Research

Projects

• Advanced mathematical and numerical analysis of induction hardening of steel , FWO project G016618N, 2017-22
• Theoretical and numerical analysis of inverse problems in evolutionary partial differential equations, BOF project no. 01D23414, Ghent University, Belgium, 2014-18
• Induction hardening of steel: Mathematical and numerical modelling, BOF-project no. 01J04113, Ghent University, Belgium, 2013-17
• Multiscale Modelling of Electrical Energy Systems, IAP P7/02-project of the Belgian Science Policy, 01/04/2012 - 31/09/2017
• Mathematical and numerical analysis of partial differential equations with a time dependent boundary condition, BOF-project no. 01D00409, Ghent University, Belgium, 2009-2013.
• Mathematical and numerical analysis of nonlinear time dependent BVPs in (micro)magnetism, BOF-project no. 01D28807, Ghent University, Belgium, 2007-11
• Magnetic non destructive evaluation of ferromagnetic materials supported by numerical micromagnetic methods, BOF/GOA-project no. 01G006B7, Ghent University, Belgium, 2007-12
• Numerical methods for inverse low frequency electromagnetic problems, grant number 3G008206 of the Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders, 2006-09
• Robust and efficient numerical methods for quasi-static nonlinear diffusion of electromagnetic fields with application to superconducting and eddy currents, BOF-project no. 011D01304, Ghent University, Belgium, 2004-08
• Computational electromagnetics for electrical power applications and interactions with information technology devices, IAP P5/34-project of the Belgian Science Policy, 2002-06
• Electrical steels (material models, microstructural research and energy losses), BOF/GOA-project no. 12 052 499, Ghent University, Belgium, 1999-2003
• Solution of nonlinear diffusion problems and free boundary problems, Grant Agency for Science of Slovak Republic, Grant Number M65-G, 1997-2000
• Soil venting,
  Research project funded by the The Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology (BMBF), Germany, Grant Number 03-HO7BWM, 1994-97
• Qualitative theory of multidimensional dynamical systems and evolution equations,
  Grant Agency for Science of Slovak Republic, Grant Number 1/990114/91, 1991-93
• Development of numerical methods and computer codes for the solution of nonlinear mathematical physics problems, LCTA, JINR, Dubna, Russia, 1989-1991

Examples of Current Work

• Bactegial Growth and Bioremediation
• A single well experiment. Animation of the waterhead in the soil matrix near the well during pumping. Horizontal inflow of water into the well tube. Maximal inflow takes place through the ``seepage face''.
• Effective Radius and Underpressure of an Air Extraction Well in a Heterogeneous Porous Medium

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