Matthew F. McCarthy

Matthew F. McCarthy Ph.D., D.Sc., M.R.I.A.: Professor - retired
Department of Mathematical Physics
NUI, Galway

email: matt.mccarthynuigalway.ie
Room C202, Áras de Brún
Tel  -353-91-492344 or -353-91-524411 ext 2344
Fax -353-91-494525

Matthew McCarthy earned a B.Sc. in Experimental and Mathematical Physics in 1960 and an M.Sc. in 1962 from University College Cork. He was awarded the Ph.D. in Theoretical Mechanics from the University of Nottingham in 1965 and was appointed lecturer in Mathematical Physics at University College Galway in January 1965. He was awarded the D.Sc. and was promoted to an associate professorship in 1973 and was elected to membership of the Royal Irish Academy in 1987. He has had visiting appointments at various institutions in the United States such as Princeton, The Johns Hopkins, The University of California at Berkeley and the University of Colorado and Los Alamos.

Research Interests: Mainly in the area of wave propagation in various media.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

[1] M.F. McCarthy & H.F. Tiersten, A theory of Viscoelastic Composites Modelled as Interpenetrating Solid Continua with Memory, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 81, 21-51 1983.

[2] M.F. McCarthy G. Batra & A. Bedford, Acceleration Waves in a Particulate Suspension, International Journal of Engineering Science, 24, 1339-1349 1986.

[3] M.F. McCarthy & G.C. Gaunaurd, Resonances of Elastic Scatters in Fluid Half Spaces, LE.E.E. Journal of Ocean Engineering, 12, 395-403 1987.

[4] M.F. McCarthy, On One-dimensional Shock Waves in Composite Materials Modelled as Interpenetrating Solid Continua, Archives for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 103, 169-191 1988.

[5] M.F. McCarthy & M.M. Carroll, Circularly polarised Waves of Finite Amplitude in Elastic Dielectrics, Nonlinear Effects in Fluids and Solids, Plenum New York and London, 125-136 1997.

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