Dr Ellák Somfai
RCUK Academic Fellow in Physics and Complexity .
New paper:
Orientational order and alignment of elongated particles induced by shear
Phys. Rev. Lett. (accepted 2012), arXiv:1204.5972
Research Interests
Complex fluids and nonequilibrium statistical physics:
- discrete simulation of fluid dynamics:
transition to turbulence in compressible shear flows
numerical modeling of viscoelastic flow - granular matter:
dynamics of granular segregation
statics: jamming transition, characterisation of force networks
quasistatics: elastic wave propagation, vibrational spectrum - Laplacian growth and diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA)
- surface science:
vacancy mediated surface diffusion
diffusion on strained surfaces
modeling homo- and heteroepitaxial growth
- fractals and river networks
Publications
- Published journal papers and citation metrics at ResearcherID and Google Scholar.
- Complete self-maintained list
Teaching
- CO904 and PX439: Statistical Mechanics of Complex Systems
Administration
- Transferable Skills coordination for Complexity students
- I maintain a "frequently told answers" guide to our local CSC managed linux desktop.
Write to:
Complexity Centre
Zeeman Building
University of Warwick
Coventry, CV4 7AL
U.K.
Contact Details:
Office:
D2.11 Zeeman building
Telephone:
+44 (0)2476 150209
Fax:
+44 (0)2476 150866
Email:
Web: (this page)
go.warwick.ac.uk/esomfai
