13th ERCOFTAC da Vinci Competition - Results Update!

The 13th EROFTAC da Viinci Competition was won by:

Dr Markus Schremb from Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany for his work "Hydrodynamics and Thermodynamics of Ice Accretion through Impact Supercooled Large  Droplets: Experiments, Simulations and Theory"

A short abstract from Markus's presentation is available below.

dr_markus_schremb_-_hydrodynamics_and_thermodynamics_of_ice_accretion_through_impact_of_supercooled_large_droplets.pdf

Other finalists were: (left to right)

Xiaojue Zhu from Universiteit Twente, The Netherlands who is now working at Harvard University, USA

Alejandro Alvarez Laguna from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium who is currently working at École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France.

Mark L. McAllister from the University of Oxford, UK

Lorenzo Siconolfi from Università di Pisa, Italy, who is currently working in École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

The ERCOFTAC da Vinci Prize for young researchers is awarded annually in recognition of an excellent PhD thesis in theoretical and applied fluid dynamics and outstanding scientific contributions with engineering relevance. The winner of the 13th da Vinci Competition will be chosen from five finalists during the ERCOFTAC Autumn Festival in Warsaw on 18 October 2018. 

ELIGIBILITY:
Candidates may be PhD students or recent PhD graduates who have submitted their PhD thesis after 1 January 2017. 

PRIZES:
The winner will be awarded the 2018 da Vinci Medal, a certificate and a cash prize of 1000 Euro. The other four finalists will receive certificates and medals.

• Title of the work 
  
• Name, address and affiliation, email address, telephone number 
  
• Name and affiliation of supervisor(s) 
  
• Popularized summary of the work, explaining the main problem and the main result in a language that is understandable to the general public (max ½ page) 
  
• Scientific summary of objectives, research methodology, main results and achievements, and if possible a graphical representation. Particular emphasis should be given to novelty and originality of the methods and findings and their applicability in engineering. 
  
• List of up to 5 selected publications and an indication of the total output volume.