Professor Kemo Hanjalic was awarded a 3.6 M€ Lead Scientist Grant of the Russian Federation
27 January 2012 by M&C Applied Sciences
Prof. Kemo Hanjalic, emeritus professor in the Multi-scale Physics Department of the Faculty of Applied Sciences of TU Delft, was recently awarded a grant of 150 million roubles (about 3.6 M€) from the Russian government. He is one the 40 scientists to win this award in a competition to which 517 applications were submitted, distributed over all fields of science and originating from 176 institutions from all over the world. About half of the winners are of Russian origin, but working abroad. Others winners come from the USA, France, Germany, UK, and the Netherlands. Two of the award winners are Nobel Prize laureates.
Goal
The Lead Scientist programme was launched in April 2010 by the decree 220 ‘Measures to Attract Leading Scientists to Russian Educational Institutions’ signed by Russian Premier Vladimir Putin. The programme is aimed at boosting Russian science and to stimulate research, especially at Russian Universities. The goal is to modernize the research facilities and infrastructure, recruit new researchers, improve the quality and focus of research and enhance the international visibility of the Russian science and universities. The grants are intended for the establishment of a research team at a university in Russia, in parallel with the award winners’ research activities in his/her home country.
Focus
Hanjalic will lead the ‘Laboratory for simulation of energy processes’ at the Novosibirsk State University, in close collaboration with the Institute of Thermal Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The focus will be on computer simulations and laser diagnostics of processes in energy conversion, aimed at exploring novel as well as improving efficiency of the conventional technologies.
