CURRICULUM VITAE

Prof. Dr. Oleg Iliev

Personal data

Education:

M. Sc. in Applied Mathematics, The Moscow State University, USSR, 1981.
Supervisor: Prof.V.Ya.Karpov;

Ph.D. in Mathematics and Physics, The Moscow State University, USSR, 1987,
Supervisors: Acad. A.A.Samarskii and Prof. P.N.Vabishchevich.

Professional Experience:

Research Interests:

• Modelling and simulation of multiscale and multiphysics processes (upscaling for flow in rigid and deformable porous media, effective properties of composite materials, coupling microscale and macroscale filtration simulations, interaction of flow with deformable porous media, etc.)
• Mathematical modelling and numerical simulation of industrial, biomedical, and environmental processes (solidification of metals and alloys, single phase and two-phase flow in rigid porous media, contamination transport in porous media, flow in deformable porous media, soil consolidation, bone tissue, non-Newtonian flow in porous media, filtration processes, processes in building insulation materials, processes in fuell cells, simulation of glass fiber formation, liquid polymer moulding, oil recovery, groundwater management, viscoelasticity, poroelasticity, etc.)
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) (space and time discretization and iterative algorithms, as well as numerical simulations for Newtonian flows, for non-Newtonian polymer flows, for granular flows, etc.)
• Numerical methods for partial differential equations (PDEs) and for integro-differential equations (finite volume and finite difference discretization, discretizations for interface problems, meshfree methods, etc.)
• Numerical linear algebra (Krylov subspace methods, multigrid, multigrid with adaptive local refinement, domain decomposition, upscaling based preconditioners, parallel algorithms, etc.)

Topics of Projects Done for the Industry:

• Modeling and simulation of filtration processes (mainly solid-liquid separation), including cake and depth filtration, accounting for particles deposition, filtration efficiency simulation, etc.);
• Developing software for simulating flow and particle deposition in oil filters;
• Modeling and simulation of processes in fuel cells at microscale and at cell level;
• Modelling and simulation of processes in diapers, including the role of the superabsorbent polymers (SAP);
• CFD study of mixing processes in chemical reactors;
• Modelling and simulation of glass fiber formation;
• Simulation of two-phase immissible flows in connection with microfluidic devices;
• Computing effective properties of insulation materials based on their microstructure;
• Efficient solvers for simulation of flows of solidifying metals and of polymer flows;
• Solvers for models appearing in modeling of financial markets;

Professional Societies:

1. Union of Bulgarian Mathematicians
2. Union of Bulgarian Scientists
3. The Bulgarian Association for Computational Mechanics
4. American Mathematical Society

Specializations and invited visits:

• The Moscow State University: 1982, 1988, 1989, 1990
• Inst. Applied Mathematics, Russian Acad.Sci., Moscow: 1989,
• Comp.Center Siberian Branch of Russian Acad.Sci., Novosisbirsk: 1990
• Inst. for Mathematical Modelling of Russian Acad.Sci., Moscow: 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998
• Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Wyoming: 1991, 1992
• Dept. of Mathematics, UCLA, Los Angeles: 1992, 1993
• Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia: 1992, 1996, 1998
• Dept. Mechanical Engineering, TU-Darmstadt, Germany: 1997
• Dept.Applied Mathematics, University of Bonn: 1997
• Dept.Aerospace Engineering and ISC, Texas A&M Univ., College Station: 1997

Recent Research Co-Workers:

• Ewing, R.; Lazarov, R.; Dept. Mathematics, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, USA.
• Brandt, A.; UCLA, Los Angeles, USA.
• Jenny, P., Bonfigli, G., ETH, Zuerich.
• Popov, P.; Inst. Scientific Computation, Texas A&M Univ., USA.
• Vabishchevich, P.; Inst. Math. Modeling, RAS, Moscow, Russia.
• Vassileva, D.; Inst. of Mathematics, Bulg. Acad. Sci., Sofia, Bulgaria.
• Chernogorova, T.; Faculty of Mathematics, The University of Sofia, Bulgaria.
• Stoyanov, D.;Laptev, V.; Tiwari, S.; Latz, A.; Steiner, K.; Willems, J.; Lakdawala, Z.; Muntz, S.; Naumovich, A.; Wiegmann, A.; Rief, S.; Fraunhofer ITWM, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
• Rybak, I.; Savenkov, E.; University of Stuttgart, Inst. Applied Analysis & Num. Simulation.
• Mikelic, A.; University of Lion.
• Ciegis, R.; Starikovicius, V.; Vilnius Gediminas Technical University.
• Doerfler, W.; University Karlsruhe.
• Dedering, M.; Stausberg, W.; IBS Filtran GmbH.
• Moog, M.; Magmasoft GmbH.

