Edoardo Bellincioni

I am currently working with Sander Husiman and Detlef Lohse on the melting of moving objects. So far, we have worked on the melting of unconstrained, floating ice cylinders (see publications) and on the melting of ice spheres in high levels of turbulence. Recently, we started to get interested in the lubricating effect of the meltlayer on a melting object. Until now, I have only conducted experiments in the lab, but I would like to explore the realm of numerical simulations.

As an early-career fluid dynamicists, I am trying to diversify my interests to cover a wide range of fluid dynamics phaenomena. It is under this light that my choice of working with low and high Reynolds number flows has to be seen. Or, similarly, my choice of sharing my work with oceanographers and glaciologists, to learn how my idealised laboratory work can help their fields, or to get inspiration for a next project.

My forma mentis is the one that I have acquired during my Physics studies: I strive to summarize observations using explanatory and predictive theories. I aim to delve into fundamental processes, rather than into how these reveal themselves in incidental manifestations.

On a more general note, I am interested in the philosophy of science. From my standpoint, it is fundamental for a researcher to understand all the whys around the methods, procedures, conventions, habits, (…) around their work. I find that researchers should be asking themselves questions not only about the subject matter, but also about the consequences of their own choices. In the end, isn’t asking questions what research is all about?