Applied Mathematics is about using the theory and techniques of mathematics and statistics to understand and deal with the real world.

World may mean the physical world (for example, weather forecasting), or it may mean human-created activities (such as financial mathematics).

Biological and physical sciences, computing, commerce, medicine, manufacturing industry and environmental management are some of the fields which need to connect with mathematics and its the job of the applied mathematician to make the connections.

Members

• Winthrop Professor Andrew Bassom 
  Differential equations, fluid dynamicsm, mathematical modelling. 
• Adjunct Professor C.J. Goh
  Theory of optimisation and duality.
• Associate Professor Des Hill
  Differential equations, dynamical systems, control of chaos.
• Professor Kevin Judd
  Time series modelling, chaos and fractals, biomathematics, weather forecasting, control of chaos.
• Professor Les Jennings
  Numerical analysis, optimal control and optimization, software development, applications of optimal control and numerical analysis.
• Associate Professor Neville Fowkes
  Mathematical modelling of deterministic systems, fluid mechanics, industrial mathematics.
• Winthrop Professor Song Wang
  Numerical analysis, computational mathematics, computational optimization and optimal control, semiconductor device simulation, computational finance, optimum design.
• Associate Professor Thomas Stemler
  Time series modelling, dynamical systems, stochastic resonance. 

Peter Chapman deceased (a former member of the school) has produced a large volume of research material that has not been published. It can be accessed here.