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.
Our research group, founded in 2017, operates at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and it is supported on a 5-year (2022-2027), renewable special grant from the Hungarian Research Network (formerly Eötvös Loránd Research Network). 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 activity related to our research group including student projects, publications and workshops. Click on the titles to read more.
Sándor Bozóki, member of the HUN-REN Morphodynamics Research Group has been nominated full professor by the President of Republic on 5th September. Congratulations!
A paper entitled “Conway’s Spiral and a Discrete Gömböc with 21 Point Masses” was published in American Mathematical Monthly by Gábor Domokos, and Flórián Kovács.
A paper entitled “An Evolution Model for Polygonal Tessellations as Models for Crack Networks and Other Natural Patterns” was published in Journal of Statistical Physics by Péter Bálint, Gábor Domokos, and Krisztina Regős.
Klaudia Nagy, member of the Morphodynamics Research Group, has been awarded as “Student of the Year” at the Faculty of Architecture of BME. Congratulations!
ENSHRINE is a group of volunteer researchers, dedicated to preserve the natural heritage of Tasmania, Australia. Their studies on the behaviour of rocking stones, found in a large number in the area, were also based on some results of the MTA-BME Research Group for Morphodynamics (https://listthemountain.org/natural-features/rocking-stone).
Krisztina Regős, PhD student of the Morphodynamics Research Group was mentioned among the top 30 of most successful people under 30 in Hungary by Forbes. Congratulations!
Our guest lecturer Douglas J. Jerolmack gave us his talk under the title ‘How things fall apart: The shape of failure across the solar system’.
A paper entitled “The smallest mono-unstable convex polyhedron with point masses has 8 faces and 11 vertices” was published in European Journal of Operational Research by Dávid Papp, Krisztina Regős, Gábor Domokos, and Sándor Bozóki.