Open positions

• Two years postdoctoral position in scientific computing: High performance simulation of THM models in faulted geological systems, in collaboration between BRGM and University Côte d'Azur, ANR project EARTH-BEAT. Click here for details.
• Two years postdoctoral position in numerical analysis/scientific computing: Iterative coupling algorithms and nonlinear solvers for the simulation of Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical models in faulted geological systems, in collaboration between Inria-LJAD and IFPEN, MathSout project of the PEPR MathVives. Click here for details.

Contact

Laboratoire de Mathématiques J.A. Dieudonné, Université Côte d'Azur
Equipe INRIA COFFEE (Complex Flows For Energy and Environnement), INRIA Sophia Antipolis Méditerranée
Phone: (+33) (0)4 92 07 62 32.  
Email: roland.masson@univ-cotedazur.fr.
Mailing address: LJAD, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 06108 Nice Cedex 02, France.

Vitae

• 2011---- Professor of Applied Mathematics at the J.A. Dieudonné department of Mathematics, University Côte d'Azur.
• 1999-2011 Head of the Applied Mathematics Department, IFP New Energies.
• Habilitation Thesis in Mathematics, University of Marne-la-Vallée, 2006 Simulation of multiphase porous media flows and stratigraphic models (in french), slides (in french)
• Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Paris VI university, 1999 Adaptive wavelet discretizations of elliptic and saddle point problems (in french)

Research interests

• Multi-physics simulations of complex subterranean geological systems
• Discretizations of PDEs on polyhedral meshes
• Multi-physics coupling algorithms and domain decomposition methods
• Multiphase-compositional Darcy flows in heterogeneous and fractured porous media
• Thermo-Hydro-mechanical models in fractured porous media
• Applications to geothermal systems, geological storage (CO2, gas, H2, nuclear wastes) modelling, mineral resources

Organisation of workshops, conferences

• Summer school on Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Domain Decomposition Methods 19-21 juin 2018, co-organized with V. Dolean, M. Gander and S. Krell.
• Finite Volume for Complex Applications 8 12-16 juin 2017, co-organized with C. Chainais, C. Cancès, E. Audusse, P. Omnes, J. Fuhrmann, A. Linke.
• Colloque Couplages Numériques 27-29 septembre 2016, co-organized with Victorita Dolean and Xavier Antoine.
• Journées MOMAS Multiphasiques 5-7 octobre 2015, co-organized with Danielle Hilhorst, Magdalena Dymitrowska, Anthony Nouy.
• Journées MOMAS Multiphasiques 7-9 octobre 2013, co-organized with Danielle Hilhorst, Magdalena Dymitrowska, Olivier Le Maitre.
• Journées MOMAS Multiphasiques 8-9 octobre 2012, co-organized with Danielle Hilhorst, University of Orsay.
• ECMOR XIII European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, 10-13 september 2012, Biarritz, France, co-organized with Pierre Samier Total

Projects

• HDTHM associate team: Hybrid-Dimensional Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical models


• ANR project CHARMS, High energy geothermal simulations in faulted reservoirs with code ComPASS


• Simulation of two phase Darcy flows in fractured porous media with discrete fracture matrix models


• Domain decomposition methods and reduced models for coupled porous and free flows