Awarded Projects

We investigate the effectiveness of wall-manipulation strategies based on the use of “spanwise traveling waves” in the high Reynolds number regime.

Addition of polymers to single-phase turbulent flows leads to a significant drag reduction. Based on the percentage of achieved drag reduction (DR) in the flow, the viscoelastic flows are categorized as low drag reduction (LDR) and high drag reduction (HDR) regimes.

Phase-change processes are present in everyday life, nature, technology and in scientific applications. In particular, the melting of ice into salty water is directly linked to the melting of icebergs and glaciers into the ocean.

Hydrophobic gating occurs when the ionic current flowing through a nanopore is hindered by the reversible formation of a vapour bubble inside the pore.

We propose to run first-of-a-kind simulations of the embedded phase of star formation, covering the crucial time when protoplanetary disks are formed.

This proposal aims to unveil still debated properties of cosmic ray transport in the Universe.

The aberrant expression of CD44 variants has been associated with malignancy of various cancer cells, including glioblastoma, for which effective treatments are unavailable. Moreover, CD44 is a promising therapeutic target for hyaluronic acid (HA)-based drug delivery carriers.

Close interaction between theory and experiment has led to the success of the Standard Model of particle physics, which has now entered the precision frontier in the search for New Physics.

The success story of the Standard Model of particle physics (SM), enabled through close interaction between theory and experiment, has entered the precision frontier as small discrepancies between observations and predictions are tackled in the search for New Physics (NP).