Dr. Kyle Spyksma

Associate Vice President, Academic and Dean of Institutional Effectiveness; Associate Professor of Mathematics and Physics; Interim Director of Mentoring


Phone: (905) 648-2139   Ext:4452

Email: kspyksma@redeemer.ca

Office: 102B

Programs: Mathematics

Education

PhD (2007), Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, McGill University.
Dissertation: On the dynamics and predictability of moist turbulence

B.Sc. (2001), Mathematics and Computer Science, Redeemer University College.

Courses

  • Calculus I (MAT-121)
  • Calculus II (MAT-122)
  • Multivariable Calculus (MAT-223)
  • Differential Equations (MAT-231)
  • Numerical Analysis (MAT-311/411)
  • Honours Independent Study (MAT-485)

Research Interests

  • Organizational efficiency and effectiveness
  • Theoretical turbulent flows
  • Statistical turbulence

Recent Publications

Wytse van Dijk, Masafumi Toyama, Sjirk J. Prins, and Kyle Spyksma. “Analytic time-dependent solutions of the one-dimensional Schrödinger equation.” American Journal of Physics 82 (2014): 955.

Spyksma, Kyle, Moriah Magcalas, and Natalie Campbell. “Quantifying effects of hyperviscosity on isotropic turbulence.” Physics of Fluids 24 (2012): 125102.

Wytse van Dijk, J. Brown, and Kyle Spyksma. “Efficiency and accuracy of numerical solutions to the time-dependent Schrödinger equation.” Physical Review E 84 (2011): 056703.

Spyksma, Kyle, and Peter Bartello. “Small-scale moist turbulence in numerically-generated cumulus clouds.” Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 65, no. 6 (2008): 1967-1978.

Spyksma, Kyle, and Peter Bartello. “Predictability in wet and dry convective turbulence.” Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 65, no. 1 (2008): 220-234.

Wytse van Dijk, Kyle Spyksma, and Matthew West. “Non-threshold anomalous time advance in multi-channel scattering.” Physical Review A 78 (2008): 022108 (12 pages).

Spyksma, Kyle, Peter Bartello, and Man K. Yau. “A Boussinesq moist turbulence model.” Journal of Turbulence 7, no. 32 (2006):1-24.

Wytse van Dijk, Ken A. Kiers, Yuki Nogami, A. Platt, and Kyle Spyksma. “Quantum mechanical and semi-classical treatment of quantum excitations due to the passage of a particle.” Journal of Physics A: General 36 (2003): 5625-5643.

Research Funding

High-resolution study of turbulence and phase changes in convective clouds, NSERC Discovery Grant, 2008-2013

Professional Memberships and Associations

  • ACMS (Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences)
  • CSAC (Canadian Scientific and Christian Association)