Teaching experience:

Supervised Master Students in The University of Sofia, Bulgaria:

Supervised Master Students in the Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany:

Supervised and Co-supervised PhD students:

1. Videnova, Venera;
2. Stoyanov, Dimitar; Efective algorithms and their software implementation for incompressible flow modelling, defended 2001 in Institute of Mathematics, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Bulgaria.
3. Laptev, Vsevolod; Numerical simulation of coupled flow in plain and porous media, defended 2003 in TU-Kaiserslautern.
4. Somisetty, Mohan; (supervised by Sundar, S.), Modeling and simulation of flow through a porous obstacle in closed and open channels, defended 2005 in IIT Madras, India.
5. Niedziela, Dariusz; (co-supervised with Latz, A.), On numerical simulation of viscoelastic fluids, defended 2006 in TU-Kaiserslautern.
6. Naumovich, Anna; Efficient numerical methods for the Biot's poroelasticity system in multilayered domain, defended 2007 in TU-Kaiserslautern.
7. Strautins, Uldis; (co-supervised with Latz, A.), Flow driven orientation dynamics in two classes of fibre suspensions, defended 2008 in TU-Kaiserslautern.
8. Muntz, Sabine; (co-supervised with Andrae, H.), Fluid structure interaction for fluid flow normal to porous structure, defended 2008 in TU-Kaiserslautern.
9. Teichmann, Emanuel; (co-supervised with Andrae, H.), Efficient structural update for 3D topology optimization problems using level set functions, defended 2008 in TUKaiserslautern.
10. Lakdawala, Zahra; On numerical simulation of filtration processes, defense expected 2009 in TU-Kaiserslautern.
11. Schmidt, Sebastian; (co-supervised with Latz, A.), On numerical simulation of twophase granular flows, defense expected 2009 in TU-Kaiserslautern.
12. Willems, Joerg; On numerical upscaling of porous media flows in the case of no scale separation, defense expected 2009 in TU-Kaiserslautern.
13. Nam, Alexander; (co-supervised with Orlik, J.), Computations of effective properties of technical textilles via homogenization approach, defense expected 2010 in TUKaiserslautern.
14. Printsypar, Galina; (co-supervised with Rief, S.), Simulation of two-phase flow in porous media accounting for dynamic effects in the capillary pressure-saturation relationship, defense expected 2012. in TU-Kaiserslautern

Hosted PostDocs (funding from DAAD, DFG, ERSIM, EU grants, ITWM):

Hosted PhD students on exchange programs (funding from DAAD, EU Grants, ITWM):

Hosted internships of undergraduate students(funding mainly from ITWM):

Specializations and invited visits till 1998:

1. The Moscow State University, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1990
2. Inst. of Appl. Math. of USSR Acad. Sci., Moscow, 1989
3. Comp. Center of Siberian Branch of USSR Acad. Sci., Novosisbirsk, 1990
4. Inst. for Math. Modeling, Russian Acad. Sci., Moscow, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998
5. Dept. of Mathematics, University of Wyoming, 1991, 1992
6. Dept. of Mathematics, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1992, 1993
7. Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia, 1992, 1996, 1998
8. Dept. Mechanical Engineering, TU-Darmstadt, Germany, 1997
9. Dept. Applied Mathematics, University of Bonn, Germany, 1997
10. Dept. Aerospace Engineering and ISC, Texas A&M University College Station, 1997
11. Inst. Fluid Dynamics (LSTM), Uni. Erlangen - Nurnberg, Germany, 1998

List of Funded Research Projects before 1998 (Principal Investigator or Co-PI):

