Research


Press

Due friulani all'Accademia dei Lincei, Messaggero Veneto, 13/01/2009, p. 3.

Research topics

- Computational physics and computational science
- Numerical modeling and solution of electromagnetic fields
- Numerical modeling based on the Discrete Geometric Approach (also known as Cell's Method, Finite integration technique (FIT), Discrete Exterior Calculus (DEC), Discrete Electromagnetism, Finite Volumes, etc.)
- Development of new Discrete Hodge Operators (also known as constitutive matrices)
- Differential forms and algebraic topology in electromagnetics, homology computation
- Mesh generation
- Coupling circuits with fields, coupled problems
- Current and voltage sources
- Time domain solution of eddy-current and electro-quasistatic problems
- Formulations for electrostatic, magnetostatic and stationary conductions problems
- Complementary formulations A-chi and T-Omega for Eddy-currents problems
- Formulations for electro-quasistatic problems

Applications

- Applications of eddy-current solver to non-destructive testind and evaluation (NDT), both in frequency and time domain. Inversion techniques to reconstruct the shape of flaws (defects).
- 2D-3D static and dynamic modeling of micromechanical devices (MEMS)
- Simulations of propagation in photonic crystals
- Optimization of a spacer for the transmissione line of the Neutron Beam Injector (NBI) of ITER
- Extraction of the per-unit-length parameters of multi-conductor transmission lines
- Electrofishing
- Fuel cells modeling

International collaborations

Prof. Lauri Kettunen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland.
Prof. Patrick Dular, University of Liége, Belgium.
Prof. Robert Kotiuga, Boston University, USA.
Prof. Francois Henrotte, Prof. Kay Hameyer, RTWH Aachen, Germany.

Collaborations with Italian colleagues

Dr. Lorenzo Codecasa, Polythecnic of Milan.
Prof. Antonello Tamburrino, Prof. Guglielmo Rubinacci, University of Cassino.
Prof. Piergiorgio Alotto, Prof. Massimo Guarnieri, University of Padua.
Prof. Ermanno Cardelli, University of Perugia.
Prof. Maurizio Repetto, Polythecnic of Turin.
Prof. Enzo Tonti, University of Trieste.

Collaborate with us

Applications of our numerical methods to other fields of physics are very welcome.

We are interested also in:
- Inverse problems
- Optimization
- Fusion engineering
- Solid modeling
- Unstructured meshing algorithms