Frederic Dias#
| Membership Number: | 4508 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | IRELAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://maths.ucd.ie/~dias |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2009 - present Senior Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University College Dublin, Ireland
- 2001 - 2008 Head of Mathematics Department, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France
- 1999 - present Full Professor of Applied Mathematics, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France
- 1997 - 1999 Director of Research CNRS, Institut Non-Linéaire de Nice, University of Nice, France
- 1992 - 2004 Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Part time), Ecole Polytechnique, France
- 1990 - 1997 Research Assistant CNRS, Institut Non-Linéaire de Nice, University of Nice, France
- 1988 - 1990 Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A.
- 1986 - 1987 Postdoctoral Scholar, Ocean Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., U.S.A.
Fields of Scholarship
- Marine renewable energy (wave energy, current turbines)
- Ocean rogue waves (generation, return period, wave impact)
- Storm surges (propagation, impact on the coast)
- Tsunamis (generation, propagation, impact on the coast)
- Slamming (evaluation of extreme impact pressures that can affect the integrity of structures)
- Fluid mechanics (numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations)
- Partial differential equations (derivation of simplified models for water waves)
Honours and Awards
- 2016 Elected Member of the Royal Irish Academy – MRIA
- 2015 High-end foreign expert of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs - China
- 2014 ERC Proof of Concept, WAVEMEASUREMENT, Wave measurement
- 2014 Prix Emilia Valori pour l’application des sciences Award by the French Academy of Sciences
- 2013 Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques (France)
- 2013 Prix ANR du Numérique Award by the French Agency for Research for F. Dias’ multidisciplinary research
- 2012 European Research Council Advanced Grant, MULTIWAVE, Rogue Wave Phenomena
- 2008 Elected Secretary General of IUTAM (International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics)
- 2007 Le Prix La Recherche Award for F. Dias’ work on oceanic waves
- 1998 Edmond Brun Prize of the French Academy of Sciences