1. 'Development of software for mathematical modeling of crystallization processes', Grant No.844, Bulgarian Union of Mathematicians, 1987.
2. 'Development of mathematical models and software for heat and mass transfer, and for crystallization processes', Grant No.1027, Bulgarian Union of Mathematicians, , 1988.
3. 'Numerical simulation of heat, diffusion and crystallization processes', Grant No.211, Bulgarian Union of Mathematicians, , 1989 - 1990.
4. 'Efficient methods for local grid refinement for solving convection diffusion problems', Bulgarian Fund for Scientific Investigations, 1991-1994.
5. 'Numerical simulation of convection diffusion problems', Bulgarian Fund for Scientific Investigations, MM-443: 1994 - 1997.
6. 'Numerical investigation of two-phase diffusive processes', subcontract with Texas A&M University: 1995-1996.
7. 'Highly efficient 3D parallel CFD codes for industrial applications', Commision of European Community - COPERNICUS CP-1239 PEGAS: 1995-1998.
8. 'Numerical methods for PDEs', joint research project of Inst. of Mathematics, Bulgarian Acad.Sci., and Inst. Mathematical Modeling, Russian Acad.Sci.: 1995 - 1998.
9. 'Numerical simulation of phase transitions in shape memory alloys', subcontract with University of Alberta: 1997.
10. 'Mathematical modeling and numerical simulation of hydrodinamic and diffusive processes' Bulgarian Fund for Scientific Investigations, MM-811: 1998 - 1999

Participation as an Investigator in Research Projects before 1998:

1. 'Investigation of crystallization and heat transfer in ingot casting', Bulgarian Union of Mathematicians, Contract No.83-440-0195, 1986.
2. 'Programm package for numerical computations with high accuracy - HIFICOMP', Center for Informatics and Computer Technology, Bulg. Acad. Sci., 1987.
3. 'Differential equations and numerical methods for them', Bulgarian Academy of Science, Grant No. 11008, 1990-1993.
4. 'Efficient methods for local grid refinement for convection diffusion problems', Nationa Science Foundation of USA, INT-89-14472, 1989-1992.
5. 'Block-size reduction factorization algorithms', Nationa Science Foundation of USA, INT-92-20287, 1992-1995.

Organized Conferences and Minisymposia:

1. Co-organizer of Workshop on Large Scale Scientific Computations, June 7-11, 1997, Varna, Bulgaria.
2. Co-Chairman of the Organizing Committee, 4th Int. Conf. on Numerical Methods and Applications, August 19-23, 1998, Sofia Bulgaria.
3. Co-Organizer of minisymposium on Large Scale Computations for Mechanical Engineering Problems. In the framework of the 2nd workshop on Large Scale Scientific Computations, June 1999, Sozopol, Bulgaria.
4. Co-Organizer of minisymposium on Large Scale Computations for Mechanical Engineering Problems (with Schaefer, M.; TU Darmstadt, Germany). In the framework of the 3rd workshop on Large Scale Scientific Computations, June 2001, Sozopol, Bulgaria.
5. Co-organizer of minisymposium on Robust Iterative Solution Methods and Applications (with Neytcheva, M.; Uni. Uppsala, Sweden). 5th Int. Conf. on Numerical Methods and Applications, August 20-24, 2002, Borovets, Bulgaria
6. Co-organizer of minisymposium on Large Scale Computation for Engineering Problems (with Langer, U.; University of Linz, Austria, Minev, P.; University of Alberta, Canada, and Schaefer, M.; TU Darmstadt, Germany) 4th International Conference on "Large- Scale Scientific Computations", 2003, Sozopol, Bulgaria.
7. Organizer minisymposium on "Modeling and simualtion of industrial filtration and infiltartion problems", European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry, ECMI 2004, Eindhoven.
8. Co-organizer mini-workshop on "Numerical Upscaling", (with A.Brandt and R.Ewing) Oberwolfach, 2005
9. Co-organizer minisymposium on "Modelling and simulation of hydrogeological and geo-environmental problems", (with H. Neunzert, P.Vabishchevich), MMA Conference June 2005, Trakai
10. Co-organizer minisymposium on "Domain Decomposition in coupled engineering phenomena with multiple scales" (with Richard Ewing and Raytcho Lazarov), 17th Domain Decomposition Conference, Strobl, Austria, 2006
11. Organizer, colloqium on "Numerical upscaling", Kaiserslautern, Germany, June 2006
12. Organizer minisymposium on "Hydrogeological and Geo-Environmental Simulations: A Contribution to the Algorithms and Advanced Applications", 3d International Conference Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics: June 25 - 30, 2007, Minsk, Belarus
13. Co-organizer minisymposium on "Large scale computations in coupled problems with multiple scales" (with R.Ewing and R.Lazarov), 6th International Conference on "Large- Scale Scientific Computations", 2007, Sozopol, Bulgaria.
14. Co-organizer mini-workshop on "Numerical Upscaling", (with A.Brandt and Y.Efendiev) Oberwolfach, March 2009
15. Co-organizer minisymposium on "Industrial and biomedical multiscale problems" (with Y.Efendiev and P.Popov), 7th International Conference on "Large-Scale Scientific Computations", 2009, Sozopol, Bulgaria.
16. Organizer, "1st Conference on Challenges of Porous Media and Inauguaral Meeting of the International Society for Porous Media", March 2009, Kaiserslautern

