Montestigliano Workshop 2011
Advanced optimization
techniques in fluid mechanics
3-9 April 2011, Montestigliano, Italy
General format
The workshop will take place in the spring at the Tuscan farmhouse of Montestigliano, located 15 km South of Siena, and will involve 12 doctoral students from universities all over the world. One principal speaker will give a pedagogical introduction to the chosen topic and lay out key issues and concepts for the participants. In close collaboration with the organizers the principal speaker will design and supervise work on didactic projects that will introduce the students to current problems and current techniques.
Goal of the workshop is the efficient and targeted introduction of interested students into a specific area of fluid dynamics under the guidance of an acknowledged expert and by working out solutions to specific problems within the chosen topic. Within a larger picture, the workshop series is intended to become an important element in the training of young scientists in a specialized field of current interest.
This format has been tested during similar workshops under the auspices of ERCOFTAC (2007 on Flow Control and 2008 on Model Reduction) and in 2010 (on Low- Dimensional Models for Flow Optimization and Flow Manipulation) under the sponsorship of LadHyX/École Polytechnique and the Linné FLOW Centre/KTH. The workshops have received very positive feedback from participants.
4th Montestigliano workshop (2011)
The invited key-note speaker is Professor Thomas Bewley from University of San Diego, an acknowledged expert in the field of fluid mechanics and applied mathematics. In addition to the organizers, to assist the students during their assignments, Paul Belitz also from University of San Diego will take part in the workshop.
The preliminary time-table is:
Additionally, the students will be asked to give a short presentation (about 10-15 minutes) of their research topic during the workshop.
Contact & organizers
Prof. Peter Schmid (LadHyx/École Polytechnique, France, email: peter@ladhyx.polytechnique.fr), Prof. Francois Gallaire (EPFL, Switzerland, email: francois.gallaire@epfl.ch), Dr. Fulvio Martinelli (LadHyx/École Polytechnique, France, fulvio.martinelli@ladhyx.polytechnique.fr) and Dr. Shervin Bagheri (KTH Sweden, shervin@mech.kth.se)
