Entropy formulation 
of Evolutionary phase transitions
EntroPhase

 ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant
 





People and New positions
 Summary and Activities

     Staff:
 
      New Open Position:

1 Postdoctoral Research Positions. We invite applications for 1 Postdoctoral Research Positions starting in the period going from July 1st 2012 to September 1st 2012.

Applicants should have a PhD in Mathematics or closely related areas. The should have worked on the analysis of partial differential equations and their applications to mechanics or engineering or physics, with some publications in these fields.

The position is at the Mathematical Department of the University of Milan and the appointment will be initially for 12 months, and possibly renewed for additional 12 months. The gross salary will be fixed around 20.000 euro per year.

Candidates are requested to apply according to the following web-page
http://www.unimi.it/ricerca/assegni_ricerca/2780.htm
The deadline for applications is May 18, 2012.   



Project summary:

The ground-breaking nature of the project relies on the possibility of opening new 
horizons with a novel mathematical formulation of physical problems.
The project aim is indeed to obtain relevant mathematical results in order to 
get further insight into new models for phase transitions and the corresponding 
evolution PDE systems. The new approach presented here turns out to be 
particularly helpful within the investigation of issues like as existence, uniqueness,
control, and long-time behavior of the solutions for such evolutionary PDEs.

Moreover, the importance of the opportunity to apply such new theory to
phase transitions lies in the fact that such phenomena arise in a variety 
of applied problems like, e.g., melting and freezing in solid-liquid mixtures, 
phase changes in solids, crystal growth, soil freezing, damage in elastic materials,
plasticity, food conservation, collisions, and so on. From the practical viewpoint,
the possibility to describe these phenomena in a quantitative way has deeply
influenced the technological development of our society, stimulating the related mathematical interest.

Activities:

  • Meetings:
  • NEWS: International Workshop: PDEs for multiphase advanced materials (ADMAT2012), Cortona, Arezzo, September 17-21, 2012. Organized with E. Bonetti and P. Colli (University of Pavia).
  • International Conference “Interfaces and discontinuities in solids, liquids and crystals” - INDI2011, Palazzo Feltrinelli - Gargnano (Brescia) - June 20-23, 2011. A special session  held on the occasion of the 70th  birthday of  Michel Frémond
  • Visiting Professors:
  • Dietmar Hoemberg - WIAS, Berlin, Germany
         November 8-17, 2011
  • Arghir Zarnescu - University of Sussex, UK
    November 27 - December 2, 2011
  • Eduard Feireisl - Mathematical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
    February 13 - 17, 2012
  • Alain Miranville - University of Poitiers, France
    February 27 - March 4, 2012
  • Hao Wu - Fudan University, China
    April 12 - April 14, 2012  and  April 20 - April 27, 2012
  • Seminars:
- Juergen Sprekels - WIAS, Berlin

A NONSTANDARD PHASE FIELD SYSTEM     OF CAHN-HILLIARD TYPE FOR DIFFUSIVE PHASE SEGREGATION

September 21, 2011, 17:00
 Mathematical Department, via Saldini 50

- Arghir Zarnescu - University of Sussex, UK

MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS OF THE Q-TENSOR THEORY OF NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS

November 30, 2011, 14:15
 Mathematical Department, via Saldini 50





     
     
     
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