10th Leonardo Da Vinci Competition 2015

15th October 2015

Winner:

Aman G. Kidanemariam(Karlruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Hydrodynamics)
The formation of patterns in subaqueous sediment

 

Finalists:

Jacob Page (Imperial College, Department of Mechanical Eng., London, UK)
From rolls to streaks and from waves to sheets: Unravelling the dynamics of viscoelastic turbulence

Adrian Lozano-Durán (Technical University of Madrid, School of Aeronautics, Spain)
Tracking eddies in wall-bounded turbulence

Sascha Heitkam (TU Dresden, Institute of Fluid Mechanic, Germany)
Manipulation of liquid metal foam with electromagnetic fields – a numerical study

Rodolfo Ostilla Mónico (University of Twente, Physics of Fluids Group, the Netherlands)
Highly turbulent Taylor-Couette flow: direct numerical simulations


The five finalists of the 2015 Da Vinci Competition in front of a replica
of one of Leonardo’s flying machines in the Da Vinci museum in Vinci.
From left to right: Drs. Kidanemariam, Page, Lozano-Duran,
Ostilla-Monico and Heitkam

 

Date: ERCOFTAC Autumn Festival 2015, 14th - 16th October 2015
Hosted by PC Italy: Museo Leonardiano, Vinci, Firenze, Italy