Roman Pascal Schärer
(Old website of a former member, who has left MathCCES,
see also list of former members)
MATHCCES
Department of Mathematics
RWTH Aachen University
Schinkelstr. 2
D-52062 Aachen
Germany
Office: Rogowski 328b
Phone: +49(0)241 80 98664
Email: schaerer@mathcces.rwth-aachen.de
Research Interests
- Hyperbolic PDEs
- Moment methods for rarefied gases and plasmas
- Entropy-based moment closures
Open Student Projects
Currently there are no open student projects available.
Short Résumé
| 2012 to 2016 | Doctoral studies at RWTH Aachen |
| 2012 | MSc ETH CSE |
| Summer 2011 | IDEA League and Erasmus exchange student at RWTH Aachen, Germany |
| 2010 - 2012 | Studies in CSE with specialization in theoretical physics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2010 | BSc ETH CSE |
| 2006 - 2010 | Studies in CSE with specialization in atmospheric physics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1985 | Born in Baden, Switzerland |
Teaching
I was teaching assistant for the following lectures and seminars
- Mathematische Grundlagen III, RWTH Aachen, winter term 2015
- Mathematical Models in Science and Engineering (PDEs), summer term 2014
- Mathematische Grundlagen III, RWTH Aachen, winter term 2014
- Mathematical Models in Science and Engineering (PDEs), summer term 2013
- Mathematische Grundlagen V, RWTH Aachen, winter term 2013
- Mathematische Grundlagen II, RWTH Aachen, summer term 2012
- Lineare Algebra, D-INFK, ETH Zurich, fall term 2009
- Advanced Computational Science, D-INFK, ETH Zurich, spring term 2009
- Lineare Algebra, D-INFK, ETH Zurich, fall term 2008
Publications
Papers
- On Singular Closures for the 5-Moment System in Kinetic Gas Theory
R. P. Schärer, M. Torrilhon, CiCP, 17(2) , p. 371-400, 2015 - A Framework for Hyperbolic Approximation of Kinetic Equations Using Quadrature-Based Projection Methods
J. Koellermeier, R. P. Schaerer, M. Torrilhon, Kinet. Relat. Mod., 5(3) p.531-549, 2014 - The 35-Moment System with the Maximum-entropy Closure for Rarefied Gas Flows
R. P. Schaerer, M. Torrilhon, Eur. J. Mech. B-Fluid, submitted - Efficient Algorithms and Implementations of Entropy-based Moment Closures for Rarefied Gases
R. P. Schaerer, P. Bansal, M. Torrilhon, submitted
Proceedings
- A new closure mitigating the sub-shock phenomenon in the continuous shock-structure problem
R. P. Schaerer, M. Torrilhon, PAMM, Volume 13, Issue 1, December 2013
Theses
- Numerical Solutions of Kinetic Equations for Plasma Applications
R. P. Schärer, Master Thesis, ETH Zurich, 2011
Talks and Posters
- 2nd European Conference on Non-equilibrium Gas Flows, TU, Eindhoven, 12/2015 (Talk)
- Aachen Conference on Computational Engineering Science, RWTH Aachen, 7/2015 (Poster)
- Young Investigators Conference, RWTH Aachen, 7/2015 (Talk)
- SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Salt Lake City, 3/2015 (Poster)
- 15th International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems: Theory, Numerics, Applications, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, 7/2014 (Talk)
- Numerical approximations of hyperbolic systems with source terms and applications, RWTH Aachen, 9/2013 (Talk)
