Upcoming Event: Oden Institute Seminar

Research on Hdiv approximations and their use in computational mechanics

Philippe Devloo, University of Campinas, Brazil

Abstract

In recent years the research group of LabMeC/UNICAMP has developed innovative research in Hdiv approximations. This seminar emphasizes the different steps of this research effort. Research interests: Prof. Devloo conducts research in computational mechanics: translate engineering problems into a mathematical framework and approximate the system of conservation laws with most appropriate numerical scheme. Some of Prof. Devloo's relevant contributions are: hp-adaptive finite element approximations for H1, H(div) and H(curl) approximations; object oriented finite element programming, being the author of a public domain framework NeoPZ https://github.com/labmec/neopz; locally conservative approximations for flow in porous media; multi-scale approximations applied to flow in porous media and elasticity (2D and 3D); hp-adaptive SBFem approximations for the Poisson problem and elasticity problem. Prof. Devloo has developed research projects with different companies such as Embraer, Petrobras, Equinor, TotalEnergies, applying advance finite element techniques to the solution of practical problems. Prof. Devloo has published more than 60 paper in refereed journals and oriented 17 PhD students.

Biography

Prof. Devloo studied his undergraduate studies in Gent, Belgium in Electromechanical Engineering (1976 - 1981). After a one-year study of Computer Science in 1981, he enrolled at the University of Texas in Austin to pursue a PhD in computational mechanics under the supervision of J T Oden (1982 - 1987). From 1988-1922 worked at INPE (Space Research Institute in Brasil). From 1992-now is full professor at the State University of Campinas.