Mike Meylan

Professor Mike Meylan is an applied mathematician at the University of Newcastle's School of Information and Physical Sciences (Department of Mathematics). His work bridges differential equations, wave scattering, and hydroelasticity, with applications to ocean engineering, ice floe dynamics, and railway infrastructure. He has received multiple Australian Research Council grants and collaborates internationally with institutions like the University of Cambridge and Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

Research interests include

• Wave propagation in ice shelves and marginal ice zones
• Wave energy conversion using piezoelectric plates
• Fluid-structure interactions in marine environments
• Mathematical modeling of railway ballast scour
• Development of eigenfunction matching and singularity-respecting numerical methods

Recent publications focus on

• Time-domain vibration analysis of cracked and circular ice shelves
• Acoustic-gravity wave dynamics in compressible oceans
• Wave scattering by porous barriers and heterogeneous plates

His work has been published in Nature, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, and Proceedings of the Royal Society. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the ANZIAM Journal and Associate Editor for Wave and Tidal Energy at Frontiers in Energy Research. Awards include the 2012 Teaching Award at the University of Newcastle.