RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Mathematical Modelling, Heat and Mass Transfer, Nanoscience, Partial and Ordinary Differential Equations, Numerical Methods, Asymptotic Analysis, Molecular Dynamics.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  • F. Font, S. Afkhami, L. Kondic. Substrate melting during laser heating of nanoscale metal films, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 113, 237-245 (2017). [link]
  • F. Font, T.G. Myers, S.L. Mitchell. Mathematical model for nanoparticle melting with density change, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 18:2, 233-243 (2015). [link]
  • F. Font, T.G. Myers. Spherically symmetric nanoparticle melting with a variable phase change temperature, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 15, 2086 (2013). [link]
  • F. Font, S.L. Mitchell, T.G. Myers. One-dimensional solidification of supercooled melts, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 62, 411-421 (2013). [link]

TEACHING:

  • For info on Math 1ZC3/1B03 course click here. (Linear AlgebraWinter 2017)
  • For info on Math 1LS3 course click here. (Calculus for the Life SciencesFall 2016)