Centre de Mathématiques et de Leurs Applications

My curriculum vitae

Professor at ENS Cachan and Head of Fluid Mechanics group

Ph. D. in Civil Engineering (University of Wisconsin, USA)
Habilitation (University of Nice)
Former student of Ecole Centrale of Paris

Work address :
CMLA, ENS Cachan,
61, Avenue du Président Wilson, 94235 CACHAN CEDEX.

Contact in Ireland :
phone : +353 1 716 2559
fax : +353 1 716 1172
e-mail : frederic.dias(at)ucd.ie

Some present responsibilities

Secretary General of IUTAM.

Co-chief editor (with GertJan van Heijst) of the European Journal of Mechanics B/Fluids, published by Elsevier (Average Impact Factor 2003-2008: 0.914).

Member of the Scientific Committee of Fondation des Treilles

Advisory board member of Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Science published by CRC.

Some past responsibilities

Head of Mathematics Department of ENS-Cachan.

Board member of Association Française de Mécanique (AFM)

Advisory board member of Mathématiques et Applications published by Springer-Verlag.

Some research topics

Numerical computation of extreme three-dimensional waves.
Wave turbulence.
Dispersive wave equations.
Generation of tsunamis.
Wave impact on structures.
Applications of dynamical systems.
Stability of solitary waves and fronts.

Undergraduate course : Interactions between mathematics and physics

Graduate course on waves : Wave packets

Graduate course on spectral methods

List of Publications on MathSciNet

Wave session co-chair of ICTAM 2008

Review article on wave turbulence (Physics Report)

Review article on water waves (Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics)

Review article on numerical methods for water waves (Fluid Dynamics Research)

Article on numerical wave tank

Article on numerical wave tank with increased efficiency

Article on generation of tsunami waves

Article on the influence of sediments on tsunami generation