| Personal |
| Name |
Andris Jakovičs |
| Date of birth |
August 12, 1950 |
| Languages |
| Latvian |
native |
| German, Russian |
fluent |
| English |
intermediate |
| Education |
| 1990-1993 |
post-graduation habilitation studies at the UL |
| 1975-1977 |
post-graduation studies at the UL |
| 1968-1973 |
the University of Latvia (UL), Faculty of Physics and Mathematics |
| 1957-1968 |
the first secondary school of Aluksne |
| Qualifications |
| 1992 |
Dr. Phys.(Latvia) |
| 1979 |
Dr. Phys. (U.S.S.R), mechanic of fluids and gases |
| 1973 |
Dipl. Phys. |
| Pedagogical career |
| since 1973 |
Assistant, main lecturer, docent, assoc. professor at UL, Faculty of Physics and mathematics.
Leader of the courses of electrodynamics, computer sciences and numerical methods
|
| Research work |
| since 2001 |
leader of a scientific contract with University of Hannover about the development of electroheat equipment |
| 1999-2002 |
leader of a scientific project with GKSS National Research Centre (Germany) about the modelling of steam stripping processes in a tube reactor
|
| since 1994 |
director of Center for processes analysis and research, Ltd. |
| since 1994 |
head of the Laboratory for Mathematical modelling of environmental and technological processes at UL |
| 1992-2000 |
leader of a scientific contract with ABB (Germany) about different aspects of melting technology in induction furnaces |
| since 1992 |
leader of scientific projects about
- water circulation, processes of sedimentation and erosion;
- modelling and measurement of the heat transfer processes in buildings;
- transfer processes of metal vapour in porous media in the EM-field;
- erosion and deposit formation in metallurgical melting furnaces |
| since 1988 |
Co-ordinator of a scientific agreement with the Institute of Electrothermal Processes at University of Hannover |
| 1979-1991 |
Leader of several scientific projects at UL and contracts with WNIIETO in Moscow (U.S.S.R) about mathematical modelling of MHD processes in metallurgical applications |
| since 1970 |
Laboratory assistant, engineer, researcher, leading researcher at UL |
| Research interests |
| |
Mathematical modelling and experimental measurement of fluid flow, heat and mass transfer processes in electroheat equipment and buildings |
| Foreign experience |
| X-XI/1998 |
applications of thermography and heat transfer measurements with the DAAD grant at University of Bundeswehr in Hamburg (Germany) |
| IV/1995-IV/1996 |
professor at University of Hannover (Germany) with R. Bosch fund grant |
| X-XI/1992, XII/1993 |
modelling of the fibre impregnation processes with the grant from the Academy of Science (Sweden) at Technical University of Lulea |
| 1990-1992, II-IV/1994 |
numerical calculations of the heat and mass transfer processes in the electroheat equipment with the A. Humboldt fund grants at the Institute of Electroheat of University of Hannover |
| 19851986, X-XII/1989 |
mathematical modelling of MHD flows in induction furnaces with the DAAD grants at University of Hannover (Germany) |
| Scientific publications |
| find publications |
the whole amount - 140, 75 of them in the scientifical magazines (Magnetohydrodynamik, Elektrowärme international, Metallurgical Transactions, Arhiv für Elektrowärme, etc.); during the last three years - 20 publications |
