Luís Lima Ferrás

Assistant Professor

Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

llima@math.uminho.pt
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Research interests: (numerical analysis) new models and numerical methods for integro-differential equations; (mathematical modelling) complex viscoelastic flows and anomalous diffusion; (machine learning) combining machine learning and differential equations.

 

Education:

(2019) Ph.D. in Mathematics - University of Chester (UK). The thesis is about the numerical solution of fractional differential equations and their application to physics and engineering.

(2012) Ph.D. in Science and Polymer Engineering - University of Minho (Portugal). The thesis is about the numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes Equations by the Finite Volume Method.

(2007) Master degree in Applied Mathematics - University of Porto (Portugal)

(2005) Licenciatura degree (5 years) in Mathematics - University of Aveiro (Portugal)

 

Research Positions:

January 2019 – February 2022 – Junior Researcher – Center of Mathematics – CMAT – University of Minho.

April 2017– January 2019 – Post-Doc – Center of Mathematics – CMAT – University of Minho

September 2016 – April 2017 – Researcher – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

July 2015 – August 2016 – Post-Doc – Institute for Polymers and Composites