Organizing and Program Committees:

1. Scientific Programm Committee. 2nd Int.Conf. on Numerical Methods and Applications, Sofia, 1988.
2. Program Committee, Int. Conf. on Computter Aritmetics, Scientific Computations and Mathematical Modelling - SCAN-90, Varna, September 1990.
3. Local Organizing Committee, Int. Conf. on Hydrodynamics of Technological Processes for Material Production, Sofia, BULGARIA, August 27-31,1991.
4. Local Organizing Committee, Int. Conf. on Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computations, Sozopol, Bulgaria, 13-17 Sept. 1993.
5. Organizing Committee, 3rd Int. Conf. on Numerical Methods and Applications, August 21-26, 1994, Sofia Bulgaria.
6. International Program Committee, 2nd IMACS Symposium on Iterative Methods in Linear Algebra, June 17-20, 1995, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.
7. Co-organizer of Workshop on Large Scale Scientific Computations, June 7-11, 1997, Varna, Bulgaria.
8. Organizing Committee, Int. Conf. on Finite Difference Method: Theory and Applications, August 10-13, 1997, Rousse, Bulgaria.
9. Scientific Committee, Int. Conf. Modern Trends in Computational Physics, June 15-20, 1998, Dubna, Russia.
10. Co-Chairman of the Organizing Committee, 4th Int. Conf. on Numerical Methods and Applications, August 19-23, 1998, Sofia Bulgaria.
11. Co-Organizer of minisymposium on Large Scale Computations for Mechanical Engineering Problems. In the framework of the 2nd workshop on Large Scale Scientific Computations, June 1999, Sozopol, Bulgaria.
12. International Program Committee, 2nd Conference on Numerical Analyisis and Applications, June 11-15, 2000, Rousse, Bulgaria.
13. International Program Committee, Conference on Finite Difference Methods and Applications, September 1-4, 2000, Palanga, Lithuania.
14. Co-Organizer of minisymposium on Large Scale Computations for Mechanical Engineering Problems. In the framework of the 3rd workshop on Large Scale Scientific Computations, June 2001, Sozopol, Bulgaria.
15. International Program Committee, 5th Int. Conf. on Numerical Methods and Applications, August 20-24, 2002, Borovets, Bulgaria.
16. Program and Organizing Committee, 8th Int. Conf. Mathematical Modelling and Analysis, May 28-31, 2003, Trakai, Lithuania
17. Scientific Committee, 4th International Conference on "Large-Scale Scientific Computations", 2003, Sozopol, Bulgaria.
18. International Organizing Committee, 10th International Conference "Mathematical Modelling and Analysis" and 2nd International Conference "Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics" June 1-5, 2005, Trakai, Lithuania
19. International Scientific Committee, Sixth International Conference on Numerical Methods and Applications - NM&A'06, August 20 - 24, 2006, Borovets, Bulgaria
20. Scientific Committee, 6nd Conference on Large Scale Scientific Computations, June 2007, Sozopol, Bulgaria.
21. Scientific Committee, 7th Conference on Large Scale Scientific Computations, June 2009, Sozopol, Bulgaria.