Our main focus are mathematical and physical models of shape evolution with emphasis on geophysical and planetological applications, such as sand grains, pebbles, ventifacts, rock profiles, asteroids.
MTA-BME Morphodynamics Research Group
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Our research group operates at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and it is supported on a 5 year (2017-2022), renewable special grant from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Our goal is to collect, develop and apply existing mathematical models and test the models versus existing and self-produced experimental and field data. Ultimately we would like to gain insight on geophysical history based on current size and shape measurements.
Recent news
Recent activity related to our research group including student projects, publications and workshops. Click on the titles to read more.
Scanning pebbles in Siena
Colleagues in Siena did a great job in adapting our scanning technique.
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Gomboc software in sailing
The Gomboc simulation software – whose name was chosen after the Gömböc of Gábor Domokos and Péter Várkonyi – played a crucial role in the the 36th America’s cup.
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Science Magazine top 10
Science Magazine listed the paper “Plato’s cube and the natural geometry of fragmentation” in the top 10 science new stories of 2020 and it is also discussed in a podcast episode of Science: Breakthrough of the Year, top online news, and science book highlights (9:36 – 12:40).
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Institutional Scientific Students’ Associations Conference 2020
At this year’s Institutional Scientific Students’ Associations Conference at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2 presentations were related to Morphodynamics: Ágoston Szesztay (1st Prize + Pro Progressio Special Prize), Klaudia Nagy (Csonka Pál Special Prize).
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Quanta Magazine article
An outstanding article from Joshua Sokol Scientists Uncover the Universal Geometry of Geology about the paper “Plato’s cube and the natural geometry of fragmentation” in Quanta Magazine.
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Krisztina Regős – Famelab 2020
Congratulations to Krisztina Regős, who won the audience favorite prize at Famelab 2020.
New paper on fragmentation
The paper titled Plato’s cube and the natural geometry of fragmentation (G. Domokos, D.J. Jerolmack, F. Kun, J. Török) was published in PNAS. The article is followed by increased media attention.
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New paper on Balancing polyhedra
The paper titled Balancing polyhedra (G. Domokos, F. Kovács, Z. Lángi, K. Regős and P.T. Varga) was accepted for publication in Ars Mathematica Contemporanea.
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