DrSarah Ferguson Briggs

I taught the module Network Science (2023-2025),  a second-year course that provides a mathematical exploration of the structures and dynamics of complex networks. This interdisciplinary field encompasses a variety of systems, including social, biological, communication, and technological networks, using tools from Linear Algebra, Ordinary Differential Equations, and Probability and Statistics.

I also taught the first-year Individual Research Projects module, where I supervised students through topics in dynamical systems and fluid dynamics. Projects included studies on pendulum dynamics, where students investigated variations of simple oscillatory pendulums; predator-prey models, focusing on modifications to the Lotka-Volterra equations; and linear stability problems, such as the Rayleigh-Taylor and Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities.