TMR network "Phase Transitions in Crystalline Solids" (FMRX-CT98-0229)

• Coordinator: Prof. Stefan Müller, Leipzig
• General information about the TMR programme

Research programme of the MPI MIS

The Max-Planck Institut for Mathematics in the Sciences was founded in October 1996 and has the mission to foster the exchange between mathematics and the sciences. The research group of Prof. Müller focusses on applications to continuum mechanics, phase transitions and materials science. Within the Network activity this team will concentrate on various aspects of the variational models of microstructure (semicontinuity, Gamma-convergence, regularity, influence of surface energy on microstructure formation, efficient description of microstructure and computation of macroscopic properties, with applications to magnetostrictive materials), and will perform numerical computation of microstructure.

Post-doctoral research programmes envisaged by this team include:

• calculus of variations applied to nonlinear elasticity;
• influence of surface energy on microstructures;
• efficient description and numerical computation of microstructure.

The desired scientific background of the candidates to the positions offered by this team is PDE's and calculus of variations.

Network Workshops

• Roma98, First Annual Meeting
  • Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo, Roma
  • October 9-10, 1998
  • Meeting report on the Network homepage
• Antwerp99 Meeting on "Microscopical Characterisation of Atomic and Microstructures"
  • RUCA, Antwerp
  • February 5-6, 1999
  • Meeting report on the Network homepage
• Cambridge99, Second Annual Meeting
  • Newton Institute, Cambridge
  • September 17-18, 1999
  • Meeting report on the Network homepage
• Leipzig2000
  • Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig
  • April 28-30, 2000
• One-Week School on selected issues in the mechanics of crystalline solids, Padova
  • October 2-6, 2000
• Padova2000, Mid-term meeting
  • October 5-6, 2000
• Potsdam2001, within the conference Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics
  • Potsdam, July 30 - August 3, 2001
  • Meeting report on the Network homepage
• Paris2002
  • Institut Henri Poincaré, February 21-23, 2002