This comes a bit late as we are only two weeks away from a new academic term, but I wanted to pause and congratulate the successful research students from the 2016-2017 year.

• John Fitzgerald (left) completed his outstanding Part B Extended Essay on Complex ray theory, exponential asymptotics and applications to free-surface flow and earned one of the highest essay marks of the year. He will continue on to do his Part C dissertation this year.
• Yyanis Johnson-Llambias (center) completed his Part C dissertation on Complex singularities of the finite-depth Stokes waves and will begin a doctoral degree in mathematics at Bath University this month.
• Thomas Chandler (right) completed his Part C dissertation on Complex singularities near the intersection of a free-surface and a rigid wall, which also took home the Gibbs prize. (And so concludes two very special years working with Tom, who also completed his Part B Essay with me the prior year). Tom will continue at Oxford as a DPhil student in mathematics.

This coming academic year will bring a lot of new exciting undergraduate research students, both new and old. Stay tuned for announcements!