Carlo D'Angelo

PhD research assistant of Prof. Alfio Quarteroni

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Institut d'Analyse et Calcul Scientifique (IACS)
Chaire de Modélisation et Calcul Scientifique (CMCS)
Station 8, CH-1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)

Tel.: +41 (0)21 693 2733
Fax: +41 (0)21 693

Office: MA C2 577

Scientific interests

• Mathematical modeling and simulation of the coupling between hemodynamics and metabolism
• Optimal control and identification for systems governed by partial differential equations
• Boundary element and finite element method for the numerical approximation of solutions of differential problems
• Interaction between 1D and 3D problems.

  In the picture on the left: streamlines of velocity for flow in a 3D porous medium (the cylinder) with a 1D branching fracture (streamlines originate around this fracture). Typically, the flow in the 1D fracture is fast, while flow in the porous matrix is slow. This framework may be used to study blood perfusion in tissues with complex vascular networks.

What and When

I was born in Milan (Italy) on December 23^rd, 1978. After the high school (scientific degree at Liceo "A. Volta"), I studied at Technical University of Milan, "Politecnico di Milano", where I graduated in April 2003 as an electronic engineer, (in the mathematical and physical orientation) with a thesis on an optimal shape control problem for radiatiative heat transfer, under the supervision of prof. Fausto Saleri and dr. Antonella Abbà, MOX, department of Mathematics.

I began my Ph.D. thesis in the group of prof. Alfio Quarteroni in November 2003, studying shape sensitivity problems dealing with heat transfer and mass flows. In April 2004 I started working on the mathematical modeling of the coupling between cardiovascular system and metabolism, especially under effort conditions. The goal of this research is to extend standard hemodynamical models in order to account for the feedback of tissues and autonomous system; this may be of interest for instance in sport medicine or in the analysis of certain diseases. My research is founded by the SRE program (Sport and Rehabilitation Engineering) at EPFL.

Works

• A. Abbà, F. Saleri, C. D'Angelo, A 3D Shape Optimization Problem in Heat Transfer: Analysis and Approximation via BEM, M³AS, Vol. 16, No. 8 (2006) 1243-1270
• C. D'Angelo, V. Milisic, Reduced model for a coupling of axisymmetric Navier Stokes equations with a reaction diffusion model for concentration, EPFL-IACS report 02.2006
• C. D'Angelo, Mathematical modelling of the cardiovascular system and skeletal muscle interaction during exercise, EPFL-IACS report 12.2005, and ESAIM proceedings (CEMRACS 2004).

Extras

• Cooking hints (from my flatmate's recipies page, of which I am a coauthor)