Prof. Stanisław Migórski from the JU Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Chair in Theory of Optimisation and Control will receive a grant of 644,000 euro within the Horizon 2020 programme's Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange contest. Prof. Migórski will lead a project entitled Nonsmooth contact dynamics conducted by a consortium of 10 international universities.
The overall aim of the project is to develop a joint training and cutting-edge research program based on state-of-the-art technologies that will strengthen the research partnership among ten institutions in eight countries on five continents: Poland, France, Romania, Spain, Argentina, Australia, China, and the USA in the area of common research interest, nonsmooth contract mechanics, inclusions in Banach spaces, optimal control, and computational algorithms for nonsmooth problems.
The estimated duration of the project is 48 months. The aim will be achieved through short- and long-term periods of staff exchange between partners in Europe, United States, South America, Australia and China, and networking activities between the institutions.
The ultimate goal of the project is to achieve more rapid progress in advancing current knowledge and concepts through combined endeavor leading to two book monographs and joint-author high citation index publications. In this way, we will establish a long-term research cooperation among ten institutions based on active technology and scientific knowledge application and transfer.
The scientific aim of the research exchange is to develop new and non-standard mathematical and numerical tools directly motivated by the needs of the analysis of various classes of contact problems which are of fundamental importance in technology, industry and real engineering applications. A thorough research of contact processes will not only allow to gain an improved fundamental understanding of contact mechanics but also advance current knowledge that can ultimately be used for the improvement of industrial applications of economic benefits.
Trainings, meeting, seminars, workshop and conference are being planned for this research proposal in order to share all the knowledge and information gained throughout the work and to form the basis of long lasting collaborations
Aside from the Jagiellonian University, the members of the consortium include University of Perpignan Via Domitia (France), University of Craiova (Romania), and University of A Coruna (Spain). They will be aided by the following partner institutions: University of Iowa (USA), Oakland University (USA), Austral University (Argentina), Federation University Australia (Australia), Zhejiang University (China), and Guangxi University for Nationalities (Chiny)
