A dynamical systems approach is used in many research projects at Leeds in a variety of areas, e.g. chemistry and chemical process engineering (combustion, ignition, explosions), physiology (cardiology, nerve impulse propagation), population dynamics (plankton models, predator-prey interactions, geographical systems), and mechanical engineering (stick-slip phenomena, nonlinear oscillations, vibrations, fluid dynamics problems). In addition, a number of theoretical projects are based in subjects like fractal geometry, chaos theory and numerical analysis. Research programmes typically involve complimentary analytical and computational work, and often imaginative modelling is required. Many of the projects are carried out in close collaboration with researchers from other Departments within the University.