Radu
Cîmpeanu
79 Everington Street
W6 8DX London, United Kingdom
H +44 7723 541154
B radu.cimpeanu@imperial.ac.uk
Info
Born: September 11th , 1989 in Brasov, Romania.
Academic Profile: www.imperial.ac.uk/people/radu.cimpeanu11
LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/radu-cimpeanu/49/452/96b
Career History
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
07/2015-to date
Research Associate in Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics.
• Current research is concentrated on the theoretical and numerical study of fluid-fluid interfaces,
with a particular emphasis on electrohydrodynamic control methods at small scales.
• Additional interests include drop impact, thin film flows, as well as acoustics and optimisation
theory, with a number of active academic and industrial collaborations on these topics.
Education
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
10/2012-07/2015
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics.
• Focus on the development of analytical and numerical methods for multi-fluid systems.
• Additional interests include electrodynamical effects on multi-phase flows, high speed droplet
impact and transition to turbulence, as well as topics in high performance computing.
• Recipient of the Roth Doctoral Fellowship and the 2015 Doris Chen Merit Award.
• Supervisors: Prof. Demetrios T. Papageorgiou, Prof. Anatoly I. Ruban.
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
09/2011-09/2012
M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics (Distinction).
• Modules: Fluid Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, Numerical Methods for Ordinary/Partial
Differential Equations, Hydrodynamic Stability, Machine Learning and Neural Computation.
• Dissertation: Modelling and Simulation of Single- and Two-Phase Flows Around Solid Bodies.
• Supervisors: Prof. Demetrios T. Papageorgiou, Dr. Enkeleida Lushi.
Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
09/2008-06/2011
B.Sc. in Applied and Computational Mathematics (equiv. 1st ) .
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Completed a 3-year Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Computational Mathematics.
Final GPA: 1.53 on a scale from 1.00 (4.33, A+) to 5.00 (0.00, F), approx. 92%.
Thesis: A Perfectly Matched Layer Model of the Time Harmonic Focusing Wave Equation.
Supervisors: Prof. Tobias Preusser, Dr. Joachim Georgii.
Work and Consultancy Experience
07/2012-to date
PML Integration in oomph-lib, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
• Extended the oomph-lib finite element architecture to incorporate the construction of perfectly
matched layers for applications in acoustics and time harmonic linear elasticity.
• Projects funded by Thales Underwater Systems Ltd. Supervisor: Prof. Matthias Heil.
06/2013-to date
Berth Operation Optimisation Model, MACSI, RUSAL Aughinish, Ireland.
• Modelling and software engineering of an operational research model (queueing theory and
statistics) for the efficient study of inner and outer berth operations in the context of performance
optimisation and strategic expansion.
• Projects funded by Rusal Aughinish Co. Collaborators: Dr. Mel Devine, Dr. Louise Clune,
Conor O’Brien, Dr. Joanna Jordan, Dr. David Tocher.
09/2012-07/2015
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
• Teaching Assistant in Multivariable Calculus, Introduction to Numerical Analysis, Matlab
Laboratory and Scientific Computing. Responsibilities included holding tutorial sessions,
grading homework assignments, correcting quizzes and examinations, invigilating.
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06/2014-06/2015
SIAM Student Chapter, Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
• Co-founder and vice president of the local SIAM Student Chapter, a student-led organisation
aimed at providing a vibrant research communication environment between world-leading groups
of enthusiastic young researchers within Imperial College London, as well as in collaboration
with academic and industrial institutions throughout the United Kingdom.
06/2010-09/2011
Fraunhofer MeVis Medical Image Computing Centre, Bremen, Germany.
• Internship and guided research project in the Modelling and Simulation Group aimed at
implementing models of high frequency ultrasound therapy to be used in cancer treatment.
• Responsible for both mathematical modelling and software engineering of the procedures.
Publications
06/2015
R. Cîmpeanu, D.T. Papageorgiou, Electrostatically induced mixing in confined
stratified multi-fluid systems, International Journal of Multiphase Flow 75, 194-204,
doi:10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2015.05.012.
05/2015
R. Cîmpeanu, A. Martinsson, M. Heil, A parameter-free perfectly matched layer
formulation for the finite-element-based solution of the Helmholtz equation, Journal of
Computational Physics 296, 329-347, doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2015.05.006.
11/2014
R. Cîmpeanu, M.T. Devine, L. Clune, Development and analysis of a port terminal
loader model at RUSAL Aughinish, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 51,
14-30, doi:10.1016/j.simpat.2014.11.001.
09/2014
R. Cîmpeanu, D.T. Papageorgiou, Electrohydrodynamically induced pumping and
mixing of multifluid systems in microchannels, Proc. Micro and Nano Flows 2014 10,
978-1-908549-16-7, 1-8.
06/2014
R. Cîmpeanu, D.T. Papageorgiou, On the generation of nonlinear travelling waves
in confined geometries using electric fields, Philosophical Transactions (A) of the Royal
Society 372 (2020), 20140066, doi:10.1098/rsta.2014.0066.
