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Personal Statement
Dr Katherine Tant is an applied mathematician conducting research at the interface between mathematics and industry. In June 2018, she was awarded a 3 year EPSRC UKRI Innovation fellowship for her work in ultrasonic tomography and was subsequently appointed as a Chancellor’s Fellow in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Strathclyde in May 2019. Her research interests revolve around the modelling of waves in complex materials and using this knowledge to ‘see the unseen’; how can we create images of a solid object’s interior using wave data collected on its surface? This is a hugely important question throughout many industries, including medical imaging, geophysics and non-destructive testing. Over the years, Katherine has worked closely with a number of companies including Doosan Babcock, EDF, IHI, NPL, NNL, Onscale and Rolls Royce. More information on the work conducted under her Waves, Inverse Problems and Imaging (WiPi) group can be found on the team's webpage.
As a result of her training and experience, Katherine is committed to promoting the role of mathematics in tackling real-world challenges and, in 2016, co-published the book UK Success Stories in Industrial Mathematics, which showcased mathematical research that had resulted in positive industrial, societal and environmental impacts. She is also an advocate for the advancement of women leaders in STEMM subjects. She is currently participating in the Homeward Bound programme, a global year-long leadership program for women in science which focusses on the development of leadership capacity, strategic capability and visibility and culminates in a 3 week intensive Antarctic voyage.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Time-Frequency Domain Modelling for Ultrasonic Non-destructive Testing, UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
Award Date: 1 Jan 2014
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University
Award Date: 1 Jan 2011
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Ultrasonic Evaluation of Additively Manufactured Titanium Components
Tant, K. M. M., Blackburn, D. & Wynne, B.
1/09/21 → 1/09/24
Project: Research - Studentship
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Ultrasonic Characterisation of Micro-Texture Regions
Tant, K. M. M. & Robertson-Harra, D.
1/10/20 → 1/11/24
Project: Research - Studentship
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Ultrasonic wave propagation in randomly layered heterogeneous media
Ferguson, A. S., Mulholland, A. J., Tant, K. M. M. & Foondun, M., 31 Jul 2023, In: Wave Motion. 120, 15 p., 103138.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Thermal compensation of ultrasonic transmit and receive data for steel welded plates at the point of manufacture
Foster, E. A., Sweeney, N. E., Nicolson, E., Singh, J., Rizwan, M. K., Lines, D., Pierce, G., Mohseni, E., Gachagan, A., Tant, K. M. M. & MacLeod, C. N., 31 Jul 2023, In: NDT and E International. 137, 15 p., 102812.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)3 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Data for: "Reconstruction of refractive index maps using photogrammetry"
Miller, A. (Creator), Mulholland, A. (Creator), Tant, K. M. M. (Creator), Pierce, G. (Creator), Hughes, B. (Creator) & Forbes, A. (Creator), figshare, 28 Mar 2023
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14912626.v1
Dataset
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FMC dataset - Centreline crack in Inconel 82/182 weld
Tant, K. M. M. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 2016
DOI: 10.15129/179e1b38-e701-443d-b995-a4449851330c
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Activities
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Effective Orientation Mapping of Locally Anisotropic Media from Ultrasonic Phased Array Data
Katherine Margaret Mary Tant (Speaker)
5 May 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Effective Orientation Mapping of Locally Anisotropic Media from Boundary Measurement Data
Katherine Margaret Mary Tant (Speaker)
9 Apr 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk