Chris Petrie's home page

Chris Petrie

currently seems to spend more time creating personal web pages
than doing research or teaching
- he is officially retired but can still be contacted in various ways.

Latest news:

Going to the Isaac Newton Institute for "Dynamics of Complex Fluids; 10 Years On" (DCF10) in October 2006.
Planning to write a book.

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Web pages related to teaching

For ENM213/ENM313/ENM813, 2005-06
see the Blackboard system (assuming you are registered for the module).
ENG101 is now being taught by Dr Sian Lawson; I assist in the practicals.
ENG101 - Introductory Computing for Engineers. Some old material (2004-05) is here (in case the Blackboard system is unavailable.
Engineering Maths formulae sheet (draft version - Word document).
Engineering Maths formulae sheet (draft version - PDF file).
Exam questions and solutions for courses taught by Professor Petrie (to be updated for 2003-04 session - but that's history!).

Web pages related to research

Index to papers available on the web
Author of Elongational Flows for which a list of errata is available.
Official home page

Personal and family web pages

A Grandpa again -- Amelia, 2nd December 2003. [These images may take a while to load.]
NEW -- North East WATCH.

Some photographs and tributes:

Old links - these may be useful or may be thoroughly out of date - try them and see.

Teacher of engineering mathematics and researcher into rheology.
Traveller to conferences, and otherwise away from Newcastle?
Grandfather and formerly a cat owner
Wedding photographer
Conference photographer
See also family (1995) and the next generation.
It is not widely known that he has a suit.

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Recently webmaster for the British Society of Rheology and member of the sub-committee responsible for the European Society of Rheology web pages and mailing lists. List owner for the JISCmail "eurorheo" e-mail list which used to be operated for the ESR, but has been replaced by a system based at the ESR web site.
Also was responsible for pages from the Dynamics of Complex Fluids Programme which took place long ago (1996) at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge. But see "Dynamics of Complex Fluids; 10 Years On" (DCF10) in October 2006.
Other lists maintained are rheological web pages and rheology conferences; see also links to some temporary pages.

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Contact Details
e-mail: Chris.Petrie@Newcastle.ac.uk
Office telephone: 0191-222-6230 (International +44-191-222-6230)
Home telephone: 0191-285-5131
Official home page for Emeritus Professor C.J.S. Petrie.
For "snail-mail" and FAX information, see the School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering

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Information dated 8th September 2006.
If you have any general enquiries, or any problems with this source of information, please contact me, either through the School or preferably by e-mail to me, Chris.Petrie@Newcastle.ac.uk