02/2014
R. Cîmpeanu, D.T. Papageorgiou, P.G. Petropoulos, On the control and suppression of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability using electric fields, Physics of Fluids 26 (2),
022105, doi:10.1063/1.4865674.
Selected Conference Presentations and Invited Talks
07/2015
8th GRACM Congress on Computational Mechanics, Volos, Greece.
Presented ’Cloud on the horizon: high speed droplet impact, spreading and thin film dynamics’;
Co-authors: Prof. D.T. Papageorgiou, Prof. A.I. Ruban, Dr. M.A. Kravtsova.
04/2015
British Applied Mathematics Colloquium, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Presented ’Electrohydrodynamic control of multi-fluid systems in small scale confined geometries’;
Co-author: Prof. D.T. Papageorgiou.
11/2014
Alan Tayler Day, TakeAIM 2014, Univ. of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Presented ’Harnessing Control of a Hidden World: from Microfluidic Mixing to Polymer
Self-Assembly’; Co-author: Prof. D.T. Papageorgiou.
10/2014
Meeting on Numerical Challenges in Two-phase Flows, Sevilla, Spain.
Presented ’Electrohydrodynamic control in small scale geometries’;
Co-author: Prof. D.T. Papageorgiou.
09/2014
IMA Mathematical Modelling of Fluid Systems, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Presented ’Electrostatically induced mixing of multi-fluid systems in small scale confined
geometries’; Co-author: Prof. D.T. Papageorgiou.
09/2014
4th Micro and Nano Flows Conference, Univ. College London, United Kingdom.
Presented ’Electrohydrodynamically induced mixing and pumping of multi-fluid systems in
microchannels’; Co-author: Prof. D.T. Papageorgiou.
04/2014
British Applied Mathematics Colloquium, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
Presented ’The effect of thin liquid films on boundary layer separation’;
Co-authors: Prof. A.I. Ruban, Prof. D.T. Papageorgiou.
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02/2014
3rd Thales Research Day, Univ. of Manchester, United Kingdom.
Presented ’Perfectly matched layers: what they are, why they are good for you and how you
can make them even better’; Co-author: Prof. M. Heil.
11/2013
66th APS DFD Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Presented ’Electrohydrodynamically induced mixing in immiscible multilayer flows’;
Co-author: Prof. D.T. Papageorgiou.
04/2013
British Applied Mathematics Colloquium, Univ. of Leeds, United Kingdom.
Presented ’Using Electric Fields to Stabilize the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability’;
Co-authors: Prof. D.T. Papageorgiou, Prof. P.G. Petropoulos.
Additional Skills and Achievements
PC Knowledge
Programming
Awards
Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint, Red Hat), Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Seven, Microsoft Office.
Proficient in C, C++, LATEX, sTeX, Matlab, Maple, Standard ML, Gerris, good working
knowledge in Fortran, Java, HTML, Python, Prolog, Mathematica, IDL, MeVisLab, FEniCS,
Pascal.
Recipient of the 2015 Doris Chen Merit Award;
Section Winner of the 2015 Imperial College London Dept. of Mathematics Poster Competition;
Winner of the 2015 British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC) Poster Competition;
Winner of TakeAIM 2014, project ranked among the best 5 out of more than 65 entries;
Finalist of the 2014 Irish Laboratory Awards - Collaboration Achievement Award;
Winner of the 2014 British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC) Poster Competition;
Winner of the 2014 3rd SIAM National Student Chapter Conference Poster Competition;
Finalist of the 2014 Set for Britain competition for early-career research scientists;
Section and Overall Winner of the 2013 Imperial College London Department of Mathematics
Poster Competition;
Finalist Winner of the 2011 Mathematical Contest in Modeling, project ranked among the best
29 out of 2775 international teams;
Member of the Jacobs University President’s List for the academic years 2008-2009 and 2010-2011
(awarded for having a GPA higher than 1.5 on a 1.0 to 5.0 scale, app. 93% or more).
Languages
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL iBT), Score 118/120, obtained in April 2011.
Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE), Grade A, obtained in May 2006.
Self-assessment European level CEFR (A1 - C2): • Romanian (mother tongue, C2)
• English (fluent, C2) • German (advanced, B2) • Spanish (basic, A2)
Selected Workshops and Training
2012-2014
London Taught Course Center, London Mathematical Society, United Kingdom.
• Attended several research-level courses as part of the LTCC training programme, most notably
Free Surface Flows, Internal Fluid Dynamics, Models, Multiple Deck Theory, Turbulent Flows.
03/2014
Recent Developments in Interface and Free Boundary Problems, Univ. of
Warwick, United Kingdom.
• Took part in the week-long workshop, concentrated on addressing current challenges in
interfacial flows and free boundary applications, from both analytical and numerical perspectives.
07/2013
Mathematical Approaches to Complex Fluids, Univ. of Cambridge, United
Kingdom.
• Attended a two-week summer school organised by the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical
Sciences. Responsibilities included a poster presentation and active participation in the context
of studying specialised techniques within the target fields.
Interests and Hobbies
Skiing, swimming, snooker, technology, reading (medieval history and military strategy).
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