability of magma flow with volatile-dependent viscosity"
  Science285, 1883 (1999).
• J. J. Wylie & D. L. Koch "Particle clustering due to hydrodynamic interactions"
  Physics of Fluids12, 964 (1999).
• J. J. Wylie & J. R. Lister "Stability of straining flow with surface cooling and temperature-dependent viscosity"
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics365, 369 (1998).
• J. J. Wylie, K. Helfrich, B. Dade, J. R. Lister & J. Salzig "Focussed flow in fissure eruptions"
  Bulletin of Volcanology60, 432 (1998).
• J. J. Wylie & J. R. Lister "The effects of temperature-dependent viscosity on a flow in a cooled channel"
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics305, 239 (1995).